knew_anyway | Sixth summoning [Voice]

[The PCD turns on to silence at first, before Nathaniel speaks, his voice soft, calm.]

Jean Louis and Mireille have returned home. My condolences to anyone who were friends with them.

[A moment of silence.]

I'd like to reassure everyone, however, that this will not impede any progress. We are more than capable of rising above such dark times, even without their guiding hands- I have utter faith in that.

[Another pause- as if he wants to say anything else- but he switches the PCD off.]

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I am willing to take Jean Louis' responsibilities in addition to my own. If anyone has questions or concerns, please refer back to me. Beka Cooper is also missing, but I have retrieved some of the maps she managed to make. We will have to reorganize a little to allow for her absence. We cannot let these disappearances weaken us, no matter how they may hurt. ...I'm sorry.

[[ooc: I AM STILL TAGGING NAT'S OTHER POST fjdkls I'm sorry, I just had to make a goodbye post from him. :( ]]

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I appreciate your desire to help.

[He nods at him.]

Don't worry about that. You'll meet others.

I'm used to investigating crimes that involve suspicious, or just strange, deaths- and fighting against things like demons and spirits. Possibly why Duroc-san allowed me to join in the first place.

[Here Nat, have a smile- even if it's kinda sheepish.]

Should worry more about working well with the others involved.

Were you some sort of detective in your own world?

[Curious.]

We all have some issue with teamwork. It's something that can improve over time.

Kind of, but only one member of our division used to be an actual detective- he worked for the police. I only looked into these matters in one section of Japan- unless another needed help for some reason.

I worked in Nagasaki a lot.

[Why he still feels the need to not outright say he's a shinigami is habit.]

Some people found it hard to work with me, but I enjoy working with other people.

Alright. I'm sure we could use someone with that kind of background.

[A nod, before-]

Why is it difficult to work with you, do you think?

They.. couldn't take how I was after a case- I felt too much for the person who had to pass on. Too emotional. They couldn't get along with me sometimes, on how I saw the job or did it. Sometimes it was how I thought of my shikigami as friends instead of just tools to summon.

I didn't use the power I had to move out of the division to work where I'd be more useful.

[Shaking his head.]

Things like that. My latest partner has been with me a long time, though.

Too many emotions while on the squad can lead to inefficiency and even put teammates in danger.

[He frowns.]

All of that was when I first started working, Mandrake-san. I've improved after seventy years.

[.. That's not a lie, he just goes to drink himself senseless after really bad cases where he has to kill someone who shoul have been given a chance.]

..seventy years?

Yes, or close enough to it, give or take a year or so. I know I don't look anywhere near that old.

Is there a specific reason for that?

[A little sharper than he intended it to sound.]

It's a, uh..

[Trying to think of a word here, pardon him, trying to ignore that sharpness there.]

Side-effect? Or something like that, because of my job position. This body doesn't age like a normal human body, heals a lot faster, and can take a lot of damage.

[.. Funnily enough his body was like that before he became a god of death, somewhat.]

...what was your job? You mentioned a- shikigami?

Yes, shikigami- it's a being that I can summon to aide me in battle when I'm sent out on a job and encounter somethin I can't fight with ofuda magic alone. They used to be gods, well still are really, but people stopped believing in them and praying to them.

They're still really powerful, they just live in a seperate dimension from Earth that only a guardian to one of the doors can access and allow others into that world.

[First question, Tsuzuki. First question.]

Oh, my job- Shinigami, I work in the Summons Section of the Ministry of Hades.

Sixth summoning [Voice] - Family Lost

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