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September mini-event pt 2
09/17 06:00
It's early Friday morning, the silence lifted but still a while before npc students will start coming to school. The door to the student store remains locked, despite always being propped open by a doorstop first thing in the morning, like clockwork. In the pool building, the lights automatically switch on for the day, illuminating the water below.
A large black shape floats in the middle of the pool, air trapped in the fabric wrapped and tangled around it.
A large black shape floats in the middle of the pool, air trapped in the fabric wrapped and tangled around it.
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✽ Please use the toplevel below for investigations
✽ This mini event ties into last week's murder, which ICly occurred Sunday morning, and clues from both investigations in conjunction will help point to a culprit
✽ Please allow Wolfie to reply first
✽ This mini event ties into last week's murder, which ICly occurred Sunday morning, and clues from both investigations in conjunction will help point to a culprit
✽ Please allow Wolfie to reply first
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...I mentioned the herbs are used to induce sleep and that I was performing a spell removal with Nagito-kun, RIGHT? It's easy to reverse things that like as long as you know the components used; I mixed the three herbs with some ash and cinqueFOIL, and...
( ... )
Well, seeing as this was more of a soul isSUE, I'm not sure it had any great effect anyWAY. ( a sad but credible truth, and more importantly: no matter how strange yogen in, sometimes a bunch of herbs and a prayer is just that. a bunch of herbs and a prayer. ) It isn't important at the moMENT.
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( small blessings from the cat god. )
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( ...
on one hand he knows he needs to focus, but on the other, he looks down to kamo-kun's resting face... then to natsume. )
You brought everything here too, didn't you? ( saw him set it down to the side. ) Maybe after I finish explaining...
( he'll strike a compromise, since it sounds like a pretty involved process. )
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[bitch,
anyway. soul stuff above his head but as long as they're okay subaru can relax a little bit, though he's still mostly uncomfortable and thinking how this could happen again, if they're not careful]
So it's someone who's part of the cult, or at least someone they trust maybe? They always seemed kinda harmless to me, sorta weird but every school's got a group like that... Someone who can do magic, or learned how to...?
[...]
But like, badly if the circle was messed up in the first place. Clamor-san was up there when it happened, since Yori-chan found his monocle, but why? Natsume can probably say better than me, but he doesn't seem the type of person who'd that kinda stuff willy-nilly.
[... and how does ama-chan and npckun play into this...?]
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( there's also the gardening club who can make half the herbs that was listed, but they were mostly used from the occult club, and so that narrows just a few suspects, or so komaeda thinks. he hums softly, looking towards natsume first, and then he glances at subaru who spoke up — )
We aren't asking the right questions, it seems he's giving input to make us... solve it ourselves, so the only people to blame is...
( them, because if they look at how amami presents the case, it's like he too is trying to figure out whats going on, and not applying himself in the story in anyway. komaeda won't directly call him out, but it's subtle enough. )
You said there was blood... unknown if it was fresh, hm... Amami-kun, your hand... the right, it's been fine every day I've seen you... but with a gauze like that, can we see what it looks like underneath — if our dear shopkeeper has went through an exorcism, and the fourth floor is rituals... they were up there, and could that be where you found them? ...They can't move, after all.
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( souls and the shopkeep, clamor... his spellbook and a soul incubation spell, someone impersonating... but what would they need to impersonate clamor for? he's a nice guy--ask him and he'll probably lend you anything, and the same for lucifer...
the little shopkeeper hadn't seem in poor spirits, so this turn of events is recent. amami's new injury and theirs too are probably a result of this morning, but...
hmm. )
Baru-kun's right that Master Clamor isn't the kind of person to teach or enact that type of thing without good reaSON, so either someone gave him a very good one and abused his TRUST... Or he hasn't been himself all WEEK.
( either is probable, he guesses. what's some soul swapping between friends. ah, he wishes he could've seen these diagrams himself, but--
he looks at komaeda, thinking on the question, and sure. okay. that's a good one. )
...Amami-kun, I'd like to know if you found Mr. Shopkeeper up there TOO. It'll help confirm a thought of MINE.
