Had a thought of Harry and Kim in Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Backstreet Boys scene.
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At Precient 41, a number of young gang members were lined up while Detectives Du Bois and Kitsuragi take position behind an invisible glass. One of the gang members had shot and killed a rival gang member at a bar the previous night that Kitsuragi happened to be in.
You: "Ok Kim, any of these guys look familiar?"
Detective Kitsuragi turns away to avoid eye-contact.
Kim: "Well, to be honest detective, I wasn't able to get a good look at the perp."
Composure: Correction, his eyesight is failing him again. All these gang members look too similar to him.
Empathy: Do not bring this up.
You: "Okay, well, how are we supposed to identify the killer?"
Kim: "Well...I did hear him singing along to the music playing at the bar."
Endurance: At least his ears are working.
Logic: Wait, the killer was singing along to a song before or after they shot someone?
Rhetoric: Does it really matter?
You: "Do you remember what he was singing?"
Kim: "It was that pop song, 'I Want it That Way'"
Encyclopedia: Backstreet Boys, you are familiar.
Visual Calculus: There are five members of that band and you just happen to have five gang members here.
Inland Empire: You can see it now...the boy band performing here at Precinct 41.
Drama Check: Godly: Make them sing.
Success!
Drama: Be direct. Be cold. Say it in a way that will make this go as fast as possible.
You: "Number One, could you please sing the opening to 'I Want it That Way'?"
Number One: "Really? Okay."
Half Light: That was surprisingly easy.
Number One: "You are my fire"
Esprit de Corps: Kim is showing no signs. Elsewhere in the Precient, Torson and McLaine are laughing while Jean Vicquemare sighs.
You: "Number Two, keep it going."
Number Two: "The one desire"
Perception: Wait, did he harmonize with Number One?
You: "Number Three?"
Number Three: "Believe when I say"
Reaction Speed: This is...keep it going!
You: "Number Four!"
Number Four: "I want it that way"
Electrochemistry: You want IN on whatever this is!
You: "Tell me why!"
Numbers One-Five: "Ain't nothin' but a heartache."
You: "Tell me why!"
Numbers One-Five: "Ain't nothin' but a mistake."
You: "Now Number Five."
Number Five: "I never wanna hear you say."
You: "WOOOO!!"
Numbers One-Five: "I want it that way."
Shivers: Chills. Literal chills.
Suggestion: Perhaps you can convince these youths to start a band themselves? With the right management, they could make it big.
Kim: "Number Five."
You: "Huh?"
Kim: "Number Five was the shooter."
Authority: DO NOT TELL HIM YOU FORGOT.
