PC CATCHALL FOR VAN ZIEKS

[greatdeduction]

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[greatdeduction]

Mm. Did he tell you of the man he was working with, before he came here? He does deeply respect him, quite obviously so.

Though...the man is, himself, quite a loose box of firecrackers, haha!

[winebar]

Detective Du Bois was mentioned, though we did not speak of him at length. In any case, respecting someone on a professional level is quite different.

[greatdeduction]

[Snorts.]

No, I think they appreciate each other on a friendly level, my dear fellow. Anyways, you shouldn't let yourself be afraid to offend the man. He's not quite as stuck-up as you think.

[winebar]

I don't think he's "stuck up." I just think he's a professional. I-I have-
[Looks back down at the board, evasive.]

Nevermind.

[greatdeduction]

...

[HMMMMMM?]

You have...what?

[winebar]

I said nevermind!!

[He's getting flustered again.]

[greatdeduction]

Come now, what is it? What do you have? Spit it out!

[winebar]

Nothing!! It-it is simply just that I have offered to share a drink with him twice now and he has turned be down both times.

[greatdeduction]

...Ah.

[noooo VAN ZIEKS NOOOOOOOOOOOO]

Hm. He is indeed a hard nut to crack, then. Still! You must not lose heart, my dear fellow.

[winebar]

[YOU SEE HIS RELUCTANCE NOW!!!]

Or it is as I had already assumed and he is simply not interested in more than a working relationship!

[greatdeduction]

Tut, tut, dear man. If he told you what he told you today, then you're making progress. I'm sure of it. Patience is key.

[winebar]

Or he was simply humoring me? Your habit of these flights of fancy is becoming tiresome.

[greatdeduction]

And your ability to rush in and take everything in a negative light is so much to the point where I want to reach over this chessboard and shake you like a bag of beans.

[BINCH]

Maybe I should put in a good word for you?

[winebar]

Wh-Absolutely not!? I am sure anything you say to him would only make things worse!

[greatdeduction]

Why? What would you think I'd say? Do tell me!

[winebar]

How should I know!? You're a terrible, unpredictable man! Earlier you thought I was suggesting that Lieutenant Kitsuragi was tall!

[greatdeduction]

Next time, you should be less vague with your words! You keep cutting yourself off before the good parts!

[winebar]

[Ugh!!!]

Lieutenant Kitsuragi is a practical man who clearly gives everything he does a great deal of forethought. You-you saw how I acted when I was cursed. I cannot... I do not want him to think of me as some thoughtless, impulsive fool.

[He cannot come on too strong.]

[greatdeduction]

Even if you are...what's the problem with that! I saw a memory of his where his partner was dancing - quite awfully, I might add! And begged for the Lieutenant to join him on the dance floor...and he did! And he enjoyed himself.

So this insistence on this is nonsense. He'll respect that no matter what you are. Of course, nobody is saying you should go overboard, but...it's good to just be yourself.

[winebar]

[Hm... Based on this and the memory he saw.... He has decided Harry Du Bois is clearly a bad influence. Because he's delusional.]

... I am perfectly content with how things are now, in any case.
[Hm.]

[greatdeduction]

[yeah, kim has his own sholmes, who would've thought]

...I hope you are.

[Said more sincerely than not.]

[winebar]

[This is just the natural order of things. A stoic serious man and his pet ridiculous idiot.]

Unlike you, I do not fall into existential dread at the most minor inconvenience.

[greatdeduction]

[GASPS! OFFENDED!]

When have I ever done that-!

[winebar]

[van Zieks takes his turn.]

Check.

[greatdeduction]

You're not answering my- oh, so I am.

[HUMPH. TAKING WHATEVER PIECE IS CHECKING HIM, BINCH]