[video] Second Logic

[melodyoflogic]

[Video]

[A certain minty-haired Visitor is on the screen today, his arm around the shoulders of a brown haired kid who may be familiar to some. Judging by the voices in the background, there’s about four people in all, even if they aren’t all visible on the camera yet.]

Hey! Lately, people have been coming by the Detective Agency thinking it’s functional again. At first we turned down requests since we’re obviously not detectives, but...

Well, maybe you should say it instead, Ayumu?

[Ayumu is pretty much resigned at this point, though his expression clearly seems to have some doubts about the wisdom of this idea. They were a bunch of kids and a tanuki, after all. Who’d go looking to them for help?]

This was your idea, not mine.

[There’s some yelling from off-screen.]

But it sounds like fun!

[Ayumu’s response is muttered.]

If anyone’s even interested...

But it’s like being a super-awesome spy!

[While they keep bickering amongst themselves, a certain assistant waltzes up to the feed and waves in that wonderfully cutesy fashion of hers. Yup, it’s Hiyono, alright.]

Ahem--what they’re trying to say is, we’re now open for business! I’ve even set up an inbox for you to send all of your requests to~

Right, right. And you were going to spread rumors too, weren’t you, Hiyono?

Mm-hmm! [The agreement is punctuated with her ever present smile -- and wait, is she proverbially sparkling as she does?] To be honest, I haven’t really worked with rumors that come true, but I guess there’s a first for everything, right?

[The look on the brown haired teen’s face is just a little wary. Ayumu could only imagine how much she was going to enjoy that….]

Well, you heard them. We’ll take on jobs if you have them in our spare time.

[There’s suddenly a tanuki squeezing his face into this shot. Except he’s in human form but whatever.]

Just try to make them interesting ones!

[Joint post! Responses will come from one of the four or more: Ayumu, Hizumi, Hiyono or Taro. Lots of threadjacking will be happening, most likely.]

Comments

[melodyoflogic]

.....Please don't.

[Start spreading it around, that is.]

He's already friendly enough, no need to add something like that to the mix and make him a playboy.

[otakuro]

...
...
...

Uh.

Like 'friendly' friendly or.

What if he's already an incubus and we never knew it?

[bondsofsuffering]

[With one of those "friendly" smiles--]

Y'know Atsuro, if you really wanted to do it, I don't have to be an incubus first.

[melodyoflogic]

[....Hizumi.]

Don't encourage him...!

[otakuro]

It's OK; I'm a registered demon tamer! All I have to do is beat him into submission and then he'll have to serve me as his master.

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...
...

...Wait that didn't come out right.

[melodyoflogic]

...That's a bit more about you than I think I wanted to know.

[Blandly.]

Are you sure you're not the playboy here?

[otakuro]

N-No, see, I paid for most of them -- at auction. ...They wanted someone they could trust to help out and, uh, Macca is a sign of good will and you form a strong relationship if ..............

never mind.

[melodyoflogic]

....That just makes it sound worse.

[otakuro]

It's not like I came up with this system! I'm as much a victim here as anyone.

[otakuro]

((Am I supposed to threadjack not sure let me know if I'm not!))

R-Really?

[Atsuro takes on a slight expression of surprise.]

Do you really mean... that?

[bondsofsuffering]

If it's you... I think it will be okay.

But are you sure you're strong enough to tame me?

[melodyoflogic]

[Don't mind him, Ayumu's just staring at Hizumi with this look of shocked befuddlement, a blush on his cheeks from secondhand embarrassment.

Congratulations, he knows you're joking but the sheer lack of shame has made him speechless.]

woops threadjack

[tyrantball]

"Noooooo!"

Well someone looks upset.

"Don't do it, Ultra Gigolo! Desco's Sis has dibs on him!"

[otakuro]

N-No way! He asked me first!

[Atsuro slams his hands down against a table!]

He's going to be my 2P in Super Marco Galaxy 2! I call dibs!

[tyrantball]

"Don't you dare ignore Sis's dibs on you, Hat Guy!"

[otakuro]

"..........Wait on me?!"

Apparently he had heard that wrong somehow.

"Who is 'Sis'?!"

[tyrantball]

"Desco's Sis is Nano Shinonome!"

SCOWLING.

[Private]

[otakuro]

".......What?!"

And Atsuro's joking tone suddenly changes to a more serious one as the Private switch is flipped.

"...Hey - look that's not something for you to share with everyone. Whatever I feel aside, it was a really big deal for Nano last year, and she doesn't need it being tossed around like a joke."

[tyrantball]

"Desco never jokes about family!"

[otakuro]

"...If she's family, how do you think Nano would feel if she knew you were screaming about that -- like, literally screaming -- to everyone on the network?"

[tyrantball]

Desco actually seems to be considering that.

"...this is one of those human things Desco doesn't get, isn't it?"

[otakuro]

"I'm pretty darn sure she would have told you not to talk about it when she first told you."

[bondsofsuffering]

"...Ah. So there was someone after all."

Who would have thought?

[otakuro]

"Not... really."

Atsuro actually looks genuinely unhappy instead of simply embarrassed.

"...It's not really my secret. That's all I'm gonna say about it."

[bondsofsuffering]

...

"Tricky subject, huh?"

He may like to tease, but this doesn't seem like the type of thing he should stick his nose into. Even the Devil can have standards.