Juneau Where She's Going?

[doitrockapella]

Who: Carmen Sandiego (doitrockapella) and a bunch of other people!
Where: Various locations in Johto, over the course of the week!
When: The week of January 26th
Summary: This week, her itinerary's loaded with more than just moving violations.
Rating: PG as a default; deviations from that will be marked!
Log:

⛵ WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? ⛽
MONDAY January 27th	Goldenrod City — ALL DAY
TUESDAY January 28th	Goldenrod City — ALL DAY
WEDNESDAY January 29th	Goldenrod City — MORNING through 5:00 PM En Route to Ecruteak City — 5:00 PM ONWARD
THURSDAY January 30th	En Route to Ecruteak City — PRIOR to 11:00 AM Ecruteak City — 11:00 AM ONWARD
FRIDAY January 31st	Ecruteak City — ALL DAY
SATURDAY February 1st	Ecruteak City — ALL DAY

People interested in interacting with Carmen or having her pay your character a visit at some point during this week, feel free to throw in a starter with a date and location for the thread! You can either write the starter yourself and I'll have her tag into it, or you can drop a top-level just with date and time and I'll come up with a reason for their paths to cross, either way. o/

Comments

[superordinary]

No, I don't. [ Naegi shakes his head. ] This is starting to remind me of the Monobear flower...

[ He trails off, not wanting to elaborate on his tales from murderschool. He then motions around the study, to the shelves with hundreds of books, the World's Nicest Couch™ and the chess board set up on a small table. Most of the pieces are on the floor as a result of Eevee-related shenanigans. ]

[doitrockapella]

A botanical project from back home, I imagine.

[But since "back home" is a pretty iffy subject, let's just move right along to — oh, hey.]

Well, that's one way to topple the king, I suppose. It looks as though your furry friends disrupted your game.

[superordinary]

Something like that. Apparently a Super High School Level Botanist engineered it...

[ You know what, let's just move on. ]

Ah, they didn't really disrupt anything, actually. I bought the game as an early birthday gift to myself the other day and I haven't done much with it yet. I don't even know how to play.

[doitrockapella]

Oh?

[Well, look at that, now she's intrigued.]

And when is your birthday, exactly?

[superordinary]

...It's on the fifth of February.

[doitrockapella]

That's a week from Wednesday. You really didn't leave me much time to find you a present, did you?

[superordinary]

Um, y-you don't have to find me a present, Carmen-san.

[doitrockapella]

Not even if it's chess lessons?

[She motions lightly to the board.]

Believe me, I like having kids to play fairy godmother for. It makes this place feel a little bit more like home.

[superordinary]

...Chess lessons would be nice. [ Then he can impress Kirigiri when she gets back! ]

I'm not exactly a kid, though. I mean, I'll be twenty.

[doitrockapella]

You're too young for me to flirt with. That's "kid" enough for me.

[CARMEN...]

[superordinary]

W...Wh-what?

[ CARMEN. ]

[doitrockapella]

Shall we?

[PRESUMABLY SHE MEANS THE CHESS AND NOT THE FLIRTING.]

I'll let you have the white. It gives you the benefit of going first.

[superordinary]

All right.

[ He immediately begins to gather up all the pieces from the floor and returns them to their starting positions on the chess board. ]

Does white always go first?

[doitrockapella]

Assuming you're playing by standard rules. You can read whatever meaning you like into it.

[She snags a handful herself, and starts replacing them as well.]

But really, it's a custom that developed mostly to make the annotation of games standardized. In the beginning, either black or white could go first; it wasn't until the mid-1800s or so that the movement to have white always move first really began.

[superordinary]

...You know a lot of things, don't you...

[ He retrieves a white rook from under the couch. ]

Do you travel a lot, Carmen-san? You mentioned visiting Japan.

[doitrockapella]

Oh, I've always been a traveler. It's usually for work reasons; the first time I went to Japan, it was because I was working on a case. My partner and I spent a few days there — we had the opportunity to go to a tea ceremony and see a few of the sights, in between tracking down an antiquities thief.

[A memory that makes her smile, unbidden. Those were good times, weren't they.]

[superordinary]

A thief? Are you a detective?

[doitrockapella]

And not a particularly modest one, either. I'm the best in the world, where I'm from.

[...Technically true, even if it's not her precise career path at this specific moment.]

[superordinary]

[ ...Now Naegi's probably wondering if Carmen could beat Kirigiri at crimebusting. ]

What's it like? Chasing criminals is a dangerous business.

[doitrockapella]

[Fun fact: her version of crimebusting involved a lot more swinging around like Indiana Jones and also kicking people with gratuitous martial arts. So maybe, maybe not.]

Dangerous is a good word for it. But it's rewarding enough. I like the challenge.

[superordinary]

[ Kirigiri, your crimebusting game is weak. :|b ]

So you like the challenge, huh... Is that why you became a detective?

[ Beat. ]

...Ah, um, sorry for asking you so many questions! I'm just really curious.

[doitrockapella]

[Hey, man, at least Carmen never dumped booze on her legs and threatened to actively set herself on fire in order to solve a case.]

It's fine; it's been a while since I talked about it with anyone, anyway, so I don't mind telling you about it.

[She picks up the black queen to play with as she talks, turning it over and over in her fingers.]

I started when I was about half your age. It was something to do and something I was good at; I'd always admired Sherlock Holmes as a child, so when the opportunity arose to join a local detective agency, I jumped for it.

[Beat.]

Also, I was better at solving mysteries than I was at making friends, so having something to keep myself occupied with was a bit of a relief.

[superordinary]

[ That is a good point. What the hell were you thinking, Tinygiri. ]

You must've been some kind of child prodigy... That's amazing. I wish I had talent like that.

[doitrockapella]

You could say that.

[Mostly because yeah, that's...basically it, yup.]

My agency...was a little something like your school, I think. They have a particular interest in exceptional children.

[superordinary]

In general, or children who'd make good detectives? Hope's Peak Academy didn't discriminate when it came to talent. They even recruited the best yakuza member.