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zaichikarkyFor reading my story ^__^. For YOU, I have the next part out. It's not as good as the first, and I'm planning one more part. You know, an original plot like this can only be milked out so far before it starts to suck. Anyway, here it is. Again, I would LOVE comments. I really enjoyed reading them the first round ^_^*. I didn't proof read, I am SORRY.
“Hello?”
“Hey Serge”
“Oh, hi there, Iris”
“You’ve done the research on this next one I’m undertaking, haven’t you.”
“Uh huh. Damn. It sucks when there’s a kid. And there are THREE of them in this case”
“I know. We can rule out the nine year old boy, though. Do nine year olds even know what suicide is?”
“My point exactly. I’m pretty sure they DON’T”
“ But my real question is if 13 year old girls do.”
“Of course they do, I have one myself.”
“Okay, so she’s in still…”
“Question…”
“Yeah?”
“How was their typing?”
“Good point… it was really clean…”
“No abbreviations or anything?”
“Nope, and they even capitalized”
“Really?”
“Yeah, want me to fax you the transcript?”
“Yup. Here we go, send it away.”
“Roger.”
“Heh. Yeah, you know, I’m taking my vote with the 16 year old boy.”
“Oh, you think so?”
“Yeah, I just can’t see a 13 year old being so concise. Plus, they had a male Screen Name, didn’t they?”
“Yeah, but that doesn’t say much… heh. I really don’t know… either way. Dammit! Kids should be freaken registered, I swear.”
“Oh, don’t even go there. The world will turn to mayhem if kids like Alice could register for anything they wanted.”
“Gah. Let there be mayhem, though. At least it would make our job easier.”
“Hehe, that’s right, you’ve been through all kinds of mayhem on your own.”
“Uh huh, mayhem’s a commodity for me.”
“So does that mean you still use your real story when talking to the suicidal people?”
“Yeah, that part of it is true. Just my name really isn’t.”
“You know, Iris, I sometimes wonder how we landed into these positions…”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, you know, working undercover as agents trying to prevent suicide. Kind of sounds silly, but that’s what we do.”
“I don’t think it sounds silly. I think it’s a serious matter. I mean, I think that Die Together BBS is one of the most ingenious undercover deals our government has pulled. Let’s just hope it stays undercover.”
“Yeah, but I’m just afraid that someday it just might slip through the cracks in a most dangerous sort of way. And you never know how the media will react.”
“Yeah, but it’s a chance I’m willing to take. You know my take on it. These people are going to want to kill themselves anyway, it’s wonderful if we can stop them. And it’s great that the Internet came along for us to utilize”
“I’m also wondering how it is for your mental health.”
“What mental health?”
“Remember how Daryl had a breakdown from the time when he couldn’t stop the guy from shooting himself in the head?”
“Well having a suicide attempt using a gun is ALWAYS a delicate matter.”
“And the same thing happened to you with that chick.”
“Yeah, well I’m telling you. She was over her head anyway. There was NOTHING stopping her. Afterwards, I was kept wondering why she waited so long and used the BBS.”
“But this didn’t faze you…”
“Of course it fazed me. But you know, I was just strong enough, I guess, to deal with it. I couldn’t stop her. I did blame myself a little, but I knew I did all I could, I just didn’t get the restraints on her… And I have a pretty high success rate anyway, so I just keep looking at that.”
“Yeah, you’ve always been perfect for the job.”
“Heh. I’m not that bad. Its easier when it’s a kid, even a teen. They’re influential. This is why I’m hoping it’s the girl this time. I was a little worried about Kensuke there, but I knew after he first started talking to me that he really didn’t want to die. He was just distressed.”
“Yeah, and you could restrain a kid when so little.”
“Heh, coerce her into it.”
“And you know what else?”
“Huh?”
“I don’t think this case will have a weapon of choice with them.”
“Yeah, I didn’t notice that! They never mentioned anything.”
“Right. So make SURE to bring the anesthetic pills…”
“Don’t have to tell me, I NEVER forget.”
“Hehe. That’s right. You’ll be prepared as always. I think it’ll be good. So it’s around 8 pm tomorrow?”
“9 pm.”
“Right. I’ll talk to you after then. Good luck, girl.”
“Thanks. See you later.”
“Bye.”
***
Dark Avenger 80 : hey MAY.
Makikokun: What’s up, Ken.
Dark Avenger 80: nothing too much.
Makikokun: How’s it going with Zaira?
Dark Avenger 80: *sigh* . well, we made up.
Makikokun: Great! I’m glad to hear that.
Dark Avenger 80: yeah… but she still wants to keep her decision.
