2nd Case

[not_nikkiheat]

[A throat clearing is heard, Kate's still not entirely sure how this journal's supposed to work]

Is there some kind of law enforcement organization here? I'm a cop back home, and I was curious if there's any need for that service.

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[last_rat_standing]

[Well THAT gets his attention. He raises an eyebrow. The fact that the question had to be asked at all is concerning. Have a smooth English accent coming over the journal, Kate.]

If there is a law enforcement agency in this place they're doing a poor job of it if you aren't aware of its existence.

[not_nikkiheat]

[And what a smooth voice it is, at that.]

I haven't been here very long. And apparently, we can just wish for things and they'll appear. I wasn't sure if crime would be issue here.

[last_rat_standing]

[Thankfully even though he may not be able to see her, she does have a lovely voice so she's getting a much warmer reception than most of the other people he's spoke with today]

I've just arrived this morning, as it were. I'm still not so sure about that whole wishing business.

[not_nikkiheat]

[He can't see her, but she smiles at that, because yeah, the wishing thing sounds fishy to her too.]

I haven't tried it yet, but it seems a bit outrageous to me as well.

[last_rat_standing]

To say the very least. Of course many things about this place do.

[antimafia]

I certainly hope not. How pointless such a thing would be.

[samson]

The people in town -- the natives of this place or whatever -- do their own thing. If there's a crime between themselves, they take care of it.

As far as us people, not really. There used to be a thing called Peace Patrol, but with guys from all over the place with different ideas of how the law worked, it kind of started turning into a martial law thing so it disbanded. Now it's pretty much an anarchy, so. On the plus side, we usually got our fair share of superheroes and vigilantes -- and people who are cops or spooks or whatever -- to smack around anybody who's being a dick.

[assassino]

There are no governments in this castle, nor any military. Unless you wish to be a mercenary for hire, you are out of work, dolcezza.

[thebestseller]

Look at you, all getting back to business.

[not_nikkiheat]

Yeah I'm still learning about about this place, and trying to make myself useful, I guess.

[not_nikkiheat]

[Kate's a little miffed at that. She did mention she was a cop.]

Why would it be pointless?

[not_nikkiheat]

[Kate laughs at that last line.]

Well, that's convenient at least. I don't think I even realized there were natives people in addition to us.

[not_nikkiheat]

Is there much business for a mercenary for hire?

[not_nikkiheat]

I've got to do something. I'm going stir crazy.

[samson]

Well, yeah, the people down in the city. I mean, most of 'em; some people from the castle move out there...

[He can explain this better.] There's us -- the people magically whisked away here -- and there's the others, who are born, live, and die here like it's a regular world.

[antimafia]

Do you have some kind of supernatural powers? Magic, or advanced technology?

[assassino]

As far as I have seen in a year, no.

My friend is a mercenary. [By which he means himself.] There's been no work for him at all.

[last_rat_standing]

I still find the whole concept difficult to swallow.

[not_nikkiheat]

Me too. If I hadn't actually shown up here, I'd have never believed this place existed.

[not_nikkiheat]

No supernatural powers, no magic. But I do have a gun.

[not_nikkiheat]

[That makes sense, Kate thinks. As much as magical villages can make sense.]

I can't imagine just growing up here. I can barely accept that I'm here right now.

[not_nikkiheat]

The mercenary business is tough as it is. I can see how a mercenary would have trouble finding work here.

[antimafia]

That's a place to start, at least. But I think that quite a few of us here have no fear of guns.

[assassino]

Have you done work as a mercenary? I was under the impression that law enforcement in your time was an arm of those who govern the land, rather than contracted men.

[thebestseller]

That's so you. And one of the many things I admire about you.