It's time for another FAMILY MEETING!!

[carpevinum]

[There's a sign posted on 3-C on the 27th the future is now indicating that it's that time of month! That's right, it's time for the family meeting!

Lucifer is in charge this time and he is holding a whip, so please behave yourselves or you might get a warning crack near your head. Or don't behave yourselves. He's not your dad. He will, however, try his hardest to keep you all on track.

As Lucifer is also one of the Team Moms Dads, he's also made everybody lunch as he is wont to do. The rather fancy-looking food is set up on a couple of desks at the front of the classroom to peruse at your leisure. There are cookies and muffins as well, but please try to eat a real lunch instead of subsisting off of sweets entirely.

On the whiteboard, Lucifer has written the following topics & talking points that he'd like to discuss with everybody, and has requested that you all raise your hands so that this can be done in an orderly fashion... Good luck, Luci.

• Who is missing? Who is confirmed deceased?
• The gladiatorial battle — is it possible that those who died previously may come back to inflict further harm? Any guesses?
• What the Hell was going on last weekend?
• The void in the auditorium is infinite
• Results of last month's investigations that we agreed on doing
• The imps plaguing the school have been removed (thank you to Clamor for his assistance)
• Have we discovered anything new?

Last but not least, the final bullet is one hundred percent something that Lucifer clearly wants to do, and it reads simply:

• Instating a chore chart

So that's... fun.]

Let's try to keep this more orderly than the last one, shall we?

[And yes, the cardboard baby jail is set up in the back of the classroom! Naughty children go to cardboard baby jail. Naughtier children get a whip cracked at them. Have fun, everyone!]



[[OOC: The usual rules of the family meeting posts apply, which means threadjacking/general mingling is allowed and encouraged! Please remember to only share information your character discovered ICly to avoid metagaming. Also no Lucifer will not actually cause physical harm to anyone's characters with the whip unless player permission is granted, I'm not as psychotic as he is, don't worry about it.]]

Comments

[moraloutrage]

Kirigiri-kun was a friend of mine, yes, from my original home. Unfortunately... I did not get a chance to speak with her. During that whole debacle, my attention was focused on Madison-kun. But from what I saw... Kirigiri-kun was attacking others aggressively. I might not have known her very well, but that still seemed so unlike her.

[A slow shake of his head. He thinks back to the struggle with Madison, his expression tightening.]

I only spoke with Madison-kun... and she refused to reason with me. She insisted that it had to be one of us who d-died, and I could not get her to see otherwise. I tried to focus on disarming her and keeping her from attacking me, but eventually.... it was as if something came over her and made her stronger. At that point, she stopped speaking and strangled me with incredible force. Sh-she... very nearly succeeded in killing me.

[insecution]

I see…

[ Something is being done to the students after they’ve gone missing. Shinobu makes a note to investigate these disappearances and, hopefully, find out where it is they’re all being spirited away to. ]

I know it must have been difficult, but you did your best. That is all we could ever ask of you.

Could you tell me more about Chihiro-san? I’d like to know who to look out for so I can help you in your search.

[ Before they find her in the same situation he, Kyouko, and Madison were. ]

[moraloutrage]

...Thank you.

[He responds quietly. Ishimaru wishes he could find out the truth... and do something to prevent it. But some things feel hopeless. Still, Shinobu's words do help to ease Ishimaru, even as he remains somewhat tense from the memory of that day. Thinking about Chihiro doesn't cheer him up more either... especially given that he may now be one of the missing.]

Y-yes. I will be glad to tell you all about h-her. [He won't force out that one truth about Chihiro while there's a chance he's still around.] She is quite small and looks younger than she is. She has brown hair... [He motions with his hands from the sides of his head to indicate the size and length of his hair.] ...and her eyes are hazel-colored. She tends to wear skirts and is also known as the Ultimate Programmer. A true master of technical wizardry! She can be quite shy and nervous... but she is still quite kind and friendly!

[insecution]

She sounds like a wonderful friend to have. I hope you two get to enjoy your time together for many years to come.

[ Kiyotaka’s been made to suffer enough, Shinobu thinks. She doesn’t want him to have to lose anyone else. Not in a school like this. ]

Where was it you last saw Chihiro-san? Do you remember where you saw the other girls before they disappeared, too?

[moraloutrage]

I... I hope so too. With all of my heart.

[He says that quietly and almost distantly. Because at this point, he can't help but imagine the worst case scenarios.]

Well, I last saw her several days ago, when we were saying good night in the hallways before going to sleep. I saw her go back to her homeroom, and I thought all as well. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, nor was anything strange the last time I saw Kirigiri-kun either. In all of these cases, I simply parted from them normally at the end of a day... and then, I- I could not find them afterwards.

[insecution]

[ So much can happen in a day, let alone several. Is Chihiro okay? Is she in danger? Dead, even? Shinobu’s mind reels with the possibilities, none of them good. ]

It doesn’t seem as though the three of them had very much in common. That makes it difficult to determine where we should begin our investigation.

[ She pauses, neither a smile nor a contemplative frown on her lips. ]

But we will find Chihiro-san; of that, Kiyotaka-kun, I assure you.

[moraloutrage]

Indeed. I can try checking by Fujisaki-kun's homeroom and locker, and I shall see if any answers can be yielded.

[He manages to give her a weak smile.]

Thank you for your assistance, Kochou-kun. [As worrying as things are, he appreciates all the help he can get.]

[insecution]

You needn’t thank me. I’m happy to help however I am able.

[ If she can, anyway. She returns his smile, but it’s a thin, brittle veneer made to hide any fear that they might already be too late. ]

I shall look into the other two. Should you find a lead, do let me know.

[moraloutrage]

[He's trying his best to hold onto whatever hope he can, for now. Maybe there's something... some kind of clue! And he's not at this alone. Shinobu's smile is still enough to bring him some comfort.]

That sounds like a good course of action. Let us investigate and keep each other updated!

[With that... off he goes!]