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[jamordeath]

It's funny how well you think you can know a person; how one day they are simply there, breathing, speaking, thriving, and gone the next -- reduced to nothing more than an image flickering in and out of view, barely a record. But perhaps that does not apply to our lovely city, does it? I have been told that death is not a permanent state of being

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[heartdissonance]

could keep eyes out

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[jamordeath]

Ears would also be efficient. You shouldn't forget about those.

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[heartdissonance]

very good!nose too.

[it is, by the way, a cat with a pencil in its mouth at the keypad of this NV. excuse any technical difficulties.]

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[jamordeath]

Perhaps I could employ it once this calms down. I'm missing something very dear to my heart that may require sniffing out.

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[little_bandages]

There wasn't a body? How do you know about that?

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[jamordeath]

By visiting the crime scene, of course.

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[little_bandages]

Maybe it was taken to the morgue.

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[jamordeath]

A fine possibility if it was not gone by the time we formally arrived to search for evidence. And there was no record of a body matching Big Boss' description taken into the morgue for storage.

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[neargenius]

From where did you hear of this impermanence of death?

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[jamordeath]

I was under the assumption that it was one of the dirty secrets this town keeps that its inhabitants prefer not to speak about.

But more specifically, it was Mello who informed me.

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[neargenius]

It is not inarguable fact yet. Whoever told you that was wrong to mislead you. An absent body has different implications. It is interesting that you would jump to such a supernatural conclusion so quickly.

You work with the police?

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[jamordeath]

It isn't a jump so much as it is a theory that deeply intrigues me. And in a city of the dead, we should not be so quick to disregard even the most outlandish fairy tales when the world we are living in thrives off of them.

In a way, it reminds me of a comic I once read. Are you familiar with Ao no Fūin?

Until I find a better opportunity.

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[mentis_reae]

And precisely who has told you this? That death is "not permanent"?

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[jamordeath]

It isn't exactly uncommon knowledge, is it? Some people on this network speak of it very plainly, though it's apparent that even they do not understand it themselves. My information is secondhand.

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[mentis_reae]

"Some people"? Ellis has claimed to have returned from the dead, but he is yet in a state of panic. Most likely his story will begin to make sense soon enough.

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[jamordeath]

Perhaps there is some use he can provide -- valuable insight. If he is to be taken seriously, Big Boss may not be gone; not like we think he is.

I should think questioning the boy would be prudent once he has returned to his senses.

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[killswithapen]

Your face, my thane, is a book where men
May read strange matters. To beguile the time,
Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye,
Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under't.

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[jamordeath]

Anyone can quote Shakespeare, Shiraga-kun. Might I suggest Nietzsche? Much less used.

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[killswithapen]

Then how about this:

I know what you are. I know who you are. I know what you've done

You don't know the rules of this game. Trundling in like an overzealous child isn't going to get you a victory, it's going to get you killed.

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[jamordeath]

[he was anticipating this. his reply comes without hesitation, and smoothly.]

Is that the frustration of a killer, or the fear of someone who is seeing their carefully crafted empire fall to pieces? Fortunate for us that your "reign" was not short enough. Even better that I have lived long enough to see it put into effect.

Oh. Is God threatening me?