MISSION 2.A

[adsum]

Participants: Shin, Sidney, Hajun, Atsushi
Location: Fourth Floor
Date: 08/08 - 08/14

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[adsum]

[ As much as they look, there doesn't seem to be anything like a bathroom or a school within the mirrors. Instead, it's the inside of a little cottage in the woods, the stone walls of a castle, the deck of a pirate ship, things so far removed from normal high school life.

As they linger, they'll notice that the reflections start coming back, poking their heads out from the sides of the frames, stepping into full view, face to face with whoever stops to look into their own reflection. Golden eyes bore into their own, and when the reflection moves, the person will feel the urge to copy them.

Please decide soon. ]

[wolfetracks]

We've only got so much time. ... I'd rather risk the cottage than anything, personally.

( but how is this all connected? they must be.

sidney just watches the mirrors with a stern glare, gold and bescarred green meeting a more supernatural gold. though sou's got the scarf ready to be a way back, he doubts they're going to have a choice; once they're in, they're in. )

[thetyger]

[A cottage in the woods, where there are probably bears and no one around to hear you scream.]

Should I just...

[He waves at the cottage mirror. He's ready to just jump in there, but this is a group decision and he's loathe to make waves or do something reckless when there are other people's lives to consider. Though, he'd touched the mirror and that was reckless too...]

[rhymed]

[ Whatever. Fuck it. ]

Yes. You should.

[ Sorry, but Hajun is just going to unceremoniously lift a foot and kick Atsushi straight into the cottage mirror. ]

[notsosou]

[I FORGOT HE WOULDN'T KNOW ATSUSHI'S NAME, PLEASE IGNORE THAT AT YOUR LEISURE.]

[Holy shit Hajun.

Shin is now a bit wary of him but that's somewhat background to the immediate pressing concerns, manifesting mostly as the golden-eyed reflection that has locked eyes with him, pinning him in place like a dart.

It closes it's hand around it's own throat, and Shin's lifts in response like sleepwalking. It gets halfway before it's fingers curl, shaking, and then there's no thought involved, no overreasoning... Shin just bolts into the mirror after Atsushi, leaving the scarf behind.]

[wolfetracks]

( bruh )

... Right.

( sidney is already gearing up to go but he's reluctant to leave anyone alone- and if he makes a point to crouch down and pick up the scarf. if hajun's not making a move, however, he'll at least wait to confirm- no one needs to be stuck here at their reflection's whims- it's hard not to catch sight of SOME version of him, even in the corner of his eye. he can feel his arms straining slightly. )

Come on. We can't stay here any longer.

( it's time for them to follow suit. )

[adsum]

[ Atsushi hits the mirror and first collides against very solid glass, close enough that his body blocks his reflection from view of the rest of the group: he can see his reflection smile, reach out through the mirror, and physically grab the front of his shirt to yank him into the glass whereupon he disappears through as if it were water.

There is no trace of Atsushi in the mirror by the time Shin catches up to him, his own reflection standing there with arms wide open to receive him, and he too is swallowed up into the mirror.

Sidney and Hajun don't need any sort of prompting; walking towards the mirror willingly, their reflections look no different, and they pass through without any problem. ]