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I'll see if any of the others talk to him regularly. Maybe someone has noticed something...

[ mineo truly attracts the fucking weirdos. ]

[sengokus]

[stop]

Hmm.... maybe? But - he plays it pretty peaceful. Sometimes he pauses a little weirdly when we're talking, so I feel like he holds back what he actually wants to say to me. If I didn't talk to Satoru, I wouldn't know that Mahito-san was all that dangerous.

I wonder if we can get another lie detector power... I know that Endorsi's close to him, but I'm pretty sure she has a lot of faith in him, so it'd probably just make her mad at me if I dug around too much.

[and he's pretty sure endorsi is also the only reason why the flea plays nice with him]

[dotcom]

... maybe. We think the powers are probably being recycled, since the memory alteration was a power that someone had before, but it had already run out.

[ he taps his chin. ]

Does Endorsi know what he's really like?

[sengokus]

[nodding]

Got it. Then let's see if we can figure out where the lie detecting one went? Or if there's any other way to clear innocence or not.

.... I don't think so. When I said that Mahito-san gave us bad info, she jumped to his defense pretty fast - even to me.

[and he really does think endorsi is pretty fond of him? so that makes it all the more worrying that he might be in a situation where she would choose between them and. not pick him.]

[dotcom]

... well.

In that case, you should probably keep an eye on her as well.

[sengokus]

[ . . . he looks to the simulated sky at that]

... she's pretty resistant every time I try to worry over her. But - yeah, I'm doing my best.

[that's his roommate? complicated as it may be]

[dotcom]

[ ... well, it's still nice week, so he'll hold his tongue since anything he'd say would piss mineo off. ]

Okay. I stopped talking to her pretty early on, so everything I know comes from you.

[sengokus]

[he nods]

Then I'll share anything that I find relevant - but she tends to ask me about stuff, and offers her help if I need anything. [she did text him pretty fast last night after her chat with wrath so] But I'll let you know.

[he'll glance over to takeru then]

Anything else we can cover today? Or do I get an actual tour of - wherever we are?

[THIS IS NEW YORK? IT'S SO GREEN]

[dotcom]

I haven't really spoken to anyone today.

[ because francy took a break

but he looks around. ]

Central Park.

[sengokus]

[well that answers that and mineo just looks even more shocked]

A park?! It's huge! We've already been walking for forever and there's still more to go!

[dotcom]

It's just in the middle of the city.

[ he frowns. ]

There's not much else green here.

[sengokus]

Whoa... The Big - .... Pear...? Peach...? No, that's not it.

[he gives up fast]

Did you wander around here a lot when you lived here? It feels really different from Japan!

[he's so amazed that they're here at all?]

[dotcom]

Apple.

[ you can tell he's suffering that it's still nice week ]

I guess. I worked nearby at one point.

[sengokus]

Oh, Apple!

[just one more day takeru]

Was it more hacking stuff?

[he literally doesn't know more details than this. he knows nothing about tech. it's foolish and dumb]

[dotcom]

Not that particular one...

[ he trails off, not really walking in a particular direction. ]

We can go somewhere else.

[sengokus]

[following after!!]

Huh? Why?

[dotcom]

I've decided I'm not really in the mood for New York.

[ he looks at mineo. ]

Also, it's not a real date.

[sengokus]

What kind of mood do you have to be in... You don't miss it at all?

[but also blinking as he tries to remember what they're talking about - ]

.... no? And - you don't want it to be?

[mineo has since figured out that if takeru wants to date someone for real he will probably just go for it]

[dotcom]

She just wants revenge because I was making fun of her in trial.

[ he is completely ignoring the first question. ]

[sengokus]

I asked like three questions and I only got an answer to the one I was least interested in.

[dotcom]

The other ones weren't that important.

[sengokus]

They were...! Mm... I won't make you stick around if you don't wanna be here, but I was kinda excited...

[to be in ~*america*~ he's never traveled out of japan so]

And we've talked way too much about my - personal drama [love life....] so... shouldn't yours be fair game?

[dotcom]

We can stay here. I just won't be much of a tour guide.

[ as in, he doesn't really want to go all over. ]

I don't... have personal drama...?

[sengokus]

Hmm.... Okay. Then let's just see where the path takes us!

[he's easygoing about it, continuing to head down the path just so that they're not standing in one spot]

You didn't answer if you wanted it to be a real date with her....

[power couple....?]

[dotcom]

Why would I? My life here is nowhere near as complicated as yours is.