Friday night: Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet

[firm_detective]

As they approach the door of their room, Misa clings to L. There's something odd in his expression.

[Thread is private to firm_detective and misamisal; continues from here. Translation: As loyal as she began, so she remains.]

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[misamisal]

::seeing the door ahead, Misa hurries and opens the door with her key, holding the door for him::
I'm sorry if it smells like cleaning solution. I started my cleaning in here.

::Their two cups of hot cocoa are still sitting on the table. She notices them and her eyes widen. Blushing slightly, she sort of avoids his gase with a bit of a sheepish smile::
I, uh...I couldn't get rid of them before.

[firm_detective]

*He follows her into the room, pausing on the threshold to look at it before he enters. I remembered it like this, but it seems -- smaller, darker.*

No, it smells fine.

*When he sees the cups, he concentrates on them, then turns his gaze back to her.*

That's right. We had been drinking cocoa, hadn't we?

You left my book, too -- Gibbon.

*He ambles to the seating area, where he takes a moment to choose between the two chairs and the sofa, finally taking the same seat he had been in when he disappeared. Before he speaks, he lets out a tiny sigh.*

To begin with, Misa, I think I want to get you a different camera. We should remove the pictures from this one and destroy it.

*His tone is businesslike.*

[misamisal]

:::she's a bit surprised at his tone, but she closes and locks the door, then takes her place next to him, but not too close, since he seems a bit shy at the moment. She flinches at the idea of destroy her camera and all the pictures on it::

Can I keep the pictures I took back home? And the ones that don't have anyone from here in it?

[firm_detective]

You can keep the memory card, and you can put the pictures on my laptop here, if you haven't already. I will open them for you anytime you like.

*His tone softens.*

It is only that each of us have been pulled away from the mansion while we used this camera, or just afterward -- I do not think we can risk it.

*He faces straight ahead, now, instead of turning his face to look at her, and drops his gaze to the floor on the other side of the coffee table.*