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2:14 AM

2:14 AM

MON, DEC 14 | TOKYO, 15ºC

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[enucleation]

Mutsuki-san, I'd like to have a word with you, if you are available.

[kakugan]

That's no problem, I just got off work so I have some free time.

[enucleation]

It's a request. And a bit complicated to explain from the start.

There is someone who was working for the CCG at the time of the raid on Anteiku. Nagachika Hideyoshi.

[kakugan]

That's fine.

Ah, right. I remember you mentioning that name before.

[enucleation]

He is not a ghoul investigator. But he was at raid. [ Hide's relationship with the CCG is... questionable at best. kaneki doesn't understand it completely and Hide doesn't talk much about it. ]

You can't tell him I'm Haise Sasaki. Ever.
You can't tell him that I was captured and that my memories were tempered with.
If he asks, please tell him the Centipede vanished.

[kakugan]

[ not an investigator but present at the raid. a member of division II then or the bureau? it might explain why he's never heard of the name. ah... either way, it doesn't matter at the moment. ]

Yes, of course. I had no intention of telling anyone about what happened to you following the raid.

You matched the description of a missing, highly rated ghoul and I got curious whether it was true or not. That's how we met.

[enucleation]

Thank you.

Hide is preceptive. He will know something isn't right; he will ask you and he will try to work his way around to find out.

He has found out I was a ghoul on his own, he knew long before anyone at the CCG who certain ghouls were. [ knowing that the Rabbit and the Daughter were related was scary intuition ] He was the one who found out the Aogiri Tree hideout in the 11th ward and notified the CCG.

Mutsuki-san, Hide can be very scary. [ YEAH. So be careful when talking about the future. ]

[kakugan]

I'll try and make sure that the conversation does not linger on you and your future for long then if I happen to meet him then. This is something only for you to say if you ever even want to talk about it.

I'll say I'm a Rank 3 though which will hopefully help me cementing my lack of knowledge on your case. You're a high ranked and currently "MIA" ghoul so someone at my rank wouldn't ever have much clearance or knowledge of your case.

[enucleation]

You will meet him. Because I'm going to tell him about you. Though, I'm sure he will try to make your meeting look very natural, probably.

Thank you, Mutsuki-san.

[kakugan]

I see. That's alright then and thank you for the heads up.

It's no problem, Kaneki-san.

[enucleation]

[ okay. Good. that is out of the way.

So. yeah, that will be it.

.......... this is so awkward. Kaneki isn't sure how to speak to Mutsuki, he isn't sure if he can continue speaking to him naturally or not. He doesn't even know how "naturally" works when it's about this person ]

Mutsuki-san, you like books, correct? There is a Book café in Heropa. Would you like to go there sometime?

[kakugan]

[ he actually has to read the text over a few times to make sure he wasn't misreading something. after all, kaneki had said it would be alright if he got to know him but... mutsuki was never quite sure if that would actually pan out.

ah... this is awkward. ]

Mm, that's right. It sounds interesting though so I'd like to go.

[enucleation]

Alright. I'll be done with work tomorrow around 4pm, so I'm free after. [ yes, kaneki has a job. ... jobs. he gets fired a lot. ]

[kakugan]

That sounds good. I'm off tomorrow so feel free to contact me whenever you've finished up at your job.

[enucleation]

I can meet you there around 4:30. [ he will send the address to the café ]

[kakugan]

Got it. I'll see you then.

[text]

[enucleation]

Mutsuki-san, I'd like to talk to you about Sasaki Haise.

/tapdances off hiatus just for this

[kakugan]

[ Ah... they haven't talked about Sasaki since that day in the cafe over a month ago. Honestly, it's still weird for Mutsuki to talk about Sasaki while talking to him or rather... the person he was. The person he should have continued to be. ]

Okay. What is it you want to talk about?

<3~

[enucleation]

[ it's better if they do this through text, exactly because of that reason ]

When did Sasaki came to be? There is a three year discrepancy between the Anteiku raid where I will be captured, and your present.

How long did it take for them to erase my memories of "Kaneki Ken".

[kakugan]

A few months, I imagine.

I'm not exactly sure just when Sasaki entered the CCG as a Rank 3 but it wasn't long after Mado-san became a Rank 1. So not more than six months, probably.

[enucleation]

When you were told he was going to mentor you, did they tell you he was a ghoul?

[kakugan]

Not really. We all heard the rumors that there was something different about him, something that made him an oddity but we didn't know anything until he saved us from Serpent.

[enucleation]

So he pretended to be human.
How did it feel when you found out? Were you scared?

[kakugan]

We were told afterwards that there are several rules regarding his treatment within the CCG. One of them is that he is to be treated as human.

And yes, I was scared but not because of the fact he was ghoul. It was the way he fought Serpent that scared me. Do you remember when I said before that sometimes I'm scared I might lose control? That's what I saw when I saw Sasaki fight that night. It was like something snapped and a floodgate opened, bringing out all these emotions I had never seen on his face before.

[enucleation]

[ it takes a moment for the answer to come. ]

Did the Serpent attack any of you?