consultation 007 // [accidental video]

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 - shut it off, I told you to shut it off, shut it off!!

[Tonegawa's hand yanks back from where it flailed out at the laptop, clenched to knuckles threatening to burst through skin, and the glimpse of his face in profile is twisted with fear and horror and loathing; his eyes are fixed on some far point in the general direction of the door, but what

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[violins_rain]

[The sheer terror in the man's eyes had been recognizable immediately, but there was something...off. Rain knew guilt when he saw it.]

Sir, are you alright now?

[video] dhsjda

[12second_orz]

[The cool way in which he straightens his tie belies the nervous energy beneath; with his free hand, he taps cigarette neatly into the ash tray.]

Perfectly fine. My deepest apologies for causing such a scene. [Sorry that he had to be humiliated like that, that is.]

[video] 'sorry for being late' is my line D8

[violins_rain]

[The evaluating gaze from Rain isn't nosy, just genuinely concerned. He is definitely not going to touch upon what just happened, but he has an idea why it did.]

No need to apologize, sir. It's good that you seem to be feeling better.

Do you...think you might have accidentally eaten something? Like a drug? It might look like something harmless like a breath mint.

<3<3<3 no worries!

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Most certainly. This isn't normal, of course. [A tad touchier than he needs to be- particularly when that last part's caught his interest]

A breath mint? ... now that you mention it... [he breaks off, frowning] That's rather specific, isn't it?

[violins_rain]

[Rain's prepared for the suspicion his suggestion would garner. He honestly doesn't have any connection to the street dealings here on the island, but he's seen more than his fair share of the underbelly of things.]

Actually, sir, I'm very well-traveled, so I do know that if a drug starts to move off the streets and into the higher classes, it tends to become disguised.

{OOC: If you won't mind, I'm going to just concentrate on this thread here and see where it goes before I reply to you in the bus accident post. Is that ok? XD}

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[ooc: NO PROBLEM it makes more sense that way. ♥]

[He tilts his head, curious. That's certainly true- he should know, given the drug laws that Teiai had to work around back in Tokyo. But that's not what's interested him specifically.]

A collector of mine offered me a breath mint this morning. I'll have to call him up on it- though, god forbid, if I should find the idiot hallucinating I doubt I'll have to ask anything at all.

[violins_rain]

Ah, well, I'm glad at least you have an idea now of where it came from.

[Even if that meant some poor idiot was going to get fired]

I'm sorry, my name's Rain Jewlitt. And you are, sir?

[12second_orz]

[Never mind fired, they'll have to reinvent the pimp slap for this.]

Tonegawa Yukio- I'm the manager here at Imperial Finance.

[violins_rain]

[ ! Rain hadn't meant to indirectly cause anyone grievous bodily harm!]

Well, Mr. Tonegawa, I hope you'll not have to worry about this anymore.

[Rain speaks with ingrained respect for elders; after all, Tonegawa counts as one]

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I'm sure the man who was so kind as to give me the mint will quite agree with you when all's said and done.

[violins_rain]

[Gulp]

Take care then, sir.

[12second_orz]

Likewise. [totally insincere, but it's better to seem friendly and look good than it is to admit that] I'd recommend giving the breath mints a miss.