＄94-07-37-03-1-1

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＠Moriarty
Hmm, I see. I'm still not convinced, but I do understand now.
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＠Moriarty
I forswear toying with the dead, even imitation dead.
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＠Yan Qing
Hmph.
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＠Yan Qing
You'll never end up like the older you if you keep that up.
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＠Moriarty
There is no need for that.
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＠Moriarty
I'll become the kind of Napoleon of crime I wish to be. Just wait. You'll see.
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＠Moriarty
He is not my future goal. Just a reminder of what not to aim for.
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＠Moriarty (Fifty-Something)
...[sr]...
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＠Moriarty (Fifty-Something)
Is this...my rebellious phase!?
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＠Kriemhild
Rebelling against yourself, huh? That's pretty hard-core.
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＠Kriemhild
You bumbling blockhead Baba Yaga.
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＠Wu Zetian
Oho, that rolls off the tongue nicely.[sr]You bumbling blockhead Baba Yaga!
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＠Moriarty (Fifty-Something)
Please keep quiet, Your Majesties.
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＠Moriarty (Fifty-Something)
...Hmmm...[wt 0.8][charaFace A 1][sr]Eh, whatever!
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？1：So you're actually okay with that, huh...
？！

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＠Moriarty (Fifty-Something)
Perhaps you'll become an even more irredeemable villain than me. Maybe even a hero or something.
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＠Moriarty (Fifty-Something)
Either way, I look forward to seeing it!
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＠K：Moriarty (Young)
Heh. Laugh while you can.
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＠K：Moriarty (Young)
But I'm telling you now, I'm never going to end up the butt of a joke like you!
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＠Kriemhild
I don't see you escaping that, but best of luck.
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＠Wu Zetian
I was just thinking the same.
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＠Yan Qing
Me too.
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？1：Me three.
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＠K：Moriarty (Young)
Whatever happened to camaraderie, my comrades!?
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＠K：Moriarty (Young)
Well, just you wait, Master! You'll be sorry once you see how cool I end up!
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＠Yan Qing
And so, the case was closed. Our culprit? The usual suspect, but younger.
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＠Yan Qing
Oh hey, the glow's gone.
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＠A：Moriarty
I can't say I care for that “usual suspect” remark...
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＠A：Moriarty
But, I suppose I can't blame you, either!
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＠Yan Qing
Now we've just gotta give that dead guy a proper burial.
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＠Yan Qing
He might not have had a name or a soul, but a corpse is still a corpse.
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＠Yan Qing
...[sr]...
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＠Moriarty
...[sr]...
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＠Wu Zetian
Remind me, Yan Qing.
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＠Wu Zetian
We DID see a dead body here, yes?
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＠Yan Qing
Yeah, we did.
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＠Kriemhild
And we came straight back here after dealing with Moriarty, correct?
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＠Yan Qing
Right.
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＠Kriemhild
So...why is the body gone?
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＠Yan Qing
Good question...
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＠Moriarty
Maybe someone already buried it?
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＠Moriarty
Let's see if any nearby Servants saw anything...
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＠Kriemhild
Well?
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＠Wu Zetian
I asked my staff as well, and none of them have any idea where it went.
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＠Moriarty
I found out one thing.
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＠Moriarty
Apparently, someone saw a person they didn't recognize walking very unsteadily away from here.
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＠Yan Qing
...So, does that mean[line 2]
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＠Moriarty
I see three possibilities.
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＠Moriarty
One: a Caster who knows how to manipulate corpses decided to move him for some reason.
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＠Moriarty
Two: the person they didn't recognize was someone else entirely, and a different person got rid of the corpse.
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＠Moriarty
Three: the person they didn't recognize was the corpse, and it somehow got up and started walking on its own.
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＠All
...
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？1：Somehow, like...how?
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＠Moriarty
Well, perhaps[line 2]
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＠Yan Qing
It got its hands on a soul?
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＠Moriarty
...That would be the logical conclusion, yes.
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＠Moriarty
Of course, we have no idea how, or who, could have done that...
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[lr]We asked the Casters if they knew anything, but none of them did.
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Naturally, we also pressed the young Moriarty hard to see if he was hiding anything, but to no avail.
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The dead body was gone forever, and nobody knew where or how.
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What WAS that dead body, anyway?
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Moriarty may have created it, but what happened to it afterwards? What was its purpose?
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Later, Master and I talked it over in private.
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＠Yan Qing
Well, in a way, we Servants are kind of like dead people walking, too.
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＠Yan Qing
Maybe that body somehow found a soul, or one just came into existence.
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＠Yan Qing
'Course, now that the Singularity's been resolved, we'll never know what it was thinking, or how it ended up walking around on its own.
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？1：I guess we won't...
？！

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＠Yan Qing
So this probably counts as a ghost story.
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＠Yan Qing
The story of how an artificial corpse somehow got a soul.
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＠Yan Qing
Since the Singularity is gone, and the body with it, the case is technically closed, but...
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＠Yan Qing
If it were still alive...it'd make for one hell of a mystery.
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[lr]Master and I thought about it some more.
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We imagined some humanoid thing wandering around the North Pole all alone.
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What would it subsist on? What would it be walking around looking for?
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If and when the bleaching of humanity is resolved...
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...maybe the people who live near the North Pole will see that thing themselves someday.
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＠???
Hey, you there! What the hell are you doing out here!?
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[lr]If that were to happen, how would the thing react?
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At this point, we can't say anything for sure.
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All we know is, what was once a corpse continues to walk around on its own.
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＠Yan Qing
What do you think, Master?
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＠Yan Qing
Pretty chilling story, right? Perfect for summer.
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[lr]Wordless, but looking pained, Master shook [&his:her] head.
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Seeing that, I couldn't help but laugh a little.
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Anyway, that's a wrap for this pointless little ghost story.
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The only takeaway is a creepy knot in the pit of your stomach.
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Good grief.
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