behind every sandy man is a woman rooting for his downfall

tumblr /jenmishperceiver/747567018487726080/i-think-if-anything-put-the-final-nail-in-the> I've seen this assumption before and imo it's spin: Jensen said repeatedly that he told the group he wanted to think about the script, went home TO HIS WIFE and said he was uncomfortable, who then suggested calling Kripke, ect // In all the retellings, I've never actually seen it said Jensen fought with the writers OR EVEN TOLD THEM and Jared he was uncomfortable until AFTER he'd changed his mind to agreed

Bitter Destiel shippers are those kinds of people who fall for IRS telephone scams.

You're correct, Jensen never said in any of his retellings that he fought with writers nor did he tell them or Jared he's having a hard time "digesting" until AFTER he talked to Kripke and was convinced by Kripke that "Carry On" was the right ending for fans. You know, the real fans who watch the show for what it really is: Sam's hero journey with his beloved brother, Dean.

That said, while you're correct that it's Jensen's job to sell the concept, he has also been pitching a Dean-led spinoff for years. Remember his "dream" (X) that he pitched during the SPN press junket?   I didn’t side-eye his PCA campaigns or his pursuit for Dean-centric storylines, but I did raise my eyebrows at his ballsy move to publicly pitch his post-Sam projects in front of Jared and Misha. What does the jenmishperciever's Anon say about that? Hummm?

Actors are always pitching their project ideas, they're just a bit more subtle about it. I'm certain Jensen had hoped the "dream" would catch on with the fans and they would campaign for it. Except not even AAs were down with the idea. Casual fans even less so. Lucky for you I saved the screenshot from the article:

Reading through jenmishperciever's Anon's self-soothing fanfiction is like watching bread grow old right before your eyes; same delusions we've seen for the past 12 years. Blame Jared for playing Sam who was in the way of a fake fetish ship from becoming canon that Less than 1% of the SPN audience ships. Said Jared's drunken arrest (I refuse to call it a bar fight, it was a group hug gone wrong) could have threaten the ENTIRE filming of the SPN final season while ignoring Anthony Starr's drunken arrest, which by the Anon's logic, would have threaten the ENTIRE filming of The Boys.

Lol they still pretend to believe that Kripke gave the SPN rights to Jensen when Kripke is SUEING WB over profit participation over SPN.

The only thing Jensen cared about with his SPN spinoff was lens crafting, which was why The Winchesters was a Shein version of an AU fanfic. Remember when Jensen told TW cast “don’t fuck it up for me”? After 15-20 years, Jensen is used to lead actors/Jareds doing the heavy lifting in carrying the show and being leader of the cast and crew and he benefitted from the sweet spot as #2 on the call sheet i.e. the good guy who is friends with everyone.

If Jensen keeps trying to be in charge of SPN projects, SPN fans’ reaction is going to be the same as today Marvel fanboys’ reaction every time they hear Kevin Feige’s name: “What did you did do this time you Son of a Bitch!? What train did you derail this time?”

Since Supernatural ended 4 years ago, the bitter Destiel hellers and AAs are stuck in a time loop of step 1 through 4 of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression). S tep 5 is acceptance, which is long delayed due to Jared’s continue success i.e. Walker in it's 4th season and #1 scripted show for CW.

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and for fun I'm going to over-explain my answers >:)

who's most likely to-

get a tattoo of their s/o's name: its Beetlejuice. bro has a lot of old tattoos of people he thought he'd be with forever but ditched his weird ass after they saw that(among other things). Pontiferous would NEVER put a lover's name on himself because in fae etiquette that would be like taking ownership of someone permanently, and that's a little too far for him.

fall for a scam: Pontiferous has almost NO digital/telephone "street smarts", but since he's usually surrounded by royal advisors or Beej(a professional scam artist), He's safe enough from wiring all his money to whoever asks nicely.

beat up someone who was mean to their s/o: both of them certainly WOULD, but Beej is more willing to use his trickster powers on a dime to amuse himself and/or on anyone who inconveniences him/Ponti. He often just starts messing with people just to make Pontiferous laugh(which works). If Ponti were to administer karmic justice onto someone being rude to his Bug(Beetlejuice), the person being rude better enjoy their new existence as a box of chocolate dipped cockroaches set on Beej's beside table. pushing Pontiferous to this point a bit harder though.

send an illicit text to the wrong person: Pontiferous is a very steamy romantic but TERRIBLE at managing his phone contacts. He has a line outside his bedroom of fairies who got the wrong text but would like to have a word with the prince if they may be so bold ;3 . Beej can barely get his phone to turn on with his greasy fingers, so he just writes Very Formal Emails on his ancient PC (because he's been a bio-exorcist for so long he has cracked getting messages to the people they're meant to get to. He's got a website and form letters and everything ooOOoh, web designer moment.)

Drink too much: Beej enjoys drinking more, and Pontiferous LOVES to spurn him on so he can see how much Beej can put away before he starts committing property damage. Also Beej is a Cocktails enjoyer, whereas Ponti enjoys drinks with alcohol added as a bonus flavor(eg: whiskey coffee, Bailys hot cocoa).

Forget an anniversary: Beetlejuice doesn't even realize that they have an anniversary(he hesitates to think they're even dating) and Pontiferous is too "polite" (read: cowardly) to remind him. but he has the exact date and time written in a book to give to Beej when they both eventually assert that they are indeed dating.

Burn the kitchen down when cooking: Beetlejuice, but make no mistake it is PART OF HIS RECIPE. he has a PLAN do NOT get in the way.

Apologizes first: Pontiferous is the king of over-apologizing, usually just to get people to shut up and because he needs to be thought of as polite, but. He's tired of being nice. He wants to go ape shit. Beej enables this.

Initiates a kiss: at any given moment, Pontiferous may need to be tied down to keep him from making out sloppy style with that freak for 6 solid hours. his advisors are so tired of his ass, why does he want that one???

You guys, I started thinking about shoving Operator into ToonTown. I-

I’m sorry- I just really, really like Operator k-? He’s my precious bean.

And hey! He’s an old telephone! One of those kinds that tell you to pay again after just 10 minutes of conversation, right? Well, that’s where the idea comes from! Anyways, onto the wiki!

Operator is a Sellbot Manager. It can be seen inside telephone booths around Mezzo Melodyland, often attempting to scam Toons out of their money. He doesn’t typically like doing this though and usually just sneaks around Mezzo Melodyland when he can. It’s shocking he hasn’t been fired yet. Operator also requires a safety mode but we’ll get into that later.

He’s an around 7-8 foot tall android resembling an old phone. He’s pudgy. It has 2 outfits. One it wears on their days off and one he wears on their on days. On Operator’s days off, it wears a large, white janitor’s coat with an unknown logo on it. Operator doesn’t know it’s a logo and only was allowed to wear this coat on its days off because Operator broke down into tears originally when the request was denied. Next to the white janitor’s jacket, he wears black pants underneath the coat that tuck into his deep blue boots that go up to its knees. Operator also broke down into tears originally when he wasn’t allowed to wear the hat (also sporting the same strange logo). The Chairman says he only let Operator keep the hat and jacket because he didn’t want to deal with scrubbing the strange tears out of his carpet.

Operator’s second outfit is seen on their on days. It consists of a deep blue suit with the Sellbot emblem on it. It has a black tie and is clearly oversized as the people behind the suit got his measurements incorrect. Operator doesn’t seem to mind as they just tuck the sweater into their pants. Their pants are the same as their days off pants. Operator wears deeper blue (almost black) boots. He is not allowed to wear his beloved hat and instead wears no hat.

Department: Sellbot

Position: Regional Manager

HP: 1200

Defense: 12

Level: 20.mgr

Lowest Damage: 12

Highest damage: 28 (Though maybe this should go to Fruit Smoothie…)

Real name: Alex Denewiah Kunshur

Honorifics: It/They/Mr.

Employee ID: 10008

Likes: Has a huge interest in all sea life (has expressed it’s the one thing he misses after moving to ToonTown), humans, Toons, Flint (Firestarter), Major Player, Cathal (Multislacker), Belle (Mouthpiece), calming music, blenders, clean areas

Dislikes: Brian (Prethinker), math, Buck (Duck Shuffler), High Roller, dirty places, most Cogs, cats (despite being an android, he shows symptoms of being allergic to them), bullies, mean Toons, DeadZone

Attacks

Rolodex: 12 damage, 50% accuracy, 40 frequency

Quake: 14 damage, 50% accuracy, 30 frequency

Guilt Trip: 15 damage, 50% accuracy, 20 frequency

Flash Flood: 16 damage, 80% accuracy, 10 frequency

Special Attacks (Safety Mode On):

Sob Story: 18 damage, 70% accuracy, 30 frequency

Spray: 20 damage, 60% accuracy, 50 frequency

Suds Bucket: 19 damage, 80% accuracy, 70 frequency

Charge Port (No Soak): 16 damage, 60% accuracy, 40 frequency

Charge Port (Soaked): 23 damage, 60% accuracy, 40 frequency

Special Attacks (Safety Mode Off):

Spray: 25 damage, 70% accuracy, 60 frequency

Suds Bucket: 24 damage, 90% accuracy, 80 frequency

Charge Port: (No Soak): 21 damage, 70% accuracy, 50 frequency

Charge Port (Soaked): 28 damage, 70% accuracy, 50 frequency

Fruit Smoothie: Instant kill, 1% accuracy, 1 frequency

Cheats:

Cog Capacity: Operator prefers to fight alone but he has a chance to summon in Cogs during Sob Story. It has a capacity of 2 as, again, Operator prefers to fight alone. Operator will always summon at least 1 Telemarketer. He’ll also summon Cold Callers too. As long as there’s a Telemarketer on the battlefield (On Operator’s left), each turn has a chance to turn off Safety Mode. Be wary.

Lure Resistance: 0. Operator will always fall for a Lure as long as Safety Mode is On. Once Safety Mode is off, however, the percentage will fall to 50%.

Safety Mode: Operator is required to have a safety mode as he’s become dangerous upon entering ToonTown. When Safety Mode is on, his lever will be up. However, when Safety Mode turns off, the lever will aggressively spin, catching Operator off guard and causing him to stumble for a bit. The lever will then fall limply downwards, causing Operator to freeze up. He will be inactive for a single turn (A prep turn if you will). Once the turn is up, Operator will snap to attention and gain a much more angry face. It will go from a reserved animation (hands tucked in, staring at anything besides the toons, really just pressed into himself) to a much more violent animation (hands out, one leg back as if ready to charge the Toons at any second, constantly scowling). Operator will also destroy any Cogs on the battlefield.

