8/28, afternoon | cw for HORRIFIC VIOLENT TORTURE in the comments

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[network | un: e.grenore]

Can anyone here erase or alter memories? Need an answer ASAP.

Don't bother me with tedious questions.

[like that isn't something suspicious to post to the network... but it's probably nothing.]

[meanwhile in the music room... | semi-open]

The music room is being commandeered today—for the past couple hours the door has been "locked", or at least blocked shut from the inside, with One Direction music blasting from what sounds like a boombox. Dito can also be spotted hanging around the door, spear in hand, like a bouncer to the world's shittiest nightclub.

Every now and then it almost sounds like someone might be screaming in there, beneath the melodious sounds of hit pop idols Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomilson, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik... but surely that's just your imagination. Nothing strange is going on in the music room today. Don't worry about it. It's totally fine. No war crimes in here!

((content warnings: extreme violence/torture, gore, disembowelment, teeth horror, emeto, we're k-wording a teenage girl... like, nothing good is happening here. specific things may be warned in the subject lines but don't come in here expecting a good time.

anyone is welcome to notice the weird activity/approach the door, but we can't exactly have half the game individually trying to kick the door down SO. please hit one of us up by PM/discord if your character would try to investigate any further than that! we don't bite i promise our characters are just insane))

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Excellent, kekek.

I have no problem with those conditions. I wouldn't expect such a service to be provided for free... we have information that may be of interest to you, perhaps, or we can discuss the terms when you get here.

[carpevinum]

We should, as you stated, keep this off the network. I'll be there shortly to discuss the details.

["Shortly" as in he shows up after maybe three minutes, listen, Lucifer practically lives in the music room... he's gonna be upset if y'all did some shit to the piano. His arms are crossed in that way he does, but more than anything he looks curious. What information could they give him? Hm...]

cw: more descriptions of torture and shit in this thread now, probably,

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[Dito is probably still by the door (he better be, that's his JOB), but Add pokes his head out shortly after Lucifer arrives. Has he discussed this or his network post with anyone else inside?? Who knows!! But Lucifer is allowed in now. Add squints down the hall to make sure no one else is sneaking around before pulling the door back shut, jamming a chair under the handle once it's closed.

science-chan is still quietly sobbing a little, slouched in her chair. she's having a rough day. let her rest.

Komaeda and Senku are also in the room, how they doin'... Add gestures at Lucifer with an arm, standing aside so everyone can see eachother and the horrible crime scene they have going on in here. Hopefully the fact that Senku is here is enough to keep Lucifer from immediately assuming the worst...]

Lucifer, I'll explain the situation in detail in a moment... Senku. We can compromise. We only need to make sure they can't talk... if they can't remember, they're no longer a threat.

[he sounds a little annoyed about this whole thing, honestly, because it would be simpler to just kill their captive and wash their hands of it all... but he's willing to try this first. a painless, "ethical" solution that won't involve murder or cutting anyone's tongue out or hacking off anyone's limbs or putting them in a poison-induced coma.]

[kingofscience]

[ Senku sighs. He's doing what he can to tend to Science-chan's wounds at the moment; he never goes anywhere without his delightful bag full of handy-dandy supplies. Honestly he's got a whole first aid kit in there as he takes out gauze, cutting it and instructing her to gently keep it in her mouth.

He absolutely hates One Direction now, thanks guys.

He turns as the door opens only to find Lucifer standing in the doorway. Thank goodness, someone reasonable??? Or at least more reasonable than these three. The scientist's eyes shift between Lucifer and Add for a moment before sighing a bit. A memory wipe? ...Ah. He couldn't even hear his PDA go off over the music blaring. No wonder Add stepped away for a moment.

The pros of a memory wipe is that Science-chan absolutely forgets the torture she went through, and they don't have suspects on how the heck she got to be this way unless someone within the group tells Maya. Which, is a high chance anyways with the amount of transfer students there are. Another pro is that Add and his little murder posse don't hunt her down and kill her. The cons being that she'd be absolutely clueless as to how she even got like this and would probably want to seek out answers. This whole thing is probably going to be brought to Maya's attention anyways.

Senku sighs- he really does have the worst luck sometimes. He walks away from Science-chan to talk to the others for a moment. ]

...She's going to have a lot of questions about her current state if you do. Exactly how are you going to explain what happened?

[ Add specifically, because Senku can't lie. He doesn't have it in him to. Senku's not saying yes or no yet; he wants to hear the others' response first. ]

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( komaeda's attentive, so as soon as he noticed add on his pda, and someone making their way into the room, he watches lucifer to see his reaction. senku has a leveled head, and in a way, lucifer does too, so he doesn't find this problem of theirs... an actual problem. instead, he speaks up suprirsed: )

Is that who you found for this?

( the idea of memory wiping seems like it would work, and from what lucifer has said about himself — he's related to hell, so there has to be all sorts of things he can do. while it may not be removing the blood off of them, her mental state could be a huge improvement if any of them are ashamed of what they done. )

Considering the nature of this school, would they truly question it? VP-san seemed accustomed to what happened with the first body, and we are in summer break... sending her home would result in someone thinking it happened outside of here.

