District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu/Identity Story

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Identity Story

Speaker	Dialogue
District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu	Hm, I guess I'll start by taking a quick look around.
	The child leisurely strolls into a dark and stuffy basement.
	He has a casual look on his face, as though all was right in the world.
	In his mouth is a sweet lollipop, and his gait is relaxed and gentle.
	There was something different about this child; though he wore the very same scarf that others in his organization wore, he did not share their perpetual sense of urgency.
District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu	It's not a rare sight to see a Yurodivy fight a Yurodivy, but… this one's a bit different.
	The Yurodiviye.
	An organization established with the spirit of bringing a new world to life, a world in which the few do not hoard the riches; a world of equality. But not all those who call themselves a Yurodivy share the same sentiment.
	Now that the Yurodiviye was widespread enough to establish themselves as a real presence even in some Nests…
	… some of their new recruits did not share that ideal. Some of them joined only because they were down on their lucks, or only because they simply disliked the way things were under the Wings' reign.
	Such disaccord often leads to internal conflict. Sometimes, their opinions of the Wings and the Nests just don't always see eye-to-eye… and sometimes, violence becomes the preferred conflict resolution method. But that's just the way things are in the City, isn't it?
	And that is where the child comes in; he has been working as a Yurodiviye detective of sorts, investigating instances of such violence.
District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu	My, blood splatters all over the place… all those broken cups… that'll fetch quite the compensation.
District 20 Yurodivy Tense Colleague	Hey, you're finally here.
District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu	Yes, I am. Can I get a low-down on what we're dealing with?
	His colleague extends his greetings as the child bends down to traverse under several layers of tape outlining the crime scene.
District 20 Yurodivy Tense Colleague	Well, like always… can't say I've got a 'low-down' to give ya.
District 20 Yurodivy Tense Colleague	But I'm sure this mess is nothing more than one of 'em brawls that break out after a potent mix of too many shots of liquor and overly-passionate debates.
District 20 Yurodivy Tense Colleague	I've got confirmation from the witnesses and the owner, too. One of 'em just glassed the other one outta nowhere, right in the forehead!
District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu	Ouch… With a glass cup? Sounds painful.
District 20 Yurodivy Tense Colleague	Yeah, ouch is right. And that was probably the last straw. The moment of no return where all hopes of resolving the situation without a casualty were lost.
	The partner muttered bitterly before letting out a deep sigh.
District 20 Yurodivy Tense Colleague	Sigh… Lad, I can't understand how people gathered under the same banner and same cause could hate one another so much. I just don't.
District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu	It's easy to bring people together for something happy because everyone wants the same thing.
District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu	But bringing angry people together for something unhappy is hard. Because once you really look into it, you'll notice that not everyone wants the same thing.
District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu	People all have different reasons for feeling unhappy about the Wings… right?
District 20 Yurodivy Tense Colleague	… Sometimes I can't help but wonder how you can act so aloof, like you're above all this.
District 20 Yurodivy Tense Colleague	If you decided to join the Yurodiviye, I bet you had your own reasons too. Am I wrong?
District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu	Oh, I'm just here to expand my horizons. It's certainly given me an 'eye' for picking up clues and getting a better picture of each case, fuhu.
District 20 Yurodivy Tense Colleague	Hmmh…
	The colleague simply could not understand the child, nor could he share in his casualness. But perhaps, he thought, that was precisely why the child could be trusted to resolve these cases with a fair eye and swift feet.
	Besides, it was more fitting for the Yurodiviye to settle their own problems rather than to rely on a Wing or the Associations.
District 20 Yurodivy Tense Colleague	Right… What do you see? Give me something to work with here.
District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu	Of course~ Let's reconstruct the crime scene!
	The child adjusted the dial on his clockwork monocle as he replied. His voice suggested that he was in high spirits.
	The monocle, crafted by a skilled artificer who once worked for a famous Workshop, highlighted various points of interest. Adjusting the dials would play various scenes that could help with the viewer's deductions.
District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu	Look, the blood splatters all dried at different rates. This one's dried and viscous, and it's halfway permeated into the wood. The other splatter's a bit fresh, though.
District 20 Yurodivy Tense Colleague	Not sure how much that info's worth. Like, how dried the blood splatters are doesn't help us much if one of them was living eight-hour-days and the other one six-hour-days. Can't tell who bled first from that.
District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu	Hmm, let's reconstruct the broken pieces of the glass. … Wait, this was a light bulb, not a glass cup. Then above us must be…?
District 20 Yurodivy Tense Colleague	Huh. One of the lights is missing.
District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu	Mm, this could be interesting. Let's check the register, shall we?
	The child sang a cheerful hum as he sauntered up to the register.
District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu	The owner of this shop organizes his daily earnings by collecting the receipts. I remember how he was always so proud to show off his collection of receipts whenever we came here for a meal.
District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu	Hm, looks like he's been deep in the red as of late. … Replacing a precariously hanging light must've been the last thing on his mind.
District 20 Yurodivy Tense Colleague	Wait, that means…
District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu	Yep.
District 20 Yurodivy Hong Lu	Ah, that explains the confused look on the victim's face I saw through my monocle~
District 20 Yurodivy Tense Colleague	Haah… So all that was over a misunderstanding…?
	The colleague sighed and ran his hand through his hair with a bitter expression.
	It must have pained him to see the Yurodiviye's name, to which people flocked under the same cause of revolution, degrade in the public eye.
	It's tragic, but… maybe all this was inevitable.
	Expecting everything to go right in a world of ever-shifting chaos is to slumber in a dream of excessive idealism.

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