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[It's a cloudy mid-morning on THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, and the town is bustling as always. Many people are quite excited about the second batch of new arrivals; though they're not getting quite the celebration the first round got, they still might find themselves being greeted by bizarrely friendly folk.

Out of place is a number of geese scattered around town, each with their own little messenger bag packed full of rolled up parchment. They're putting the papers up all over, on fence posts and market stalls and storefronts, even stuffing them into mailboxes and leaving them on benches. Each paper is nearly identical, with large, blocky font and the occasional inky feather mark.

LOST
SEVERAL ITEMS OF GREAT IMPORT

SOMEONE HAS STOLEN FROM OUR HOMES THE FOLLOWING THINGS

ONE GOOSE-SIZED NIGHT CAP
THREE TEACUPS (PINK AND YELLOW FISH PRINT)
EXACTLY SEVEN AND A QUARTER LEFT SOCKS
AN APPLE CRUMBLE

IF FOUND PLEASE CONTACT
ADELICIA VON FARTHINGTON (THE FIFTH)
AT THE NORTH BANK OF THE LAKE

If stopped, the geese will be more than happy to talk at great length about how terrible this all is. Strangely, there appear to be a few other people and animals poking around as though looking for something, or acting a bit sullen for such an otherwise joyful day.]

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[If he bows, he will be covered in leaves so fast...]

Pleasure to meet you, Jonathan-san. And yes, I'm not native to Marchen.

[Good thing he doesn't then... the suffix as well as name, though- a lot of people here had names that rung of the Tokyo people, don't they?]

I see... and you were assigned to the role of Beauty? [That could be flattering or embarrassing.] You live in the castle, correct? Have things been going missing there too?

[She'll keep using it unless he asks to stop, but Jonathan, too bold.]

Correct. [Naoto's indifferent most of the time.] Yes, I do. And no, we still have everything. It's difficult to steal belongings from a place enchanted to never be found without the permitted guidance.

[Law Heroes are masters of tact. Try not to feel too bad.]

I see... so all these things going missing isn't by someone with strong magic, at least. [Stealing such trivial things normally won't evoke such thought, but... it's all pretty odd, right? A lot of things are disappearing. It makes you think there might be something else behind it.] Oh- have you heard about it? Items are going missing for the inhabitants here...

We can't say immediately. The robberies only started to occur and if they persists, perhaps our culprit will change their tactics. [She's been sitting here for some time contemplating the matter obviously.]

Considering a gaggle of geese sounded the alarm, I heard about it.

That's true... [So Naoto does know, then.] All the things that go missing are not major enough to warrant total panic, but not minor enough to be forgotten completely, and still upset the populace. Are they trying to take their attention off something else, perhaps...? [He's been thinking about it too! And looking. For... pretty long.

Geese are ~~annoying~~ persuasive.] It's certainly distracting.

No. Still, personal belongings hold sentimental value... If there was a relationship between the victims then maybe. Again, if they're trying to draw attention away, it's too soon to say. Though... something about left socks...

[That part is still bothering her. Why the left ones?] Hmph, you can't deny listening or watching a goose. They're not the kindest animal.

Left socks? [T-to be completely honest he thought they only stole left socks for the fairy-story comedy value but there could be more at work.] I'm... not sure what kind of magic or other ventures are considered prosaic here, so I'm not confident that I can do much to help figure out.

[Welp...] But the geese are definitely... distressed.

[She just finds it bizarre. Maybe that's the answer behind their thief though, or thieves.] That is dependent on your character and their tale. Investigating in the usual fashion may be enough for this case though.

Yes... I suggest being reasonably calm when speaking to them.

That's right... [What does Hansel even do? Be the buttmonkey while Gretel does all the actual work and be all 'Don't Lose Hope'? (Basically.)] How can one person steal from so many places at once, though? There might be a group at work. Or some widespread magic.

Well, they're not malicious... [K-kinda.]

I don't know... I would have to go to the scenes to see if there's any traces of magic left. [It easily could be either or until they get more information.]

I don't want to see them angered.

Well, it's certainly a mystery... the geese would probably tell us if there was magic, though. Or maybe the animals can't see magic...?

[That would surprise Jonathan, since in his world talking animals are basically magic and ~~the embodiment of human desire~~ beliefs.] Me neither... if anything, they'll spread crass words about their aggressor in such a fashion that no one will be unaware.

Hmm... that's another thing. I would think animals could sense magic.

[She shakes her head. It really is not enough to work on.] I doubt they would be listened to for long.

[Yeah, they're not solving this here.]

They did mention an 'Adelicia von Farthington' on the parchment, though. Perhaps that's the name of someone who manages items...? Perhaps we can talk to them and ask?

Perhaps. That could happen to be one of the geese, but either way, we should try to collect more information about the incident.

This is a land of fairy-stories, though... do you think anything truly malicious can ever be at work?

For this, not really. However, I take it you've never read a German or Russian fairy tale.

[Technically, he has! But it was all censored.]

I don't believe so.

Those ones are generally known for being more graphic. Most of their content is typically censored either by rewording or a complete retelling.

The books from where I come from tend to be censored... [Yeeeeah, he'll be pretty surprised if he ever picked up The Little Mermaid.]

I see. Well, the ones in the library are the uncensored versions.

I'll catch up on the more widespread fairy-stories there, then. [Yay, libraries obviously don't leave a bad taste in his mouth... but if it's a library of fairy-stories, it can't be containing books like the ones the Black Samurai gave out, right?

...

...Just... gonna make sure...]

Are there only fairy-stories in the library?

Then I suppose I'll be taking you along?

[Placing a hand on the steed, she looked ready to mount, but if Jonathan was coming along, he needed to say.]

No, fortunately. Of course, science fictions and mysteries are more outrageous in this setting. And with science here following on fantasy logic, researching things merits little. I mean, this horse runs faster than any vehicle conceived by engineers.

[R-RIDING NOW...? OKAY THEN...

...he doesn't exactly understand Naoto's example of the vehicles because he's never actually seen one work, but Jonathan doesn't bring that up.]

Oh...! Thank you very much. [He has no idea what science fiction and such mean either.] Can I ask... is there something called 'Literature' there?

[literally everything is literature gg jonathan]

[Getting up on the horse, she has to... stare at him, eyes squinting. Was he... did he hit his head upon arrival? Though, maybe being momentarily dead did something to his brain.]

Literature is any written work... Fairy tales are literature for example. A library holds literature typically for the public to read, but people may purchase books to keep in a personal library should they choose to start one.