Makikokun: ;_;. You mean she doesn’t want a relationship anyway.
Dark Avenger 80 : ._. pretty much
Makikokun: *rubs your back*. It might have been for the better…
Dark Avenger 80: yeah… maybe. but it’s like my heart has this sharp pain whenever i think about her…
Makikokun: It will be like that for a while. But it’ll get better, I promise.
Dark Avenger 80: i hope so. anyway, what have you been up to?
Makikokun: Some anime as of late.
Dark Avenger 80: oh, like what ?
Makikokun: heard of Evangelion?
Dark Avenger 80 : of COURSE XD. who hasn’t?
Makikokun: Me? ^_^;. Nice series though.
Dark Avenger 80: how far are you up?
Makikokun: Just after the show introduces Asuka.
Dark Avenger 80: oooh asuka’s a cool chick ^__^. you're still that early in the series where it isn’t so dramatic.
Makikokun: It gets worse?
Dark Avenger 80: MORE ANGST. yeah, heh. Much more of that.
Makikokun: ^_^;.
Makikokun: At least I’m prepared now.
Dark Avenger 80: anything else been up?
Makikokun: just work, heh.
Dark Avenger 80: oh, you never told me what you do.
Makikokun: heh, I’d rather not.
Dark Avenger 80: >:O. OMG FYNE. DON’T TELL ME.
Makikokun: ._.
Dark Avenger 80: hehe. it's okay, really. you don’t have to tell me if it’s embarrassing or anything.
Dark Avenger 80: i'll just assume your profession is to save lives : ).
Makikokun: Not far from the truth actually.
Dark Avenger 80: woo, on the right track.
Makikokun: Well, would you look at the time…
Dark Avenger 80: ^_^;;.
Makikokun: Hehe, seriously though. I gotta get to work…
Dark Avenger 80: 8 pm? quite late 0_o.
Makikokun: More mystery for you to think about.
Dark Avenger 80: hehe, yeah.
Makikokun: See you later.
Dark Avenger 80: see you, take care now.
Makikokun: bye
Makikokun signed off at 8:03:04 pm.
***
So it was the girl… “Hi.”
“Hi…”
“So are you Chizaro?”
“Yeah, are you surprised?”
“You are a little young.”
“I hope you don’t mind.”
“No, not at all. Were you expecting a cute guy?”
“Hehe, no. I wanted to be surprised, really.”
“Let’s take a walk.”
“Okay.”
“What’s your name?”
“Michelle.”
“ I’m May. Michelle, sweety… why are you thinking of dying at your age? You’re so pretty and young. Such a waste of time for you to think about dying.”
“I can’t stand living anymore, really.”
“I’m sorry. You want to talk about it?”
“I guess.”
“Okay, let’s sit down here.”
“Right.”
“Now tell me what’s the problem.”
“My mom makes my life a real living hell.”
“Oh?”
“I hate her, my brothers hate her. She has a serious drug problem, no matter how many times my father or anyone really, throws out her drugs, she always seems to find more. My big brother already lives with our grandmother, so that leaves my little brother and me left with her. My big brother was lucky, really. He fought back with mom, never physically, but yelled back at her and told her to lay off him and the rest of us. The paranoid idiot she was, she thought her life was in danger, so what does she do? She sends him to her mother. My little brother is seriously mentally screwed because of her. He has ADHD and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s more.”
“How’s your father?”
“My dad? Oh he’s great. I’d love it if we could just live with him and dump her.”
“Why hasn’t he divorced your mother?”
“He’s afraid to lose us.”
“What do you mean?”
“My mother PROMISED to him that if he were to try to gain custody of us, she would make up stories, wrecking his reputation, and never let him see us…”
“Oh jeez. That’s really a problem…”
“You’re telling me.”
“Okay, listen, Michelle. I’m here to help you, okay?”
“You are?”
“Yes. I promise that if you just hang tight for a few more days, things will get better.”
“I don’t see how they can.”
“I promise. You just gotta trust me.”
“Okay…”
“Promise me there will be no more suicidal thoughts.”
“Okay. I won’t think of killing myself.”
“That’s all I ask.”
“What about you?”
“I won’t either.”
“Good.”
“Now come on, let’s walk you home.”
“This is it.”
“Alright.”
“Hey dad.”
“Michelle, where have you been, taking off?”
“I got lost…”
“And who might you be?”
“Just a stranger who helped her find her way back home. I’m May, nice to meet you.”
“I’m Stan. Nice to meet you too.”
“I’m glad I could help Michelle back home. Take care now.”
“Thank you very much.”
