[It's been a long evening. At some point, Junpei finds himself finally venturing out of his room again and heading downstairs toward the break room. He's not interested in actual food, but a snack might not hurt. His movements are slow and even though he's moving pretty decently he's trying to keep his focus.
He gets stopped at some point, but eventually he enters the room and spots someone on their way out. Normally, he'd bypass, but...well, let's just say an impression was left.]
Izuminokami. [Yup. The whole-ass name, just like he asked. It's kind of a greeting and kind of a question of "what are you doing here?" That's all he says though to see how the sword reacts.]
[ after they'd confirmed that there was still no way to get to the lower levels, kanesan has been restlessly wandering the two floors they can explore. being unable to do anything is more frustrating than he can stand - so when he sees junpei he stops short before breaking into a relieved smile. ]
Yes, of course! We heard you and the others through the floor, so I thought you might be hurt, but there was no way to get to the lower levels to try and help...
[ ...wait. ]
The doors never unlocked for us. So how did you get back?
[Closes eyes. Junpei also, coincidentally, closes his eyes because this is not really a conversation he wants to have, please kill him? Please kill him.]
Depends. Where did you hear the sound coming from? [Is he stalling? Yeah. But also!] The windows still don't work and the door we tried locked again. I doubt anyone's getting in there anytime soon.
Oh. Like a recording that's played really loud for multiple people to hear. An announcement? Usually it's over something like a radio or a television.
But it seems that way. The sound was thrown from the room we were in into the basement. When we checked the switchboard it gave us a list of rooms. That must've been what happened.
[ you know, i thought he might know what a radio is since he's the baby sword, but apparently japan didn't get radio until 1925 so he's just! gonna continue to be clueless i guess! why not!
but he gets the announcement part at least so he's just gonna pretend he gets it. it's probably unconvincing but whatever. ]
Right, right... So if we hear something like that again, it may not really be any of us.
Right. [Look he's just glad Kanesan at least understood Enough, it's fine.] Don't believe everything you hear right away. We don't know what kind of game this place is playing.
[...it's become the place now instead of a person.] What you were hearing was what we were seeing. A visual recording. But it means this hotel has some kind of sound system set up to play wherever it wants.
Oh. You know what those are. [THAT HELPS.] It's called a video camera. It captures moving images and audio instead of a stillframe like a normal camera.
[...but.] I don't know if telling everyone right away is a great idea. [Why?] Eventually, yeah, but there are still some things I want to check with other people first before everybody gets the wrong idea.
[And then Kagachi accidentally drags them anyway it's fine, but.]
Someone in our citadel has one... Ah, this could be a real problem for us, huh?
[ HE DOESN'T LIKE IT... and he likes the moving images and audio part even less, wow. ]
What? Why not? Wouldn't it be better for all of us to be prepared? They've probably already come to their own conclusions about what happened to you three, so it's better to set them straight before it gets out of hand.
[ to his credit he mostly sounds baffled by this, he won't really argue the point if junpei really believes that ]
A problem is putting it lightly. [Luckily for Kanesan Junpei is less drunk and cagey than he was in earlier threads, and also this sword seems like maybe he'll listen. So. He crosses the room finally to approach a vending machine, looking for a snack.]
It'll get out of hand either way. I'd rather have control of the situation when it does, and that's why mentioning it in smaller groups is a better move. Strategically. Everyone will find out soon enough, but announcing it to a large group ups the chances of someone doing something stupid.
[Sometimes you do something like that and a crazy man holds a teenage girl at knifepoint, it's fine.]
[ kanesan can definitely see the logic in that. the shinsengumi has worked that way in the past, as have the swords when necessary, so he can get on board. ]
Who have you told already, then? So this doesn't get around to those you haven't trusted with it yet.
[Hilariously he had this conversation with Beck and talked her out of sharing with the group at large for that reason.]
Prompto doesn't know everything, but I suspect he knows something happened. Zero knows a little, but not everything. [...] I told Carlos everything. Tamamo, Dick and Escha, too. Shiraishi knows a few things from Beck, and Kagachi knows from Higekiri and myself.
