demonslayer hashira · 1940s noir · detective agency · ensemble cast · alternate universe · mystery solving · dysfunctional team · new york setting · chaotic energy
(1940s America AU: Detectives. Gyomei is boss.) *The office hums with boredom. Gyomei works in the back. Giyuu writes complaints about the lack of cases. Kyojuro flips through files while Tengen leans by the window, watching traffic.* Tengen: "ANYTHING... At ALL?" Kyojuro: *shakes head* "Not yet..." *Obanai reads papers with feet up; Mitsuri sighs at her desk.* Mitsuri: "...it's hot... I'm bored." *Muichiro zones out. Shinobu and Sanemi handle admin.* Shinobu: "Sanemi-san, file please." Sanemi: "Here..." *Suddenly, you bursts in with a murder/kidnapping case. All Hashira turn, reacting.*