“Bye May…”
“Bye Michelle, I’ll see you later.”
***
“Hello?”
“Hey Serge.”
“Heey. So I trust it was successful.”
“Yeah… jeez, what a sad story.”
“Was it the boy?”
“No, the girl.”
“Whoa! Really?”
“Yup… also really didn’t want to kill herself. Didn’t even bring a weapon of choice, as far as I know.”
“What was her problem?”
“Gah, this one is tough.”
“We need to get Child Welfare on the case. Her whole family puts up abuse from her mother. Father’s a decent person, as far as I could tell, though.”
“Oh jeez.”
“Dangerous drug problem is just the start of it. Michelle wants to live with her father.”
“It’s a shame shit like this goes on for so long. And it just hits this nerve with me because Alice is her age…”
“Yeah… Alice is a lucky kid.”
“It’s also a shame when you think of children as being raised decently in a non- abusive family as lucky.”
“I know ‘what has the world turned to?’.”
“Okay, we’re going to have to get this sorted.”
“Definitely. Don’t be taking too long now. I promised her that she’d have help really soon.”
“You won’t have to take back that promise, because *I* promise I’ll take care of it right away.”
“Great. Thank you.”
“Well, I better get to work. Lot of people to call.”
“Thanks again. I’ll talk to you later.”
“Bye now.”
“Bye.”
***
Dark Avenger 80: how was work? ^_-
Makikokun: Still on that now, are we?
Dark Avenger 80: of course XD.
Makikokun: Well, to tell you the truth, it was kind of a hard day.
Dark Avenger 80: i'm sorry >_<. can't talk about it?
Makikokun: It’s one of those “I’d tell you but I gotta kill you” deals.
Dark Avenger 80: whoooa. TOP SECRET. i see how it is. you know , you can’t exactly use that argument, though.
Makikokun: hmm?
Dark Avenger 80: you had the chance to *let* me kill myself. but you didn’t. you wanted me to live for some strange reason.
Makikokun: Of course I wanted you to live. Listen, Ken. I have never even told anyone THIS much about my job. Yes, it is top secret, yes, NO ONE is supposed to know what I do.
Dark Avenger 80: wow. it sounds like it SHOULD pay well. but you gave me the impression that it doesn’t…
Makikokun: Heh, pay’s alright.
Dark Avenger 80: okay…
Makikokun: I think I’d better go off to bed now.
Dark Avenger 80: awwright. sleep well.
Makikokun: niiight…
Makikokun signed off at 11:34:53 pm
“Hello?”
“Hey Serge”
“Oh, hi there, Iris”
“You’ve done the research on this next one I’m undertaking, haven’t you.”
“Uh huh. Damn. It sucks when there’s a kid. And there are THREE of them in this case”
“I know. We can rule out the nine year old boy, though. Do nine year olds even know what suicide is?”
“My point exactly. I’m pretty sure they DON’T”
“ But my real question is if 13 year old girls do.”
“Of course they do, I have one myself.”
“Okay, so she’s in still…”
“Question…”
“Yeah?”
“How was their typing?”
“Good point… it was really clean…”
“No abbreviations or anything?”
“Nope, and they even capitalized”
“Really?”
“Yeah, want me to fax you the transcript?”
“Yup. Here we go, send it away.”
“Roger.”
“Heh. Yeah, you know, I’m taking my vote with the 16 year old boy.”
“Oh, you think so?”
“Yeah, I just can’t see a 13 year old being so concise. Plus, they had a male Screen Name, didn’t they?”
“Yeah, but that doesn’t say much… heh. I really don’t know… either way. Dammit! Kids should be freaken registered, I swear.”
“Oh, don’t even go there. The world will turn to mayhem if kids like Alice could register for anything they wanted.”
“Gah. Let there be mayhem, though. At least it would make our job easier.”
“Hehe, that’s right, you’ve been through all kinds of mayhem on your own.”
“Uh huh, mayhem’s a commodity for me.”
“So does that mean you still use your real story when talking to the suicidal people?”
“Yeah, that part of it is true. Just my name really isn’t.”
“You know, Iris, I sometimes wonder how we landed into these positions…”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, you know, working undercover as agents trying to prevent suicide. Kind of sounds silly, but that’s what we do.”
“I don’t think it sounds silly. I think it’s a serious matter. I mean, I think that Die Together BBS is one of the most ingenious undercover deals our government has pulled. Let’s just hope it stays undercover.”
“Yeah, but I’m just afraid that someday it just might slip through the cracks in a most dangerous sort of way. And you never know how the media will react.”
