Honestly, you're probably right that they're not. [ dick shrugs, even though he. is the one who mentioned the possibility. ] We've only got four candleholders, and I may not be an expert on demons, but I do know a pentagram is a five point star.
[ but that leaves. what the fuck they would be. hm. ]
Do we know how many teams there were total and how many items each of them got? There were only three of us in the recording studio [ they know. they heard. moving oN ] but we got four.
[He finally pulls the lollipop out of his mouth, using it to point to various spots on their baby conspiracy wall. The lollipop definitely used to be shaped like a dick. Thanks vending machines.]
Me, Hizamaru, and Prompto were a team. Then it was Beck, Edelgard and Izuminokami. You had three, and Zero's team I think probably only had three. I'm going to ask Hizamaru if Higekiri was involved and if so how many people and what their item was. We got three of the chalk, for instance, but it sounds like Escha only got one lighter. Beck made it sound like it was just one, too, but I can ask again. ...Carlos was with Polly, Nathan and Chuuya. The redhaired one. They got a book and...they got into someplace none of us have. [So. Haha!]
If there was a group before us, maybe these things came from them? Like how we all woke up with one item. Kind of a weird set, but a possibility.
...but you should probably see this. [He fishes the piece of chalk out of his pocket and begins to draw on the wall. Except. You nothing. Nothing transfers to it. Weird???] I've been testing it on different substances and nothing's working.
If the previous group started with 33, the same as us, then maybe we'll find more items in time? [ Although she wonders what sort of person's inventory would consist of four candle holders. Not enough to disbelieve the theory, but weird..
And why would we be allowed to get them? It was set up like some kind of prize for a game... So it's either supposed to tell us something, or be used for something, right? But it's so unclear...
Also... Huh. She blinks at the chalk. ] That's strange.
[ alright, nightwing's been remiss in his own detective duty since he hasn't asked the other groups, so he's glad junpei took over. ]
Nowhere we've been before? Which room did they wind up in? [ and... ] Invisible chalk. That's new. Either it can only write on something specific, or... [ uh. wait, actually, his shitpost might-- ] Blacklight?
[ oh god please don't make them use blacklight in a sex hotel ]
[Well. He immediately looks a little grossed out. ] Really hope it isn't a blacklight situation. Wonder where we'd even get one.
[Chalk going away now... ] They got into the panthouse. Which...is really just a penthouse covered floor to ceiling in denim. So that's one mystery solved.
It's a light that only emits ultra-violet rays-- uh. Basically, it works to make visible stuff that wouldn't be under a normal light. ... Including remains of bodily fluids, which is what JT was objecting to.
[ it is so hard to simplify a concept like that rip me ]
[He just narrows his eyes. Stop, no jenthouse!! But there's a nod following the explaination.] Right. We use them on the job sometimes when we're looking for evidence. There're other tools you can use, like luminol, to uncover stuff but we don't have access to that either.
[But hm.] ...weird question for both of you. Was it just the three of you for each team? Or did you see anything else kind of...unusual?
dick would rather never talk about daddy adventure, but-- ]
Taako and Maou were with me. The weirdest thing that happened was at some point we felt... [ ughhhhhhh ] compelled, to go along with the-- the thing we had to do. Luckily, it didn't last long.
[...he'll turn back to the wall and write something on a sticky note that seems to say "mind hacking?" before turning to face them again.]
I talked to Beck and Izuminokami. They both mentioned that their game included a fourth player, some shadow figure that appeared differently for both of them. But it felt familiar to them...like someone they knew from their own universes.
And Prompto's camera caught some things on film when we were in the lounge, too. Similar to what Beck, Higekiri and I saw in the recording studio.
[The worst part is that one gets him to laugh? It's fine, shitty jokes are somewhat appreciated. Nevertheless he seems to be patting down his pockets for notes, pulling out another crumpled-up sticky note and reading it. His eyebrows lift.]
Probably should have reviewed all of the notes again. [That's still just talking to himself, but he's busy writing some things on another clean note.]
