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[earphoned]

[ Congrats, here's your 10 picarats ]

Hey, that was fast. I should've picked a more difficult one. Detectives are scary.

[ Shuichi didn't even STRUGGLE and Minato is disappointed. ]

I guess you'll be ready sooner than I thought.

[ ????????? Minato ]

[exponere]

[ haha take that, professor layton. make way for a new cool hat protag to take over your puzzle game. ]

Will you now explain what this was about?

[earphoned]

Do you think that every action needs an explanation, detective?

[ Randomly texting people probably do need one. He needs to buy himself some time to think up some bullshit reason. ]

[exponere]

You're the one who said that you'd explain everything after I solve the puzzle...

[ better think quickly, minato ]

[earphoned]

I was bored and wanted to hear your voice.

[ Even though they're texting. Can he at least think of something that makes sense and why not. ]

[exponere]

[ ........................... shuichi definitely knows that minato is messing with him now. ]

... you don't really have a reason, do you?

[earphoned]

[ Took him long enough.......is he really an ace☆detective. Maybe he's just an ace detective without the star in the middle. ]

That and I woke up from a nap.

[ Irrelevant. ]

[exponere]

[ look, it's called believing in your so-called friends?? and thinking they won't waste your time??? thanks for backstabbing him. you might as well have just killed one of his friends and tried to get away with murder ]

So were you just bored?

[earphoned]

Can we focus on the "I wanted to hear your voice" part instead?

[ Isn't he always bored, though. ]

Don't you like puzzles, detective?

[exponere]

Not when you can't hear my voice over text.

I do like puzzles but I'm not really a detective so liking them doesn't have to do anything with being a detective or not.

[earphoned]

You have to say it loud if you want me to call you.

[ Just????? What??? ]

Okay, so you do like puzzles. That's all I wanted to know.

[exponere]

Do you want me to call you, Arisato-kun...?

And why do I feel like I made a mistake in giving you this piece of information?

[earphoned]

I think that you feel like this because you made a mistake. I might be wrong, though.

[ Conveniently ignoring the first part. Shuichi, he doesn't want a phone call, he wants someone to mess with. ]

[exponere]

[ ......... okay you know what, shuichi knows that he's being messed with so rather than engaging in this text nonsense anymore, he's just going to CALL MINATO TO GIVE HIM WHAT HE DOESN'T WANT ]

[ fucking pick up the weird mind crystal phone, minato ]

[earphoned]

[ Oh, he picks it up. But it's not going to be as easy as you think, Shuichi. ]

You've reached Minato, he's currently busy...napping. Please leave your message after the beep.

[ Who knew that the crystals are equipped with voice mail. Well, maybe they aren't. ]

[exponere]

[ .................. ]

You forgot to make the beep sound.

[earphoned]

Beep.

[ Here. Are you satisfied now, Shuichi. The awkward pause made this beep legit af, right. ]

[exponere]

[ this is such a legit voicemail...... ]

You should go back to sleep soon, Arisato-kun. It's late.

[earphoned]

Beep.

[ This wasn't funny before, what makes him think it's going to be funny now. ]

What time is it?

[exponere]

It's nearly one.

[ which is a good time to go to sleep?? though then why is shuichi still up at this time... ]

[earphoned]

Oh no, I messed up my sleep schedule again.

[ Not for the first time, and certainly not for the last time. ]

Why aren't you sleeping?

[ Sleeping > replying to Minato's bullshit texts, tbh. Even Minato thinks that. ]

[exponere]

[ just how often does minato mess up his sleeping schedule to say that so nonchalantly... ]

Ah, I got caught up in reading a book but I'll be going to sleep soon.

[ ........... probably ]

[earphoned]

[ He's saying this just to create an illusion that he has a sleeping schedule in the first place. ]

We'll see about that. [ .....Minato??? ] What book?

[exponere]

[ why is minato like this....... but more importantly, why is shuichi indulging in this madman (haha, get it, mad, man, minato is mad's man? look i can make jokes too) ]

Just the history of this world. I've been trying to read as many books as possible to learn everything that is known about this place since if I'm going to live here for a while, I should start adjusting.

[earphoned]

[ Thank you for pointing this out. In fact, he's the absolute madman. I can't believe I'm linking Know Your Meme in our threads now. Ichi, please ban me from here before it's too late. ]

That's smart. I should probably do the same. [ The alternative? YOLO ] I met a few people who have been here for years. I'm not sure what to think about this, to be honest.

[ An unexpected turn of events...is this going to be a serious conversation?! ]