“Yeah, but it’s a chance I’m willing to take. You know my take on it. These people are going to want to kill themselves anyway, it’s wonderful if we can stop them. And it’s great that the Internet came along for us to utilize”
“I’m also wondering how it is for your mental health.”
“What mental health?”
“Remember how Daryl had a breakdown from the time when he couldn’t stop the guy from shooting himself in the head?”
“Well having a suicide attempt using a gun is ALWAYS a delicate matter.”
“And the same thing happened to you with that chick.”
“Yeah, well I’m telling you. She was over her head anyway. There was NOTHING stopping her. Afterwards, I was kept wondering why she waited so long and used the BBS.”
“But this didn’t faze you…”
“Of course it fazed me. But you know, I was just strong enough, I guess, to deal with it. I couldn’t stop her. I did blame myself a little, but I knew I did all I could, I just didn’t get the restraints on her… And I have a pretty high success rate anyway, so I just keep looking at that.”
“Yeah, you’ve always been perfect for the job.”
“Heh. I’m not that bad. Its easier when it’s a kid, even a teen. They’re influential. This is why I’m hoping it’s the girl this time. I was a little worried about Kensuke there, but I knew after he first started talking to me that he really didn’t want to die. He was just distressed.”
“Yeah, and you could restrain a kid when so little.”
“Heh, coerce her into it.”
“And you know what else?”
“Huh?”
“I don’t think this case will have a weapon of choice with them.”
“Yeah, I didn’t notice that! They never mentioned anything.”
“Right. So make SURE to bring the anesthetic pills…”
“Don’t have to tell me, I NEVER forget.”
“Hehe. That’s right. You’ll be prepared as always. I think it’ll be good. So it’s around 8 pm tomorrow?”
“9 pm.”
“Right. I’ll talk to you after then. Good luck, girl.”
“Thanks. See you later.”
“Bye.”
***
Dark Avenger 80 : hey MAY.
Makikokun: What’s up, Ken.
Dark Avenger 80: nothing too much.
Makikokun: How’s it going with Zaira?
Dark Avenger 80: *sigh* . well, we made up.
Makikokun: Great! I’m glad to hear that.
Dark Avenger 80: yeah… but she still wants to keep her decision.
Makikokun: ;_;. You mean she doesn’t want a relationship anyway.
Dark Avenger 80 : ._. pretty much
Makikokun: *rubs your back*. It might have been for the better…
Dark Avenger 80: yeah… maybe. but it’s like my heart has this sharp pain whenever i think about her…
Makikokun: It will be like that for a while. But it’ll get better, I promise.
Dark Avenger 80: i hope so. anyway, what have you been up to?
Makikokun: Some anime as of late.
Dark Avenger 80: oh, like what ?
Makikokun: heard of Evangelion?
Dark Avenger 80 : of COURSE XD. who hasn’t?
Makikokun: Me? ^_^;. Nice series though.
Dark Avenger 80: how far are you up?
Makikokun: Just after the show introduces Asuka.
Dark Avenger 80: oooh asuka’s a cool chick ^__^. you're still that early in the series where it isn’t so dramatic.
Makikokun: It gets worse?
Dark Avenger 80: MORE ANGST. yeah, heh. Much more of that.
Makikokun: ^_^;.
Makikokun: At least I’m prepared now.
Dark Avenger 80: anything else been up?
Makikokun: just work, heh.
Dark Avenger 80: oh, you never told me what you do.
Makikokun: heh, I’d rather not.
Dark Avenger 80: >:O. OMG FYNE. DON’T TELL ME.
Makikokun: ._.
Dark Avenger 80: hehe. it's okay, really. you don’t have to tell me if it’s embarrassing or anything.
Dark Avenger 80: i'll just assume your profession is to save lives : ).
Makikokun: Not far from the truth actually.
Dark Avenger 80: woo, on the right track.
Makikokun: Well, would you look at the time…
Dark Avenger 80: ^_^;;.
Makikokun: Hehe, seriously though. I gotta get to work…
Dark Avenger 80: 8 pm? quite late 0_o.
Makikokun: More mystery for you to think about.
Dark Avenger 80: hehe, yeah.
Makikokun: See you later.
Dark Avenger 80: see you, take care now.
Makikokun: bye
Makikokun signed off at 8:03:04 pm.
***
So it was the girl… “Hi.”
“Hi…”
“So are you Chizaro?”
“Yeah, are you surprised?”
“You are a little young.”
“I hope you don’t mind.”
“No, not at all. Were you expecting a cute guy?”
“Hehe, no. I wanted to be surprised, really.”
“Let’s take a walk.”
“Okay.”
“What’s your name?”
“Michelle.”