So we have four candle holders from the recording studio, a lighter from the freezer, three pieces of chalk from the lounge, a squirt gun from the breakroom, a necklace from the kitchen, perfume from...wherever Logy and Muzet were, and four black and gold candlesticks from...I'm guessing the cafeteria considering licking was involved with Higekiri and Grune.
Kitchen group was Kagachi, Tonbokiri and Zero. Breakroom was Beck, Izuminokami, and Edelgard. Lounge was me, Prompto and Hizamaru. Cafeteria, probably, was Higekiri, Grune and someone else that Hizamaru didn't ask about, but it's a guy. Escha's group was in the freezer. Dick, Taako and Maou were in the recording studio. Logy and Muzet were, by process of elimination, in the lobby or the pantry? And Carlos, Chuuya-Red, Polly and Nathan were in the panthouse.
Our group got bloody photos and weird frames while the portraits tried talking to us. Breakroom group got shadow figures that felt familiar to them, a fourth player they couldn't identify. Beck says they were also knocked unconscious and she was left with burning in her arm and sporadic nosebleeds. Kagachi said the oven turned on by itself. If it isn't demons at this point I'll give someone a grand prize for an elaborate set-up.
[ Honestly, Escha is just trying to decide if demons are more or less scary to her than ghosts. Probably less? She's fought demons before, so it's. It's fine? ]
It seems like everyone else had it worse than us... I didn't realize.
[ dick got dressed before going to his alarm thing so I assume he saw her leave because shut up is why ]
It's not a competition. We're all equally haunted here.[ haha so funny anyway ] Hopefully everyone keeps those items handy. I get the feeling there's something important about them.
I don't know, kitchen team just had to bake a cake. [A titty-fucking cake, but.] Why do you think I'm figuring out what everybody else has? If we're all equally haunted, it's best to know. Hizamaru said that Wei Wuxian created a warding talisman...I might follow up with him tomorrow or something.
[With that said...] ...I've got some other information you guys should know. [Sigh.] Crepes first? They might help.
[ dick throws a side glance at junpei once he says he found something else, but no one can see that because mask
Anyway, he narrows his eyes a bit but shrugs and. ig they're in the kitchenette for this. he might be worried but by god will he eat those crepes, so. DOMESTIC CREPE EATING ]
Yeah. Don't leave us hanging.
[ he says it around a mouthful of crepes because he's a savage ]
[Someday there won't be a domestic thread. Someday. But Junpei's going to leave their wall and go collect a crepe even if he leans against the counter. And then, conversationally cutting into a crepe:]
Asked around a bit. Turns out we might've been on the right track. We're getting paid to sleep with each other.
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[ but that leaves. what the fuck they would be. hm. ]
Do we know how many teams there were total and how many items each of them got? There were only three of us in the recording studio [ they know. they heard. moving oN ] but we got four.
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Me, Hizamaru, and Prompto were a team. Then it was Beck, Edelgard and Izuminokami. You had three, and Zero's team I think probably only had three. I'm going to ask Hizamaru if Higekiri was involved and if so how many people and what their item was. We got three of the chalk, for instance, but it sounds like Escha only got one lighter. Beck made it sound like it was just one, too, but I can ask again. ...Carlos was with Polly, Nathan and Chuuya. The redhaired one. They got a book and...they got into someplace none of us have. [So. Haha!]
If there was a group before us, maybe these things came from them? Like how we all woke up with one item. Kind of a weird set, but a possibility.
...but you should probably see this. [He fishes the piece of chalk out of his pocket and begins to draw on the wall. Except. You nothing. Nothing transfers to it. Weird???] I've been testing it on different substances and nothing's working.
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And why would we be allowed to get them? It was set up like some kind of prize for a game... So it's either supposed to tell us something, or be used for something, right? But it's so unclear...
Also... Huh. She blinks at the chalk. ] That's strange.
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Nowhere we've been before? Which room did they wind up in? [ and... ] Invisible chalk. That's new. Either it can only write on something specific, or... [ uh. wait, actually, his shitpost might-- ] Blacklight?
