𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕥'𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜

[psychometer]

[Lien Kha DID owe him one.

Being a private investigator and an informal information broker lands one in a lot of trouble and without the proper connections and self-management skills, one can only land in hot water so many times. Lien knew, after being pulled out of a nasty situation by one, Tajima Takahisa, that she can avoid being boiled alive if she got this punk as a backup while she was staying in Japan.

So that's why she's currently holding out her ungloved hand to the young man and with an extremely serious expression, she demands of him this:]

Alright. If we're gonna do this, you need to give me all your bank account information.

This is totally not a scam.

[oh no]

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SLAMS OPEN THE DOOR

[psychometer]

... You set all this up?

[The sensation of the boundary seal isn't lost on her. Her head lifts up out of interest but drops just as quickly out of exhaustion.]

Never mind.

[When Takahisa plops her onto the couch, she turns her back to him, wrapping one arm around her side and using her other hand to grab the glove in her back pocket. She's trying to slip it back on, but she's visibly shaking.]

That monster didn't bite any of my fingers off at least so I don't think I need any first aid.

[She'll have Ai Thao check her later though. Sighing, Lien curls up even more.]

So much for getting any success.

WELCOOOOME

[titstetics]

Let's look on the bright side! 'Least we got outta there with all of our limbs in tact.

[As always, Takahisa does his best to try the find the bright side in a bad situation. Though her hand doesn't go unnoticed by him... He couldn't help and show some concern for her. But he'll do a little test just make sure as he walks over to a drawer to pull out a knife and a set of forks along with a plate.]

And we get a chance to eat this cake to ourselves. Burning up that place works up an appetite!

[He'll be cutting a slice of the cake and putting it on a plate for Lien to take along with a fork.]

Eat up, boss. Our victory was on the bitter side, so we oughta wash those feelings away with somethin' sweet!

[psychometer]

[Lien turns to Takahisa and squints at the offered cake.]

... Normally I wouldn't reject cake but uh... Yeah. My appetite tends to be crap after I use my powers like that.

[It's kind of the opposite of Ai Thao who's scarily voracious after using her abilities. Lien needs the energy but it's hard to have the stomach for it after being affected so strongly by visions.]

But, thank you.

[She actually sits up and takes the plate, putting it on her lap.]

I can try and enjoy it.

Are you okay by the way? You're weirdly chipper after all that.