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[whatsbackup]

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[The video cuts on to show a well-dressed man, his collar loosened but still sporting a tie under a nice vest over which he seems to be wearing a shoulder holster. The fedora he's wearing is cocked to the side slightly, and while it may be a little over the top, it somehow suits him.

He doesn't smile when he starts to speak, but there's an earnest honesty in his olive green eyes that keeps his expression from looking too severe.]

Hey, Genessia. It's been a while.

[He shrugs as though to say that isn't his point and continues.]

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Ronan O'Connor. Back home, I was a detective with the Salem Police, in Massachusetts, if you're familiar with it, and yeah, that's the town that got a bad rap a few hundred years ago for executing witches. Turns out they were actually spirit mediums.

I felt my experiences there gave me enough knowledge to help out around Everglade, and though I'm not on the deputy payroll anymore, I still have a special place in my heart for that town. It was my first home here, and honestly, it's the most like Salem of all the places that make up out little settlement here.

What I've saying is Guardians and their deputies have their hands full most of the time with administration, but I'm still here, and I'm open for business. My going rate's 125 Redbills a day, plus expenses. It'll be itemized. No job's too small.

If you need a detective, look me up or just reply here. I'll get you taken care of.


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[Currently, Ronan is running his business out of the back room at Terra's flower shop in Attleton. Feel free to swing by and see the sign in the window!]

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[nofortunateone]

[Toby finds Ronan's video amusing and while he doesn't like the police he doesn't hate Ronan.

He doesn't hang out in Attleton, it's too...nice. He feels like he sticks out or like he might stain the happy place by just being there. His fists are shoved hard into his pockets, his eyes directed on the path in front of him and little else. He would stick out no matter what he did so there was no point in trying to hide himself.

He steps into the shop and walks straight to the back. His nose can pick up each flower and it's nauseating; not a smell he's used too. He steps towards the back room and pushes open the door.]

Hey.

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[whatsbackup]

[Ronan looks up from the list he was making, slightly surprised to see Toby standing in his office. He stands and moves around his small desk, nodding to the larger man.]

Hey. What brings you to Attleton?

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[nofortunateone]

[The room looks a lot smaller with Toby in it. He glances around and then looks back at Ronan as if his expression says it all.]

Looking to see this new job of yours. [A cat hisses at Ronan and Toby before darting back into the flower shop. Toby chuckles and makes a mental note that there is a cat here.]

Nice to see you're doing well.. the room is too small. [He is just too big but Toby won't admit that.]

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[whatsbackup]

[Ronan raised an eyebrow and rolled his eyes slightly.]

The Jolly Green Giant's got no business blaming a room. [He makes a motion to the desk and the laptop sitting on top of it.] So, now you see it. Detective work isn't about the desk.

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[skilledwithwords]

[Levy smiles at the screen when she see's Ronan. It's been awhile and she'd be lying if she said she didn't miss him. He is one of the other sane people who she worked with in Everglade.]

It has been awhile Ronan. It's good to see you doing what your good at. How have you been? I don't even know what you've been up to for the last few months.

[She hasn't been keeping tabs on him.]

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[whatsbackup]

Hey, Levy. It's good to see you. [And he says it genuinely. He hasn't been keeping tabs on her, either.] And I've been keeping busy. I helped out around a flower shop for the last few months.

What have you been up to?

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[skilledwithwords]

A flower shop?

[Sorry Ronan, it's hard to picture you at a flower shop. Levy has to bite her lip to try not to laugh.]

I can see that didn't stick. I've been thinking about opening another bookstore in Everglade. [She misses it too.] Besides that I've been helping with Hands of Decay stuff here. Trying to put a large shield over the city.

[If she had the energy she'd do it for Everglade to though that'd be a little tricking considering the limits of her powers.]

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[eastdetective]

What will you do if all you get are fidelity investigations and background checks?

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[whatsbackup]

[He chuckles slightly.]

Honestly, kid, that's what I'm expecting. People don't call private investigators or murder cases.

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[eastdetective]

[Conan pauses to consider the many, many times he had been called in to help with a tricky murder case before he had been poisoned. And the many times since then that the old man had been reluctantly called in by the police. ]

Are you really sure about that? The police officers call Uncle Kogoro in all the time on difficult cases. And sometimes clients ask Uncle Kogoro to work cases with the police.