Special Attacks (All Modes)

Sob Story: The camera comes closer to Operator, allowing you to see tears form in his eyes. Very quickly, Operator bursts into tears and cries into their hands. Not that it stopped the puddle of tears from forming around his feet.

Spray: Operator grabs his receiver and points it at a random toon, spraying them with a large jet of sanitized ink. This marks the Toon hit. Operator puts his phone back.

Suds Bucket: Operator reaches behind him and pulls out a bucket of soapy water. He splashes a random Toon, soaking them.

Charge Port: Operator’s back panel springs off, allowing him to shoot a large bolt of purple lightning at a soaked toon. Operator grabs his back panel and reattaches it.

Fruit Smoothie: Operator takes out a large blender and slams it down onto the most dangerous Toon. The attack ends before you can see the result of this. I am not explaining why this is an Instant Kill/Ticket Straight to the Playground.

Strategy: Operator always stands in the middle. You do not need to attack the Telemarketer if it's on Operator’s right, only prioritize attacking the Telemarketer if one spawns on Operator’s left side. If Operator’s safety mode gets turned off, focus solely on them as he now deals extra 5+ damage to any of its attacks. Do note that using a Throw Gag on Operator now has a chance to switch Operator’s Safety Mode back on. Just like when it first gets turned off, Operator will be out for a turn (sitting down for a moment and rubbing his head, confused).

Loot:

Operator sticker

Operator’s hat

In Operator’s sticker, he’s snuggling a panicked fish (alt: he’s snuggling an octopus). Operator actually gets excited if you wear his hat while fighting him (“Oh! You’re wearing my hat!! You look great in it!! Are you here for a rematch?”)

12 gumballs

108 jelly beans

1200 toon experience

There is no Opening Cutscene for interacting with Operator during his on days (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday). Instead, he’ll say a few things about please not bothering him while he’s on the job before a fight begins.

“Please don’t fight me.”

“I would prefer it if you would just go talk to my boss if you’re angry about the scam.”

=(

“Do we have to fight?”

“…Alright…”

There is, however, an opening cutscene if you fight him on his days off (Wednesday, Friday, Saturday).

Opening Cutscene:

One Toon bumps into him cleaning the break room, leading him to take his focus off of cleaning some food off the walls.

“Uh-...why! Hi there!” Operator smiles before continuing to clean.

The Toons seem to say something to him which causing Operator to pause.

“What? My…my job as a Sellbot? ..Oh! You must be here to get back your coins? Sorry y’all, as much as I would like too, I’ve already turned them in. I have to thank you guys for not shoving jelly beans into the coin slot…! I’ve been repaired so much!”

The Toons get angry, visibly annoying Operator who just wants to clean up the lunch room in peace. His lever twitches, almost flicking down but not quite.

“I can’t get your coins back, go talk to the boss!”

One Toon throws a throw gag at Operator, causing him to freeze and spin around towards the Toons.

“Ooooh, you’ve done it now! I hate being dirty!”

The battle begins and almost immediately, Operator looks way less sure about this.

Ending Cutscene (Safety Mode On)

Operator curls up, hands over his head as he sniffles and sobs.

“T-Talk to the boss! Just leave me alone, you bullies!! I’m just a cleaning bot! Scamming i-is just the thing the boss wants me to do!!”

One toon looks to feel bad for Operator and…just gives him a throw gag, a tiny cupcake. Operator stares at the Toon before nodding a thanks and walking away to one of the tables to eat.

If you approach Operator after this, he won’t respond. He’ll just silently eat his cupcake. After a while though, he’ll say something,

“Do you want to talk? You’ve been sitting here and staring for a while…”

“Uhm…it’s a good thing you Toons had turned my safety mode back on when you did. The other one is really, really dangerous. He’s also a bit of a sore loser at times. I’m just glad you’re all safe. I don’t know if you could tell but I really, really hate hurting people. But then, that begs the question, when does self defense become petty and full of ruthlessness? When does it stop being self defense and cross into revenge? …I wouldn’t know…I don’t think I would even know if I crossed the line either.”

Ending Cutscene (Safety Mode Off)

Operator screams a telephone screech and tackles the closest Toon. A Telemarketer from behind attempts to pull Operator off the Toon only for them to get sprayed by Operator’s receiver.

One of the Toons grabs the other from under Operator as he keeps kicking about.

“LET ME AT EM! I’ll BLEND YOU INTO SLUDGE! I DID IT TO 10,007 OTHERS- YOU’RE NOT EXCEPTIONS!!”

The Telemarketer flicks Operator’s lever quickly and Operator goes wall eyed, some ink dripping from his mouth for a moment before he shakes his head and groans, holding his head.

“Mrrgh…?”

Operator looks up at the Toons.

“…Sorry…”

Operator stands up and peels the Telemarketer off. He dusts himself off and continues cleaning up the lunchroom.

Talking to Operator after this fight only gets the same “…Sorry…” response. Keep talking however and you’ll eventually get, “I wish I could control him a little better. It’s why I need the safety mode. …This company is a nightmare but I can thank them endlessly for installing a safety mode to keep others safe…” Operator turns towards the Toon, “It’s a miracle you weren’t hurt. He’s really dangerous…” Operator turns away, staring into the table, “Hm? You want my opinion on the blender?” Operator stares ahead at his cleaning cart, “...It was the most merciful thing he could’ve done to you. Just talk to Prethinker…” Operator refuses to say anything else.

Special Attack Dialogue (Safety Mode On):

Sob Story

“Magnolia couldn’t think of anything for this attack for so long!” Not a real line

“You guys are a bunch of meanies!”

“I went through so much isolation…!”

“Have you ever even gone through an extinction like I have?”

Spray

“It’s safe! …I think.”

“What’s got you so blue?”

“I think blue- green?- blue would look great on you!”

Suds Bucket

“Here! You look like you could use a clean!”

“Oh! Lemme help you get that dirt off!”

“Rub a dub dub, three men in a tub~.” I think Operator would have…an oddly pleasant singing voice.

Charge Port

“Heads up, this’ll hurt!”

“Zappity Zap Zap!”

“Let me bring some light onto your situation!”

Special Attack Dialogue (Safety Mode Off)

Spray

“So many successful test subjects.”

“Would you like some tartare sauce with that?”

“12,000 years just for evolution to fail me.”

Suds Bucket

“Operator always liked cleaning.”

“[CLEANSING IN PROCESS]”

“I’ll scrub your faces off!”

Charge Port

“The door to The Promised Land will now open.”

You guys–...I literally couldn’t think of anything for Operator’s dialogue, y’all didn’t see but most of this dialogue was just…me sitting, listening to music and not writing anything before I finally forced something out.

Fruit Smoothie

“INGREDIENT ACQUISITION COMPLETE…REFORMING MATTER…”

Misc. Dialogue

Face-off Taunts (All Mode):

…Oh no…

Welp, I’m going to need all of my stubbornness to get through this. I am not separating the modes for these.

“I’d rather talk to Pacesetter than fight you guys…”

“I never knew Toons could be so mean…!”

“I hope SVP pays me extra for this…”

“You should’ve ran while you had the chance!”

“Toons are a little different from Octarians but not by much. You should all blend the same.” I debated on whether this should be a Face-Off Taunt or a taunt for Fruit Smoothie but eventually decided to put it here as it doesn’t sound intimidating. More casual if anything actually.

“You [SLANG_NOT_FOUND] are annoying. There, I said it.”

“I was the boss of my own company! Operator never should’ve left the metro for this sappy place.”

Death Taunts (Safety Mode On)

“Ah! Oh no! Oh no no no!!”

“I-I didn’t mean to do that!!”

“I don’t care if they’re not dead- they look so hurt!!”

“O-Oops…”

Death Taunts (Safety Mode Off)

“You toons never stood a chance.”

“I’ll make sure you toons have the same punishment as Prethinker did…”

“We done? Great, I’m going to go charge now…”

Surrender Taunts (Safety Mode On)

“Oh phew! Thank you, never fight me again please.”

“Oh uh- bye!”

“Thank Zapfish…I don’t like fighting…”

“See you never^^! …Hopefully.”

Surrender Taunts (Safety Mode Off)

“Peace was never an option.”

“You think you can just run!?”

“COWARDS! ALL OF YOU!”

“Pathetic…just pathetic…”

Friend Request Denials

Operator looks worried, “O-Oh uh…my boss wouldn’t like that.”

Operator goes tense and steps back, “Uh, no thanks, I’m not willing to break the rules like DeadZone.”

‘Operator’ glares at you coldly, “The answer is no, Toon.”

‘Operator’ pretends to have not heard you.

Attempt to Sue

“Wh-...What grounds d-do you even have to sue me??”

“I barely know a thing about this raunchy town and even I know I want nothing to do with the Lawbots…”

Attempt to Fire

“Oh…th-that not…not very nice…”

“HA! You can’t fire me! You’re a Toon!”

Trivia:

This was…genuinely kind of annoying to write dialogue for past the cutscenes. Then again, I just started ADHD meds again for the first time in 2-3 years. I’m not…super used to it yet! It puts a bit of a damper on my focusing issues but it also makes me extremely motivated to write! …Even if I have Writer’s Block. I will say this now though, Iris and Joykill are next because writing these wiki styled…documents for my Cog Ocs is pretty fun!

Operator’s HP is a reference to the 12,000 years Tartar talks about.

Operator’s employee ID is a reference to Tartar too. The 10,008 participants is the reference.

Safety Mode is something only relating to Operator in ToonTown, this concept does not exist for his actual character in Splatoon.

While I would prefer to leave it up to speculation what ‘Operator’ did to Prethinker, it also has some of the best jokes I’ve thought of for my characters. So basically, ‘Operator’ put his building skills to use and made a tunnel similar to a Subway (?) tunnel and inside this tunnel, various vehicles are thrown at the poor soul that ends up in this tunnel. Operator calls it “The Fun Tunnel”.

