It's time for a FAMILY MEETING!

[mermaidcursed]

Who: Everyone!
When: May 11th, 6 PM
Where: Class 1-B (Gaming Club Items have been stored safely) 
What: It's time for a family meeting! Because seriously some things need to be DISCUSSED.
WARNINGS: Death and murder, discussions of cannibalism

After a night of a feral cat losing it's goddamn mind, a day of half the adults and several students looking absolutely exhausted and more, and the end of the auction, clearly something is up. Plus, there'd been plans to investigate certain things after the last meeting that never had been elaborated on. So this time, Nene takes things into her own hands. So once again, transfer students will find a note in their lockers requesting their presence at Class 1-B at 6 PM, after everyone else has gone home. 

Even if last time was... kind of a mess. 

Is she desperate enough to enact a speaking ball? ... Not yet. But in her pockets is a brand new NERF gun and five darts. 

So she unearths the cardboard jail, set up around some desks in the corner, but otherwise clears the board and sets out pieces of chalk... but hoo boy, does she look kind of miffed? And it doesn't even have anything to do with Hanako-kun cracking up at Gay Baby Jail. He'll understand soon enough. 

On the board is several things in chalk- "LAST NIGHT", "NEW THINGS" and "FROM LAST TIME" with lines underneath, like she's perparing to take notes. Thankfully, there is more than one piece of chalk however. 

// OOC RULES 

As with last time, this is a free-for-all! Feel free to start discussions, theories, or share information and jump around between things and include everyone! Inviting others into the discussion is great, everyone should get a chance to be involved.

HOWEVER: LET THE OOC DISCOVERER SHARE THEIR OWN DISCOVERIES ICly. People work hard for their clues and information, and there should be no thunder-stealing!

Should there be any concerns or suggestions for the setup, please just let me know! 

Comments

[unsurely]

[ Listen... it's not that weird to be interested in the only graduating student they know of from last year, right? No matter how you think about it, that's just a ridiculously low number. Even if this was the world's most prestigious and difficult school or something, it's just... one person? Really?

He's standing by his choice to keep it, thank you. Though he doesn't stick the photo back in his pocket just yet, glancing down at it as if consigning the name into memory will be easier if he does. ]

Then... you knew her?

[ He kind of wants to know at least a little of what relationship they had, before they can know what to ask. ]

[adsum]

I knew of her. She's the president; you're supposed to know her name, even if it's only her name that you know.

[ And maybe it's because she's the president that her name is all most people know, the title being a physical barrier that keeps others from getting close and making friends. Aiko had been like that too, for all the questioning that was done last month and most students saying the girl largely kept to herself and had little to no friends, and Maya follows in those exact footsteps. ]

[unsurely]

[ You're supposed to know it...? Ah, actually, he can kind of imagine that. Even with his memories of his own previous school, if Shuichi thinks about it carefully, that's all he remembers about the student who held that function too. A name and a face, and that's all; it's not like he knew them as a person. When put into perspective like this though... it almost makes him feel a little guilty.

He ends up spacing out as he continues to look at the photo, to the point where the silence becomes definitely awkward. ]

...Sorry. I was just thinking... it sounds a little lonely.

[ And yeah, this might be putting Maya a little into perspective too, but shhh. It's fine. ]

[adsum]

It's what they signed up for.

[ Harsh words, but her voice is soft with sympathy. It's an elected position, sure, but voluntary at the same time, a position that paints a target on your back and draws eyes that will scrutinize every little thing that you do. In this environment, she had thrived, she had graduated. Maybe she didn't do it alone, but... in the end, she was alone, and that makes the thought all the sadder. ]

You've been in high school long enough to know... the easiest way to survive is to keep your head down. Student council... club presidents... they draw attention, and that makes them dangerous to be around.

[unsurely]

...Yeah. You're right, it makes sense that people will avoid them... because they don't want targets on their own backs, either.

[ It's just for a moment... but the corners of his lips draw outwards -- and it's not to show a smile, but it isn't exactly not one either. A wry, bitter thing, with some trace of nostalgia in the mix. He understands all of that, enough to not be self-righteous about it -- because one of those people who did that, after all... was him.

That's what happened with Maki. Shuichi might not have been among those who distanced her outright... but he still made no effort to understand her either. If Kaito hadn't been there to do it first, and to show him too, he might never have come to know her at all. ]

What about you, though? Maybe you felt that same way at some point... but do you still think so now?

[adsum]

Huh? Well...

[ It's not like she goes around making friends with high profile students— I like to imagine she sticks to herself a lot and in class she gravitates towards Kokichi while telling herself it's because he's the only person she really knows, and barely, at that. Really... it's best to stay in the background. Stay out of the way and don't let anybody stab you and stuff you in a glass case. ]

You guys draw a lot of attention. You look different or— or you ask too many questions, or stick your nose where you shouldn't or just... care... when other people don't. That stands out too. [ It makes Shuichi stand out, as unassuming as his appearance is. ]

I still think it's better to stay away. But how can I? I can't just close my eyes and wish for the best.