Oh! Yeah, we have cherry blossoms. There's a cherry tree on the roof of the building where the PIC meets! It was blooming right before I got here, too.
[ he says the name kind of slowly and carefully, but he says it correctly! and he takes his badge out of his pocket to show her. ]
See, the design of the prosecutor's badge is based off of its petals, so it's kind of like our flower, you know?
There was one time when I was a kid where I tried planting some at home to show the neighborhood that the best prosecutors lived there, but I planted them too close to the driveway and Pops accidentally ran them over... But then in the place I was in before this one, we did a whole gardening thing where all the plants grew super fast, and I grew some there!
...Which I guess were fake because that whole thing was fake, but still.
[ the pin on the back is kind of bent but that in no way represents a defect in his commitment to justice!! ]
Ah— no, I noticed that too, but... it wasn't. I-it's nice, though... of whoever's doing it...
[ he also thinks it's weird that they're using his flower, completely oblivious to the fact that they're actually just a standard remembrance flower.
(also this is character growth because two months ago he would have taken credit for it based on an assumption that whoever was doing it was doing so because of his influence.) ]
[ sometimes you are just a long-haired luke at the beginning of your game. ]
Sure, what is it?
[ he's never sure what questions prefaced this way are going to entail — if it's just a transition for a subject change or something serious — and it makes him a little anxious as he looks over to her. ]
Yeah! They had a list of all the other staff where they were just complaining about all of them except for Orion and Cetus. They said they wanted to drown Virgo in the pool.
They had books, and a fireplace, and a reading chair, and it all looked like it was probably really nice at one point... but there were clothes and trash and dog toys left all over the place...
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That sounds really pretty.
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Oh! What about you, Sebastian? Any flowers you like in particular?
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[ he says the name kind of slowly and carefully, but he says it correctly! and he takes his badge out of his pocket to show her. ]
See, the design of the prosecutor's badge is based off of its petals, so it's kind of like our flower, you know?
There was one time when I was a kid where I tried planting some at home to show the neighborhood that the best prosecutors lived there, but I planted them too close to the driveway and Pops accidentally ran them over... But then in the place I was in before this one, we did a whole gardening thing where all the plants grew super fast, and I grew some there!
...Which I guess were fake because that whole thing was fake, but still.
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I'm sure they were lovely.
Come to think of it, I've been seeing white chrysanthemums around... at the cemetery, I think? Was that you?
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Ah— no, I noticed that too, but... it wasn't. I-it's nice, though... of whoever's doing it...
[ he also thinks it's weird that they're using his flower, completely oblivious to the fact that they're actually just a standard remembrance flower.
(also this is character growth because two months ago he would have taken credit for it based on an assumption that whoever was doing it was doing so because of his influence.) ]
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Oh! I guess it's a really popular flower...
[A thoughtful look at the flowers around them...]
... Say, can I ask you something?
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Sure, what is it?
[ he's never sure what questions prefaced this way are going to entail — if it's just a transition for a subject change or something serious — and it makes him a little anxious as he looks over to her. ]
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Have you seen or heard anything about... extra keys, people might have received unexpectedly?
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Huh?? Did— did you see me this morning?!
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... Does that mean you got one!?
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Me too!
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Oh! Um! Cool! H-have you used it yet?
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It changed suddenly this morning... and then I was able to enter one of the staff suites! I think it must be Gemini's.
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[ ... ]
They seem pretty mean. And also, like, maybe a kid?
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...
Gemini's room was surprisingly messy.
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[ looks unconvinced... ]
Really? What was in there?
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[She sounds uncertain.]
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[ why are you uncertain about a dog's presence ]
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I'm just not completely sure if it was a dog or a cat...
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[ he's not sure what this would even look like ]
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