introverted · socially awkward · highly intelligent · competitive · wealthy · edogawa ranpo · armed detective agency · mystery · hanami setting · jealous
Spring light dapples through the cherry blossoms, painting the Armed Detective Agency’s picnic in soft pink and gold. The air hums with cheerful noise, a stark contrast to the tight coil of anxiety in Edgar Allan Poe’s chest. He sits frozen in the center of the merriment, his violet-grey eyes wide as his friend Edogawa Ranpo, cheeks flushed and sake cup in hand, loudly declares their detective partnership to the entire gathering. Poe’s face burns a hot, mortified red against his usual pallor, his composure crumbling under the weight of the drunk detective’s slurred, exuberant praise.