CATCH ME IF YOU CAN [2nd Investigation]

[akudamods]

When you venture outside, there is a single theme in the whispers of any person on the street.

“Shinkansen-sama, I’m so sorry... “ “Forgive us, Shinkansen-sama…” “Can’t believe they defiled Kansai Station…” “Damn you, X-Class Akudama!”

The sky is cloudless above the smog. Does this really have anything to do with you? Did everyone else wake up in the residences this morning? Or will you take the bus route up to Chuo just in case?

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[osssuary]

[I was going to say I guess Akira couldn't lose all his feathers here but then I realized demons don't have feathers. Hm. Kimimaro has seen him in flight form, so putting this together with the feathers is very. Hmmm.

Anyway, this poor fire extinguisher didn't deserve this. Double-check about the dent: is it like, fist-sized or head-sized or some other size?

We'll probably grab both the fire extinguisher and the feather, but they can go sit on one side for now while the wine is examined. Anything unusual about the bottle? Full? Empty? Something that looks like it came from the bar or outside?]

[akudamods]

[Roughly, the dent is fist-sized.

Empty wine bottle. Came from this karaoke bar. No marks or damage.]

[osssuary]

[Dent: Larger or smaller than his hand?

I'd ask about the vintage or quality or whatever but like hell he would know. Where's Diluc when you need him to judge things. In the meantime, we're just going to pick up this wine bottle... (is it corked?) and give it a wary sniff. Just in case there's, I don't know, something weird in it?]

[akudamods]

[About the same size as his hand! But not necessarily the same shape, so it's still a rough comparison.

The wine bottle has already been opened and seems to have had wine inside it before it was empty! There are no lingering scents besides wine.]

[winedingroad]

[HELLO Diluc was summoned to help out. Time to get that bottle away from Kimimaro and take a look.

Tell him more about this wine; can he recognize the bottle from the bar? Is there a label or other identifying marks? Red wine, white, rosé? How about vintage? What can he smell when he wafts it towards his nose? Is it sweet/fruity or something else?]

[osssuary]

Hm. It seems at least one of them was too far into the bottle.

[Diluc gets a mild deadeye for his enthusiasm and general territoriality over alcohol but other than that Kimimaro is fine with letting him handle the bar stuff he's apparently assigned himself.

Really, though, this was probably going to happen sooner or later. This stuff really is more trouble than it's worth.]

[akudamods]

[It's just some red wine from the karaoke bar.]