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[brainisout]

[Oh look at Neuro, he's back at that desk, hands neatly in front of him and leaning back in his chair.]

Dead Master.... I wish to talk to you.

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[hugmyscythe]

[Oh, she knows he's different. But--] Do tellexactly what

makes you think

you can be trusted.

[brainisout.livejournal.com]

[His smile fades a bit but it's still there.]

As stated before, my main concern is mysteries. However, if there was anything that would threaten these humans, I would be willing to protect them.

They are more precious to me than I let on, rest assured. [He's talking about no humans = no mysteries. And he doesn't like that.]

Hopefully that is a good enough reason. If not... then I don't know what else to tell you.

[hugmyscythe]

[She understands that now, that without humans--his main source of mysteries for the moment--he has no food.] I would like to knowsince you realized you were a criminal

would you have allowed me

to...punish youlike I did?[meaning, she wouldn't have had to trick him]

[brainisout.livejournal.com]

[Now that's....]

....Hoh. That's truly an interesting question. I enjoy torturing criminals myself, so I can see the appeal in that aspect.

I wasn't proud of what went on either, so perhaps I would have. Not as a human though, I suppose that would still have to be tricked. I wouldn't walk into that willingly.

[He would have obliged if she wanted vengeance by having him as a demon and her using her scythe against him. At least then he could try to resist, to fight back. But even then he has a feeling she'd win.]

[hugmyscythe]

One reason you were human was to disturb you.The other reasonwas that I would not have

to fight you--

You see, I would have thought you wouldresist....But say, ifhalf way through,

you returned to having

a demon's body. Would you still have

laid there?

[brainisout.livejournal.com]

[Well, it sure as hell disturbed him alright. He never wanted to go through that again.]

Hm- I wouldn't want to fight anyways. I only go on the offensive over certain situations.

Anyone would think another person would resist when asking them to oblige to punishment, you're not wrong there.

Hoh.... if I returned? No, I wouldn't have laid there. [A pause, and then he goes to return to that chair of his, hands laced in his lap, and he puts his feet up on the desk.]

I would have resisted, definitely. However, I think I would have lost that battle. I am not a complete monster, Dead Master.

[hugmyscythe]

[As for the certain situations he would go offensive over, she can guess that they involve protecting his precious mysteries, or rather, those that provide them. They were not so much as people to him as they are things for him to feed on--this is what she believed he thought of her as, by refusing to tell him what she is or does.] No...I supposeyou are not.[She agrees with him on that now, at least; however--she is, or at least this support such a label, for she would force him go through with it.]

[brainisout.livejournal.com]

[He leans back in his chair, practically testing how far this thing can go before it topples over. It wouldn't though- Neuro is too fuckin' bad ass for gravity.]

Also, I'll tell you this as well. There are certain... mysteries that aren't interesting enough to me even in this world, and I turn away from them. Just the other day a woman came in here asking for Yako to solve a case about her husband being murdered.

...It wasn't a good enough puzzle to even waste my energy on. If she would have asked the police again, I'm sure they would have found that overlooked clue.

[Basically just trying to reassure her that he's not always out for mysteries from everyone]

[hugmyscythe]

Your mysteries are more important than the people who create them. [At least, it sounds that way to her.]

[brainisout.livejournal.com]

[Shrugs] I suppose it looks that way. Would you use your power to do something and have no gain in return? Keeping in mind that your energy depletes.

I cannot take on such small tasks without receiving at least something in return.

[hugmyscythe]

No, I understand. [And to be perfectly honest, she doesn't care about those other humans and how he judges if their mysteries are good enough or not. What she cares about is that he's told her he would find out about hers; that she's not a person, but more like..a frozen meal he's saved for a later date.] I would not show

a talent

unless absolutely necessary.

[brainisout.livejournal.com]

See? ...However I grow careless sometimes, and I waste a tool here or there. I can't help it, seeing certain people writhe in pain can be pretty satisfying.

[You'd know that, eh Dead-chan.]

Now... Dead Master, do you still believe that I'm after this mystery of yours? [YEAH, HE DEF WANTS TO CLEAR THIS UP TOO]

[hugmyscythe]

[...Yeah. She knows she has a very much sadistic side to her, no matter how she may try to hide it from the community members. She wanted to be different from him; sadly, this only makes them similar. It's not a nice feeling. How can she go about trying to help someone when she so easily tortured someone else?] Are you not?

