[open] 11/24 hirajiro mystery gang, take two

[citta]

[ It sure has been a week. Hopefully people have gotten the chance to decompress after the sheer amount of everything, but so much has been brought up that can't be left ignored for too long, so a second meeting has been called this month, also at the castle at noon on the 24th. With team unity being such an issue, it's stressed that everybody comes, and if there's anybody missing, Kido will hunt them down. There are also two extra numbers in their group now: Minato and Souji; they're part of this whether they like it our not.

Kido calls for everybody's attention as soon as it seems like everybody's here. They're still missing a couple of people... but food will get cold if they wait for everybody, so the stragglers will just have to deal. ]

Lunch is curry rice. Make sure to thank Akira for cooking for us this time, and let him or me know if the pot's running low. Don't feed the cats. Or the dog. Or the jellyfish. Or the snake. Or the lizard.

[ Kano's bearded dragon who's his stand-in today. This place is a zoo, jfc. Kido's not sure what all these extra animals are about, but it's not her business so don't tell her. Paper and pens are going to be passed out to everybody alongside their food. It's old school note taking so everybody has all the information on hand, building off of the notes Terry had at the last meeting, because SOMEONE wasn't there when they faced the boss and SOMEONE skipped out on the meeting after she told him to come. ]

...Needless to say, we learned a lot from the Daitengu last week, and have committed to our decision to continue fighting the Daitengu. To start, we should compile everything we know in one place, because everything else we discuss ties in with what this world is and what we're going to do about it.

[ Like last time, there's a list of topics that they want to discuss, and people can bring up their own topics. Both Attendants will be at the meeting this time, and if there's any thread you want them to chime in on, you can ping Ichi at northpaws / protag and Card at birdseed ]

Comments

[defragment]

We had to split into two groups. Kido and I took on Souji. Akira, Sasuke, and Jiro took you on. The Daitengu brought your spirits from the past to fight with us. I didn't get a close look at the other side since I was too busy with my own things, but Kido and I held against Souji on our own through stall tactics, but you were completely overwhelming the other side. It was completely one-sided.

[ No Terry to fight them... ]

We couldn't depend on the usual "I decimate everything with my bare hands" guy, so we had to make do with talking you guys down to join us instead.

[compendiem]

Oh... I sorta wish I could have seen.

[ He would have been the asshole Daitengu popcorning from behind the barrier ]

But if none of you are dead, it means we were toying with you. You guys are weak.

[defragment]

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

[ lmao she hopes no one else heard Minato. She can take it at least. ]

You two looked so uncomfortable when we told you two that you were married.

[compendiem]

[ People don't need to hear it from him to know they're weak. ]

We were spirits of our time here? We were just teammates. Best friends. So it was nothing like that...

[ Even here, they never broached the subject until Rei had brought it up. They were just them. Marriage would have been weird back them, no matter how much he loves Souji and never says it. ]

[defragment]

Aren't you two cute.

[ She smiles. ]

Just keep it down from time to time. I can hear you two all the way in my room.

[compendiem]

Oh.

[ That's kind of embarrassing. ]

There's some other vacant rooms. Want to move to one further from Terrence's room?

[defragment]

Nah, I like my room. I actually don't care--be as loud as you want.

[ Maybe it'll scare the other Guests instead and she'd like to see the looks on their faces. ]

Enjoy your life, clown god. We convinced your past spirit that your future is fun.

[compendiem]

[ Permission received loud and clear. The other Guests can wish for the music to be turned up louder or something if they're really bothered. ]

Mm. Don't want to make you a liar, so I guess I'll try to enjoy my life.

[defragment]

That's the spirit.

[ Ha. ]

Also, is there any chance that you can change the background music? I think most of us are done fucking things up now.

[compendiem]

Hm...

[ Minato is faithless. ]

If you guys can make it one more week without fucking up, I'll consider it.

[defragment]

[ And then Ellie and Jiro get mauled by a bear... I guess that's never getting changed now. ]

Collective responsibility is such a pain sometimes...

[compendiem]

[ They couldn't even make it one more hour, and they're never going to change Minato's mind now. ]

Sure is. Maybe I'll get real sick again someday, and then I'll shut it off so I can sleep.

[ The music stops if he's in a coma and only then. ]

[defragment]

Come on, clown god~ I thought you had better tastes than looping a guy saying that we fucked up.

[ Minato?! Please. ]

[compendiem]

You have a lot of faith in me...

[ Why does she just assume it's Minato's doing and not Souji's? She's right, but still. ]

Looks like I can't drive anybody out of the Velvet Room this way, huh... I guess I can go look over what I have again.

[defragment]

[ Clearly, it must be because that's why it was dead silent when Minato was knocked out. ]

You're the best~ oh, also, look.

[ She brings over the plastic tub with Tokifish in it. ]

[compendiem]

[ Those blessed three days were the only days Minato didn't have control over the music, yeah. ]

Oh... We can make salad with this.

[ Jellyfish salad is delicious and fun to eat. He bets Souji would know how to do it. ]

[defragment]

Clown god, please don't eat a Guest.

[ 45 can't help but to laugh. ]

You'll have to get jellyfish elsewhere~

[compendiem]

I'm not allowed to? That's too bad.

[ This might be the only time he'll ever get fresh seafood ): ]

[defragment]

Remember, Guests are not food.

[ The look on Minato's face looks so disappointed, so she'll pat his back. ]

[compendiem]

Yeah...

[ He is very disappointed, yeah, but the pats help. ]

The Guests cook good food, though. So I guess I'll let them live for now.

[defragment]

Can one of them bake cake?

[ She wants in on cake. ]

[compendiem]

I bet Red can. He made donuts today.

[ If he can make cake, he's going to shoot up the ranks of Minato's favorite Guests list. ]

[defragment]

Oh? I'll have to try them soon. I'm getting a little hungry.

[ Hopefully they're not all gone by the time 45 goes for some. ]

Want some too, clown god?

[compendiem]

Oh. Um. Yeah. Save me one. I'm gonna go put Souji's book away.

[ If they're not all gone by the time 45 goes, they're going to be gone after Minato comes back and eats the rest. Great meeting, guys. He barely got interrogated at all, which soothed a lot of his worries. ]

[defragment]

Mhm.

[ 45 wonders... Minato is probably not willing to say much in the first place, since he likes it when people arrive at their own conclusions. However, when people get desperate enough, things won't just end there. Then they'll be at the standstill of not trusting the Attendants because they don't give the answers they want.

...

Yeah, she'll just go get the stuff Red made now. ]