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Kazuhira Miller ([personal profile] hellburger) wrote in [community profile] nexus_sages2015-12-27 02:31 pm
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Kazuhira Miller has made himself at home at a cozy Nexus seating group. He pores over a spread of newspapers and magazines covering a plethora of universes and alternate Earth timelines. To one side, a text book on theoretical physics is opened to a chapter on string theory and a cup of black coffee has formed a puckered ring over Donald Trump's leering face on an issue of Time Magazine.

He lays his current paper flat on the adjacent coffee table, leans forward to rest his elbows on his knees, and loosely clasp his palms. "What's the strangest news you've ever heard? Or, if you'd rather: what world event would you say has affected you the most?"

Miller's head turns and points to a four-inch stack of glossy flyers. He sighs. "And ... while we're at it, when did newspapers become seventy-percent ads?"
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[personal profile] sumarusfinest 2015-12-28 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Newspapers in my home are not so bad when it comes to ads. It's still a status symbol there." Katsuya Suou is a slim Japanese officer in a grey and red suit with tinted lenses. He does look sympathetic to the TIME magazine the other is holding.

"The most life changing event I've read about was tabloidesque rumors being true." That was when everything changed, back home...

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[personal profile] sumarusfinest 2015-12-28 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Space is a premium, so the papers are written almost entirely in kanji, even rarely used ones. Thus being able to competently read the paper is something only the educated can do with any real ease." The officer shrugs, because educational elitism is really an unfortunate thing.

"Mysterious beast attacks suburban home, victim drained of all blood. Demon sightings. People having freakish accidents happen to them. Things of that sort."
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[personal profile] sumarusfinest 2015-12-28 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Sumaru. Toyama prefecture." Katsuya nods briskly as he replies. He doesn't have much of an accent, but now that Kaz is listening, it's definitely there.

"Sumaru is a....special case." Katsuya admits, adjusting his tinted sunglasses with a sigh. The mention of a demon in the Nexus makes his entire demeanor stiffen. "There is? Has it been causing any trouble? How could I have missed one?" He bites at his thumb, clearly vexed.

His extermination was clearly not thorough enough.
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[personal profile] sumarusfinest 2015-12-29 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
"It's not a terribly large city." Fairly metropolitan, but nothing like most of the Tokyo and nearby prefectures. "I see. I didn't realize you were hanjin." Half. Because he's clearly not entirely Japanese, built like an American grown truck like he is.

"My home world has had a history of demon troubles. And there was....an incident...involving demons attacking the Nexus some time ago. I had thought I'd done away with them all. So..yes. I'm a violent crimes detective, but I do hunt demons in my personal time." That's the simplest way to explain his life.
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[personal profile] sumarusfinest 2015-12-29 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
"I can imagine. Depending on what time you're from, that might have not gone so well for you. You have my sympathies."

Kaz's eyes aren't deceiving him. Katsuya Suou does not look like he could bench press a toddler, let alone pistol whip demons heads off. But he does! And in his suit no less! To be fair, he has his clothes custom made to be tough as armor, and stain resistant. One of the benefits of rumors becoming reality in Sumaru.

"...More of an obligation. But...in a word, yes."
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[personal profile] sumarusfinest 2015-12-30 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
"I was quite hoping that hadn't happened in your timeline." Katsuya still sounds sympathetic. "It's happened enough to enough people, I'd say." He gives a slight sigh, but then raises an eyebrow.

"Catch them? No, you misunderstand. I either talk them down, get them to leave. Or I kill them. There is no capture. What purpose would I have for the beasts?"
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[personal profile] sumarusfinest 2015-12-30 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"Some people do. Devil Summoners. They make pacts with demons and fight alongside them. Those people need extraordinary magical power to pact and tame demons. weaponize them. The most I can manage is to barter with demons I can negotiate with, talk them down from fighting or trade information in exchange for sparing them. I haven't the ability to tame the demons, so I don't."

What he does have is the ability to dump gratuitous amounts of fire and gun onto any demon that crosses him. He's good at that.
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[personal profile] sumarusfinest 2015-12-31 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Some do. I've definitely had to get involved with situations like that in the past." The temptation for many things in Sumaru is high. It makes a civil servant's job never ending.

"It's probably for the best the government hasn't gotten hold of demons though." He's seen how fast corruption spreads firsthand. "If a person would be tempted, imagine a bureaucrat. "
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[personal profile] sumarusfinest 2015-12-31 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"If they could be trusted to carry out the mission, certainly. It's a possibility. Though I'd rather rely on drones than the whims of a demon." The ones smart enough to follow orders might also not eb the sort one would want to trust with their life, or the lives of civilians.

It's something to ask the detective agency about though. As Sumaru's resident Devil Sumnmoners, they might know something about the subject.

"The suit? Ah, Rosa Candida--it's a specialty department store back in Sumaru. It's...not your average clothing store." Not anymore, at least. Hurray for rumors changing reality? "Thank you for noticing, though. i do try to maintain a professional appearance. As a civil servant, I should look the part."