.. or, you know, the place where the sign used to be. This isn't really the state she expected to find the place in when arriving at her part time job after classes were done at school.. She slowly blinks, staring at the spot, but then turns her attention back to Yu properly to answer his question. ]
I mean, it's not that strange, right? Someone probably stole it as a dumb prank.
[ That seems like a way more feasible explanation to her than the sign somehow going missing in any more mysterious way. ]
There's enough people around town who love causing trouble like that.
[Ange is, as ever, a voice of reason -- a fact Yu normally appreciates. And she's right, of course. There are plenty of people who just go looking for trouble. But there's something about this that just bothers him, something he can't put a finger on. Some strange gut instinct that tells him something's not right, you're missing something, here.
He frowns up at the sign, adjusting his glasses thoughtfully.]
No witnesses, no sign of anything strange in the area... It'll be tough to track it down.
[ She sounds weirdly sure about that. Or maybe it's just that Ange is great at saying things confidently, regardless of whether she truly has as much faith in the things she's talking about as she's making it sound..
Or maybe she's just hoping this will be the case, honestly. ]
And when they do, we strike back. We can't just let people steal stuff from the store without payback! [ She slams her one hand - formed into a fist - against the open palm of her other hand, like she's got the world's best idea. ] We need to set a trap!
[She does sound pretty confident -- convincingly so. It's true, though: if it's a prank, someone is going to come back to check. They'll want to know they got under someone's skin, that someone noticed...
His expression brightens at the idea of a trap.]
We could set out another sign as bait. Bet they'd be pretty annoyed to see that their prank didn't get much attention.
[That's Ange for you. She catches on easily.] Maybe they'll even try it again.
[There's an edge to his voice that sounds almost eager to do this. Scooby-doo style villain-catching isn't generally his thing, but this almost sounds fun.]
Question is, what'll we do with them when we catch them?
[Yu nods his agreement. Because apparently even in the AU he just takes the law into his own hands.]
I agree. We can't let them get away with this.
[Which leaves the question of what sort of trap they should set. He glances around the area, and then points at the basement hatch in the ground near the front windows.]
We could set the new sign up there with a trap door.
[ Without even the slightest moment of thought or hesitation: ]
We should make a spike pit at the bottom.
[ AngE NO--
It's hard to tell if she's serious about that or just joking. Even with Ange being a little less emotionless right now, she sounds oddly serious about this one? But surely no one would be, right..?? ]
Yu gives her a look, because it's simultaneously the most bonkers suggestion he's heard all day, and also somehow weirdly seems on brand for her, whether she's joking or not. If she is, she's got the greatest poker face in the world...
... But it doesn't matter either way, because they're not murderers.]
Maybe we can start with something adhesive. Or something that'll stain, so we'd be able to identify them if they escaped.
[ Maybe she really was joking, considering just how easily she goes along with Yu's alternative suggestion.. She says it so calmly like this is on the same level as condemning someone to death just for trying to steal the sign of the shop they work at.
At least Yu successfully de-escalated this? Good job, boy.. ]
I prefer that solution over the staining. After all, shouldn't they at least be stuck in the hole for their crime until we find them in the morning? [ At least it.. is a relatively milder sort of punishment.. ] We have to make sure they at least regret having pulled a dumb prank like that.
[A soft exhale; Yu wasn't convinced that Ange was serious, but at least they're not talking about impaling anymore. That seemed a little extreme for the situation, anyway.
If it was a joke, though, it was actually pretty funny.]
I agree. It'll give them plenty of time to think about their pranking tendencies.
[Now, as for the plan itself...he looks at the basement hatch, then the part of the store over top of it.]
Let's set the sign up first. It won't be easy to hang it up if we start with the trap door.