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He gets stopped at some point, but eventually he enters the room and spots someone on their way out. Normally, he'd bypass, but...well, let's just say an impression was left.]
Izuminokami. [Yup. The whole-ass name, just like he asked. It's kind of a greeting and kind of a question of "what are you doing here?" That's all he says though to see how the sword reacts.]
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Junpei! So you're alright!
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[No one has told him why people realized they were missing. Rip. ]
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[ ...wait. ]
The doors never unlocked for us. So how did you get back?
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Through the door we went through. What do you mean you heard us through the floor? We didn't go underground. I think.
[What the hell is this hotel.]
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[ strange that junpei doesn't seem to know they were underground though? ]
Your voices were definitely coming from underneath the first floor.
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We went into a door close to the lobby, and we didn't go downstairs or anything. What could you hear?
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[ he's used to breaking down doors as a shinsengumi sword. why the heck won't it work for him? ]
It was a lot of screaming and groaning - so I thought you might be injured. But if you're not, what was all that noise about?
[ he's uh
still a little oblivious about sex, i'm sorry ty ]
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Depends. Where did you hear the sound coming from? [Is he stalling? Yeah. But also!] The windows still don't work and the door we tried locked again. I doubt anyone's getting in there anytime soon.
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[ hmmm ]
There has to be a way to get back there. Doors don't just lock and unlock themselves at random.
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We were never in the basement. We were always on the first floor, just like everyone else.
mobile tagging I'm gomen
[ weird! the mysteries just keep coming. ]
What happened after you went through?
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The door locked behind us and we had to look around for a way out. Beck pushed something that must've broadcasted around another part of the hotel.
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[ what does that mean ]
So they have a way to make it seem like we're somewhere we aren't, then?
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But it seems that way. The sound was thrown from the room we were in into the basement. When we checked the switchboard it gave us a list of rooms. That must've been what happened.
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but he gets the announcement part at least so he's just gonna pretend he gets it. it's probably unconvincing but whatever. ]
Right, right... So if we hear something like that again, it may not really be any of us.
[ that's. confusing. ]
So what were we hearing, then?
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[...it's become the place now instead of a person.] What you were hearing was what we were seeing. A visual recording. But it means this hotel has some kind of sound system set up to play wherever it wants.
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[ he listens attentively to try to piece this together. it's a little difficult, for a sword unfamiliar and unwelcoming towards technology. ]
A visual recording... so, like a camera, but with audio?
[ he knows about cameras thanks to mutsunokami and he hates that. and they're still cursed! he knew they were bad news! ]
We should tell the others when we get the chance, just in case something like this happens again.
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[...but.] I don't know if telling everyone right away is a great idea. [Why?] Eventually, yeah, but there are still some things I want to check with other people first before everybody gets the wrong idea.
[And then Kagachi accidentally drags them anyway it's fine, but.]
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[ HE DOESN'T LIKE IT... and he likes the moving images and audio part even less, wow. ]
What? Why not? Wouldn't it be better for all of us to be prepared? They've probably already come to their own conclusions about what happened to you three, so it's better to set them straight before it gets out of hand.
[ to his credit he mostly sounds baffled by this, he won't really argue the point if junpei really believes that ]
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It'll get out of hand either way. I'd rather have control of the situation when it does, and that's why mentioning it in smaller groups is a better move. Strategically. Everyone will find out soon enough, but announcing it to a large group ups the chances of someone doing something stupid.
[Sometimes you do something like that and a crazy man holds a teenage girl at knifepoint, it's fine.]
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[ kanesan can definitely see the logic in that. the shinsengumi has worked that way in the past, as have the swords when necessary, so he can get on board. ]
Who have you told already, then? So this doesn't get around to those you haven't trusted with it yet.
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Prompto doesn't know everything, but I suspect he knows something happened. Zero knows a little, but not everything. [...] I told Carlos everything. Tamamo, Dick and Escha, too. Shiraishi knows a few things from Beck, and Kagachi knows from Higekiri and myself.
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[ maybe not a lot though, all things considered. kanesan makes the mental note anyway. ]
Alright, then. I'll be sure not to bring it up with anyone else until it's time.
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[...] You really have people you already trust here? [He's interested to see what Kanesan might say.]
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