Recollé

WHO: Togusa and Tatsuo (and Hikari!)
WHERE: Pesgare
WHEN: 8/23, before Togusa falls into a dream state.
WHAT: Looking for Zee, but not finding a trace of him. Instead, family bonding.
WARNINGS: None

Togusa got Hikari up and out the door early, so they could all catch the ferry to Pesgare. On the surface, this just looks like a family outing. Both Togusa and Hikari have backpacks full of things, and Hikari is pointing towards everything that she wants her father to see. Togusa has wanted to bring Hikari to see the pleasant village, anyway.

But this is supposed to be an almost-stakeout. A hunt for someone who has vanished off the platform. It's not professional, because this isn't official Police business, but maybe they need to move a little faster than a six year-old will allow?

Togusa admits to Tatsuo, in hushed tones, that Hikari is also along as insurance. A reminder to both him and Zee to not do anything stupid, in case they do run into each other. In Togusa's mind, he's here to find- what? A friend? Almost? Whatever category he lumps Zee into is complicated. At the very least, it's someone else he's sworn to protect. Who is in trouble.

So they make it to Pesgare and step off the boat. The water level is far lower than it should be, like it's in reaction to the flooding Pesgare had previously experienced. Although the village is still friendly, there is an overtone of hushed worry if everything will be all right.

WHO: Togusa and you!
WHERE: Togusa's shiny new office at the Precinct
WHEN: Various points during the month
WHAT: Looking into Retrospec, for what it's worth, but even a dead end is worth something.
WARNINGS: None

The office is so quiet as compared to his old desk out in the middle of the bullpen. It's all a little new to Togusa, but it's conducive to work. He has wasted exactly zero time filling the office space with copies of all his files on Retrospec. Sure, he's got backups at home, and then backups of those backups on his external memory drive? But he wants to keep it away from Hikari, so he is preferring to pore over it all while here.

Mixed in are copies of some of the cases that have involved Retrospec users, whether Togusa was involved in them or not. Dante. James. Yukine Matsuoka. Most recently, Mio Sonozaki. Uninvolved in that case, save for coming across his best friend injured. Togusa knows he has to keep his distance, but he's the the copy right next to the others for the same reason: to watch for when and if they change, and Retrospec works their magic. It's still disturbing to watch his own handwriting turn into words he know he didn't write.

The file folder for October. Malik Ishtar. That one sits front and center on his desk like a loaded weapon, or a sharpened knife hanging over his seat. It sits there each day, untouched, around the rest of his work.

It's all a good cover for his current project. Anything he can get his hands on in reference to Mayor Mayer. His new promotion has given him a little more leeway to pursue investigations, a little less of an eye directly over his shoulder. He is only going to push that luck so far. But so far, the idea that the Mayor is a Retrospeccer doesn't seem to be panning out.