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[thinkoutsidethebox]

Captcha is the eternal enemy.

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[thinkoutsidethebox]

Something like that...

[rusemaster]

Close, but not quite? I see...

[thinkoutsidethebox]

I got used to it, but not due to my role as the detective, precisely.

[rusemaster]

Rough home life? Bad working conditions? Am I warm?

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Not precisely... Mm, you see, I used to have a master myself.

[rusemaster]

[glances up from her work for a moment, before focusing on it again]

A bad one, I take it.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

I adored her at the time. But it certainly involved significant amounts of physical torture and humiliation.

[rusemaster]

It's even harder for me to understand why you'd be so okay with it, then... Even after you managed to turn your role around?

[thinkoutsidethebox]

It's different when it's in a different situation... and it's not as if it's that part of it I wasn't able to tolerate.

[rusemaster]

Hmm... Well, it's your call. Not like I'm gonna object.

[finally putting on the finishing touches, then pulling back with a slow exhale, slightly flushed]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Hmm...

[she raises her hand, turning it to look the pattern over absently]

[rusemaster]

[soundly putting a cap back on the marker]

Is that satisfactory?

[thinkoutsidethebox]

It's acceptable. Is there some meaning to the pattern?

[rusemaster]

Ever heard of the bird called the little grebe? The old name for it was "nio."

[in a tone of relative indifference]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Do you have a lot of personal similarities with a small diving bird?

[rusemaster]

A name, to start with.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Is that all?

[rusemaster]

[shrug...]

There's a lot of 'em where I was born. Nothin' that interesting.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Is that so...? Well, I'd say that the fact that you have a tattoo referencing it makes it interesting enough.

[rusemaster]

No, no. If y'build up too much of a mystery in your head, you'll be disappointed.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Hm. Then, did you just want to match?

[rusemaster]

Think of it like a fancy signature.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Very well.

[rusemaster]

[twirls the pen in her hand]

Any other requests? I could always get more creative—draw a picture, write a poem...

[thinkoutsidethebox]

This should be sufficient. How about you? Interested in any new tattoos? Piercings? Brands?