ic contact;

[condoner]

This is Tsunemori! I'm sorry, I'm not here right now, but please leave a message. I promise to get back to you once I'm able. Thank you very much! ( action → text → voice → video )

Comments

[coefficiency]

I'm fairly sure I'm a few years away from qualifying for that and pension.

Unless more time passed than I thought. Senility is one of the first signs.

[ Ok fine he's going with this joke. ]

[condoner]

Should I get you a cane for your birthday?

[coefficiency]

Do you think it'll make me look distinguished?

[condoner]

Only if you wear a bowtie with it.

[coefficiency]

I'll have to pass then. Bowties do not look good on me.

[condoner]

[ just you wait until she sees ur new buff body. she'd want you in just a bowtie, gino. ]

I'm sure that's not true.

video

[coefficiency]

[ He's actually flipping to video because he's in the middle of washing dishes. But also, his unamused look is easier to convey this way. ]

Bowties are outdated, Tsunemori. That was my father's time, probably.

BABE

[condoner]

[ this is akane getting up from her seat, totally dumbfounded at what she sees. ]

You look so different now.

[coefficiency]

[ His eyebrows go up a fraction at her look, but he keeps that to himself. ]

I did say a few years passed. [ Shrug. ] Time changes everyone.

[condoner]

Did I ever grow my hair long?

[ asking the important questions here ]

[coefficiency]

No. You said it would be too much of a hassle.

[ a pause ]

Did you want to grow it out for some reason?

[condoner]

No, not at all.

I like my hair now as it is.

[coefficiency]

Well, whatever you decide, I'm sure you'll look fine, Tsunemori.

[ So smooth??? ]

Though, something about the short cut is iconic. Perhaps I'm just used to it.

[condoner]

Ah, thank you.

[ compliments from ginoza??? what year is this. ]

I think you might just be used to it, Ginoza.

[coefficiency]

[ The year he started becoming more and more like his old man. Good lord. ]

Maybe, maybe not. In any case, it's oddly nice to be back. I didn't think about this place at all when I was home, but as soon as I came here again, I remembered everything.

Was your experience the same?

[condoner]

That's right, it was the same.

[ oh... she's still standing up. time to get back down. ]

It's strange, isn't it?

[coefficiency]

Very strange. On one hand, I'm glad for not having this place to think about. On the other...

[ It's weird to suddenly not think about it at all. ]

[condoner]

I do think that it was better that way - not thinking about Cerealia while we were at home. We wouldn't have been able to work properly, if it wasn't the case.

[coefficiency]

Our cases are difficult enough as it is, an added distraction isn't what I'd be looking forward to.

[ Speaking of. ]

I won't say much, but you've got some trials ahead of you.

[condoner]

I can only hope for more challenging things in the future. Otherwise, I won't grow as a person.

[coefficiency]

[ Why was he even worried. This is Tsunemori he's talking about. The only time he's seen her lose her cool (totally, utterly) was—no, he's not going to think about that. She'd lost her grandmother. It doesn't count. ]

I don't know how you do it, Inspector.

[condoner]

[ she just gives him a smile. nothing else to be sad. ]

And I'm glad you're fine, Enforcer Ginoza.