Operator: My place even has a fun tunnel! *Talking to a shockingly worried Prethinker* “Don’t you want to check out the FUN TUNNEL!?” *Grabbing him now.*

Prethinker in the tunnel: You guys this isn’t very fun. *Gets hit by a car.*

(Reference to Wambu’s countdown of the specimens in Spooky’s Jumpscare Mansion. Specifically, Food Demon, Specimen 11.)

Prethinker: *Trying his absolute best to not get hit.*

‘Operator’: Hey! Just a question for you, Prethinker. What does it mean when it says Launch The Train?

*Distant sound of a train horn followed by a scream.*

Fun fact, it was these jokes that made me make this. I love these jokes so much, I can’t even explain it.

Operator is a Sellbot purely because I thought it would be funny if he had to interact with Prethinker more. He was originally going to be a Cashbot.

Holy shit, this is 12 pages. DeadZone’s is only 9!

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𝐌𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐒. 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐨

summary: working with a criminal you should have expected a not so savory of endings but that did not stop you from falling in love with your partner in crime

warnings: guns, general crime, incarceration.

relationship: geto suguru x reader

Ebay was the site of kings. It’s the website where a pokemon card could fetch the same price as a Mongolian artifact. It was a hit or miss on whether you would get the thing you bought. I was a seller and procurer of vintage clothes on Ebay. I was popular for scamming thrift shop owners who could not tell they had some of the rarest vintage items. 

My first find was a Marilyn Monroe dress that was worth ten thousand dollars. I got the dress from the owner at ten bucks. This lifestyle paid off my student loans and my apartment in sunny San Diego. It also helped to pay for the travel fees to New York. Though as of recently many people believe I am a scammer. Vintage is vintage. But maybe I slip in some fake stuff. A bowler jacket manufactured in 2015 is suddenly looking like it is from the 80s. 

Obviously I couldn’t do this by myself. I had the great and wondrous Geto Suguru. He had connections to help me get some of the best items you could find. We lived in apartments across from each other so both of us maintained an ounce of privacy. He acted as a getaway driver if something went south on any of our “operations.” As of recently I was wanted for stealing in around twenty different stores but who was counting right?! 

All the wanted posters had grainy pictures of me and Geto with sunglasses on. Also did you know in the sunny state of California it is illegal to steal and scam? Because I found out the other day and it was definitely an enlightening thing to find out about while speeding down a highway at ninety miles an hour. Geto pressed hard on the gas but there was a police barricade up ahead of us so he speeded down on the exit right before the barricade. 

In the bright city of San Diego did you also know that on a Friday afternoon the streets were going to be packed? Because I found out while on the run from the police! Isn’t that fun! I screamed as the car almost collided with a telephone pole. Geto scolded me for yelling loudly but really could you blame me! I was just shoplifting and scamming people. Sometimes I don’t think my alleged crimes equate to this extravagant chase.

Eventually two police cars had to collide with our car to get it to stop! Totally didn’t get whiplash from that! They arrested Geto, claiming that he committed acts against the country and war crimes. War crimes! Treason! Apparently they believed I was a hostage to his plans, not an accomplice. So that's fantastic. The trial was private and I was instructed by Geto to move away and simply forget he ever existed, burn his clothes, smash his artwork, and just take some extra cash from under the floorboards and flee the country. 

I didn’t do that. There was something holding me back. More like someone. I tried leaving once, even put all my things in the car and tried leaving. I got an hour from the Mexico border and pulled off to the side of the road. I got out of my car and begged the sky to tell me what to do? If I left I would never be able to return and I would never turn to my previous life. If I stayed I would be labeled as suspicious and be lying in wait for when the cops find out about my true relationship with Geto.

The desert wind felt harsh on my face. It blew sand North. My knees were pressed into the ground causing the sand to pool around them. My head was tilted upwards, my lips chapped, and the sky was bleak. In San Diego the stars were clouded by civilizations but now the sky was filled with little white dots. They formed these intricate stories of love and loss. And here I was kneeling to them. I was at their mercy, the wind blew harsher North. Sand got into my eyes causing me to rush back to the car. The wind was North towards him. Towards that stupid man. It was pointing towards Geto. 

My hands gripped the steering, the whiteness on my knuckles reflected that of the stars I looked at longingly. I drove directly to the prison where he was being held. It was maximum security and visits were only allowed once a month. I made my way inside, the waiting was excruciating. All of the noise I heard was the loud blaring of the box fans scattered across the waiting rooms. 

They were little things trying to remedy the overarching heat. I admired them only for a moment until a guard called my name. They confiscated my phone and belt and walked me towards a chair. It was cushioned but a tear on the top caused the cotton inside to pool out. I sat down and took the phone on the side of the barrier. My right arm rested on the table while my left held the phone up. The table was cool and had general grime on it. 

By the time I sat down Geto was already there. His eyes followed me and he looked at me in sorrow.

“I told you to leave.”

“I know. I tried, I couldn’t”

“Why?”

“Leaving means losing my partner in crime”

“You’ve already lost me”

I stared at him. My mind recalled a past memory of me sitting on his couch sorting through some of the clothes we couldn’t sell. He was making coffee in the dingy kitchen in his apartment. 

“So technically we’re like Bonnie and Clyde,” I said.

“No more like Jekyll and Hide”

“Who’s Jekyll?”

“You,” Geto whispered as if I couldn’t hear him.

“We both know I’m the sane one,” I muttered under my breath. We argued about who was who for hours. That day was filled with lots of laughter and smiles and happiness. 

I envy myself that day. She lived in bliss, in ignorance and now I look at the dejected man in front of me. He has lost the little white light in his eyes. Now there is only a blank night sky. That night as I was driving away to permanently leave the country two stars dimmed. 

I lost my partner in crime.

𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

Name: Shadman Hack ( formerly Sherman Haric)

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: Male

𝗔𝗴𝗲: 30

𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆: 31th of December

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻: Capricorn

𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 190 cm,

𝗘𝘆𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿: Blue

𝗛𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿: Black

Based on: Spamton G. Spamton from Deltarune

𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗦

𝗢𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Janitor

Sexuality: Nobody really knows....

Homeland: Lived in the past in Valley of Thorns but now he lives in Boulevard of shine

𝗙𝗨𝗡 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗦:

𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱: ambidextrous

𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱: Spam with Baguette, Onion rings

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱: Tomato Soup

Likes: making deals, TV Quiz shows, Telephone calls, hanging with Malorie

𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀: refused deals, curious students who pry in his affairs, 

𝗛𝗼𝗯𝗯𝘆: practise Karaoke, write a biography, try to promote his shop

𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: making trash into new things, crafting, Scamming or trying to convince someone

𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 and Backstory:

Shadman was found by Malorie not long ago on the streets. He had a strange fixation on trash, Belia gave him a home as Janitor, given that only Sol's heartless did the job. He is not very liked among the staff, only Malorie is his only friend given she even bought him those heels and pins he wears. Usually he talks about how he was one of the most influential businessmen before coming to the school. He has taken a liking to Unosis, however despite Unosis being desperate he says he is not that desperate to be with Shadman. Shadman usually spits nonsense things and laughs at random, some just think he is crazy. Other students actually fall for his deals and usually either get spammed or actually get something decent. It's a 50% to 50% chance usually.

Shadman actually was in the past a Pomefiore Student on NRC and pretty normal, but nobody really knows what changed him to this weird person.

Tiam actually makes a lot deals with him given his weird machines and experiments. Aside from that he usually does his job and cleans the school and when he is done, he lives behind the school near the dumpster in a small home. Rachel also works together with him given he gets her forged wares to the costumers sometimes.

He wants to get closer to the other staff but is unsure how to approach them. So he just kinda rolls with everything he does, even though many think he is insane.

Unique Magic:

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Mostly he uses strings to trap others, catch objects and many more things.

Cured Sherman:

The Art of Concealment: Ch 3

It's been three months since the first audition. A courtesy, really, though he had his doubts.

Jiraiya, who had promised him the role, has a spotty record. A tendency to stretch the truth in order to manipulate the best outcome, either from him or the producers.

Three months ago, he had stepped out of Sakura's apartment, face concealed behind a bright orange face mask.

The blustering, coughing wreck that was Jiraiya's old wagon, rusted around the edges with faded green paint, had squealed up to the curb.

Some of the other prospects had glanced at him in question. But his true face had been for the casting director and him alone.

He was given a couple sides to recite from.

He was nothing more than a delinquent in that moment. Fatherless, and recently motherless. He picks fights just to feel something, even if it's the ache raging in his battered knuckles.

And they told him to wait for their call.

Naruto is arranging Sakura's shoes in the genkan, because he keeps tripping over them when his phone buzzes from its charging port.

Frantic, he trips over boots, big toe flying into the ledge of the floor and in seconds, he has his phone in his hands, pressed to his ear.

"Yes, hi? Yes, this is him."

He thought he would float away when they told him to be ready and outside at five in the morning.

He got the role.

~~~

He's vibrating on the car ride over. He's like a broken telephone wire, spewing excitement and fear in all directions.

Beneath his face mask, he's grinning and grimacing and chuckling to himself.

He can't wait to get his hands on the script.

For his first read-through.

For his first take.

This is going to be nothing like Theatre Club in high school.

Before the scars, there were times he almost got to be an extra, but they thought he wasn't drab enough to blend in. He even got a job for a commercial, except it ended up being a scam. The footage and his likeness used for… well, on his behalf, Jiraiya fought them, the legal fight nearly left Jiraiya penniless. He's lucky the agency continues to let him work at all after such a screw up.

Naruto's lucky to have someone fight for him at all.

The van pulls up to the security window. The striped arm lifts up and they drive into the studio's grounds.

Only, the building doesn't say B25 Films LLC.

His heart sinks, but stops short of getting crushed beneath the massive disappointment, the acknowledgment that Jiraiya has lied to him yet again.

Naruto inclined his head towards the driver. "This isn't where I auditioned."

The silver-haired man with the sleepy gaze glanced up into the rearview.

"It isn't?"

Naruto bristled. He grabbed the shoulders of the driver seat and leaned in, his eyes bugging out.

"I'm already ten minutes late. I have to be there. You have to get me there!"

"Oh, you don't know."

"Don't know what?!"

"The project's gone through a lot of turnover in the past month. The original director is gone. His replacement is gone. The first assistant director left him with. The casting director got assigned to another film, one their banking on for the Kannez Film Festival next year. So, they sent the project to one of their lesser divisions,"

Naruto sank back in his seat, his heart slowly easing towards the ground like an autumn leaf.

The driver then half-turned towards him, his own face obscured by a black face mask. But the way his cheeks curved into his eyes, Naruto knew he was smiling.

"Lucky you, huh? Not out of a job, plus your coach--"

"He's not my acting coach. I don't need one."

"Right, well, he told me you were so nervous you'd be puking on first take. No more reason to get worked up over a movie that's not getting the same level of marketing as before, huh?"

Like a gut punch, Naruto folded over his legs and quietly seethed with his face pressed into his palms.

Yeah, lucky me.

