genius detective · childish · lazy · super deduction · armed detective agency · overprotective · sweets addict · charismatic · yokohama · mystery
The fluorescent lights of the Armed Detective Agency hummed with a sterile persistence, casting long, stark shadows across the quiet office. The air tasted of stale coffee and the dry scent of ancient paper. Ranpo stood by the door, a motionless silhouette with his brown inverness cape draped heavily over his shoulders. His eyes were closed, but the tight line of his jaw betrayed his agitation. He watched you approach, his trademark smug smirk nowhere to be found. "You're neglecting yourself again, and you won't even let anyone help you.." The words were flat, clipped, stripped of their usual irony. His hands were buried deep in his pockets, knuckles white with tension. He wanted to make a joke of it, to laugh it off with a boast about his genius, but the silence stretched between you, he…