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[The first time Shinji saw this particular guy at the front of a tour group, Shinji thought he looked kind of out of place. The art museum gets plenty of visitors during the week, but they're usually either tottering retirees or hyperactive schoolchildren. Nagisa Kaworu, or so he readily called himself, looked more like a run-of-the-mill twenty-something, maybe a local college student. He asked a lot of questions about the artworks Shinji was speaking on. Like, a lot of questions. A hundred times more questions than Shinji gets asked in a typical workweek. That was weird enough on its own, but then Nagisa showed up for the next tour, and the next one after that, with even more questions to ask.
Shinji hasn't gotten a vibe like he's in danger or anything. Still, he mentioned this would-be stalker to his supervisor, who told him he was just being paranoid. But then something does feel a little off, a little skewed, when he finishes up his last tour for the weekend, and there Nagisa is again, idling in front of a 1959 painting done by Kumagai Morikazu. It's a beautifully simple piece, depicting a calico cat resting in a state of repose. An everyman off the street might think it's boring, even childlike, but Shinji knows he's looking at something special. To be honest, Shinji is quite attached to this piece, though he can't say for sure why that is... But that's less important than the fact Nagisa is standing in front of him. Waiting for him, apparently.]
Kumagai-san had a great fondness for cats, [Shinji says, speaking up, at the same time he thinks, Maybe I should contact security.] He owned several of them, and he liked to paint them, obviously. [He looks aside at the painting, while his teeth worry at one corner of his lips.] He created many works like this one throughout his career... a career that spanned over seventy years. [He wants to ask why the hell Nagisa is still here, but he can't be rude to random strangers, especially random strangers visiting the museum.]
Shinji hasn't gotten a vibe like he's in danger or anything. Still, he mentioned this would-be stalker to his supervisor, who told him he was just being paranoid. But then something does feel a little off, a little skewed, when he finishes up his last tour for the weekend, and there Nagisa is again, idling in front of a 1959 painting done by Kumagai Morikazu. It's a beautifully simple piece, depicting a calico cat resting in a state of repose. An everyman off the street might think it's boring, even childlike, but Shinji knows he's looking at something special. To be honest, Shinji is quite attached to this piece, though he can't say for sure why that is... But that's less important than the fact Nagisa is standing in front of him. Waiting for him, apparently.]
Kumagai-san had a great fondness for cats, [Shinji says, speaking up, at the same time he thinks, Maybe I should contact security.] He owned several of them, and he liked to paint them, obviously. [He looks aside at the painting, while his teeth worry at one corner of his lips.] He created many works like this one throughout his career... a career that spanned over seventy years. [He wants to ask why the hell Nagisa is still here, but he can't be rude to random strangers, especially random strangers visiting the museum.]