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Lilacs Blooming in the Snow

- Synopsis of a  Showa-era Digimon Murder Mystery AU

Synopsis -

It’s the beginning of Showa and Mimi Tachikawa is forced to earn some real life experience by her forward thinking father who wants to leave their flourishing business under her care. With nowhere but a shady private detective willing to hire an unskilled worker like her, Mimi dejectedly takes up the job of an assistant under Yamato Ishida.

Rumours from the street inform her that Detective Ishida hails from Hokkaido and was in the police forces before he was discharged over reasons unknown. While other people assign an air of mystery and excitement to him, Mimi can’t help but look at him with a judgmental eye as being his assistant she is privy to his real personality, a somewhat lazy bum who derives entertainment in other’s miseries. The requests that arrived in Detective Ishida’s office ranged between being as menial as finding a lost cat to as scandalous as bringing home a cheating husband, with the latter somewhat being a speciality of Mimi’s boss. She couldn’t complain much however, because when it came to splitting up the money earned from a fulfilled request, Yamato was always diligent about paying her dues.

One day lying among the odd job requests, Mimi comes across a letter marked confidential and urgent which arrived from Yamato’s hometown, but she when hands it over to him, he disinterestedly throws it away. Curiosity winning over courtesy, Mimi decides to open up the letter and read the contents out loud much to her boss’ discomfort.

The letter was seemingly written by Yamato’s younger brother, informing him about a crime that had recently taken place in their small town and had the whole community shaken up.

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