[ oh god please don't make them use blacklight in a sex hotel ]
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[Chalk going away now... ] They got into the panthouse. Which...is really just a penthouse covered floor to ceiling in denim. So that's one mystery solved.
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What's a blacklight?
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Shouldn't that be a jenthouse?
[ anyway time for the dicktionary ]
It's a light that only emits ultra-violet rays-- uh. Basically, it works to make visible stuff that wouldn't be under a normal light. ... Including remains of bodily fluids, which is what JT was objecting to.
[ it is so hard to simplify a concept like that rip me ]
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[But hm.] ...weird question for both of you. Was it just the three of you for each team? Or did you see anything else kind of...unusual?
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My group was just three. Illumi, Nikkari, and I. And um... The puzzle we solved was unusual, but...?
[ Probably not what he's looking for. ]
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dick would rather never talk about daddy adventure, but-- ]
Taako and Maou were with me. The weirdest thing that happened was at some point we felt... [ ughhhhhhh ] compelled, to go along with the-- the thing we had to do. Luckily, it didn't last long.
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I talked to Beck and Izuminokami. They both mentioned that their game included a fourth player, some shadow figure that appeared differently for both of them. But it felt familiar to them...like someone they knew from their own universes.
And Prompto's camera caught some things on film when we were in the lounge, too. Similar to what Beck, Higekiri and I saw in the recording studio.
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I don't think anything that scary happened for my group.
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Did you guys have the lights turn off once you "completed" your task?
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Yeah. We did. Escha? [Please confirm.]
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Maybe the freezer isn't haunted?
[ She desperately? Wants it to not be? ]
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[ yeah. ]
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Probably should have reviewed all of the notes again. [That's still just talking to himself, but he's busy writing some things on another clean note.]
So we have four candle holders from the recording studio, a lighter from the freezer, three pieces of chalk from the lounge, a squirt gun from the breakroom, a necklace from the kitchen, perfume from...wherever Logy and Muzet were, and four black and gold candlesticks from...I'm guessing the cafeteria considering licking was involved with Higekiri and Grune.
Kitchen group was Kagachi, Tonbokiri and Zero. Breakroom was Beck, Izuminokami, and Edelgard. Lounge was me, Prompto and Hizamaru. Cafeteria, probably, was Higekiri, Grune and someone else that Hizamaru didn't ask about, but it's a guy. Escha's group was in the freezer. Dick, Taako and Maou were in the recording studio. Logy and Muzet were, by process of elimination, in the lobby or the pantry? And Carlos, Chuuya-Red, Polly and Nathan were in the panthouse.
Our group got bloody photos and weird frames while the portraits tried talking to us. Breakroom group got shadow figures that felt familiar to them, a fourth player they couldn't identify. Beck says they were also knocked unconscious and she was left with burning in her arm and sporadic nosebleeds. Kagachi said the oven turned on by itself. If it isn't demons at this point I'll give someone a grand prize for an elaborate set-up.
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It seems like everyone else had it worse than us... I didn't realize.
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[ dick got dressed before going to his alarm thing so I assume he saw her leave because shut up is why ]
It's not a competition. We're all equally haunted here.[ haha so funny anyway ] Hopefully everyone keeps those items handy. I get the feeling there's something important about them.
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[With that said...] ...I've got some other information you guys should know. [Sigh.] Crepes first? They might help.
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You found out something else? [ She takes a seat and starts distributing the crepes to all of them! ] What is it?
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Anyway, he narrows his eyes a bit but shrugs and. ig they're in the kitchenette for this. he might be worried but by god will he eat those crepes, so. DOMESTIC CREPE EATING ]
Yeah. Don't leave us hanging.
[ he says it around a mouthful of crepes because he's a savage ]
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Asked around a bit. Turns out we might've been on the right track. We're getting paid to sleep with each other.
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UNSURPRISING IN RETROSPECT BUT-- ]
Paid? How? In what?
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