Tsubomi Kido ([personal profile] reveilation) wrote in [community profile] cetana2019-11-09 08:49 am

[open] 11/9 hirajiro mystery gang

[ Over the past week and a half, either Kido or Akira have been going around asking Persona users to attend a meeting at noon on the 9th, with the meeting place being the first floor of the castle in the forest. People who Kido thinks will require dragging to the castle, she makes sure to find and drag over, since she wants everybody to be there in order to share their thoughts and get everybody on the same page. It's rare that everybody comes together like this, so she wants to make the most of it.

There isn't much in the way of furniture and the fridge in the Velvet Room is broken, so Kido can't rely on the kitchen to cook unending gyudon like she did last time. She'd stuck her head into the train this morning and saw something she really didn't need to see, so everybody else is also banned from entering the Velvet Room until the meeting is concluded. Instead, blankets are laid out on the ground and there's a stack of bento boxes which will be easy to eat while sitting outside. There's around three times as many bentos as the number of people, since she knows there's people who'd want seconds (or thirds or fourths or fourteenths... there's a limited amount this time, so no eating contests!!) and if there are any left over, people can take them home. ]


Is everybody settled? Food is on the throne over there, and there's barley tea and cups on the ground next to it, so eat up. Feel free to go back and get more if you're still hungry, but wait until everybody has the chance to get one first. When you're finished, put the box and chopsticks into the bag in the corner so I can wash them later. The cats have their own food, so do not feed the cats anything from the bento. If I catch you, you're not eating for the rest of the meeting.

[ She can't be sure if there's anything in the boxes that might be bad for cats, so it's a blanket ban, sorry cats... There are quite a few in the area, though, including Kano and Shiro. Kano especially does not get food. ]

Now, the first thing we need to talk about...

[ There are a few topics she wants to make sure they discuss, and then the floor is open for anything else people want to bring up, whether it's plot clues, mysteries people are looking into, general questions to bring up to the group, etc. Feel free to post a new toplevel for each new topic to discuss. Since it's a large open mingle, there may be threadjacking.

Also as a reminder, this month the reward for request 12 (two threads with fourth wall characters) is a plot clue in the form of a direct answer to any question your character may have. If there's something that comes up in the discussion that the characters are unsure of and think the Attendants might know (it's possible they might not), it's an option for getting those questions answered. ]
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[personal profile] overstrain 2019-11-10 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I used to cry over you when I couldn't see you anymore. Does that count?

[ It sounds like he's joking, but is he really. ]
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[personal profile] overstrain 2019-11-10 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Speak for yourself, Kido. ]

I... guess. Maybe I'm just overthinking it. I can't believe we're so starved for info that I have to take up the tiniest things like this.
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[personal profile] defragment 2019-11-10 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
For what? You'll just have to specify~

[ She continues eating the bento. ]
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[personal profile] overdrain 2019-11-10 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Noisy...

[ Terrence lifts his head.

From Jiro's point of view, it looks like Terrence had gotten up from the boxes and starts walking elsewhere. However, the real Terrence stays sitting on the box and yawns. When "Terrence" from Jiro's point of view turns the corner, he'll be gone and when Jiro comes back, he'll find Terrence sitting on the boxes again.
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Edited 2019-11-10 17:18 (UTC)

[personal profile] cicadashell 2019-11-10 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[This is much more complicated than he thought it would be. Terrence has abilities he didn't know about. After losing the illusion Terrence, Jiro turns back the way he came and... Terrence is there on the boxes again like he never left. Fuck this guy.

He obviously knows Jiro's there, or he wouldn't have faked walking around the corner. Invisibility is useless, and he will save that for later in case there's a battery or something. He really has no idea what how this works. Jiro then just walks up to Terrence.]


Hey. How many cards do you guys have?

[A direct approach.]
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[personal profile] overdrain 2019-11-10 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
None.

[ A direct approach gets a direct answer. But is that the right answer? Probably not. Terrence still has his head down on the higher stack of boxes while sitting and looking lazily over at Jiro. ]
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[personal profile] overstrain 2019-11-10 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Former.

[ He takes a bite out of the meat in the bento. Mogu. ]
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[personal profile] overstrain 2019-11-10 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoever it was had their eyes closed the whole time, so I can't really tell you... but it felt like I was getting a headache and someone was stroking my hair, saying stuff like it's different for me for some reason and that they won't let me die.

[ ... ]

Yeah, that should be the gist of it.
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[personal profile] overstrain 2019-11-10 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
The thing is, I can't pinpoint their location. But I did find them at the school when we were taking shelter from the flood. Maybe they'll come out another time...? Also, they brushed me off when I held their arm. I didn't want to let go no matter what, but they were... really physically strong.

[personal profile] cicadashell 2019-11-10 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Terrence doesn't look like he's a very motivated person, and Natsuo's probably doing all the work.]

Where's the short kid?

[He doesn't have time for Terrence's bullshit.]
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[personal profile] defragment 2019-11-10 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She's not a glutton like RO's dummy, so it's fine... yeah... ]

You can go down the list, but there's no guarantee that I can answer everything the way you want.

[ Because, to be honest? Yeah. Kido will probably end up hearing a lot of things she doesn't want to hear. ]
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[personal profile] overdrain 2019-11-10 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yeah, he really isn't... Natsuo's pretty much like his dog and he treats him as such. Natsuo deserves better. ]

Somewhere.

[ He could find out, but even if he did, he wouldn't tell Jiro. He looked like he just woke up from a nap anyway, so that's all the more reason why he wouldn't know... probably. ]
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[personal profile] overstrain 2019-11-10 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He stuffs Kido's mouth with a piece of parsley. ]

Nothing to be sorry for. I just missed you a lot, and that's not your fault.

[ Terry thinks that Kido meant what she said, but he can't help but to think back on the time when she said that she wanted to die where her family was.

...

It's probably not important. (lol)
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[personal profile] cicadashell 2019-11-10 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[The clone got all the personality. Terrence has been declared useless, and Jiro will just go look for Natsuo instead.]
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[personal profile] overstrain 2019-11-10 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
... Yeah. Thanks, Kido.

[ Terry smiles a little. Kido's cooking is always the best, so it wrings another genuine smile from him as he eats some more. ]

And, um... I'll keep working on that.

[ That thing from earlier. ]

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