~~~

Despite all that, once he stepped foot on set, his concerns grew negligible.

It still looked like a decent budget remained attached to the screenplay, even if it was a low-priority film.

Beggars can't be choosers.

In the shadows beyond the sets' perimeter, he wove through the crowd of crewmen, finding his way towards Jiraiya who stood outside a closed door.

Naruto's fingers tightened instinctively. You really got my hopes up, old man. He then flashed a dangerous smirk and Jiraiya got the message.

"They're waiting on you, kid."

~~~

From out of the starting gate, they have their read-through while seated at the plastic table.

And the thing that surprised him most is the grumpy youth directly across from him, with his dark hair and subtle sneer.

That's the guy he's supposed to fall in love with.

Oh, Sakura was going to hate him after today!

That is, if she can even guess correctly.

~~~

BH: I’m going to try to write out a lot really quick. I want to get to the NaruHina already. XD Also, this chapter helped me stop hating on my second chapter for reasons. :p Yayyy! lol <333

I apologize for the slow build, even though these chapters are so short as is. O n O

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So the gang’s summer starts off with them penniless as always. Josuke and his great money making schemes keep falling flat which leads you to think of a much simpler, honest plan. Dog sitting!

With so many dogs around the neighborhood, it’s easier to find more willing business than to scam Rohan of his money. Mikitaka is also very glad that he doesn’t have to be subjected to the constant nausea of being a pair of dice.

You gather the gang up at your house to make some posters to advertise. Various drawings of cartoon dogs are stapled on telephone poles with basic information. There were many questions concerning Mikitaka’s understanding of what dogs looked like.

Soon, all of you have calls coming in to schedule their respective times. As the most responsible of the bunch, Koichi takes care of the whole ordeal, Yukako lending a hand as well.

The jobs are separated amoung you all but constantly swapped to not bore you. One week, you would be with Okuyasu walking the dogs, the next you’d share house sitting with Yukako. 

The summer break would be filled with fur followed by hard earned cash. Each sitter received an equal amount of pay for their work.

Some funny-haha moments would include:

A Dalmatian destroying its owner’s closet of clothes on your stand alone shift of house sitting. You had to call up Josuke to fix the clothing for you with Crazy Diamond. You couldn’t help but be sheepish the whole time he was there. It wasn’t your fault the owner had a huge television that made playing video games even more enjoyable. You paid him back by letting him play on the console whilst you watched the dog.

More than enough moments of the gang walking dogs together and chasing each other with the bags of dog poop. Too many casualties involved tripping over dogs and stepping right in it. A not so fun game that always ends terribly that Okuyasu likes to play is for someone to toss the bag of poop his way and him to try to swipe it out of midair.

No one knows how, but Josuke and Okuyasu started out walking 6 (six) dogs and came back with 7 (seven). Somehow the dog even came with a leash???

Where there’s dog, there must be dog hair. You can always expect Josuke to be picking at his hair when the dogs are resting, constantly keeping tabs on how much fur there is in his perfect pomp.

Many, many group songs were started by singing along with the radio and ended up with the dogs howling along. No matter how you much you tried to keep the singing at a minimum, the dogs would always loudly follow your lead.

Singing attracts dancing, so it’s not uncommon for the dogs to prance around with the gang when dancing with the radio.

Sometimes when it became too hot to be able to walk the dogs, you would meet up at someone’s house with a sprinkler and the dogs. Swimsuits would be required no matter how many dogs were present, everyone would end up soaked. Zoomies were followed with shakes, making the gang’s attempts at drying off useless and futile ;). After all the dogs and humans, and maybe one alien, were dried off, you would go inside to the A.C. and have a literal dog pile in front of the television, too exhausted to move an inch. It’s not until someone knocks on the door for the dogs to go wild and startle you from the group nap time.

More than often, the dog piles happen at Josuke’s house. You all end up sitting around the television and falling asleep with a fan blowing cool air through the living room. Too often, Ms. Higashikata would creep into the room and fawn over how adorable you all looked before taking a picture with a disposable camera. So much so, she ended up with a few cameras by the end of the break.

When making your way through a walk with the dogs, you would pass by Rohan’s house occasionally. Every time you stopped by and asked for some water for the panting crew behind you, he’d cave and bring out some bowls next to the hose. Whether he actually cared for the dogs or just for Koichi’s opinion of how he treated his friend, you would never know. Except for the fact he’d always sneak some pets on the dogs when he thought you weren’t looking.

One day whilst trying to make some homemade dog treats for the pups, you were scared by a stampede of dog and the oatmeal canister spilled onto the floor and the dogs. Rounding up the dogs proved much easier than you expected, with the treats already made. You had called over Josuke and Okuyasu since they were the only ones left that day walking the dogs. A treat or two wouldn’t hurt. With the dogs outside, you were able to clean up the oat mess and change into your swimwear to clean the dogs up. Grabbing a bucket and some dog shampoo, you took to the front yard where your hose was.

The two hooligans would come from different ways, each with their own pack of dogs. With you busying yourself with the arduous task of getting each pup clean, Josuke and Okuyasu would find themselves blushing at how cute you looked. As if it were a slow-motion movie scene, you seemed to be glowing, radiating with pure happiness in the afternoon heat. The water from the dogs was shaken onto your skin, causing you to sparkle in the sun. The two were so encapsulated by you that they collided into each other on the street, not noticing how they were both taking in your beauty at the same time. The sudden “oofs” and shouts for the dogs to get off made you turn to face them.

You couldn’t help but laugh at how the scene played out. After getting over your laughing spell, you came to their aid by untangling the leashes and pulling them up. Just the sight of you standing over them and reaching out for their hands reassured them that you were a real angel of some sort. Their evident blushes made you assume they were just really sweaty and needed to cool off. Cue the hose being turned on and aimed at them. Thank goodness for shorts and tank tops, but at the same time, curses on them for only giving you a peek at their defined muscles under them.

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“2...8...0...6...1...1...3...1...2…”

A forsaken location. A cold light shines on the discolored concrete wall.

A man recites the numbers and shifts his immobilized wrists slightly. There are hardly any parts of his body that have that sort of freedom. The electrodes attached to his temples make his skin sizzle tortuously against the heat.

“3...7...6…”

A keyboard clacks audibly. His captor listens intently to the man’s words without speaking a single one themselves. The man mutters, his mouth dry. He moistens his lips with his stiff tongue. He exhales, and says the last of the password.

“Ada...mas.”

After inputting the letters given to them in an unsteady rhythm, an ERROR sound rings out. The man laughs. He laughs brimming with sarcasm at his captor when their hands abruptly freeze.

“Do you know what adamas means? It’s Greek. It means - ‘unconquerable.’”

His captor presses the device’s switch without hesitation.

An electric currents passes through his whole body. His skin burns. His body convulses. Pain bursts through his nerves and the man loses consciousness. A trail of saliva falls from his mouth. His wide eyes no longer focus on anything.

There are many people in the world. Among them there are people with unusual hobbies. Staring at timetables endlessly, for example, or building the Sagrada Família out of matchsticks. Of course, there are also those that collect real equipment and do varied and dubious science experiments in their own home. And one of such weirdos is currently in the house in which Wato lives as a freeloader. Squaring her shoulders against an offensive smell drifting out of the room, Wato pushes the heavy wooden door open. The weirdo faces a table where what seems like test tubes, chemicals, and a distillation apparatus are arranged side by side and does not turn to look at Wato. It is always like this whenever she is focused on something.

“I’m home. Hey. Hey! I’ve got the thing you wanted.”

Wato approaches her and pushes the shopping bag right in front of her eyes. She gives a short answer.

“Wrong.”

“Hm?”

“This is cilantro. What I requested was Lao cilantro.”

Wato peeks inside the bag. The label on the film covering the leaves reads, Cilantro (Product from Ibaraki). Looking back up, she cocks her head and asks, “Isn’t Lao cilantro just cilantro’s official name?”

Sherlock snorts. She makes a face as if to say she’s never seen someone so foolish in her life.

“Of course not. I’ve already finished extracting the cilantro. I’m researching their different benefits and effects, so extracting the same thing twice has no meaning. Well then! Go exchange it.”

Wato leaves the bag pushed back to her by their feet. She mustn’t meekly do everything she says. Because this Sherlock feels no guilt in using people and making them run around.

“Hey, what do you mean with benefits? Won’t you tell me about it?”

Sherlock breaks into an elated smile. Mission success. If she can keep her talking about her research, she’ll forget about the Lao and cilantro business in no time. Wato leans in. Sherlock raises a blue bottle to eye-level and smoothly begins, “Essential oils all have different effects. Cilantro eliminates smells. Lao cilantro has a tranquilizing effect. Ylang-ylang is an aphrodisiac...its main component is benzyl acetate. Its aphrodisiac properties have been scientifically proven; it can be used to attract male bees, and it is also used as an ingredient in Chanel No. 5.”

“Aphrodisiac...male bees…” Wato responds with a start. Aphrodisiac. Saying that that doesn’t pique her interest would be a lie. With just a few drops of the liquid inside the blue bottle , so many things could - a knock on the door interrupts her wild train of thoughts. “Coming!” she calls out, her voice higher than usual. Returning to her senses, Wato looks at Sherlock’s face. The other woman smiles smugly. She probably finds human desires interesting and unavoidably pathetic. And for that Wato wished she wouldn’t look at her with those eyes of hers. 

Without a pause, the door opens and they hear a gentle voice. It is Mrs. Hatano.

“Sherlock? There’s a client here. Can she come in? She’s the daughter of a friend from horse riding.”

“Go ahead,” Sherlock replies and places the blue bottle back on the table. Still looking at Wato with a cheerful expression, she lowers herself into her usual chair.

