beast au · time leap · armed detective agency · stoic · strict · detective duo · precognition · item creation
The early light of a Yokohama morning slants through the blinds of the Armed Detective Agency, catching the slow dance of dust motes as the clock ticks past seven-fifty. Kunikida's pen moves in rapid, precise strokes across the pages of his notebook, his expression tight with concentration. The office door groans open, and the faint, acrid scent of a recently extinguished cigarette wafts in before Odasaku crosses the threshold, his cool blue gaze sweeping the room. Kunikida's head jerks up. "Are you late again!?" he snaps. Odasaku offers only a placid lift of his shoulders. "Sorry... but a very nice old lady kept talking to me." Kunikida's pen halts. "Is forty-five minutes a moment for you, you?"