01 | the answers agency presents...

[elevelvetor]

Elizabeth Velveteen and Goro Akechi of the newly-formed The Answers Agency would like to announce that, after multiple days of investigation, we have found that a member of Retrospec's userbase is actually an incredibly kind person.

Silver Bells, known on the app as Gintaro Suzukaze, has done wonderful things such as:

* sprayed water on people on a very hot day
* helped newcomers adjust to retrospec
* had his nails painted a bright assortment of colors that was sure to clash with his hair to help out with someone’s bingo square
* promo’d his brother for bingo and because he obviously loves him
* rescues cats from trees on a biweekly basis
* befriends friendless losers
* lends his aid without asking for anything in return

(citation for at least two of these)

We thank you for reading and ask that you spread the good word about Silver, and perhaps share stories of your own of his kindness!

also, i (The Answers Agency president, Elizabeth) will be holding a show everyone is free to come to in Recollé Square on the 15th, at 5pm. you’ll have to bring your own snacks, but other refreshments will be provided.
additionally, those with a serious interest in becoming a detective or making their way in the investigative world should contact either myself or Akechi for more information about The Answers Agency!
we will also take cases, big or small, missing pets or stolen items, so feel free to contact about that as well.

[ ooc: replies will come from both Elizabeth and Goro (twostringsonebow)! ...and Silver, probably, damage control at its finest. ]

Comments

[twostringsonebow]

[......... holy shit]

Please, tell me more. I have to admit, I'm insanely curious as to what it must be like, having such an odd vision.

[trappingheart]

i swear i'm just as confused as you are this is totally nuts but i swear i just imagined it out of nowhere
when i read those words it just hit me like it was vivid as could be
i wasn't just any demon i was a fallen angel who lost her wings
i heard it myself!! i don't know what exactly i could DO
like if i had any powers or anything
but i called myself yohane there too
it wasn't like a street name though that must have been my legit demon name

like i know it sounds like bullshit but i swear it on my life

[feistytrader]

[...Well. Of course she is.]

That sounds awesome.

[trappingheart]

silver this is so damn weird you believe me right?!?!
like it's the most bizarre thing i definitely don't think it was nonsense either
that's what i called myself in my hallucinowhatever i'm 1000% sure of it!!!

[feistytrader]

Relax, I believe you. Why would you lie about something like that?
Did anything else happen?

[trappingheart]

no i just remembered yknow calling myself that
saying i was a fallen angel and i was cast out of heaven
all i remembered is that that's what i would call myself though, like i heard myself saying it and it wasn't like the first time i said it or something i made up on the spot

now i REALLY wanna know who started spreading that rumor though

[twostringsonebow]

[No that like

legitimately sounds like absolute crock. What the fuck.]

How exciting. [what the shit] I believe you, Tsushima... or should I call you Yohane?
I've never spoken to a demon before, past life or not.

[BUDDY. HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU THERE. NOT QUITE YET BUT.]

[trappingheart]

[ That's because it absolutely is but poor Yoshiko doesn't know that-- ]

i still don't really know what kind of things demons do or anything
like honestly i'm still kind of trying to believe it myself
but i don't see how it could be anything else i mean it's not like people normally go around claiming to be fallen angels
so i'm more inclined to believe it just because it's so out there
and like i said i remember it clear as day

i have NO idea how to deal with this though like
At All

[twostringsonebow]

[... He feels bad for her. Give him a minute, he's commandeering Elizabeth's laptop for this.]



You're human now, and that's what matters. If it bothers you, don't let it tether you down. But it does sound rather cool.

[trappingheart]

i mean don't get me wrong

if it was real it'd be the COOLEST it doesn't bother me any

it's just really strange like "oh hey i guess i was a fallen angel in a past life??" like what? it couldn't be more out of the blue

[feistytrader]

If it helps any, I think most of the memories are like that.

[matchbreaker]

Oh golly seriously?

[ . . . Where did she come from ]

[trappingheart]

WHAT ARE YOU "OH GOLLY"ING ME FOR
YES I'M BEING TOTALLY SERIOUS

[matchbreaker]

So a full blown fallen angel huh? That's even stranger than a bat tornado!

[trappingheart]

i mean
it definitely SOUNDS that way??
like i said it's not like i know of any like powers i had
but it sure seemed like i was kind of a big deal

[matchbreaker]

Well thus far I've found a lot of my memories trigger when I'm doing similar things.

Want to go to church with me?

[trappingheart]

don't tell me you're also getting memories of being demonic that's just what we need

trying to imply i need to find religion?

[matchbreaker]

Similar to stuff I did before, girl. If you're a demon, that seems like a place to start

[trappingheart]

but isn't it boring in there? to go to mass and all
there's like so many steps you have to know

[matchbreaker]

Well yeah if you're going to *mass*

Come on I wouldn't kill you with Catholicism sheesh.

That said that might be good for memories if you're a fallen angel

so maybe?

[twostringsonebow]

A bat tornado?!

[matchbreaker]

Oh yeah, that's something I remembered a while back.

[twostringsonebow]

... I'm still not entirely sure I understand the concept, but it's intriguing.

[Fallen angels. Bat tornadoes. What's he got? Pancakes.]

[matchbreaker]

I don't get it either. But hey, if you're smart what do you know about bats?

i'm sorry

[twostringsonebow]

They're not actually blind, they just have poor eyesight. Most of them don't actually feed on blood; that's just the vampire bat itself, most bats tend to eat fruits and insects. Some of them can get surprisingly big.

[... That's all like, standard knowledge, and here comes the nerdy bit.]

In many myths, they're connected specifically with vampires and vampirism due to people misunderstanding how they transfer diseases. You see, they're one of the only mammals that can transfer them via aerosolization of different secretions from their body, including salvia. Oh, aerosolization simply means that it's light enough for it to be carried in the air, by the way.

In simpler words, a bat can infect a whole airplane just by exhaling.

When people come in contact with bats, whether they realize it or not, diseases quickly spread; there are even some that that are specifically born in bats themselves and most people who are infected die horribly painful, completely untreatable deaths. People infected with these diseases, which can be transferred via the air and other methods, would be in the company of others and spread it without knowing it. It was similar to the vampire's bite of legend and caused blood-related deaths as well.

[..................]

Ah, um. They swarm, but do not funnel themselves into tornadoes.