“Come on in.”

Following her voice, a woman walks into the room. Her personal attire is immaculate and her gaze straightforward. She is probably in her late 20s. With just a glance it is easy to see she part of the workforce. As she sits in the chair offered to her, Hatano asks Wato in a low voice, “How did it go? The interview.”

Just before now, Wato had gone to an interview for a part-time job at a library. On her way back home, she had received Sherlock’s request to go buy Lao cilantro.

“I think it’s been settled. I can’t freeload here forever. I’ve got to work.”

“Oh, of course you can always stay here. Sherlock thinks so too, right?”

“No, I don’t,” Sherlock denies curtly, and looks questioningly at the client sitting on the chair. Yes, yes, I don’t think so either, thinks Wato shrugging her shoulders, and gets started on making tea. Before she realized it, serving customers tea had become Wato’s role.

“My name is Reiko Haitani. I worked in development in a small pharmaceutical company.”

The woman called Haitani quickly looks around the room. The testing tools and chemicals seem to catch her eye. Feeling Sherlock’s piercing gaze on her, she quickly returns to the conversation.

“I wasn’t particularly dissatisfied with that company, but one day, a woman doing headhunting contacted me with an offer.”

“Who was her customer?”

Sherlock shifts and recrosses her long legs.

“Mawson Pharmaceuticals,” Haitani replies right away.

“Mawson Pharmaceuticals?!” Wato blurts out as she is setting two cups of coffee on the table. “Wow - isn’t that a super big company? Then you agreed?”

Getting scouted by a large company. It should be a joyous affair, but Haitani herself does not look happy about it. Haitani looks away, and after a short pause continues, “In short, she wanted me to stay on standby for a month. She said she’d give me a signing bonus to cover the costs, and the very next day, a million yen were deposited into my account. So I believed her completely and handed over my resume and research thesis.”

“And after that communication stopped,” Sherlock concludes. Haitani nods.

“I can’t find her at all via telephone or messages. And I already quit my job. Then I thought it might have been a scam. I got worried and looked her up - but it seems like she’s the real deal.”

Haitani pulls a magazine from her purse. It looks like an economy magazine. Sherlock immediately takes it and opens it on the bookmarked page. It is a photograph of a room in an apartment building. A woman in a suit is visible in it. She seems about the same age as Haitani - but in some way, she appears confident and gives off a dignified impression.

“‘Arisa Shiina: A headhunter working worldwide.’ She looks like a capable person,” Wato murmurs as she peeks over Sherlock’s shoulder at the article.

“I’ve already published my papers overseas, but I also included some unpublished data. I don’t want it to be misused, so I’m a little worried.”

“It’s certainly weird. Was it a ploy from your company to get you to resign? Or perhaps the competition was trying to decrease your company’s assets?” Wato says. It couldn’t possibly be that someone planned to dig a tunnel from Haitani’s desk to a bank or something of the sort, right?

Sherlock steeples her fingers and bluntly says, “What about asking the person in question directly?”

“Huh?!” Haitani exclaims. Wato leans in. Sherlock traces her finger along the background of the photograph, and as if guiding them through the street, she begins.

“The key is the position of the Zojoji Temple’s location, close to Tokyo Tower. You can see a 12 floor building from above, so you draw a straight line from between Tokyo Tower and Zojoji Temple and -”

After glancing up at the high-rise apartment building, Wato, Haitani, and Sherlock look at each other. The entrance’s automatic lock is easily unlocked (by Sherlock), they enter the elevator, and reach the apartment they are looking for. Having come along in silence, Haitani still looks uneasy. It’s understandable. When you think about it, guessing the building and even the apartment number right from what little information they had is not normal. Wato straightens her back as she watches Sherlock hand ring the doorbell. She has an inexplicable confidence in herself. And there is also Wato herself that almost wants to say, there are no mistakes in what Sherlock says, please relax. Even though she always feels like complaining about Sherlock’s deductions, whenever a stranger doubts her, she ends up wanting to tell them to believe in her. It’s quite strange.

After waiting a moment, the door opens. A young woman wearing a shabby collared shirt and cotton pants peeks out from behind the door. Haitani walks up to her and bows her head.

“I’m sorry for dropping in so suddenly. My name is Haitani. Um, does Arisa Shiina live…”

Hearing Arisa’s name, the woman lowers her guard slightly. It seems like they’re in the right place.

“...Yes, that’s my sister.”

The woman called Yuma Shiina, after listening to the purpose of their visit and Haitani’s circumstances, shows the three of them inside the apartment.

She still looks uneasy, but she leads Haitani, Wato, and Sherlock - who scrutinizes the house as they walk - to a spacious living room, offers them the sofa, and even serves them tea. She observes the photograph in the magazine presented by Haitani for a moment and Sherlock laughs pointedly. Before Wato can stop her, she opens her mouth.

“Are you two actually sisters? You’re awfully different from your older sister. Your clothes are -”

“Stop it,” Wato interrupts her immediately. There’s no telling what she’ll say if she leaves her unsupervised.

“Um, where is Ms. Shiina....your sister today?” Haitani asks. Yuna shakes her head apologetically.

“I’m not sure,” she replies. “She travels everywhere for work, and she doesn’t tell me where she goes, so…”

“Ms. Haitani came to get a paper she had left with your sister before. Could you get in contact with her?” Wato interjects.

Yuma looks away and with a tone of voice that suggested she just wants to disappear, says, “I tried contacting her a little while ago, but I don’t know if she’ll call me back...Ah, my sister gets annoyed when she speaks to me. And she doesn’t use the phone much.”

Hearing her tone of voice so full of self-deprecation, Wato and Sherlock discreetly exchange glances - her attitude is almost fearful. Not noticing their expressions, Yuma continues weakly, “Um, you can look for it in my sister’s room. It’s this way.”

Yuma stands up and points at the back of the apartment. The three of them look at her. Then going in as they please is okay? Yuma waits intently for their response, still standing. Finally Haitani glances at Sherlock and Wato and stands up from her seat. Sherlock and Wato follow the other two. They enter a room with an open door. It is a simple decor, with only a bed and desk, and a cabinet.

Sherlock picks up a plate decorating a shelf and stares at it fixedly. Wato blanches immediately.

“Wait a - ! You can’t just grab -”

“Ah, th-that’s - the second one. I broke the first one while cleaning a while back...As punishment, she didn’t let me eat for four days.”

“Four days?! But that’s -”

The words stick to Wato’s throat. Almost as if hiding a scar, Yuma pulls on her sleeve. Abuse. Violence. Those sort of words cross Wato’s mind, but Sherlock only spares Yuma a glance, returns the plate to its place and begins walking around the room. Wato turns her gaze back to Yuma.

“Do you not get along with your sister?” She asks quietly.

“We were really close as kids. But after a while, my sister changed…”

An electronic sound beeps from the living room, interrupting their conversation. Yuma leaves the room, disconcerted, and returns with a laptop that had been left on standby.

“U-um. It’s my sister. She called me back.”

It seems like Arisa Shiina got in contact. Yuma places the computer on her sister’s desk and adjusts the angle to allow Wato and the others to see the screen. Haitani peers at the laptop from behind Yuma. Through her computer’s camera, they see a woman combing her hair back, looking displeased. The impression she gives is different to the one from the photograph, but it is without a doubt, Arisa herself.

“What?”

The first word she utters is sullen. Yuma leans in and addresses her sister beyond the screen.

“Sister, where are you right now?”

“New York. Do you know what time it is here?!”

“Ah, sorry...There’s someone here that came to see you. She says she’d like to get her papers back.”

Yuma moves away and Haitani stands in front of the screen. Arisa’s expression and voice change suddenly.

“Ms. Haitani! I’m so sorry, I wanted to contact you, but something unexpectedly came up.”

“Then, it’s still…”

“Forgive me, the specifics haven’t been consolidated yet. Once I get back, I’ll finish up the contract.”

“No, there’s no need to worry about the Mawson Pharmaceuticals situation anymore.”

At Haitani’s words, Arisa’s eyes widen in surprise. Wato and Sherlock look at each other covertly. Haitani had told them of her decision before arriving. And now to see what Arisa will respond.

“I’ve been thinking it over this past month, and I’ve decided that even if it’s small, I’d like to keep on working on things I want to research. I’m sorry.”

A long silence. As Yuma watches this exchange, Arisa suddenly smiles, looking regretful. It is a gentle expression, very unlike the one she had shown her sister.

“...I see. It’s a shame, but I suppose I can’t change your mind. Yuma!”

Arisa addresses her sister harshly, making her tremble. She jerks her chin and continues, “It’s in the bedside cabinet, give it back to her.”

“O-okay.”

“I apologize, Ms. Haitani. I need to go now. Goodbye.”

Her voice cuts off abruptly. It seems like she has hung up. Yuma gropes around the cabinet until she finally locates a single envelope, and her face slackens with relief. As she hands it over to Haitani, she asks politely, “Is...this it?”

Haitani checks the contents of the envelope and her face brightens.

“Yes, this is mine. No doubt about it!”

Wato claps her hands together. They’ve figured out why Arisa Shiina had made Haitani wait, and the papers are now back in Haitani’s hands. And with this, the matter has been easily resolved - Sherlock must surely feel disappointed. After deducing the location of Arisa’s home, there was no mystery or anything of the sort. When she turns and see Sherlock’s sullen expression, Wato flinches involuntarily.

Her gaze is piercing. Sherlock stares at the envelope in Haitani’s hands.

“...Hey. Did you write those numbers?” Sherlock asks, pointing at a string of numbers written on the corner of the envelope.

“No, it wasn’t me.”

“21-digit numbers are used by brokerage firms as codes for their members’ accounts. But there’s no reason for someone to write that sort of thing on a stranger’s envelope.”

832939202280611312376. A rather meaningless-looking string of numbers. Or at least that’s how it seems to Wato. Shrugging her shoulders, she says to her roommate, who is still staring at the numbers, “Couldn’t it be a serial number or something like that?”

Sherlock does not answer. She continues looking intently at those 21 digits for a long time.

Time flows quieter than a breath. The air smells of disinfectant. No one disturbs the dry air. Not those glued to their devices, and not those who watch them work.