“ I’m May. Michelle, sweety… why are you thinking of dying at your age? You’re so pretty and young. Such a waste of time for you to think about dying.”
“I can’t stand living anymore, really.”
“I’m sorry. You want to talk about it?”
“I guess.”
“Okay, let’s sit down here.”
“Right.”
“Now tell me what’s the problem.”
“My mom makes my life a real living hell.”
“Oh?”
“I hate her, my brothers hate her. She has a serious drug problem, no matter how many times my father or anyone really, throws out her drugs, she always seems to find more. My big brother already lives with our grandmother, so that leaves my little brother and me left with her. My big brother was lucky, really. He fought back with mom, never physically, but yelled back at her and told her to lay off him and the rest of us. The paranoid idiot she was, she thought her life was in danger, so what does she do? She sends him to her mother. My little brother is seriously mentally screwed because of her. He has ADHD and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s more.”
“How’s your father?”
“My dad? Oh he’s great. I’d love it if we could just live with him and dump her.”
“Why hasn’t he divorced your mother?”
“He’s afraid to lose us.”
“What do you mean?”
“My mother PROMISED to him that if he were to try to gain custody of us, she would make up stories, wrecking his reputation, and never let him see us…”
“Oh jeez. That’s really a problem…”
“You’re telling me.”
“Okay, listen, Michelle. I’m here to help you, okay?”
“You are?”
“Yes. I promise that if you just hang tight for a few more days, things will get better.”
“I don’t see how they can.”
“I promise. You just gotta trust me.”
“Okay…”
“Promise me there will be no more suicidal thoughts.”
“Okay. I won’t think of killing myself.”
“That’s all I ask.”
“What about you?”
“I won’t either.”
“Good.”
“Now come on, let’s walk you home.”
“This is it.”
“Alright.”
“Hey dad.”
“Michelle, where have you been, taking off?”
“I got lost…”
“And who might you be?”
“Just a stranger who helped her find her way back home. I’m May, nice to meet you.”
“I’m Stan. Nice to meet you too.”
“I’m glad I could help Michelle back home. Take care now.”
“Thank you very much.”
“Bye May…”
“Bye Michelle, I’ll see you later.”
***
“Hello?”
“Hey Serge.”
“Heey. So I trust it was successful.”
“Yeah… jeez, what a sad story.”
“Was it the boy?”
“No, the girl.”
“Whoa! Really?”
“Yup… also really didn’t want to kill herself. Didn’t even bring a weapon of choice, as far as I know.”
“What was her problem?”
“Gah, this one is tough.”
“We need to get Child Welfare on the case. Her whole family puts up abuse from her mother. Father’s a decent person, as far as I could tell, though.”
“Oh jeez.”
“Dangerous drug problem is just the start of it. Michelle wants to live with her father.”
“It’s a shame shit like this goes on for so long. And it just hits this nerve with me because Alice is her age…”
“Yeah… Alice is a lucky kid.”
“It’s also a shame when you think of children as being raised decently in a non- abusive family as lucky.”
“I know ‘what has the world turned to?’.”
“Okay, we’re going to have to get this sorted.”
“Definitely. Don’t be taking too long now. I promised her that she’d have help really soon.”
“You won’t have to take back that promise, because *I* promise I’ll take care of it right away.”
“Great. Thank you.”
“Well, I better get to work. Lot of people to call.”
“Thanks again. I’ll talk to you later.”
“Bye now.”
“Bye.”
***
Dark Avenger 80: how was work? ^_-
Makikokun: Still on that now, are we?
Dark Avenger 80: of course XD.
Makikokun: Well, to tell you the truth, it was kind of a hard day.
Dark Avenger 80: i'm sorry >_<. can't talk about it?
Makikokun: It’s one of those “I’d tell you but I gotta kill you” deals.
Dark Avenger 80: whoooa. TOP SECRET. i see how it is. you know , you can’t exactly use that argument, though.
Makikokun: hmm?
Dark Avenger 80: you had the chance to *let* me kill myself. but you didn’t. you wanted me to live for some strange reason.
Makikokun: Of course I wanted you to live. Listen, Ken. I have never even told anyone THIS much about my job. Yes, it is top secret, yes, NO ONE is supposed to know what I do.
Dark Avenger 80: wow. it sounds like it SHOULD pay well. but you gave me the impression that it doesn’t…
Makikokun: Heh, pay’s alright.
Dark Avenger 80: okay…
Makikokun: I think I’d better go off to bed now.
Dark Avenger 80: awwright. sleep well.
Makikokun: niiight…
Makikokun signed off at 11:34:53 pm
