045 - Hey there, there's such tender wolves ‘round town tonight [round the town tonight]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She's sitting at her old kitchen table, for once completely clean of its usual coating of papers. In its place, a bowl of popcorn, a bottle of sake and an itty bitty ochoko cup. She's sorting through a small stack of books with various work-related titles, finally picking out Experiments in Criminology and Law.

Misaki looks at the map of Tokyo that stands opposite her, still marked with red and blue pins, and a tiny, tiny smile twitches on her lips. She pours herself and ochoko full of sake and opens up her book.]

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[contract_star]

[Here's a worn-out Hei. He smiles a bit tiredly.]

You did it.

[mercwamouth]

Alcohol?

[lamb_of_gold]

[Lurks nearby with a small smile]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Smiles back] We did.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Puts her hand over the top of the tokkuri and glares at him.] My alcohol.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[SENSES A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE after a moment and looks up with a smile.] Mu. How's Kiki?

[mercwamouth]

But booze works best when shared.

[thedeltaqueen.livejournal.com]

[Have a kitty sniffing at your bowl of popcorn, Misaki.]

[lamb_of_gold]

Exhausted, and refuses to settle unless Shion or I are in the room, but otherwise well.

How are things faring on your end?

[madamemoiselle]

Ne, things are looking up for you?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

They are. [Smiles at her.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[....well hullo.] How did you get here?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Good. The city's been quiet since.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Shifts it away from him.] I'm enjoying it just fine.

[lamb_of_gold]

And the children?

[contract_star]

[Bigger smile. He's not sure whether to tell her about Yin and about his plan.]

What are you going to do now?

[madamemoiselle]

{Smiles a bit} Then I'm glad for you. What happened?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Mu, Hei and myself stopped some kidnappers from my reality.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Off active rotation, as per my orders. They're placed with families who know how to deal with Contractors at the moment.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Taps her fingers on the table.] Wait for the next case, I suppose.

[madamemoiselle]

{Frowning, she wants to say "apparently not all of them", but she just smiles instead} Ne, that's really great! I bet you and Hei work well together.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Bigger smile] We do. This is the first time I've really worked with him. And thanks to him and Mu, there's a gang behind bars and a child-killer stopped for good.

[madamemoiselle]

Ah, I guess that's probably just because Hei wouldn't want you to get hurt. Ne, but maybe now he wouldn't be so reluctant to. That was a problem, right?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Sips her drink, a slight blush coloring her cheeks.] Considering the fact that I saved him during that whole mess with nothing but a broken pipe, I should hope not any more.

[madamemoiselle]

Ohhh? How impressive.

{Nonchalantly, as she regards her fingers} And you won't have to worry anymore.