↳ @halsionic ↰

↳ ♫ ↰  Kotone approached a random person and tugged at his sleeve to get his attention before holding up a piece of paper. On it was a crude drawing of a stick figure with short black hair, black eyes, and a smiley face. “Excuse me, have you seen this person? I’m playing hide and seek with my brother, and he said he’d buy me cake if I found him first.”

↳ @hyperdetect ↰

↳ ❂ ↰  If nothing else, it’d be an interesting story to tell later: that ethos played a role in how willing a person was to believe something they were told. Kaeto had happened upon a crime scene on his way home–the stabbing of a young woman–and the officers arriving at the scene subsequently questioned him for details. It became apparent that the guy in charge didn’t appreciate his statement that her boyfriend did it and the evidence of, “He could have saved her and intentionally chose not to.” The man shooed him off to the side, and while he insisted that it was only as a witness, the teen knew that his lack of reaction to the crime was suspect.

And then the most marvelous thing happened. Another man, the “world’s greatest detective” as he introduced himself, showed up and used some sort of ability to come to the same conclusion Kaeto had (with more detail).

“What an interesting skill,” he commented from where he sat on the street curb, mostly to himself although he knew he was within earshot of the others. “I mean, I knew the boyfriend did it,” a glance towards the first officer, “but I’m no professional or anything either.”

↳ @cynixism ↰

↳ ❂ ↰  “Hello sir! Can I interest you in a free cupcake? My friend made them and wants unbiased opinions, but he’s too busy to be out here himself.” Hopefully people were willing to disregard the whole stranger danger thing for the sake of a delicious treat. Would it be dodgier to point out that they weren’t drugged?