autie-stereotype-crime-noir story
i like clues because they make sense, unlike people, who have legs that go on for days. how can a leg go on for days? i donβt know. help
i got the call late at night: βthereβs been a murder on the orient express.β i knew i had to take the case immediately, because that is a TRAIN
i have been told i am βgrittyβ and βhardboiledβ, maybe because i eat so many eggs and crunch the bits of shell between my teeth
βheβs the killer!β i said. βwait, no heβs not. wait, all these people look the same, which one is which again?β
iβm a straight shooter who plays by my own rules, all 376 of them that I have in this annotated binder
iβm a lose cannon, in fact, i have been institutionalized for erratic behavior
my job as a detective is made harder by the fact that i am physically incapable of telling a lie or bluffing but made easier by the fact that i have no emotions about anything but trains. once a train was murdered, and i couldnβt stop crying
she had curves in all the right places. i like curves, because they make sense, unlike people
i like my liquor hard, and my social interactions harder
iβm the best detective around, but my fees are high, and i only take payment in trains
she had curves in all the right places. she was a graph i was making about trains. in the other room, my dad was crying because i wouldnβt make eye contact with him
βyou will tell me what i want.β i said. βeveryone tells me what i want. iβm tough as nails, and iβm not afraid to display aggressive behaviorβ
i got into this job because one time in fifth grade i asked my special teacher why people donβt like me, and she told me to be a detective and figure it out. i took that completely literally, and here we are today
maybe i should throw away all my detective memorabilia so that i can hug my dad for the first time
βi know youβre a detective,β my mom sniffled, βbut sometimes i feel like the real detective, trying to figure out how to finally help youβ
the only mystery i cannot solve is the mystery of why these nice ladies keep making me play with special blocks. i have literally no theories about why this is happening
βi didnβt solve the case, and i let a second train get murdered!β i cried. βiβm a bad detective!β βoh, honey, no,β my mom soothed, βyouβre not a bad detective, youβre just special, and sometimes that means things are a little bit harder for youβ
he handed me the pictures of the suspects. i crossed out their eyes so i could look at their faces.
i got the call late at night. βTEXT MEβ i shouted into the phone
βthereβs been a terrible murder.β βthat makes 231,β i said, twirling my hair. i like numbers.
she had curves that went on for legs. i reminded myself to make eye contact, like my special teacher told me
βainβt she a beauty?β i asked. my special teacher had been working with me on saying βisnβt.β βa genuine Horse .75. i got her 12 years and 37 days ago and she weighs exactly 14 ounces. i call her Melissa, after my special teacher. sheβs almost as good as a train.β
i took out my bottle of whiskey, and started to read the label aloud
iβm a private eye. that means i think eyes should be private. why do people have to look at each otherβs eyes all the time?
the ceiling fan moved slowly in my grimy office, slowly like someone about to give up on the world. i stared up, up, up at it, distracted from my obsessive cleaning. it had curves in all the right places
the whole world seemed black and white, like an old film, or my thinking
i took my gun out of the pocket of my trench coat, which i was wearing because of my sensory issues
with my gun smashedβ to pieces on the floor and the criminalβs gun pointed right at me, it seemed like just about the right time to elope
this is the best thing in the world
