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[thevictoriandetective]

[There's the sound of fumbling, and a cough before a deep, arrogant baritone voice comes on. He's clearly displeased about the turn of events that has trapped him here. Maybe he wasn't exactly listening when he was informed about the rules...]

What's stopping anyone from just up and leaving this ridiculous place?

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[betheman]

And yet, it is you who apparently came here against their will. [Probably because of a debt, he bets.]

[wild_magic]

[That's actually something Susan can understand.]

Then what's your idea of fun?

[thevictoriandetective]

Murder.

[Sherlock, please.]

[wild_magic]

[He laughs a little at the strangeness of that.]

Really?

[thevictoriandetective]

...

[A huffy sound on the other side of the walkie talkie. He got him good.]

[thevictoriandetective]

Yes. Well, I mean, I'm not doing the murders, obviously. I like solving them.

[wild_magic]

Oh, that makes more sense. It'd be kind of weird to like murdering people, I think, unless you were a bad guy.

[dorkypantsuit]

A cat? Do they have those where you're from? It's like a small animal with 4 legs and a tail.

[thevictoriandetective]

I do know someone that does, or did, anyway. He's not someone you ever want to meet.

[wild_magic]

It's okay, I've met people who like that before, and who like doing other bad things, and we always stop them.

[fragileandsoft]

Yeah... anything you've got waiting back home will still be there. A lot of people think of it like a vacation, sorta?

[thevictoriandetective]

I know what a cat is!

[thevictoriandetective]

I suppose. If it turns out to be not boring then it looks to be promising.

[thevictoriandetective]

Good. I try to as well.

[fragileandsoft]

[He chokes out a laugh.]

There's a lot of ways to describe this place, but I don't think anyone would go for "boring."

[dorkypantsuit]

Oh. Sorry. What was the question then?

[nowingsyet]

Not necessarily, at least until my contract is up. I don't think I can go back where I came from though.

It does sound like exciting work, although what is that price of you getting bored?

[atouts]

You could wander off at the next stop, I imagine, but I wouldn't advise breaking a contract with someone like the Ringmaster.

[otoko]

[MMMM-HMM. He'll do the right thing and not laugh he's probably smiling though]

Do what must be done-there is a reason some of us come here of our own will. I have seen for myself, how time refuses to pass beyond the gates of the Carnival.

You will not miss a minute of the world you left behind.

[thevictoriandetective]

What happens if someone does?

[thevictoriandetective]

Really?

[That's actually FANTASTIC news.]

[thevictoriandetective]

You don't want to know what happens when I get bored.

[thevictoriandetective]

Excellent.

[He sounds quite happy about that.]

[thevictoriandetective]

She turns people into cats?

[otoko]

I, the man Gongenzaka, would not lie about this. [News immediately crippled by Unnecessary Words.]