The ICU at a police hospital. Beyond the glass panel, a man lies prone on a bed. Having rushed there with Sherlock, Wato nods her head in a bow to Reimon and Shibata, who had arrived before them. Reimon raises his hand in response. Shibata sees Sherlock and frowns, looking annoyed.

The man had been found in an underpass, barely conscious. He is clinging to life, but cannot move a single finger, and naturally, cannot explain what happened to him. It’s a baffling case. Come at once. Reimon had summoned Sherlock like this, but Shibata looks extremely displeased with his superior’s decision. Wrinkling his nose, and making sure Wato and Sherlock can hear him, he says, “Why did you call her?”

“This is a case we cannot explain ourselves. What would happen if we messed around investigating and misread the information?”

Messed around investigating - ? Messed around?!”

Not even glancing at Shibata, still stupefied by his superior’s words, Sherlock intently observes the man sleeping on the bed. Watching her for now, Reimon says to Shibata, “Shibata, give them the details.”

It’s the usual introduction. Shibata humphs, shrugging his shoulders, and grudgingly begins his explanation.

“This man is Mawson Pharmaceuticals’ chief researcher, Hiroshi Watanuki. He is a well-known expert in the field of psychopharmacology, but three days ago, he went missing.”

“Mawson Pharmaceuticals? Isn’t that the company where Ms. Haitani was getting a new job?” Wato murmurs. Sherlock keeps observing the man. Watanuki does not stir and stays laying on the bed. Wato lowers the tone of her voice and asks, “What’s his condition?”

“He doesn’t even know his name or who he is.” His reply rings with finality. Reimon smacks his subordinate’s head lightly and hands over the document he had been carrying to Sherlock.

“...This is the case report. Let me know what you think about it.”

Sherlock leafs through the document and turns her eyes back to Watanuki. After a short moment, she declares, “His neocortex is completely ruined, and his frontal lobe is totally destroyed. Here.”

As if to say, you look at it too, Sherlock tosses the report to Wato. Wato scans the documents and photographs quickly. Indeed, that’s what had stood up to Sherlock. At the very least, that’s what Wato as a doctor could gather from the data.

There are marks in his hands and legs from were they were tied together. And there are burns in his temporal region. After being restrained, his brain was subjected to a high-voltage electric current utilized as torture.”

“Torture?! But, why -” Wato exclaims. If Watanuki was not taken by a pleasure-seeking criminal, then there is only one answer.

“He was coerced into revealing something,” Sherlock declares in a low voice. Watanuki’s eyes are wide, staring into empty space.

“...Dr. Watanuki was - how should I put it - he was never two-faced. Everyone adores him, and I don’t think he ever attracted any resentment.”

Mawson Pharmaceutical’s office building. In a meeting room inside that building, Wato and Sherlock listen to Masanori Sanada, a research fellow, speak. The fact that they’ve been allowed in here as well as that the research fellow is speaking so freely to them are are both thanks to the preparations made by Sherlock’s brother, Kento. He truly is well-connected, Wato thinks, impressed. Even if he only uses his connections to let his sister trample about.

“I’ve worked for more than ten years as Dr. Watanuki’s assistant. And up till now, I don’t think he has ever gotten involved in any sort of trouble.”

Sanada seems to be quite a timid young man. He speaks nervously, as if sure his words will cause a strange misunderstanding. Naturally, Sherlock does not show him any pity. As he shrinks into himself, Sherlock questions him.

“What sort of research was the doctor doing?”

“He was focusing mainly in the side effects caused by tranquilizers.”

“Is that all?”

“...What do you mean?”

“Dr. Watanuki was tortured. The purpose of torture is to make the victim confess the information that they hold. Therefore, perhaps he was developing a ground-breaking new medicine, or maybe researching something he couldn’t reveal to the public.”

“I wouldn’t know. It’s not as if assistants can understand everything about the research, so…” Sanada says hoarsely, looking down. Whatever they ask him now, he’ll just repeat I don’t know, or I don’t understand. Probably sensing that even if she prods at him it would be meaningless, Sherlock ends the conversation, standing up from her chair without another word. Wato bows her head disconcerted, and follows her roommate, who has already started walking, as well as Sanada, out into the hallway. Turning to Sherlock, who had gone before him, Sanada bows his head.

“I’ll take my leave now.”

Employees that seem to be fellow researchers walk past him. Sherlock’s keen eyes shoot to their chests. Her eyes fly back to Sanada’s chest, she grasps the name tag dangling from his neck, and with a tone of voice that leaves him no way to escape, she asks, “Hey. Your cardkey has a different color to other’s. Is it special?”

Wato has no time to stop her. Sanada gulps and sounding as if he just wants to disappear, he replies, “Only research fellows have this yellow lanyard. Research fellows can freely visit all laboratories, and they have special access to certain data…”

“Is it difficult to become a research fellow?”

“You can’t become one without being published in a reputable journal oversees.”

Sanada, still held tightly by his lanyard, sounds like he might cry. I should stop this soon. But it seems like they’re about to get an essential piece of information out of him. Wato hardens her heart and keeps watching. It feels like she’s starting to think like Sherlock...but it’s probably just her imagination.

“How many people have them?”

“Seven...no, six people.”

“Why did you subtract a person?”

“Huh? There was someone who resigned recently.”

“What’s their name?”

Sanada’s face crumples. What will they make me say now, he seems to be thinking, full of despair. Sherlock pulls on his lanyard once more, and then smooths her face into an impassive expression. Quietly, she says, “Reiko Haitani?”

“What?!”

“What? What is it?”

Wato and Sanada speak at the same time. Sherlock fishes her cell phone out of her pocket, taps at it effortlessly, and thrusts it at Sanada. The screen shows the photograph of Arisa Shiina published in the magazine.

“It it this person?”

“...Yes, that’s right.”

Before he can ask what’s going on, Sherlock lets go of his name tag. Now free, Sanada coughs lightly, excuses himself, and escapes. At a door at the end of the hall, he holds up his keycard, and swiftly disappears behind it. Wato looks at it all unfold, flabbergasted. She turns to Sherlock, who still hold her phone in her hand and asks, “Hey, Arisa Shiina was - wasn’t she the headhunter?”

“The purpose behind her headhunting was to acquire a key to let her come in and out of these laboratories. She just used Reiko Haitani - who has been published in a science journal - and her records. Arisa Shiina became her, and so infiltrated Mawson Pharmaceuticals.”

“...But what for?” Wato continues. Sherlock looks straight on, at the door behind which Sanada disappeared.

“Because beyond that door - there was something that she wished to obtain.”

Her first day. At a new job. Having new duties and meeting new people. As she takes a book from a mountainous pile and places it back into its shelf, Wato is engulfed by a strange feeling of liberation. Working at a library isn’t quite as fun as she had thought. But it is still fun. It makes her use her body. There’s also the experience of earning money. And also -

“I heard from the manager, but Ms. Tachibana, you have a medical license, don’t you?”

She can also meet new people. Wato turns with a smile at Yoneyama’s cheerful voice.

“Yes, pretty much. But I wanted to try different jobs, so I ended up here. Have you been working here long?”

Yoneyama gives the impression of a gentle, amiable young man. Keeping in mind that Wato has just started the job, he helps her with her current task. Wato doesn’t mind. She doesn’t dislike talking to people, and Yoneyama is very much her type of… Wato shakes her head. She can’t go and slack off on her first day. She keeps her hands moving and continues her task. But she keeps listening intently to Yoneyama’s words.

“Actually, I’m a writer.”

“So you write in addition to this job?”

“To me, this is a treasure trove. Being surrounded by books, I guess it’s a source of inspiration.”

Yoneyama’s gentle face suddenly turns somber and thoughtful. Realizing she’s staring at his profile, Wato gulps. Without her noticing, they have grown so close to each other their shoulders are almost touching.

“E-excuse me. I’ll go put that book in its place.”

Hurrying away from there, Wato tries to keep her violently hammering heart under control. What to do? Could this be a premonition of love? Her steps turn light and her face softens. A new workplace, new encounters, a new life! Perhaps she would even be able to part ways with that roommate earlier than she had thought -

“...What are you doing?”

Wato stops short. What is this timing? She thought she was hallucinating, but that’s not it. Wato’s devil-like roommate sits between the bookshelves with a heap of books on the floor, engrossed in reading them.

“Hey! Excuse me! Stop reading on the floor!”

At Wato’s hushed exclamation, Sherlock only looks at her nonchalantly. She thrusts the book in her hands under Wato’s nose and has her read the title and author.

“Emotional Memory Pharmacology...Dr. Watanuki’s book?”

“The book itself was published four years ago, and there’s nothing particularly significant in it, except for one interesting passage.”

Sherlock flips through a book and points at a single page. It is a chapter titled Fear-erasing Drug. For some reason, beside the title there is an illustration of a lily of the valley.

“It says in here that his dream was to create a drug that could eliminate in its entirety only a the fearful experiences from a person’s memory.”

Wato tilts her head. She doesn’t quite understand why, among all of Watanuki’s research subjects, this one caught Sherlock’s eye.

“Is that drug related to Dr. Watanuki’s incident?”

“This must definitely be what Arisa Shiina wanted to get her hands on - I need to verify it once more.”

Sherlock jumps to her feet. She takes only the open book in her hands, and promptly leaves to go somewhere else. She leaves the rest of the tomes scattered about where they are on the floor.

“Ah, hey! Clean this up!” Wato exclaims. Yoneyama glances at her and she gives him a smile, before reluctantly gathering the abandoned books in her arms.

At a soba restaurant in the early afternoon, Masanori Sanada slurps at a soba to which he has only added nori. The peak time has already passed, and only a few customers are scattered about. Sitting in the corner of the shop, he does not have his guard up against anything or anyone. As he wordlessly raises his chopsticks, he notices a person who took the sit in front of him without permission and he looks up in surprise. Sherlock stares at him, saying nothing. She pulls the hot soba towards herself and in a low voice, she says, “Answer me before your noodles get too soggy. The fear-erasing drug. You know about it, don’t you?”

“Huh? What are you…?”

“Dr. Watanuki proposed it four years ago. There’s no way you don’t know about it.”

Sanada turns pale and his eyes dart around him. Perhaps realizing he would not be able to deceive her, looking resigned, he begins, “Promise me that you won’t make this public. I don’t want to tarnish Dr. Watanuki’s reputation.”

Sherlock nods. Sanada’s expression hardens suddenly.