( he just doesn't like to talk without being a little more certain. )
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( which is really just an excuse because his hands are too full to re-wrap the gauze if he pulls it off. he'll do it if y'all fix him up again but, god. sighs again. alright, back on track. )
You guys have all the pieces, and I'm sure you're getting the idea by now. I mean, I don't think Clamor'd lend out his spellbook for someone else to write in any easier than the cult would lend out their hoods to wear, and you have to admit he's been acting kind of... ( or, well, hindsight at least tends to be 20/20. ) After what Sakasaki-kun told us before, we should all know how dangerous it is for someone to act out of character around here.
( he lets that sit for a moment.
... )
So now that you know who was responsible for both scenes, the answer is yes. They... did also get wrapped up in this.
( and for the record he's looking pretty unfortunate again, as the topic comes back around to this. more miserable than angry though. )
It's not their fault though. It was just bad luck, and that's why I'd appreciate if you were willing to give reversing that sleeping spell another try after this.
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subaru didn't, but that's not important. he was told. pleased to be on the right track, but speaking of tell--]
Of course he will! Natsume's a good person, he wouldn't leave someone alone if they needed his help — or if someone asked for it! So you don't gotta worry at all, as long as he's got what he needs he'll do it!
[he knows natsume'll be mad for speaking up on his behalf, but it's very much immediate and confident]
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...I'll do it again, YES. I'm a magician--we're bound to help those in NEED. ( mage status becoming more and more real each day. ) A shame the interloper didn't know that Master Clamor isn't overly skilled in fire maGIC. He can do IT, but it takes a lot out of HIM.
( or... no, it isn't that big of a secret-- natsume pauses, staring at his herbs. )
...Except that's obvious if you spend more than ten seconds watching HIM. The prime time to do anything regarding him would be when he's WEAK. ( ffff ) If he weren't taken over by someone else before the first inciDENT, he'd certainly be so after IT.
( hence impersonation... because clamor hadn't Not acted like himself in their lesson--patient and easy to learn from as ever.
...hikaru said they didn't think anyone from the cult would do it, but natsume can't think of anyone from the club who would. a lot of things point to someone, but why would that someone then agree to assist them? ...
well, the senpai in the cult might want to try. narumi ito... and there's someone out there who can mess with souls already... hmmmmmmmmmmmm
)
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( otherwise, he's no mind-reader. but anyway, to the matter at hand again: )
I'll be honest, I don't actually know too much more than what you've already worked out. If you want my opinion, Clamor wouldn't hurt a fly if he could help it, and the person who took his place was pretty fond of fire magic — but that's beginner's stuff, so I guess it makes sense. In the end, I'd try not to pin anything on him if we can help it.
( certainly does take a lot out of you though, huh.
... )
Anyway, that's what I know on that. I just wanted to make sure there weren't any misunderstandings when I started explaining what happened to you guys. He was a good guy, so I'm sure there's no shortage of people who'll be pretty upset over what happened last night.
( y'all see lucy during the mission? amami does not like that knowledge right now. )
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Well, we've more or less cleared our list of susPECTS. ( or natsume has. let him light a candle with some fire magic, i'm not doing anything fancy this time i'm mobilebound. ) Except for the body discovered at the scene of the second incident, of COURSE. Unless anyone has any other bright iDEAS, we should see to Narumi Ito-senpai.
( when he awakes? or we find his soul? whatever. natsume has mentally cleared everyone but him of suspicion, he will happily tell you his thoughts if you ask but otherwise he thinks everyone is on the same page as him considering what they've uncovered in this talk. )
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but maybe that's something they'll have to ask the shopkeep when they wake, or narumi. subaru shifts on his feet, flexing his hand against his arm reflexively and inhaling sharply-- nnnnn]
No, yeah, let's. They, uh... I think they were gonna move him over to the dorms, so... He oughta be over there somewhere. But like I said, he wasn't looking great...
