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[Fujiko is chilling out in what people might recognize as decorated pretty much like Lupin's apartment. She's singing softly to herself and tinkering with something strange, albeit mechanical.]

They tried to draft us
But we don't wanna go
The man can't keep us down
Cuz oh yeah we know....

[She pauses and gives up on the song, focusing instead momentarily on snapping a spring into place, though this gets a quiet little "banzai!" of delight. Success; whatever it was.]

Tie em, push 'em down
The Energizer Bunny
Just keeps on runnin'
But there ain't no cure
For Luceti Winter Blues

[Cute frown and a pout.] No wait, that line's terrible... [Sighs and runs a hand through her hair, then taps her little mechanics into device, which mostly just looks extremely dangerous and flashes knifes and other cutting utensils on swinging springs before she taps it it again with a pen to make it stop and settle down.]

Writing music is really hard. "But there ain't no cure --
For Luceti's Barrier Blues??" [She just shrugs.] Someone else should do this, it's too hard. Tell Elvis I quit. Anyone want to write a protest song? I am going to stick to making earrings.

[Earrings. Yes, apparently that death trap from hell she's playing with? It's an earring. Of course it is. Who wouldn't wear such death traps on their ears right next to their head and necks... it's so shiny. And then the other "earring" goes off and just starts smoking.] Uh-oh... guess I shouldn't have borrowed Lupin's gunpowder. [She's just gonna... try to blow that out.... yeah... be back shortly; experiencing technical difficulties and all that.]

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[Ugh, writer blocks are terrible. He doesn't even want to think about it. Tsuzuki rests his chin on his hand, smiling brightly.]

I didn't know you could make things like that. Have you made any other?

Not recently. I never had the time to really do a lot of this back home so I had to stick with some more simplistic things.

[ie; traps, yes. But she didn't go through all the effort of making them not look like traps as she could usually just wear clothes over them or cover them up with the setting.]

[Tsuzuki is so blissfully unaware of those traps. :'D]

Well, if there's anything you'll get enough of here, it's time.

[Good man.]

True enough dearie. Might as well make the most of it, right?

Right! It's important to have something to do.

Do you work anywhere these days, Fujiko?

Mm! Sometimes I waitress at the Seventh Heaven.

[Because she can't cook to save her life and neither can Lupin. Girl's gotta eat.]

How about you?

[All the more reason to visit Seventh Heaven more often.]

I only help keep the temple clean and respectable. I used to work at Azzip, but... well. Sheik went home and the place didn't feel the same.

[She's flattered~]

[And a solemn nod.] Hm. I remember that. Maybe you can make pizza at the Seventh Heaven when Sanji's out? He could probably use the help.

Goodness, how many temples do we have here?

[Not that she was ever that religious to begin with.]

I could ask him.

[Her other comments manages to grab his attention much more successfully.]

What do you mean? I thought we only had one.

No, there was one for Zenigata, and one for Rei, and I think there's one over by the Cherry trees, isn't there?

Unless they're all the same temple... [Shows how much Fujiko pays attention to religion.]

I only knew of Rei's!

Who's taking care of the one in the cherry groves?

I'm not sure. It might not even still be there actually, I haven't seen it in awhile.

So you have the same one as Rei's? I wonder if that was the Zenigata one...

No, Rei's shrine is called Tsu- something. Tsukino.

[Spreads her hands with a shrug.] Ask Lupin about it when he gets back. He kind of made it for old Pops.

I will.

Old Pops?

Inspector Zenigata. That's what Lupin calls him. The rest of us call him that out of habit sometimes. It's complicated.

Ah. Say no more. I get how some things can be complicated.

When it comes to Lupin, "complicated" only scratches the surface.

On the bright side, those kinds of people are usually the most interesting to be around.

Sometimes. I mean he can be interesting... but also frustrating as hell.

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