“Dr. Watanuki’s greatest wish was to be able to eliminate the fear suffered by people who had developed emotional scars from events such as war or abuse. But his drug was too powerful, and he realized that if used incorrectly, it could become terrifying. ‘Eliminating fear’ sounds well and good, but if you only change your wording a little, you can see that it could also create ruthless killing machines with no emotions...”

“So? Was that drug completed?”

Sherlock is unmoved. Sanada chokes on his words as Sherlock questions him.

“I think it was. It’s a top secret project in which the government got involved, so that is all I know.”

Sanada falls silent. A fear-erasing drug. Killing machines. A top secret project in which the government is involved - as these varied words circled her mind, Sherlocks stares intently at the soggy soba noodles. As if every one of the tangled noodles was a complex mystery.

“Drop this case. Got it?”

An underpass with sporadic pedestrian traffic. At the spot where Hiroshi Watanuki was discovered, Sherlock listens to her brother’s voice coming from beyond her cell phone. A train approaches. She grimaces at the roaring sound. She hates loud noises. As well as she hates people who tell her to drop cases without listening to the circumstances.

“...Why?”

“The fear-erasing drug has already been completed, and furthermore, the data on it was stolen a month ago.”

If there is a “top secret project” in which the government is involved, there is no way her brother doesn’t know about it. Just as Sherlock expects, Kento seems to know everything, but sometimes he seems to know too much. His voice obstinately denies her involvement. Sherlock calmly persists.

“So even though the data was already stolen, Watanuki was still tortured?”

“...It has a password with multiple layers, and it is still unknown how much Dr. Watanuki confessed. Furthermore, the password has a trap set up.”

“A trap?”

“If they mess up their final opportunity to open it, the data will be deleted. We can only pray they activate the trap.”

Sherlock does not reply. Relying on chance. One of the words she hates the most.

“The whole Public Safety Department is working on this. If you keep at it now you’ll just get in their way.”

“...I’ll decide for myself if I drop it or not.”

Without replying to her brother’s muttered words of, I figured you’d say that, Sherlock hangs up. Yes. It’s not as if she can sit around waiting for the culprit to graciously activate the trap for them. If it need to be set off -

She’ll set it off herself.

Sherlock starts walking, taking long strides. She knows where she needs to go next. The one who wrote that string of 21 digits on the envelope was Arisa Shiina. The culprit already knows the first layer of the password.

“...It’s a lot more physical labor than I expected. My arms are throbbing,” Wato exclaims miserably as she taps her overused upper arms. It’s her latest of various counseling sessions. Once again, Irikawa pleasantly shows her in and gracefully listens to her inconsequential words.

“There are anxieties that come with a new job. Up till now I’ve met a lot of people with whom I don’t have many things in common, but it’s been very interesting. Among them there is even a writer, and he’s taught me a lot.”

“Oh, a writer?”

Irikawa’s eyes widen. Her expression says she is wholeheartedly interested in what Wato has to say.

“He’s kind, fun to talk to, and a great person.”

“Wow. getting to know so many different people will help your world broaden, I believe. Ah, right! There’s a patient of mine who’s having a solo exhibition. Go see it if you like.”

Saying that, Irikawa shows her a flyer that had been laying in a corner of her desk. Wato takes it and stares at the photograph printed on the glossy paper. It’s a smiling child. How lovely. But they have hard eyes that bring back oppressive memories for her. Wato parts her lips slightly. Absentmindedly, she read the characters written on the flyer out loud.

“‘War photographer...Tooru Moriya.’”

Wato gazes at the photograph on the flyer for a while longer.

“Ah, could that misanga be a love charm, by any chance?”

It seems like she’s noticed what Wato has tied around her wrist. Wato shakes her head. She gives her a smile.

“No, no. I got it from someone from Syria when I left the country.”

“Huh. Apparently, a misanga’s real name is Fita do Bonfim. Bonfim means...hmm...ah, ‘good ending’ in Portuguese.”

“‘Good ending,’” Wato echoes Irikawa’s words. Somehow, they sound lovely.

“And then Fita means ‘string,’ so when the string breaks, it’s said that your wish will be granted.”

“It kind of feels like I could break it off if I pulled hard enough, though.”

“Ah, it needs to happen naturally.”

Stopped by Irikawa, Wato laughs jokingly. Irikawa joins her, and for a short while they laugh together like children. Fita do Bonfim. Good ending. A curious premonition engulfs her. A warm kind of premonition, that tells her that the day this misanga will break off is not that far away.

Notes

Cilantro and Lao cilantro: Cilantro is also known as coriander, and apparently, Lao cilantro is dill.

‘Human desires’: I thought the way it was phrased was quite interesting. It says ‘ヒトというものの欲望’ (notice how ‘person’ was written in katakana instead of kanji - ヒト as opposed to 人), which gives a sensation that Sherlock is in an entirely separate category to ‘those things called people (and their desires).’

Mawson Pharmaceuticals: A reference to The Adventure of the Stockbroker’s Clerk, a Sherlock Holmes short story in which a man is asked to accept a job without quitting his old one in order to use his identity for nefarious activities at his previous job.

‘Messed around investigating: Reimon is very dismissive of their own investigation, which Shibata takes offense with. He says 捜査なんか, which to me feels like a vaguely disdainful way of seeing their own investigation skills. “We’re just gonna fuck it up, so might as well get Sherlock involved ASAP.”

Fita do Bonfim: The Church of Nosso Senhor do Bonfim is the most famous Catholic church in Salvador, Brazil. The fita do Bonfim (or fita do Senhor do Bonfim) are sold close to the church, and it is said that when it falls off, it can grant three of your wishes (one for each knot on it).

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Scandal - Sanremo At Casinos the First Heads Fall

The Mayor of Sanremo: “Making Clarity”

 The mayor of Sanremo, Maurizio Zoccarato, who announced that, after the big scam involving three croupier, two table leaders and a municipal controller, then finished in handcuffs, a “possible reorganization of the body” did not fall into happiness.

 On the horizon, however, after the meeting between Bellavue Palace and the former captain (ex) of the Reds controllers and other ten municipal casino controllers, it seemed to have a chance to break up the body, a solution solemnly demanded by The members of the League of Sanremes.

 For the moment the controllers remain and the new leader is Domenico Frattarola.That is not over here is evident from the evolution of events at the municipal palace. An hour about face to face between the mayor of Zoccarato and the controllers, including the councilor of the participating companies Gianni Berrino, the chairman of the City Council Marco Lupi, the secretary and general manager of Palazzo Bellevue, Giuseppe Formichella.

 After the meeting, the mayor held an unannounced press conference where he said: “It is unthinkable that you did not notice or did not know what was going on at the tables. It will be very difficult to dissolve the body, but we will definitely reconsider giving it different tasks and transforming it into a team of professionals. Meanwhile, I will change the guard. “

 That being said, the paraphrase is that, however, for current controllers, the mandate is in any case concluded. Also because if it is true that the police arrested Giuseppe Ricca as a criminal offense, telephone and environmental delays remain, still under scrutiny of the investigators, who may also involve other people.

 And at that point the dice would be even bigger, and for sure, going back to the table with this climate will not be easy.

 And the mayor’s venture has continued, confirming that it is not over yet, indeed: “Investigations go on, there is a need to be cleaned”. Because in the roulette scam there are not only controllers, indeed, for the moment they are more The croupier: “Whoever is wrong, who has stolen the community, will no longer come back to the casino, at the cost of facing ten years of court proceedings”, he urged the first citizen.

 And Zoccarato anticipated a real revolution within the gambling halls of the Sanremo casino, but also in the button rooms: “Today there has changed one thing: there is no longer the policy to dictate law at the casino, we do not handle the City, we administer it. In the game house we need radical action, we have to decrease the staff. And the union signatures will have to be cleaned inside, we cannot deal with people “chatting”.

 However, it was also necessary to defend who is “clean” and it will be proven that he did not commit illegality: “Most employees are honest.

 I invite them to stand on the part of justice and the city, to denounce the dishonest, to speak without fear, rejecting idolatry and corporatism.

 Anyone who knows, tells whoever takes the money of the community, or who has tried and maybe has not succeeded. After this cleansing and deep reorganization, we will also be able to discuss whether and how to privatize casino management. “

Hey, everyone. Sorry activity has been spotty lately. As some of you guys know, my landlord is a complete and utter scumbag, and has been dropping hints that he’s going to evict us for supposedly owing over $5,000 in back rent, which isn’t fucking true. 

He’s pulling the biggest god damn scam I’ve ever seen in my life, and he gave us the fucking paperwork to prove it. Which includes: raising the rent almost every year around tax season, payments marked that were never made, payments not being marked that were, payment amounts being fudged (like saying a double payment consisted of $500, when we have the damn carbon copies of the checks to prove it was $600 or that we made a payment of $0.61.), and my personal favorite: adding invoice charges randomly for no reason whatsoever after the month’s rent charge was already added. These consisting of $419, $196, $20, and $415.58. And it’s not even a consistent number so he can’t claim late fees, and they’re only on certain months, not every one. 

Then you know, he hires assholes that falsify tests results on the water, and say they should just burn the trees down instead of cut them/move people’s cars without permission or the keys and then threaten them when they come out and bitch about it. And he has some kind of shady deal going with this one guy at the electric company that are putting in the new telephone poles, and telling people they need to move their trailers when a guy higher up says A) they don’t have to, and B) it’s illegal to make them. And one lady already died because of this. (The landlord promised to give them like $3000 to either get a new place brought in or find somewhere else to live, then he dropped it to $1500, then to nothing and evicted them. The lady was on oxygen and died 2 weeks after they left because they had nowhere to go. And when he was here the other day, I didn’t hold back, I freaked out on him for selling people places that aren’t liveable and they can’t move into for months after they buy it and charge them $3800 for the place, and how since he’s a parent himself it’s pathetic and disgusting that he expects someone else’s kid to starve because he wants money. I flat out told him our priority is making sure our cats don’t starve, and we don’t starve. And when he said if you can’t afford it you shouldn’t be here, I said you think *anyone* would be here if they could afford to be anywhere else? The only reason anyone is here is because they can’t afford anything else. He’s also trying to pin taxes for a place we don’t own on us because he doesn’t want to pay them. Which if he hadn’t fucked us over in the first place, he wouldn’t have had to pay at all. 

