Painter's Candy

The painter girl's gaze was not lost on Devilman. After all, a look like that often either told of someone being a little defensive or having something to hide. One outcome was much more innocent than the other. With a small tool, the Devilman attempted to take a sample of the painting for evidence collection. No suck luck. His eyes widened a little in brief surprise at the event that unfolded. Like water, it simply began to shift as his tool met it. Before trying to swallow it completely. His fingers and hand fought it briefly, trying to pull back before the superior force behind this strange anomaly simply snatched the little instrument from the detective's grasp.

His eyes narrowed. While he should have expected something unexpected would happen, that had not exactly been what he had in mind nor did he expect any such phenomenon to occur so soon. His head turned slightly towards the group, paying close attention to the little girl's words.

[Drones outside are analyzing the structure from the outside. We're also keeping any eye on you and the others. We'll wait for your signal to operate the drones inside.]

A small tap to the side of the helmet would bee seen before he spoke.

"I'm going to need that back."

While he was not stingy on losing tools or equipment, he did not make it a habit of losing or wasting his gear. He would wait a few moments, gauge on what the girl would do next before turning his attention back to the painting. An impossibility, was she? The investigator was not sure if that was the case. Unlikely, the girl was a type of eldritch entity or perhaps a pseudo-material being at worst, and, if she was lying, a metahuman girl who needed counseling at least, which was the more likely of the two conclusions. Still, he encountered enough strange anomalies in his career to allow either case the benefic of a chance. That was part of what this investigation was about. Either way, it appears her abilities are contingent upon painting a portrait. Afterwards, she can make what she paints through a form of reality alteration if his reasoning was correct. Certain objects and materials stay real while previous reports state that the prior establishment disappeared. She had total control over her own creations.

But not so much when it came to other objects and individuals. Either she was breaking the law of conservation by her methods or something had to change for her to accomplish what she did. Of course, this was just conjuncture and theory based on whether her testimony was true. Either way, he needed to find out what she was and if there were any conventional methods of handling or repressing her abilities.

Well, she did say questions were free, right?

He would reach out to pick the painting off the wall and simply begin looking along its side and underneath. Another tool was procured from his belt, a small metallic prod and he began touching and tapping the painting's frame. If this tool would be lost as well, it meant the entire object could be altered and, in a way, dangerous for his well-being if used against him.

"I doubt any of the authorities would simply believe a random small girl unless she did something to convince them. What did you make for them?"

An important question. No one would agree to this based on word alone, no matter what kind of world they lived in. There had to be a demonstration of her abilities or a similar ploy conducted to garner approval for this.

"When and where were you born, and why do you choose that form?"

He would play along with the whole 'impossibility' angle for a little while and see how she would respond to this line of inquiry. If the girl was hesitant or refused, then that meant her earlier statement had been false. If left vague, he had asked something that was pursuing a line of investigation she either did not want him to know about or she would think he would simply not understand. The former meant something was wrong, and the latter would be her mistake. Meanwhile, his sensors on his suit were analyzing the girl and the other individuals in the room. A brief scan of their basic biological factors would help. Especially to see if there were any distinguishing markers or glaring characteristics from the normal, healthy human being.