TREASURE

[cavedwellers]

You are so, so sure there's treasure in the cave. Just a little bit further on than your light reaches. Juuuuust a little further.

No, further.

Go on.

This is completely safe.

Comments

[rightbrainiac]

Don't be asinine, Shoutarou. Teleportation is impossible except on the quantum level, and that's only for infor...mation....

I am definitely building myself a teleporter when we get home. But not out of the toaster, that is completely impossible.

[galaxyhearts]

[Oh great, now he's gone and given Philip an idea. Who knew which of their electronic device was in danger now?]

Hey, wait! You don't have to do that; what's wrong with just walking places?

[He sighs, already acknowledging there is probably no dissuading him at this point.]

...At least spare my typewriter.

[rightbrainiac]

That would be categorically impossible, anyway. Your typewriter has no electronic parts.

[ :D ]

Anyway, I was improving the toaster's efficiency. It keeps burning one side of the bread and leaving the other one uncooked.

[galaxyhearts]

[Oh, that's... Actually helpful! What's the catch?]

Ahh, well. That's true. It worked well enough for toasting bagels, but being able to toast bread in it will be an improvement. You're amazing, Philip.

[rightbrainiac]

[Let's be honest, the catch is that the toaster is probably even more broken than before. RIP toaster.]

Basic electrical repairs are hardly amazing. What is amazing is how you somehow ended up in a place where you assume I must have teleported. How did you follow me? How long have I been gone?

[galaxyhearts]

[You're making him blush.]

Oh. No, I just sent the Bat Shot to scout ahead and it found you in a cave, so I followed it. It's just a thing any hard-boiled detective would have done when his partner turned up missing. You weren't gone for long, I don't think... I noticed you weren't there when I got back from shopping and got worried.

[rightbrainiac]

[you just keep telling yourself that this is a totally normal thing to do when your work partner steps out of the office, Shoutarou, aibou knows the truth]

Who would want to kidnap me now that Museum is gone? Besides Foundation X and the NEVER, I mean. They seem to have moved on to easier plans than kidnapping me.

[galaxyhearts]

Ah, is that so? What if they came up with a better plan to capture you, or--or what if you have even more diabolical relatives that want to step in to steal you now that Sonozaki Ryubee is out of the way?

[He shakes his head decisively.]

No, I can't let that happen. I won't let that happen.

[...It's hard to look cool when his lip is trembling.]

[rightbrainiac]

[gently because shhhh it ok]

Shoutarou. I read my book, remember? I don't have any diabolical relatives waiting to steal me.

[oh no why are you so endearing when you're wibbly and half-boiled]

I know you won't.