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[perfectsymmetry]

[1] It's not a fun day to wake up and find two of your housemates droned. Crowe leaves the house, not wanting to deal with them, only to find out later that 3 of his friends - Aaron, Kakyoin and Flay - are also droned.

To add insult to injury, he finds something in the mailbox with his name on it. It's a small manila envelope. There is only a photo inside, and he stares at it for a long while. It's a mugshot of him when he was 15, when he was caught trying to burglarize a museum in Italy. Considering his infamous last name in the crime world of his homeland, he was quickly booked and thrown in jail until his uncle helped get him out and cleared his name.

To anyone who approaches him, his expression is completely unreadable, blank. Crowe wasn't quite sure what Mayfield was trying to tell him with this one.

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[2] Later, there's a motorcycle zipping through town at an unsafe speed. To anyone who knows Crowe, the bike is recognizable. To anyone else, the helmet covers his telltale hair color, and the sunglasses might make it harder to tell who's driving. But you better look out if you're crossing the street, or waiting in your car at that intersection - there's a Ducati coming up fast. A bit later, he'll be driving on the highway, looping through over and over and over again, getting as much speed as he can handle.

Eventually, he runs out of gas, and he simply hops off the bike and walks it back into town, towards home. Approach?

Comments

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Something not very nice. I-I guess I've been lucky so far, and I haven't gotten back anything bad before....

[commentboxtroll]

This place returns things you don't want, too? Wonderful. [No, he doesn't sound like he thinks it's wonderful at all.] A piece of paper is your 'not very nice' thing?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

...It's a photo of something I'm not very proud of. A-And before you say so, it's not indecent o-or anything.

[commentboxtroll]

... [what.] You know, claiming it isn't something indecent right away like that is just going to make me believe it must be something indecent.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[He sighs, and reluctantly takes the photo out of the envelope and hands it to Caesar. It's a mugshot of Crowe from a few years ago. He's a pretty sorry sight.]

[commentboxtroll]

[Caesar takes the photo and looks.]

It's... a picture of you. Holding a board with numbers. [Looking sort of lame, but he'll be nice and leave that out.] I'm going to need some context.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I guess they don't have mug shots where you're from? I-I was arrested. About two years ago, now.

[commentboxtroll]

They don't. [He takes one final look at the mug shot and passes it back to him.] That's the big bad secret? What was it for?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

W-Well, most 15-year-olds don't get caught and arrested for stealing from a museum. That's why.

[commentboxtroll]

Not too common, I admit, but it's not like you did something terrible. Why were you stealing from a museum in the first place?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

...Because I wanted to try. It's um. The family business.

[commentboxtroll]

Oh. You're a thief. [Matter-of-factly stated.] That's one interesting family business you've got there.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Y-Yeah. For a long time I wanted to be like them, but looking back on things like that... M-Maybe it's not a good idea.

[commentboxtroll]

Yeah. A stammering thief isn't too impressive. [SHRUG.] Besides, it's a huge pain trying to live up to a big family name. If you can find something you're happier doing, you're better off with that...

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Way too make him feel better, bro.]

Um. Well, I-I thought I wanted to be an investigator, but Mayfield proved that I'm not very good a-at that either.

[commentboxtroll]

[Hey, it's only the truth.]

Don't be so sure about that. Mayfield is an exception, not the case everywhere. Failing at something you've only tried here and never in your real world doesn't really prove a thing.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I haven't been able to find out much here though. A-And any info you find out could be changed at any time. I've been here for almost a year and a half, Caesar. I feel like I should be doing more.

[commentboxtroll]

That long? [Crowe, you are the most depressing thing right now, did you know that?] Considering you just said anything you find out could be changed at any moment, of course you didn't do so great at being an investigator. It's no fault of your own.

This place cheats. The rules change at any time. We can only barely predict it.