[ Not visibly maimed and in one piece with an intact jacket was probably the best they could hope for when dealing with these kinds of cases, but it didn’t stop him from worrying at the end of the day. For now, he was satisfied. The fatigue was only to be expected after a life and death showdown with a spirit on top of who knew how many late nights working on a case.
The fact that Mashita had decided to put off the lead, fake or not, until morning was as much a sign of that as the exhaustion showing in his posture. ]
Ah, seems like those have been coming in a lot lately.
[ It was probably a frustrating nightmare for Mashita to have to follow up on them all just on the odd chance that they were a real lead.
The comment gets a small wince, as probably predicted, before he responded. ]
Oh! Uh… I was checking some old journals I found in the Kujou collection when my phone battery must have died.
[ It seems childish to reiterate that the phone was dead rather than him ignoring anyone… and yet he can’t quite stop himself from doing it as he adjusted his glasses that had slipped down a bit, hiding the guilty frown. ]
So, I guess time got a little away from me before I noticed it.
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Date: 2024-04-08 11:26 am (UTC)The fact that Mashita had decided to put off the lead, fake or not, until morning was as much a sign of that as the exhaustion showing in his posture. ]
Ah, seems like those have been coming in a lot lately.
[ It was probably a frustrating nightmare for Mashita to have to follow up on them all just on the odd chance that they were a real lead.
The comment gets a small wince, as probably predicted, before he responded. ]
Oh! Uh… I was checking some old journals I found in the Kujou collection when my phone battery must have died.
[ It seems childish to reiterate that the phone was dead rather than him ignoring anyone… and yet he can’t quite stop himself from doing it as he adjusted his glasses that had slipped down a bit, hiding the guilty frown. ]
So, I guess time got a little away from me before I noticed it.