[ After glancing at both Yu and the empty spot where the sign used to be, Ange wanders into the store, calling out as she does: ]
Where did we leave the backup sign again? [ She figures he'd know.. Yu always seems a little more organized than her. Or maybe he's just good at projecting that sort of impression of him outwardly, even if it might not be necessarily true. ]
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.. or, you know, the place where the sign used to be. This isn't really the state she expected to find the place in when arriving at her part time job after classes were done at school.. She slowly blinks, staring at the spot, but then turns her attention back to Yu properly to answer his question. ]
I mean, it's not that strange, right? Someone probably stole it as a dumb prank.
[ That seems like a way more feasible explanation to her than the sign somehow going missing in any more mysterious way. ]
There's enough people around town who love causing trouble like that.
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He frowns up at the sign, adjusting his glasses thoughtfully.]
No witnesses, no sign of anything strange in the area... It'll be tough to track it down.
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[ She sounds weirdly sure about that. Or maybe it's just that Ange is great at saying things confidently, regardless of whether she truly has as much faith in the things she's talking about as she's making it sound..
Or maybe she's just hoping this will be the case, honestly. ]
And when they do, we strike back. We can't just let people steal stuff from the store without payback! [ She slams her one hand - formed into a fist - against the open palm of her other hand, like she's got the world's best idea. ] We need to set a trap!
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His expression brightens at the idea of a trap.]
We could set out another sign as bait. Bet they'd be pretty annoyed to see that their prank didn't get much attention.
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She stares at Yu with clear interest in her eyes, apparently approving of his idea. ]
And then we just.. watch and wait?
[ He did say bait, after all. That has an obvious implication connected to it. ]
Because they'll return to the scene of the crime?
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[That's Ange for you. She catches on easily.] Maybe they'll even try it again.
[There's an edge to his voice that sounds almost eager to do this. Scooby-doo style villain-catching isn't generally his thing, but this almost sounds fun.]
Question is, what'll we do with them when we catch them?
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[ Forget law enforcement. Where's the fun in catching some people red-handed if it doesn't mean you get to punish them yourself, right?
.. or so Ange seems to think, anyway. She's presenting the idea to him so easily, moving into the store as she talks. ]
That means we should make some sort of trap out of the fake bait sign.
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I agree. We can't let them get away with this.
[Which leaves the question of what sort of trap they should set. He glances around the area, and then points at the basement hatch in the ground near the front windows.]
We could set the new sign up there with a trap door.
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We should make a spike pit at the bottom.
[ AngE NO--
It's hard to tell if she's serious about that or just joking. Even with Ange being a little less emotionless right now, she sounds oddly serious about this one? But surely no one would be, right..?? ]
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Yu gives her a look, because it's simultaneously the most bonkers suggestion he's heard all day, and also somehow weirdly seems on brand for her, whether she's joking or not. If she is, she's got the greatest poker face in the world...
... But it doesn't matter either way, because they're not murderers.]
Maybe we can start with something adhesive. Or something that'll stain, so we'd be able to identify them if they escaped.
[Something less deadly??????]
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[ Maybe she really was joking, considering just how easily she goes along with Yu's alternative suggestion.. She says it so calmly like this is on the same level as condemning someone to death just for trying to steal the sign of the shop they work at.
At least Yu successfully de-escalated this? Good job, boy.. ]
I prefer that solution over the staining. After all, shouldn't they at least be stuck in the hole for their crime until we find them in the morning? [ At least it.. is a relatively milder sort of punishment.. ] We have to make sure they at least regret having pulled a dumb prank like that.
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If it was a joke, though, it was actually pretty funny.]
I agree. It'll give them plenty of time to think about their pranking tendencies.
[Now, as for the plan itself...he looks at the basement hatch, then the part of the store over top of it.]
Let's set the sign up first. It won't be easy to hang it up if we start with the trap door.
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Sure.
[ After glancing at both Yu and the empty spot where the sign used to be, Ange wanders into the store, calling out as she does: ]
Where did we leave the backup sign again? [ She figures he'd know.. Yu always seems a little more organized than her. Or maybe he's just good at projecting that sort of impression of him outwardly, even if it might not be necessarily true. ]