[... wonder if helping one soul helped the other, or what
but anyway. he doesn't want to risk natsume seeing his hurt hand so he's gonna, start turning away, feel free to call him out,]
I think I'll go on ahead. ☆
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Keep your mouths closed, we don't have to think about some hopeless husk... ( I'M SORRY SEXY, KOMAEDA WILL CHANGE HIS TUNE WHEN HE SEES HOW BIG YOUR LEGS ARE ) not when Amami-kun has to explain things more indepth, ( and hearing that subaru is trying to leave? grrrr... ) stay here, Akehoshi-kun, you can't miss such a dazzling display of hope... I want you to witness it as well.
( do not ruin his yogenking moment. )
How do you feel, Amami-kun, because you were a witness to last night... I understand a lot is riding on your shoulders, especially if you regarded him as a... ( difficult, hesitant word: ) ...friend.
( he claps his hands together, figuring that it must be a shame to call someone with a hope so weak a friend, but it must be because the ultimates pity half the people here. )
How familiar are you with that imposter's fire magic, you must have seen it for yourself! Did they use it up close and personal...
( he lifts a hand to encourage the idle chit-chat since they're here anyway. ) I'm sure the experience must have been hopeful, using everything in your ability to keep our shopkeeper safe and bring them out of harm's way, and here we are trying to remedy the problem...
( talking as if he doesn't know amami had the pda on him, to get that means he would have to take it off the corpse, and that's...
had he left that information with noah, they probably wouldn't have gotten this far in the explanation. hm... it's like a buffet here, good hope on both ends, but which is stronger? )
I can only expect the best from an Ultimate, you did what you had to do... ( he looks at him, smiling softly. ) We'll all get through this together.
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... ... ... no he wants to be closer to keigo actually, he'll just. do what he can to remain out of natsume's immediate sight as long as possible and go to sit on the bedside closer to the shopkeep, while komaeda's just
doin' his hope thing. don't mind him]
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( and with that high of a price to pay, he still can't even say he was able to keep kamo-kun safe. not safe enough. wanting so badly for them to stay uninvolved from these stupid incidents that keep unfolding around them, and even after everything, it still couldn't be him who ensured kamo-kun was safe. it couldn't be him who saved them.
he exhales, long and slow and tired, grimacing. )
And anyway, Ito-kun isn't a suspect. Pretty sure the cultists were chosen as victims because they trusted Clamor so much — they'd have done anything for him if he asked, y'know? Plus he was already passed out by the time I got there; only "Clamor" was conscious.
Even at a time like that, he tried to keep up the act for a bit, but... ( amami looks off to the side. ) Anyway, it was pretty clear what was going on, and the fire was a bit too up close for my liking, personally.
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[amami's not singed. and... it wasn't that hallway that had the scorch marks. but subaru doesn't know if the other was always like that, or if it was new, maybe, from a recent bout--]
But Ama-chan, that hallway wasn't the burned one. Like, yeah, it's been burned before, but I walk through there pretty much every day to get on the roof over there, and it wasn't any worse off than normal. So what happened with "Clamor-san" in the other school?
[the bleeding might click now.]
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Is that why you've been hiding your hand from ME, Baru-kun? ( :) ) Didn't you say you'd come running if you ever got a CUT?
( :)
He'll go dig through the nurse's supplies (sorry nursesan wherever you are) to grab some stuff to patch Subaru up... ugh, he knew he smelled blood. Absolute dumb bitch. )
...At least it wasn't a totally useless venTURE, if you got something out of IT. Come HERE. ( motion motion. ) Amami-kun, you can answer if you feel like IT.
( and nothing for komaeda he's just ignoring he spoke )
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( leave him alone, which, komeda's going to grab subaru's hand, and pull the other onto the cot with him (but not to bump into npckun or amami, and lily may remains in komaeda's left... you stay by yourself natsume). besides... )
We're here for P-kun, not Akehoshi-kun's hand, so please get to work Sakasaki-kun... we need you to take care of our unconscious shopkeeper, we're counting on you ~
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