“I’ve had two of my four wisdom teeth removed, but otherwise, yes. I take very good care of my teeth.”
Monthly Archives: July 2013
4, 47
4: If your crush or significant other were to turn in to a ferret, what would you do? Would you still like/love them?
“Of course I would! I suppose things would be different, but I would never stop caring. It would be amusing to watch, too… Just think of all the shiny things he could steal. I wonder if he’d enjoy that…”
47: How do you feel about dating exes?
"I don’t generally recommend it. I have two official exes… the first one I never want to hear from again, the second, well… I suppose if Koizumi-san and I had a good, long talk and worked things out I might consider it… but I think that would be a very, very bad idea.”
A murderous scientific experiment. You will have your brain removed.
“That’s not very nice… I think I will have to watch out for you and yours from now on. It’s a good thing that these submissions aren’t canon in any way…”
In my ask tell me how you predict I’m going to die.
COOL QUESTIONS FOR COOL PEOPLE
1: If you were of the opposite gender, what name would you want to have?
2: If you could witness any historical event in person, which one would it be and why?
3: What kind of sandwich best describes your personality?
4: If your crush or significant other were to turn in to a ferret, what would you do? Would you still like/love them?
5: If you became dictator of your country, and you can enact one law that could not be repealed once you are forcibly removed from office, what would that law be?
6: What is your opinion of Canada?
7: What is your spirit animal?
8: If you could change your skin color to anything outside of the natural palette of skin colors, what color would you choose?
9: What was the last movie you chose not to watch?
10: If you were a farmer, what would you grow?
11: What do you miss the most?
12: What is your favorite sequel film?
13: Rural area, small town, suburb, or big city?
14: What’s your favorite branch of the military?
15: What year of school was best for you?
16: What is your favorite month, excluding whichever month contains your birthday?
17: What is your favorite type of pie?
18: Do you enjoy being single?
19: Do you prefer rivers, lakes, or oceans?
20: If you had to have one feature on your body changed to a canine version of said feature, what would you choose?
21: What is your favorite font?
22: What is the highest number of cats you can imagine yourself owning?
23: What was your last date like?
24: Who are you?
25: What is your least favorite illicit substance?
26: What is your opinion on 80’s music?
27: If you could add something to the high school curriculum, what would you add?
28: What is your favorite album artwork?
29: What is your favorite non-social networking website?
30: What is your favorite boy band?
31: What is your least favorite casual dining establishment?
32: You are allowed one beverage and one candy for the rest of your life. What would you choose?
33: If you had to be stranded somewhere on Earth, miles from civilization, what biome would you choose and why?
34: What is your preferred projectile?
35: You have inherited a nightclub in a major city. What modifications would you make to it?
36: What have you done recently to dismantle the patriarchy?
37: What song did you most recently get tired of due to its overplaying?
38: What is your favorite piece of clothing?
39: What was the most awkward moment of your romantic history?
40: What brought you to Tumblr?
41: What product or service do you find ridiculously overpriced?
42: Why did you send the last anonymous Tumblr message you sent?
43: Who is your favorite one-hit wonder of the last twenty years?
44: How many people, outside of your immediate family, do you know the birthdays of by heart?
45: What is your favorite speech?
46: What is your least favorite song from your favorite musical?
47: How do you feel about dating exes?
48: What is your favorite vegetable?
49: Who is your favorite fictional villain?
50: What is your favorite police procedural?
“Pardon my lack of tact, then." KID was weighing the options Hakuba had just presented him. Yes, it was important to prevent him from doing anything like that, but a harness would be a problem. He didn’t want anything making it easier to catch him as a human and he really didn’t like anything that felt binding or restricting.
"Mmm, well, I don’t know what you’ll do, if you try training. And I was joking.”
“Ah… I was joking, too. No apologies necessary or anything like that.” Hakuba returned to frowning, wondering where he’d gone wrong in their conversation this time. Was he always at odds with people, even those he genuinely liked to be around?
The detective got to his feet and regarded the leg on the desk.
“…I should dispose of this.” He looked over his shoulder to Kaito, the blood, the nakedness. “And… you should get cleaned up. You’ve had a very busy evening."
Of Crimson, Tigers, and Birdwatching
“If it is who I think it is, it is because they’re neck deep in murder and other horrific business. They trust nobody within law enforcement circles with this information, but they cannot confide in their bloodthirsty peers, so they decided to speak to me about it. I’m a fellow criminal and there are things only fellow criminals can understand.
