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WHO: Naoto Shirogane, and you!
WHERE: Shirogane Investigations in the Inaba Shopping District
WHEN: Day 2 and beyond
WHAT: Shirogane Investigations is open for business or curious visitors

Next to Tatsumi Textiles in the Inaba shopping district, there used to be a vacant shop, however one day, it was a bit not so empty anymore. On a glass window in the front, there was, in a very simple font: Shirogane Investigations.

Inside, it looks very much like a 1950s noir detective's office. A secretary's desk with requisite computer and telephone is in front of a door that leads to another office, outfitted with its own computer and desk, along with bookshelves and some file cabinets. In the main office In the main office there is a sofa, some magazines (is that one in Elvish?) and a coffee maker on a side table with some mugs and cookies.

In the inner office is a blue-hatted tiny androgynous figure, feet up on the desk and reading a book, looking every inch the detective in residence. Come on in!

[OOC: Shirogane Investigations is open for business! Naoto is open to investigate things for PCs or NPCs, or just to talk to the curious.]

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[Coba had already proven herself to be bizarre and fascinating (Fascinating precisely because it was bizarre; the strangeness and the utter lack of logic that the city was operating with was...charming, if not a little terrifying), but there was something even more bizarre and fascinating about the Inaba district than the rest of the city. Here was a neighborhood that looked like it came out of a small town in Japan, and yet... Hibiki wasn't supposed to be in Japan.

Obviously, the only solution was to investigate. And check out the shops. He didn't have a lot of spending money with him, but he did have a stack of coupons just in case. Plus, it was nice to feel like he was back in Japan as opposed to...wherever Coba actually was. The Inaba District felt like a little slice of home that wasn't anything like his home at all.

When he finally did come across the agency, he couldn't help but to poke his head in. He didn't have need of any of their services, but... Detective agency! How was he supposed to resist? He spots Naoto sitting at the desk, and asks:]

Hi! I don't have anything that needs investigating, but would you mind if I took a look around?

Certainly. There is not exactly much interesting in here, I have only recently arrived and set up my office, however, you are welcome to come in.

[Naoto sits up in the chair, shooting him a smile.

The office is fairly bare, and actually somewhat boring.]

[Fairly bare, sure, but boring? Nah. Not yet, at least. He glances around the office as he speaks, checking the shelves to see if there's anything interesting, or if it's all law and police manuals.]

Only recently, huh? Guess that means you're not from Coba originally?

[Possibly surprisingly, most of the bookcases have detective fiction novels, as well as a few non-fiction reference books on extremely varied things. There are very few actual law or police books among them.]

Yes, the street out in front of my office seems to be a facsimile of the shopping district in my home town of Inaba.

Inaba?

[He's heard of that town before... As he continues to look around the office, taking in the ambiance and the area he passed through to get here, a memory floats to the forefront of his mind. Something about a series of murders in a small town, with a puzzling element to it that the police couldn't figure out and...

Shirogane?]

Oh! That place with all the weird murders!

[Subtle or tactful, he ain't.]

[Naoto laughs slightly, shaking her head. and finally getting out of the chair.]

Yes. Inaba is really only known for a few things. An Inn, textiles, and murder.

[And sometimes, depending on who you are, the detective family who lives out of town, but that's beside the point here.]

[He laughs sheepishly as he turns to face Naoto, sticking his hands in his pockets and adopting an expression of mild embarrassment.]

I only heard of it because of the murder. I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to it, but it was on the news for a while.

I remember hearing the name Shirogane associated with it, too. I'm gonna take a wild leap of logic and assume that's you?

Yes. I was assisting the police on the case. My family has been detectives for generations, so they called me in when they were stalled.

[She shrugs, crossing her arms.]

It was quite the complicated case, but we were able to solve it.

[While Naoto wouldn't have been the image of a detective that Hibiki would have come up with on his own, he's not going to question her authority or legitimacy. He's had enough exposure to exceptional, young individuals to know that their age isn't an indicator of their skill. ~~Neither is their stature.~~]

That just goes to show the skill of an ace detective!

[He falls silent for a moment, glancing around the room once more, but not in any way that would indicate he's actually paying attention to the room.]

Do you mind if I ask why you're setting up shop in Coba? You don't have to answer if that's prying too much.