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[doubleppk]

[Fujiko has been raiding the library for the past few days looking for something very specific. Upon finding it, out she rushes, delighted with her discovery, only to remember something very obvious.]

Ciel! I found those books you were looking for. [And how. There's at least 3 Sherlock Holmes books, and a good stack of 20 other books. Anyone want to help the busty chick move those books? The little kid probably won't help that much either.] There were even some others I'd never seen before, but they look like fiction. And I got you Hound of the Baskerville, because it's just a really good book.

Hey, just so I know, if there are any fans of French literature out there, is anyone else here familiar with Maurice Leblanc or Arsene Lupin?

Oh! And Valvalis, I can start whenever you have time. [Aha, that might explain all the wind magic books she's got. Still, even though normally she'd make Lupin do all this work, she doesn't look too unhappy.]

Comments

[doubleppk]

[That would be amazing.]

Hah~ Lucky. I swear anytime I even get close... [Still, she just shrugs it off. Stupid Lupin. She's seriously going to kick his shins the next time she sees him.]

[originaljackass]

Trust me. Better off that way. Failing to succeed is bad, succeeding and then failing is way worse. [He's gained and lost fortunes so many times in his life he's got whiplash from it.]

[doubleppk]

No no, that's how it usually happens anytime Lupin gets involved. I get the loot, he tries to steal it and goes over a cliff or something. So I get to own it... for a whole five minutes. Genie lamp, golden car, doesn't matter what. [Heavy sign.]

[originaljackass]

Sounds like someone who needs snuffed out.

[doubleppk]

[Tenses almost immediately. Lupin's hers to kick around damn it.]

Maybe not that far. Stupid Jigen and Goemon, if anyone's got a right to kill him, it's me. They haven't even know him as long.

[originaljackass]

[... interesting. So it's more than just a rival.]

Sounds like me and Bigby, only we don't have the sexual tension.

[doubleppk]

[Oh God, her cheeks are on fire blushing.]

Se-sexual tension?!?! What?! No! You've got it wrong! I always walk out on him! And he's such a horndog that he'll screw anything with two breasts and two legs. Fucking Davy Jones: she can kiss my --

Who's Bigby?

[originaljackass]

[He snickers at her reaction. Oh Fujiko, he's already got you figured out.]

Damn, must be frustrating. Especially if you're looking for a man who can stick to one lady.

Bigby's the Big Bad Wolf. Has a habit of getting in my way a lot, so I have to kick his ass.

[doubleppk]

[The blush doesn't die down any, but she does nod a little numbly. It's too hard to explain, but if Lupin can't be loyal to her, there's no way she can trust him, so it creates an endless circle with both of them always running away from each other.]

Big Bad Wolf? [Her ears practically perk up at that, since Lupin = wolf, and there's only about a hundred million references to it.] Like a werewolf?

[originaljackass]

[Well, this tells Jack one thing. She's obsessed with another guy and it's going to take some work to make her forget this loser.]

Yeah, close enough. Hell if I know his real story. Just the part with the three pigs and his preying on elderly women.

[doubleppk]

[Yes. This is unfortunately quite true. Although it can be done, there's a giant bucket of issues there.]

Ew. Gross. And here I always thought wolves just got a bad rap! [Because she does actually adore wild wolves.] Do you ever work with him?

[originaljackass]

[There's nothing Jack can't accomplish!]

Only when I didn't have a choice. They made the bastard sheriff.

[doubleppk]

[More power to him then.]

Sheriff? Really? He was supposed to enforce laws of all things?

[originaljackass]

Pretty hilarious, right? The villain becomes the law, the hero gets treated like a criminal. Half the reason I ditched that town.

[doubleppk]

Sounds like a really stupid town!

Well, at least he's probably not as persistent as Zenigata~

[originaljackass]

Depends on what Zenigata is like. The bastard tracked me down all over the western states to drag me back.

[doubleppk]

Oh... well... okay... that's pretty extreme. Zeni's the cop tailed to Lupin. He shows up in the most unlikely of places. Once we had to blow up this ship the Scorpion was trying to kill us with and then after all that, Zenigata still tries to chase us down a freaking sea turtle.

The man has no life.

[originaljackass]

Yup, that about describes Bigby.

[doubleppk]

That's crazy. What does he care about chasing you so hardcore for, anyway?

[originaljackass]

They're afraid I'll go blabbing to the world about our secret city.

[doubleppk]

Oh. Fuck. Yeah. I know how that is. [Doesn't even realize she slipped enough to stop pretending to be a perfectly innocent little princess girl instead of the coarse rough gun enthusiast she really is.] Really, like it's our fault we just happen to have certain knowledge in our brains. Did they hire you to find it in the first place too or were you just born there?

[originaljackass]

[That makes it all the better. And makes her all the more interesting too.] Ha! Neither. I've been there long enough, I'm practically one of the founders!

[doubleppk]

Those are the worst! [Stamps foot indignantly. Man, if she had a hundred thousand yen for every time she helped set up some new country/place/city only to get completely gypped and chased down for knowing too much, she could retire and stop doing that kind of gig.]

Without you, the city wouldn't even be the way it is, so it should be totally your choice if you want to tell anyone or not. Stupid arrogant sons of bitches pricks... [Trails off into angry grumbles towards the ends. No, she never did forgive the Russian KGB or certain other mad scientists through the years.]

[originaljackass]

[Oh Fujiko, he appreciates you being so involved in this. Even if maybe it's a bit misplaced.]

Damn right it wouldn't be! But do those jackasses appreciate me? Hell, I wouldn't tell anyway. If a bunch of mundy jackasses find out that there's a city full of immortals hanging around, it'll make things complicated for all of us.

[doubleppk]

[Actually given how Fujiko is, their situations could almost be identical. Minus the immortal vs. terrified of dying or even growing old thing.]

Immortal? Now I know you're too lucky. All that stuff about fate being a bastard to you too, were you just putting me on? [Still, there's an obvious teasing tone to her voice and a grin.]

No one ever appreciates the hardest workers. They just assume we'll double-cross them even if we wouldn't and try to kill people which just means we have to get revenge. Tch. Just like Interpol... Total liars the whole lot. Oh sure, they say you can clear up the misunderstandings, but they're just using you and then once they get what they want, it's "Sayonara, oh and we're upping your bounty instead of removing it." Bastards.