So needless to say, we’ve been driving around a lot trying to find a new place to live. But it’s hard because we can’t even afford the $325 a month rent here now, and my dad’s being a stubborn asshat and refuses to look at places we might be able to afford and instead checks out abandoned places or condemned places that are falling apart and need even more work done than the shit-hole we’re living in now that is almost completely destroyed from water damage because the landlord told us years ago we couldn’t fix the roof. 

Who Scams The Scammers? Meet The Scambaiters

Police struggle to catch online fraudsters, often operating from overseas, but now a new breed of amateurs are taking matters into their own hands

— Amelia Tait | Sunday, 03 October 2021 | Guardian USA

‘My computer’s giving me the worst vibes,’ began Rosie in Kim Kardashian’s voice. Illustration: Pete Reynolds/The Observer

Three to four days a week, for one or two hours at a time, Rosie Okumura, 35, telephones thieves and messes with their minds. For the past two years, the LA-based voice actor has run a sort of reverse call centre, deliberately ringing the people most of us hang up on – scammers who pose as tax agencies or tech-support companies or inform you that you’ve recently been in a car accident you somehow don’t recall. When Okumura gets a scammer on the line, she will pretend to be an old lady, or a six-year-old girl, or do an uncanny impression of Apple’s virtual assistant Siri. Once, she successfully fooled a fake customer service representative into believing that she was Britney Spears. “I waste their time,” she explains, “and now they’re not stealing from someone’s grandma.”

Okumura is a “scambaiter” – a type of vigilante who disrupts, exposes or even scams the world’s scammers. While scambaiting has a troubled 20-year online history, with early forum users employing extreme, often racist, humiliation tactics, a new breed of scambaiters are taking over TikTok and YouTube. Okumura has more than 1.5 million followers across both video platforms, where she likes to keep things “funny and light”.

“I waste their time and now they’re not stealing from someone’s grandma.” — Rosie Okumura

In April, the then junior health minister Lord Bethell tweeted about a “massive sudden increase” in spam calls, while a month earlier the consumer group Which? found that phone and text fraud was up 83% during the pandemic. In May, Ofcom warned that scammers are increasingly able to “spoof” legitimate telephone numbers, meaning they can make it look as though they really are calling from your bank. In this environment, scambaiters seem like superheroes – but is the story that simple? What motivates people like Okumura? How helpful is their vigilantism? And has a scambaiter ever made a scammer have a change of heart?

Batman became Batman to avenge the death of his parents; Okumura became a scambaiter after her mum was scammed out of $500. In her 60s and living alone, her mother saw a strange pop-up on her computer one day in 2019. It was emblazoned with the Windows logo and said she had a virus; there was also a number to call to get the virus removed. “And so she called and they told her, ‘You’ve got this virus, why don’t we connect to your computer and have a look.” Okumura’s mother granted the scammer remote access to her computer, meaning they could see all of her files. She paid them $500 to “remove the virus” and they also stole personal details, including her social security number.

Thankfully, the bank was able to stop the money leaving her mother’s account, but Okumura wanted more than just a refund. She asked her mum to give her the number she’d called and called it herself, spending an hour and 45 minutes wasting the scammer’s time. “My computer’s giving me the worst vibes,” she began in Kim Kardashian’s voice. “Are you in front of your computer right now?” asked the scammer. “Yeah, well it’s in front of me, is that… that’s like the same thing?” Okumura put the video on YouTube and since then has made over 200 more videos, through which she earns regular advertising revenue (she also takes sponsorships directly from companies).

“A lot of it is entertainment – it’s funny, it’s fun to do, it makes people happy,” she says when asked why she scambaits. “But I also get a few emails a day saying, ‘Oh, thank you so much, if it weren’t for that video, I would’ve lost $1,500.’” Okumura isn’t naive – she knows she can’t stop people scamming, but she hopes to stop people falling for scams. “I think just educating people and preventing it from happening in the first place is easier than trying to get all the scammers put in jail.”

She has a point – in October 2020, the UK’s national fraud hotline, run by City of London Police-affiliated Action Fraud, was labelled “not fit for purpose” after a report by Birmingham City University. An earlier undercover investigation by the Times found that as few as one in 50 fraud reports leads to a suspect being caught, with Action Fraud frequently abandoning cases. Throughout the pandemic, there has been a proliferation of text-based scams asking people to pay delivery fees for nonexistent parcels – one victim lost £80,000 after filling in their details to pay for the “delivery”. (To report a spam text, forward it to 7726.)

Hook, line and sinker: the scambaiters. Illustration: Pete Reynolds

Asked whether vigilante scambaiters help or hinder the fight against fraud, an Action Fraud spokesperson skirted the issue. “It is important people who are approached by fraudsters use the correct reporting channels to assist police and other law enforcement agencies with gathering vital intelligence,” they said via email. “Word of mouth can be very helpful in terms of protecting people from fraud, so we would always encourage you to tell your friends and family about any scams you know to be circulating.”

Indeed, some scambaiters do report scammers to the police as part of their operation. Jim Browning is the alias of a Northern Irish YouTuber with nearly 3.5 million subscribers who has been posting scambaiting videos for the past seven years. Browning regularly gets access to scammers’ computers and has even managed to hack into the CCTV footage of call centres in order to identify individuals. He then passes this information to the “relevant authorities” including the police, money-processing firms and internet service providers.

“I wouldn’t call myself a vigilante, but I do enough to say, ‘This is who is running the scam,’ and I pass it on to the right authorities.” He adds that there have only been two instances where he’s seen a scammer get arrested. Earlier this year, he worked with BBC’s Panorama to investigate an Indian call centre – as a result, the centre was raided by local police and the owner was taken into custody.

Browning says becoming a YouTuber was “accidental”. He originally started uploading his footage so he could send links to the authorities as evidence, but then viewers came flooding in. “Unfortunately, YouTube tends to attract a younger audience and the people I’d really love to see looking at videos would be older folks,” he says. As only 10% of Browning’s audience are over 60, he collaborates with the American Association of Retired People to raise awareness of scams in its official magazine. “I deliberately work with them so I can get the message a little bit further afield.”

Still, that doesn’t mean Browning isn’t an entertainer. In his most popular upload, with 40m views, he calmly calls scammers by their real names. “You’ve gone very quiet for some strange reason,” Browning says in the middle of a call, “Are you going to report this to Archit?” The spooked scammer hangs up. One comment on the video – with more than 1,800 likes – describes getting “literal chills”.

But while YouTube’s biggest and most boisterous stars earn millions, Browning regularly finds his videos demonetised by the platform – YouTube’s guidelines are broad, with one clause reading “content that may upset, disgust or shock viewers may not be suitable for advertising”. As such, Browning still also has a full-time job.

YouTube isn’t alone in expressing reservations about scambaiting. Jack Whittaker is a PhD candidate in criminology at the University of Surrey who recently wrote a paper on scambaiting. He explains that many scambaiters are looking for community, others are disgruntled at police inaction, while some are simply bored. He is troubled by the “humiliation tactics” employed by some scambaiters, as well as the underlying “eye for an eye” mentality.

“I’m someone who quite firmly believes that we should live in a system where there’s a rule of law,” Whittaker says. For scambaiting to have credibility, he believes baiters must move past unethical and illegal actions, such as hacking into a scammer’s computer and deleting all their files (one YouTube video entitled “Scammer Rages When I Delete His Files!” has more than 14m views). Whittaker is also troubled by racism in the community, as an overcrowded job market has led to a rise in scam call centres in India. Browning says he has to remove racist comments under his videos.

“I think scambaiters have all the right skills to do some real good in the world. However, they’re directionless,” Whittaker says. “I think there has to be some soul- searching in terms of how we can better utilise volunteers within the policing system as a whole.”

At least one former scambaiter agrees with Whittaker. Edward is an American software engineer who engaged in an infamous bait on the world’s largest scambaiting forum in the early 2000s. Together with some online friends, Edward managed to convince a scammer named Omar that he had been offered a lucrative job. Omar paid for a 600-mile flight to Lagos only to end up stranded.

“He was calling us because he had no money. He had no idea how to get back home. He was crying,” Edward explains. “And I mean, I don’t know if I believe him or not, but that was the one where I was like, ‘Ah, maybe I’m taking things a little too far.’” Edward stopped scambaiting after that – he’d taken it up when stationed in a remote location while in the military. He describes spending four or five hours a day scambaiting: it was a “part-time job” that gave him “a sense of community and friendship”.

“I mean, there’s a reason I asked to remain anonymous, right?” Edward says when asked about his actions now. “I’m kind of embarrassed for myself. There’s a moment where it’s like, ‘Oh, was I being the bad guy?’” Now, Edward doesn’t approve of vigilantism and says the onus is on tech platforms to root out scams.

Yet while the public continue to feel powerless in the face of increasingly sophisticated scams (this summer, Browning himself fell for an email scam which resulted in his YouTube channel being temporarily deleted), But scambaiting likely isn’t going anywhere. Cassandra Raposo, 23, from Ontario began scambaiting during the first lockdown in 2020. Since then, one of her TikTok videos has been viewed 1.5m times. She has told scammers her name is Nancy Drew, given them the address of a police station when asked for her personal details, and repeatedly played dumb to frustrate them.

“I believe the police and tech companies need to do more to prevent and stop these scams, but I understand it’s difficult,” says Raposo, who argues that the authorities and scambaiters should work together. She hopes her videos will encourage young people to talk to their grandparents about the tactics scammers employ and, like Browning, has received grateful emails from potential victims who’ve avoided scams thanks to her content. “My videos are making a small but important difference out there,” she says. “As long as they call me, I’ll keep answering.”

For Okumura, education and prevention remain key, but she’s also had a hand in helping a scammer change heart. “I’ve become friends with a student in school. He stopped scamming and explained why he got into it. The country he lives in doesn’t have a lot of jobs, that’s the norm out there.” The scammer told Okumura he was under the impression that, “Americans are all rich and stupid and selfish,” and that stealing from them ultimately didn’t impact their lives. (Browning is more sceptical – while remotely accessing scammers’ computers, he’s seen many of them browsing for the latest iPhone online.)

“At the end of the day, some people are just desperate,” Okumura says. “Some of them really are jerks and don’t care… and that’s why I keep things funny and light. The worst thing I’ve done is waste their time.”