Where there is one--I am sure

it is in your natureto attempt to solve it,should you deem it good enough. [And he told her that hers was, soooo]After all, mysteries are how

you survive.

[brainisout.livejournal.com]

[If Neuro were to ever hear that she was having issues with this, he'd try and give her some guidance on the subject. After a bit of teasing and avoiding the subject of course.]

Let me make this clear to you... I've dropped this mystery of yours, I won't be solving it. It's not as interesting as I had initially figured. It's true that mysteries are how I survive, but I have other more interesting ones before me in this world.

This is one of those times where you should really take me seriously. I don't like to repeat myself.

[hugmyscythe]

[There's no issue as long as no one ever knows--that's what she thinks. That's why she wants what happened kept a secret more than he cares. Relationships are more important to her than they are to him; those that she cares about here would think much differently of her if they knew about that sadism she has. She thinks she would lose them altogether, or at least lose their trust.

As for his words, she decides, maybe for the first time ever, to allow herself to believe them for the time being. As she does with others, she still won't tell him anything even if he asks--but only if she feels that she can tell him. Regardless, she...visibly relaxes.] ...Good, good.

[brainisout.livejournal.com]

[Just like she has secrets, so does he. Exactly why he likes to put up that fake personality around some people and pretend he's totally normal. He only shows himself to people he feels won't really care about it as much. Or have that person interfere with his mysteries if he found out.]

Unless you wanted me to solve something. Then I'd be more than happy to oblige.

But you'll have to fill out a form you see, this detective agency is very busy. Our next opening is three years from now. [AHA- WILL SHE GET THIS IS A JOKE TOO?!]

[hugmyscythe]

Pass.After all,

I am certain that you would

push those three yearsout of the way.[LIKE HOW HE INSTANTLY WORLDHOPPED over to her when she asked him to. What gives, Neuro--coming to her when called. This the second time, too.]

[LOL NOPE, she doesn't get it]

[brainisout.livejournal.com]

It was merely another joke on my part. I was hoping you'd catch that one. [He gestured around to the empty room.] Business isn't exactly booming right this second.

[Well, that's because he's turned down like four people today but that's besides the point. AND IF THERE WAS A MYSTERY AROUND, HE'D COME RUNNING.]

[hugmyscythe]

There is no reason,grand or mundane,

that murder would not be

committed over. [SO SHE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HIS BUSINESS ISN'T BOOMING]

[brainisout.livejournal.com]

Hoh- because the tasks I've been given aren't puzzles. I could easily walk into the room and point out the flaw they've missed.

I need to have a challenging mystery, a puzzle that will fill my stomach at least a little bit. So that's why I've turned down these other murder cases.

last tag for the night

[hugmyscythe]

[Ugh, that sounds...so different from where she's at. The humans in her world are either always the perpetrators or always the victims, and it's ridiculously obvious to tell which ones are which, at least for her. Shooter's got more trouble with that.] What makes a mystery challenging,
to someone like you?

/SALUTES

[brainisout.livejournal.com]

[Ahaa.... she's just full of good questions today.]

The complexity of it. You saw it before, did you not? When that girl who continued to run her mouth about being a queen of a website. She changed into an odd form and even tried to attack me.

The intense negative energy coming from those criminals are enough to change them into what they really are. Those are the mysteries I go for.

[hugmyscythe]

[She knew about those intense negative emotions turning people into--or rather, revealing--what they truly are. For some, the change can be much more obvious, much more physical, taking on appropriately henious characteristics. For others...not so much. Like her. She didn't change physically when torturing him, but she certainly did reveal her 'true colors' to him, as someone less than human, when the all she wanted was vengence. Again, the thought came up that she was just like....] What they really are. [Monsters.]He he he.

How good for you that

there is a hideous sideto them, no?

[brainisout.livejournal.com]

[Aha... Neuro just stared at her for a moment.]

Those kinds of complicated puzzles just so happen to tag along with those kinds of people.

[He really isn't concerned with good and evil traits, he's only interested in these mysteries.]

[hugmyscythe]

...You would findthe ugly,
the bad,

anywhere.