Case 1: Awakening/Investigation

[sinistraljoker]

[Action: 3472 Erwin Road]

[Shoutaro groans as he reaches up to pull his hat off his face. He remembers falling asleep at his desk. Which at the moment is not feeling like a chair at all. Maybe Phillip and Akiko moved him?

But, moving his hand reveals not a fedora covering his face, but a starchy pillow instead. He sits up, groggily taking in the surroundings. Stark, white ceiling with....really strange-looking wallpaper. A room that he's never seen before in his life. And an even stranger woman sleeping beside him.

He, of course, takes this in his usual, Hard-Boiled stride.]

EEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!?

[Action: Downtown Mayfield]

[Shoutaro has (eventually) found something suitable to wear in his so-called wardrobe, including a semi-decent fedora...nowhere near as stylish as his own several. He's made his way downtown to get away from the 'people' in his house.]

This has got to be a dream. It's just got to be. What in the blazes is this place?

[No amount of posturing is going hide his anxiety, or frustration at waking up in this place. Maybe you can come over and try to calm him down a bit?]

Comments

[sinistraljoker]

[Shoutaro visibly shivers. He's just no good with missing body parts anymore.]

I wouldn't expect you to. Just trying to get a feel of the situation is all.

[stupidsexydate]

Yeah. Well mind you, once you start missing work you'll get a phone call. Miss too much of it and you get droned. So try to put up with it.

[sinistraljoker]

So...I'll end up like them huh?

[He searches through his clothes for some kind of clue. He pulls out a business card.]

Seems I'm a lawyer here.

[Ick.]

[stupidsexydate]

For a short duration. Hopefully.

I'm a doctor. No big surprise there.

[sinistraljoker]

Lucky.

[He puts his hand to his chin for a second.]

I suppose that I don't HAVE to do much lawyer stuff. I can always use the office for my own purposes.

[stupidsexydate]

You really don't to be honest. It can get pretty slack.

[sinistraljoker]

I'm sure that a detective in a place like this could be useful.

[He taps his hat for emphasis.]

[stupidsexydate]

More than likely.

[sinistraljoker]

Oh right. I was talking to Hajime earlier. We should definitely meet up with each other a few times, just to keep each other informed. I'm going to investigate the heck out of this town, so hopefully I'll come up with something.

Anyone else you can think of that might do good in those meetings?

[stupidsexydate]

Other than "don't drink the milk the milkman brings", I can't think of anything offhand.