"All I can say is that they are trapped and forced to follow through on orders, but they do not wish to. If they fail, those most dear to them will die." Kaito sighed. That was about as much as he could tell of Janus. This was going to end poorly. “They want me to stop them.”
Because detectives don’t understand the criminal mind at all. Hakuba steeled himself as he listened, deciding not to bring up that up, though it did even his expression to something decidedly more neutral. It was tempting to step in and demand to protect and help and… all manner of those things, but he realized, again, that there was quite the divide between their worlds, wasn’t there? So in the end he nodded.
“I suppose, then, it’s none of my business in that case, but… I do need to ask. Is there any way that I can be of assistance to you?"
“Oh my gosh, I’m so sor-! I apologise for the trouble, he’s usually so well-behaved,“ quickly standing up and stopping her tongue from spitting out the apologies in English, bowing down ninety degrees after setting the panting dog on his feet. She quickly crouched down and got to untying the make-shift leash from Akio’s collar, fingers shaking just the slightest from the leftover adrenaline. As jittery as she felt, it took only a few moments to get it off.
"I’ll purchase you a new one, I’m very sorry for ruining it,” she straightened it as best she could with her hands before handing it back, making a mental note of the material, design, and colour in between mentally translating her English sentences into Japanese.
The blonde detective smiled as he watched the girl fumble, not because he was cruel but because he thought it charming. “Oh, please don’t worry about that,” Hakuba replied in English, voice light and cheerful. “It was my idea to tie it to your dog in the first place, and I’m fine with being completely responsible for that decision."
He took the tie back and looked it over, brows knitting faintly in concerned amusement. It hadn’t been his best idea, clearly, but it could be worse. Hakuba shook it off, then put it in his pocket. As much as not wearing a tie made him uncomfortable, wearing a dirty one was not really desirable either. This accomplished, he held out his hand to her.
"I’m Saguru Hakuba, by the way… May I have your name?”
How might one pick you out among a crowd if you wanted them to find you?
“Just look for the most handsome foreigner in the area, clearly. Or, ah, if you want a serious answer… really, just look for the blonde-haired half-Brit wandering about in suit and tie. I guarantee that there will not be many to choose from.”
Well, it was a kendou retreat that’d been the pretense of his sudden departure. Truth of the matter was he’d hardly come into contact with his team, calling sick at the last moment. He was back now, and the tourney for the junior members of the team would be in three weeks’ time. Now was the time to review competition rules and techniques—senior and junior members alike would quickly take their stances, and within moments the room was filled with shouting and footstomping and all the possible variants of bamboo hitting bamboo, or armor. As was custom in such sessions; kendou was a naturally loud sort of martial art to begin with.
He’d mostly be at the sides, watching forms, correcting in strict silence. Not part of the norm, but that could be blamed on recovering sickness and the unfortunate fate that he’d stick with this walking cane for a good, long time. Dammit, Heiji should be in the reins, spearheading the practices, the show of strikes, the demonstrations—not him. The agent would curse his good luck when the time of a demonstration was called for, and he reluctantly stepped onto the mock-duel ring, bokken poised, stance tense. No pressure as the shouting whittled to murmurs, and students flocked to watch. No pressure at all.
Grace of the Shintou gods, spare him the shame of accidentally killing one of these pupils.
Ah, I’m just in time.
Perhaps against his better judgement, the foreign detective slipped into the room to watch the remainder of practice. The kendou retreat had foiled his previous plans to confront the Osakan, but that was no matter. He’d had enough to worry about in the meantime, and still so much research to be done. But after confirming time tables and proposed schedules, Hakuba had decided that taking an early morning train out and get the matter over and done with.
It seemed a good place, anyway. Relatively public to diffuse tension. Physical exertion to both wear Hattori out and get rid of excess aggression. Potentially putting him in a good mood to start if he did well. Oh, and an ice-breaking talking point. It would no doubt be an impressive match, and Hakuba was watching closely to learn all that he could. Surely, there would be plenty of genuine compliments to give by the time they had an opportunity to speak.
He took a place in the back in an attempt to be as discrete as possible, which was difficult considering that he looked even more out of place in Osaka than usual. But with polite nods and a serious, business-like composure, he wasn’t bothered much. It was time to observe and gather information.