[first connection] ➱ text / action [username: h. inaba]

[dereban]

[Given the fact that it's been a good amount of time since Himeko's managed to get her bearings together and mull things over, she's finally going to make the decision to actually do something.

Impatience seems to win out in the end, it seems.]

Hi.

Many of you guys might not know me, and I might not know you. But it seems that we're all in the same boat, so I'd like to make amends to that. I'm Inaba, a high school graduate; nothing really special about me. And more importantly: I think that because of that, we should at least try and share any important information - probably in a meeting or something, in person. Although if you want to share things one-on-one, you can find me at classroom 3-B.

But just to make it so that this is a much more interesting post: how about we play 20 questions? But instead of guessing something - let's make it a 'getting to know each other' type of thing. So ask random questions about me. Ah, but I'm not obligated to answer any and all of your questions, alright? This is supposed to be fun, not weird.

[And if anybody does want to physically meet her, she'll be in classroom 3-B like she's said for a good part of the afternoon and evening hours; although people will most certainly find her getting up to walk around the hallways of the school to stretch and look around once again, but she doesn't seem to be looking out for anything in particular... this time. Although if she notices someone, she'll give a rather casual wave.

If she's seen during the silent hours, however: she'll wave quietly using her PDA in a gesture of Let's chat through this.]

Comments

[dereban]

[She doesn't recognize the name either, but she'll keep it in mind, just in case.]

There's nobody here that I recognize, unfortunately.

You?

[taketori]

Same here. Do you think it's safe to say most of us are are strangers to one another then?

[ It feels that way for sure, but if there was any kind of connection that tied everyone together, he'd want to figure that out as soon as he possibly could. ]

[dereban]

I don't want to make any assumptions.

It seems likely, though.

[taketori]

I see.

[ He hesitates to send the next one, but after mulling it over... ]

This is messed up, isn't it?

[dereban]

It is.

[An immediate response from her end, before she continues.]

But that's why I plan on figuring things out.

[taketori]

I'm right there with you on that. It's simply... this feels a bit surreal. A kidnapping on this grand a scale doesn't usually happen.

[dereban]

No, it doesn't.

But nothing about this is normal. So don't expect normal answers to anything.

[taketori]

Can we expect answers to begin with?

[ A second later... ]

You know what, never mind. I'm getting off topic.

[dereban]

It's fine.

I honestly don't mind.

[taketori]

Alright, then I'll ask this much. Have you been able to make contact with anyone outside of this school yet?

[dereban]

No.

I'm sorry.

[taketori]

[ Okay. THAT'S an issue. ]

So we're just meant to sit here while our loved ones worry about us??? What the hell am I supposed to do about my actual classes going forward?!

[dereban]

I never said that.

[taketori]

I didn't imply that you did. It was more directed to whoever brought us here.