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[frostythehitman]

JAMES (BUCKY) BARNES

Hey, this is James. Text me if you need me. Or leave me a message if you want, but I'm probably not going to listen to it because, seriously, this is 2017 and no one uses voicemail any more.

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[frostythehitman]

[ James is following along. This all makes sense, more or less. Until-- ]

you want to WHAT
you're right
that IS stupid and ill-advised
i'm ill advising you right now
why the hell do you want to tell a serial killer we're onto him
that's just gonna put him on the defensive
how is that going to help us

[maskreant]

we need to better understand what we’re facing if we want to safely investigate. you wouldn’t want to bring a knife to a gunfight.

it would also validate the Akira theory more to authorities that we’ll want to involve.

[ ... ]

i also need another nail to this coffin before i can seriously investigate him. he’s my boyfriend’s brother and i like him, too.

[ He is willing to put his life on the line for the Akechi family. ]

12/11

[maskreant]

[ Guess what!! He’s alive. Also, bless Retrospec for having a userpic feature so Akira can narrow down who this dude is. ]

Do you know Tatsuo Kihara?

[frostythehitman]

yeah, kinda
why

[frostythehitman]

this is worse than bringing a knife to a gunfight
you're bringing a card to a magic death fight
what do you think he's gonna do?
see the card and go OH NO YOU FOUND ME I'M SURRENDERING MYSELF FOR MY CRIMES?
whoever the killer is, akira or not, his guard's gonna be up and he'll be more likely to kill again to protect himself
and when another body drops dead we're STILL gonna have no way to confirm who did it

this is the dumbest idea i've ever heard in my life
and that's coming from the guy who set his own arm on fire and shoved it into a mailbox
just break into his house and look for evidence when he's not there like a normal person

[maskreant]

i met him yesterday and he was apparently working on clearing your name before your death.

just wanted to cross reference with you in case he was lying.

[maskreant]

they’ll kill whether they feel threatened or not. it’s just a matter of how advantageous it is to them. isn’t that what happened to you? how were they protecting themselves by killing you? incarcerated, behind bars, with a very small chance at catching them. it was just an easy way to force the police to close the case and limit resources to Retrospec individuals. we can see the killer has an inflated ego, but we need to know what we’re dealing with, James. or else we’ll walk around blind and drop dead the next second.

the case hasn’t made progress since that post and it could have easily gone cold in time. as much as i also agree that this is a desperate measure, we’re in desperate times.

you like getting arrested, don’t you.

[ But. ]

i’m not against that, but be careful.

[frostythehitman]

oh
well i didn't know he was doing that but yeah i know him
he's a cop, friends with togusa
so i'm pretty sure he's legit

also you're so lucky we're not dead after that stupid card stunt you pulled

[frostythehitman]

you only get arrested if you get caught
and i turned myself in that last time
if you sneak around and do it right you don't get caught
what you're planning is literally begging for the killer's attention

[maskreant]

i’m a bit surprised that you’re this confident in breaking in without getting caught yet i’m also not.

if the card does threaten them, then they’ll keep the item in their home to use and keep it close. if we don’t, then they’ll hide it somewhere and you might break in for nothing, then the killer can continue to disguise murders as natural deaths. we’re taking pretty big risks whether we do this or not.

[maskreant]

all right, that’s good to know. i’ll share what we hashed out with him and see if they can get a search themselves. i’ll keep breaking into Akira’s place a secret though.

i was pretty sure i wouldn’t die, but i am dead inside. two tubs of ice cream did not heal me. it’s too late to regret now.

[frostythehitman]

good idea
thanks

what you mean you put up a poster calling the serial killer out and then needed to eat two tubs of ice cream over it?

[ does that classify as a nervous breakdown or like....... ]

[frostythehitman]

[ Admittedly he should be trying to keep away from any chance of landing back in jail again, but. this is important!!!!!

but also he hates that Akira has a point. ]

so we're damned if we do damned if we don't

[maskreant]

no problem. if you need help with anything, just tell me.

i told my closest friends to give them a heads up, so obviously they weren't happy with me. the ice cream was for that.

[ He just wanted to eat ice cream and he knows he deserved that treatment. ]

[maskreant]

yeah, it might have always been that way since we're dealing with some magical item.

[ It's so stupid. ]

i'll keep you posted. tell me if you hear any rumors or find anything, too.

backdated a bit the the 14th

[twostringsonebow]

[He knows James is staying with Eren via Elliot, so there's a manilla folder with his name on it waiting in their mail... inside is pictures of a notebook, the cover black with stylized letters calling it a "Death Note", as well as shots of some the pages within; most notably is James's own death, suicide note included in the shot.

There's also a short letter:

Don't make sudden moves. Akira Turner will get his dues.

... There, there. That's good enough.]

[frostythehitman]

so you bribed them to keep quiet with ice cream
i see how it is

[maskreant]

do you want a tub, too?

name any flavor and it's yours. we deserve all the ice cream after this.

[frostythehitman]

rocky road
you owe me a massive tub of rocky road when we're through with this

[maskreant]

got it.

i'll check out Costco when i go with Eren. wish me luck.

[frostythehitman]

you're going to costco?
with EREN???
good luck with that

[maskreant]

yeah, Mr. My Luxury Black Card Works Everywhere.

expect 10 tubs.

[frostythehitman]

fine by me

[ after all, it's Eren's freezer they're going into ]

it's not just you two though right
eren needs more than one chaperone in costco

[maskreant]

[ ............. do they need more? akira is not considering inviting others for the sake of handling Eren. ]

it was, but now i'll invite someone. two should be enough, right?

[frostythehitman]

that should work
you can get each chaperone to hook him around the arms, lift him up, and haul him out in an emergency