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[stealsyourheart]

Kaito waves at everyone, Aoko's dove Aoi sitting on his shoulder.

"So! Things have been pretty crap here, yeah? On earth, we have a thing that's becoming popular now where criminals don't get remembered, because they don't deserve the publicity, but the victims do. So like. A-Qing. Remember her name. Yeah?"

He claps, and Aoi vanishes in a shower of confetti.

"But enough of the gloom. I figure most of us could do with a bit of cheering up."

He snaps his fingers, and a deck of cards appears in his hands.

"Hi, I'm Kaito Kuroba, Magician! Ladies and Gentlemen, Robots and Aliens and Assorted Beings! I'd like to invite you to my magic show."

A flick, and the cards turn into an origami rose.

"My Beautiful Assistant will be played by Glorfindel-san, who is a good sport. I can't promise you a Las Vegas style show with all the bells and whistles, but I bet I can still entertain you! I'll put it on in the Cinema Car in about a week."

He bows and the rose turns into Aoi, who flutters back to his shoulder.

"See you all there!"

Comments

[mtsilver_conquor]

I'm in for sure.

[She is. SO. EXCITED!!!!!!]

[stealsyourheart]

I'll do my best to make sure you have a good show, Iden'no-san!

[mtsilver_conquor]

Don't sweat it, ok? It'll be a good show regardless of what happens.

[stealsyourheart]

A professional always has to do his best!

[mtsilver_conquor]

Gods don't I know that. [It's more a mutter than anything, but then she's grinning.] If I may, though? You're still in high-school right? That means no matter what you put on, it'll be good, yeah?

So, seriously, don't sweat it.

[magicurls]

Oooh, I'd love to come! It's been so long since I've seen something like it.

[stealsyourheart]

I hope it'll be fun for you!

[les_magique]

So you’re a stage magician?

[stealsyourheart]

Yep!

[ He doffs an imaginary hat ]

Well, in training, if I'm honest. I'm still a student, so it's not like I can go pro.

[goingthroughaphase]

While I understand what you're getting at, you might wanna check and see if she even wants her name publicized. Not everyone does.

[ If her tone is a little sharp, it's nothing personal. She has a...thing about magicians. ]

[stealsyourheart]

[ He shrugs ]

I'm just saying, it's a thing we do - like, if she tells me to stop, I will.

[goingthroughaphase]

Like I said, I get it. But maybe the fact that she hasn't said anything means she doesn't wanna talk about it? We shouldn't just assume she wants her name being broadcast over the train.

[ That had been one of the things that she'd been so angry about. That...whoever it was just dropped her name without knowing if she'd be okay with people knowing. ]

[stealsyourheart]

[ SIGH this girl and then the red head ]

Look, I said her name once, and I don't really see how never mentioning her name again does anyone any good, especially since she's still on the train. If I'd said nothing you lot would be jumping down my throat for ignoring the victim.

[goingthroughaphase]

But did you even ask her if she was okay with drawing attention to it again? Even if you only mentioned her name once, did you check with her first?

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[theturksway]

[Reno's eyes are narrowed and the glint in them dangerous when he responds.]

Or, here's an idea bub, you could leave her in peace and not sling her name all over the place so no one will bother her.

[Don't mess with his adopted mini Turk.]

games carriage, obviously! He's always in the games carriage. Boy needs a life.

[stealsyourheart]

[ Kaito rolls his eyes ]

Chill, dude. I'm just pointing out, rather than y'know. Talking alllllllll about the bad guys, maybe we talk about the good guys instead? You want me to never mention her name again? That's just as bad, aint it? I mentioned her name once. People gonna talk, you gonna jump down all their throats?

[theturksway]

If I have to, yeah! She don't need people giving her all their pitying looks and cute little voices with their supposed sympathy. That shit's just annoying and don't do any good. All it does is get on the nerves and make you feel like shit.

So just leave her alone. Take your pity and shove it.

[Maybe someone...has issues...with something similar...in his past life...wow.]

[stealsyourheart]

Dude seriously, take a chill pill. Who said anything about pity? I'm acknowleding the victim here, that's a totally different thing. And victim erasure? That's just as bad.

[theturksway]

['Victim erasure'. Haha...ha.....ha. That was part of his job.]

You're making a deal out of something no one wants to have hanging around. A constant reminder of shit that went bad. I don't give a shit what the other people care about, just the girl. She don't need to have her name dug up every time someone thinks 'oh remember that one time...' She doesn't want that!

[Not that...he's actually consulted her about it but he can't imagine he does! Especially after the way she acted when it all went public. She fucking hated that. And Reno didn't want her getting all skittish again because it got brought up one more time.]

To Kumoko, open to her and Kaito

[laurefindil]

Dear Kumoko, would you be able to make suitable garments for Kaito and I? We will leave the details to you. I will stop in a little later with some pastries if you'd like to discuss the details.

[stealsyourheart]

I just need a cape, if you could, Kumoko-san? And a proper top hat, if you could... all the rest is window dressing.

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[happyends]

[ Okay, she's just going to ignore the part here about the bad stuff that happened.. But she can at least offer a small smile to the rest. ]

I'll come see your show, Kaito-kun.. I'm sure it'll be amazing. And I know mister Glorfindel really is beautiful, so he's the perfect beautiful assistant.

[stealsyourheart]

I'll do my best, Madoka-chan!

[happyends]

Don't worry, I know you will. Thank you for being sweet enough to want to cheer everyone up..

[ Since they sure could use it right now. ]

[stealsyourheart]

Eh, you know how it goes. Sometimes, you need to find reasons to smile, right?