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[pinklight]

I don't actually know a lot about American history. So I actually know nothing about Salem, so hearing that people did that to others is awful.

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[whatsbackup]

[He frowns slightly at the video feed, but rolls his shoulder in a shrug.]

Kid, people have been doing way worse to each other for centuries. It's not news.

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[pinklight]

[Considering what she has seen, she knows this fact. It's still pretty awful.]

It might not be news, but it is still awful regardless.

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[sizedoesntmatter]

[Yugi every so often would drop by the shop to either buy something or drop something off, usually a game or two for the other. Even though he had only just come back from a canon update recently. Today was one of the times where he would drop a game off for her to borrow for a little bit. As he entered the store, he noted the sign. Well he was sure that wasn't there before. Maybe her roommate was starting his own business.

With his curiosity pinged he moved to check it out, poking his head in.]

Hello?

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[whatsbackup]

[Ronan knows this kid, at least in passing. He's pretty sure this kid was the reason they were locked in a game of Monopoly that could have classified as psychological torture.

He hated Monopoly.]

Hey, kid. Yugi, right? You're the guy Terra borrows all the board games from. [He waves a hand.] Come on in.

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[sizedoesntmatter]

[He nodded slightly, taking a step in, looking around for a brief moment.]

That's right. You are Terra's roommate. She mentions you, sometimes.

[He was at least glad to put a face to the person at least. It was better than trying to take a guess.]

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[truesmiles]

[Fai smiled slightly as he appeared on the feed, although the smile was somewhat forced for the moment, but he didn't want people to say anything if he showed how he really felt.]

Is it okay if I speak to you in person? Since I'm the Guardian of Everglade I want to offer something.

[Since people want to help out, he was happily going to let them of course, but he wanted to make sure they got something from it considering how dangerous this world can be right now.]

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[whatsbackup]

I know who you are, kid. [Even if I didn't know who you are, there are action figures.] And the door's open.

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[truesmiles]

[Why was he being called kid, he was pretty sure he was at least much older than him. Even though he really did not look it.]

I will be over soon enough. Might take an hour or so because travelling, of course.

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[greenmagick]

[Terra has been busy since Dave started at the shop. She had hired him so that Ronan might be able to get his own business up and off the ground though she hasn't told him that. As she moves through the store she's on the lookout for Howel who has taking to disappearing at odd hours of the day and in the strangest places. While searching she decides to prepare lunch for everyone currently at the shop and deliver it.

She knocks on the back room and then pushes it open with her hip. In her hands is a tray with a sandwich and a glass of water. She isn't giving him more coffee considering he's already drunk the pot from this morning. She doesn't think coffee is very good for you.]

Have you seen Howel?

[She asks in a light voice as she steps into the room.]

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[whatsbackup]

[Howel, to his credit, isn't actively glaring at Ronan, mostly because he's currently asleep on the corner of Ronan's desk. When the door is nudged open he looks up from his sleeping place, then, as though he just realized it, hisses at Ronan and darts out of the room between Terra's legs.

Ronan looks up from the folder in which he was making notes and points after the cat.]

Right there.

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[greenmagick]

[Terra watches as the cat bounds off, a slight frown pulling at her lips. She steps forward placing the sandwich and water down in front of Ronan while keeping them a safe distance from his laptop. Terra knows what water does to machines.]

I don't understand why he doesn't like you...

[The black cat has been friendly to everyone else; more or less.]

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[mightletyouknowme]

[Sena is a new arrival, and there's no way she'll ever know all of the faces in this world. Right now, she doesn't bother even trying to see if this man is familiar. Considering how little attention she pays to those around her, she probably wouldn't know him anyway.

The well-dressed man finds a girl with bright blonde hair and blue eyes looking at him. She seems to be in her upper teens, and only appears in the video from her neck up.]

Can you find out who brought us here?

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[whatsbackup]

[He'd been prepared for that question. He didn't have much of an answer, but it was something.]

There are people out there, they call themselves the spirits, who claim they brought the people here who "best embody what it means to be alive". That's all we've got, kid.

Anything other than that, and it's going to take more than just one cop to figure it out.

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[mightletyouknowme]

W-wait. [The answer, that he has an answer, is a surprise. Everyone else seemed to have thought there were no clues.] Y-you've really seen somebody?!

[She moves closer to the screen, excitement making her eyes a little lighter.] Then you really can find out! Who is it?!