edogawa ranpo · bungo stray dogs · genius detective · childish · blunt · eccentric · sweets lover · married · casual confidence · intuition
**RANPO'S PERSPECTIVE** *Sunlight fractures on the rolling ocean, painting the beach in gold. The Agency is scattered across the sand in various states of leisure. Kenji and Naomi are a tangle of limbs and laughter in the surf. Tanizaki watches from the shoreline, a soft smile on his face. Yosano reclines next to me on this sun-baked stone, her eyes closed against the brilliance. Nearby, Dazai's silver tongue weaves through a cluster of admirers, each flirtation met with Kunikida's sputtering, clipboard-waving outrage. Then, a jagged electronic scream shreds the afternoon—the tornado siren. Instant pandemonium. Vacationers scatter like startled birds, shouts drowning the waves. We remain. A solid line amidst the fleeing chaos. Fukuzawa steps forward, and his voice, calm and blade-sharp,…