( but if they manage to clean everything up, there's no way they'd find out what happened, and with a bit of information on the forum, it's not like... anyone is willing to do anything. of course, it's just a thought as he lifts his organic hand to wave towards lucifer. )

Lucifer-kun. ( he should be saying "-san", but that's komaeda being komaeda. ) I'm sure you have seen how people react in this school, the only ones who truly makes a fuss about this... is the group we're apart of.

[carpevinum]

[Stares

at

them.]

I refuse to believe that Senku has been roped into this of his own volition.

[—is his first statement, because what the fuck. He's well aware of you murder-fucks doing whatever the hell you want, actually, and were Hyde not currently dead and gone he'd also assume Hyde to be part of this rag-tag little group of murderers. He can't say he's shocked, nor can he claim to be disappointed, because he's Lucifer. But Senku... Senku is decidedly not like the others in the room, and Dito outside.

He looks at the girl and shakes his head. Not a favoured human. Still, his holier-than-thou superiority complex shows through, and one of his favoured humans is here. That gives him more than enough reason to tilt his chin up and stare down at Komaeda with that cruel red-eyed gaze of his.]

The reactions of the people within the walls of this school are, frankly, none of my concern — if they panic on you, deal with it. I realise this is hard for people of your calibre to grasp, but people mourn those close to them that die or get harmed unduly.

[That comes from the heart — from memories of Lilith, and perhaps a sprinkling of a moral complex that someone back home handed him once.]

I will not make further judgement until I hear the situation fully. I've been asked to provide my services to lock away some memories, and I'm willing to provide them in return for a full explanation and the correct incentives.

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[He seems to relax at Senku's question, oddly. Cold, hard logic... that's something he can always rely on, to stabilize his mind and his emotions. He considers it for a moment, hand to his chin.]

Cover her face, release her somewhere outside... unfortunately, a certain amount of damage can't be reversed. But we can ensure she's in good enough shape that she'll assume less. [like someone kidnapped her, beat her up and stole some teeth. but none of the other damage they've done has been permanent.] If she doesn't remember our faces or voices, she won't be able to pinpoint those involved, either.

Of course, the network post will make me a suspicious person... but I suppose I can live with that. [sigh. as annoying as it is... he's never had a good reputation to begin with. it's really just Senku's reputation they're protecting here.

He looks over at Lucifer, mostly ignoring Komaeda. He wears a slight frown as he speaks, but he's approaching this with an air of professionalism—this is just business to him. An exchange of services.]

This student is with the science club. I've observed their suspicious activities at this school over the past few weeks... they refused to speak with me, and then refused to give truthful answers, so I took matters into my own hands. [with kidnapping. and torture.] Komaeda and Dito agreed to assist with me... Senku was uninvolved. I value his input as a scientist, however.

[Senku has good ideas. Senku is also good at reminding him about potential consequences... he doesn't mind being told to stop if it can be explained with logic. But also, he doesn't want Lucifer to think less of Senku for this. This bloody scene, this cruelty, all of that was Add (and Komaeda, and Dito).]

We were able to extract some information... insufficient as it may be. They're no longer of any use to us. If we release them, they'll likely warn the rest of their little group and prevent further investigation into science club activities. That could prove detrimental to more than just us... I know they must be hiding something. Who needs four hours to check on some bacteria cultures?

Either we kill them, or we neutralize the threat of information by some other method. Memory erasure, or sealing, or whatever you want to call it, would be sufficient for that purpose.

... Also. It would alleviate some of the... [vague hand wiggle] trauma.

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There's no immediate consequences considering how this school functions, even if she relays this information to Arisu-san, isn't this school about culling the competition.

( some might be glad if she was dead, actually thrilled to know there's a new open spot within the science club so that others could take her place. komaeda understands this school isn't kind, and neither are any of the people within this room — their hope is formed from different reasons. knowledge, curiosity, power, and whatever else can be named — a beautiful innocence that he can find just from this conversation they're holding. )

Yet... Add-kun is right, they'll gate any other attempts he may have, or any of us, making it difficult to move, and subject transfers to all being the same.

( then again, they are the movement, the blueprint. if it wasn't for them, half of this wouldn't be possible, it takes a few dead leaves to pluck from a tree to see real growth. he sighs, crossing his arms, looking towards lucifer not bothered by the way the other looks down on him. is he looking at komaeda because of the blood that's already dried on him and his jacket, if that's the case, he lifts one hand to look at his shirt... tugging it a bit. sciencechan's mixed with rokkun's, and he's a little offended that her waste covered more than his. )

Ishigami-kun must be important to you.

( the fact that lucifer is concerned over him than add, or even dito, sadly komaeda knows his place. he doesn't care about that, but might as well point out the obvious. )

She'll pose a problem to him, or even bring about difficulties to the people around him, or others you may know.... I've seen you within those meetings, Lucifer-kun... the way you care is selective, but you can use that to your advantage to give them a brighter hope without being harmed.