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[ptsdetective]

[Action: 840 Hastings Boulevard.]

[Another day, another crime. With the sun shining and birds singing, Cole gets right up out of bed and walks out of his room. He could use a good coffee or two before going to work.

...Except the woman awaiting him isn't his wife.

Confusion, puzzlement, and other such things flood onto the Detective's face. Okay, this

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Action two; post-phone call

[so_misfortunate]

...a cop? [ Touma calls from the doorway to the kitchen. He was munching on an apple and listening in, but didn't want to interrupt the guy because he was curious. Yeah, he saw him head out earlier in the day, but he didn't bother to stop him.

At least the guy wasn't wearing a skirt. That was kind of odd. Though he isn't sure how he feels about his official school stuff saying "Touma Phelps" now... Silly Mayfield, don't mix East and West like that. ]

Action two; post-phone call

[ptsdetective]

[A hand goes to the phone as Cole directs his attention toward Touma.]

Yes. That is my profession.

[so_misfortunate]

[ Whoops, looks like the guy might not be done yet. He gestures with a hand as he crosses over to the couch. ] Don't lemme interrupt you. It's not like I've got anywhere to be.

[ptsdetective]

When I am finished with this call, I will get right back to you.

[If you want to, we can have this thread skip forward to after the phone call? :|a]

[so_misfortunate]

Sure, take your time. [ Touma will just chill out and eat his apple and try not to freeze too much. ]

[ptsdetective]

[After a while, Cole finally hangs the phone up after talking to numerous people.]

Alright... [Eyes over to Touma.] Did you have any more questions for me?

[so_misfortunate]

Me? You're the one that just got here. [ Plus asking too many questions can hurt his case, so he prefers to drag things out of people in other ways.

He turns around to look at the man over the back of the couch. ] I'm surprised that you're so calm.

[ptsdetective]

Losing my head would not help me understand this situation any better. [That's Cole for you, always logical.] Is there anything that you can tell me, then?

[so_misfortunate]

Good point. [ He shrugs a shoulder. ] That depends on what you already know. I've been here three months now, so I've got a decent handle on things, even if I don't understand it all.

[ Touma puts his hands in his pockets, looks around the coffee table, and then finally sighs. ] I'd give you the brochure, but I loaned it to a girl and I think she still has it. [ Or it was vaporized. Hard to say. Most of his possessions were still around, but that doesn't mean things lost after that explosion hit would be returned. ]

[ptsdetective]

There's a brochure about all of this...?

[so_misfortunate]

Kinda. A guy I met recently gave me his copy. Said it was a throw-back to some earlier digging into how this place worked and was put together by some people who probably aren't anymore. Just says some of the obvious stuff that most people figure out in the first week.

Don't break any rules in public, don't go near the dairy, don't make deals with the Postman, don't drink the milk that gets delivered to your houses, etc.

[ptsdetective]

[There's a notepad and pencil produced that Cole is scribbling all of this down into.]

Would you mind defining on the et cetera?

[so_misfortunate]

Look, there was a lot in there, and some of it is dated. I'll just try to get it back from the girl I loaned it out to and let you see it then. [ Not like he won't be seeing Hiling sometime soon. ]

[ptsdetective]

I appreciate the help.

[so_misfortunate]

[ He shrugged a shoulder. ] It's only natural, right? We're all gonna be stuck here; might as well work together.

[ptsdetective]

Through that teamwork, we can get one step closer to solving the mystery.