?????? 10/8

[catphone]

WHO: All of Yogen
WHAT: Something is brewin...about to begin.....
WHEN: 10/8 afternoon
WHERE: Everywhere!
WARNINGS: ┐(´ー｀)┌ Will update if needed.

[sometime in the afternoon, after the student council wraps up for the day, someone takes control of the overhead system. the voice sounds some sort of way, but it starts anyway.]

Good afternoon! I’ve decided to break up the monotony and the dreadful tones we’ve had over this past week with a little game. It’s a scavenger hunt of sorts, because I have information on some of the murders that you all haven’t figured out.

But I’m not going to just give it to you, so you’ll have to participate!

I’ll give you the first clue.

“On the rare occasion that the average detective takes a break, he needs somewhere to store his things. Small, perhaps, but he may have something deadly to hide!”

Let’s see how you do!

[the audio cuts off...

but then a message pops up on the message boards.]

u can help each other out!! but u gotta do a little bit of leg work!! u wont win just by sitting around talking 2 each other on here!!

remember: friendship is magic!!! (˶◕‿◕˶✿)

oh, oh, oh!!

You have until midnight to find me.
Fail, and face erasure of the facts.

Comments

investigation(?)

[sisters]

( does he want to play... no.

but he also can't exactly ignore it, so how do we play... a detective storing his things... amami will check the easy, obvious answer first. he takes a stop at locker 097, saihara's, to check if there's anything different there — he's already had the combination memorized for some time, after all. )

[catphone]

[there's a paper taped to Saihara's locker, folded up with a drawn heart on the outside.

if he takes it and unfolds it, some confetti floats out of the letter with a sketch of a pillow and a note on the inside.

it reads: (and it's written in the same handwriting as the note at the original crime scene)]

congratulations!!!!! you found the first clue!!!

next clue:






make sure you leave it for the next person to find!!!

[but there's nothing there -- no written words in the middle...where did they go?]

un: n.komaeda

[commences]

what do you want to see out of this?

[catphone]

what would u like to see out of this komaeda-kun?? ~( ˘▾˘~)

r.amami

[sisters]

( he leaves it as a response to the forum post left by r.ryuzaki. )

congratulations!!!!! you found the first clue!!!

next clue:

[pretend there's a crappy finger-drawn imitation of the pillow sketch here...]

make sure you leave it for the next person to find!!!

anyone in the dorms? saihara-kun was star 4

@n.komaeda @h.hinata

( maybe at least give them some warning. with that, he'll take a look around the area and tape the note and the pillow drawing back up, folded. kind of sigh because he hates this actually. )

un: e.grenore / i...nvestigation??

[subtract]

[oh....... Saihara's bed would be his bed now, actually

that fucker better not have done anything weird to it]

I'll check it. Hold on.

[...... and i guess on the investigation front, he's going to check the pillows, mattress, and general bed-area of the ex-detective's dorm room.]

un: y.kiryu

[comprises]

[Joshua has just kind of been minding his own business when the overhead speakers go off, and he waits.

what is this stranger going to do next, he wonders?

he can't help but grin at the text post, because this is suddenly so interesting.]

"friendship is magic" sounds like something off of a children's show.

but they have a point. two heads are better than one, and all that.

[catphone]

ahhhh ty ty so much 4 saying i have a point!! ppl rarely tell me i do a good job!!

yes work 2gether thats the only way u see the hope i wanna see!!!

un: b.hood

[dokkans]

Wow, how fun! :o
You must be in a really, really secure place to play this kinda game.

Oh, but you don't need to confirm that. That wouldn't be fun, would it?

[catphone]

its ok!!
maybe i just like living life on the edge!! it makes it fun!

investigation?

[notsosou]

[This kind of game... Shin definitely didn't miss it, and playing it is exactly what this person wants, to see them running around on a string for amusement. He doesn't want to do this again. But it can't just be ignored either, which is half the catch of this type of thing.

So he's heading over to... probably the faculty office? I assume the overhead announcements thing is in the faculty office, to see if they or any sign of them are still there.

Edit: I have been informed it's not in the faculty office, but it's funny if he checks there anyway.]

[catphone]

[no one's found in the faculty office or the student council office where the overhead is! it seems like whoever was there to make the broadcast left almost as soon as they appeared, just for this reason.]

un: h.hinata

[futurebullets]

You... know things about what happened... and you seriously want to sit here and play games?

My best friend is fucking dead, and you want to play games?

If you're the one who killed him, you better hope I don't fucking find you.

un: n.komaeda

[commences]

( shaking... when was the last time he threatened KOMAEDA? sniffle, sob, shaking...

...

...

deep breath. )

don't lose your cool over the network, hinata-kun.
without the proper text indicators, they'll just mock, and upset you more.

[necrophily]

hi

[catphone]

hi hi hello!!!!!!! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
r u having fun!!!

i...investigation!

[starrypoint]

[thanks to komaeda's clue, subaru is going to the library!

if the librarian's in, he'll ask them if they have "the pillow book" available for reading. and if the librarian is not available, subaru will simply tour the relevant shelves until he either finds it or does not find it.]

[catphone]

[well...the pillow book sure is not what zaki-chan had in mind, but it's not like they're going to complain if they find the next clue, incorrectly or not.

nearby though, there's about five books that are jutting out, not perfectly in line with the rest of the shelf...

the books, should he get closer are:
Hound of the Baskervilles
War and Peace
Crime and Punishment
Murder on the Orient Express
The Black Dahlia]

s.meanswell

[closewithnewintown]

[reads all the threads, considers this situation, decides:]

komaeda if this is you messing around again I am gonna get a second tally.

[catphone]

not komaeda-kun!! im a huge fan of him tho!!

[radnarok]

....I don't get it. We have to use magic...to find out the bodies? Or at midnight uh...what happens? This is too confusing.

I can't deal with this can you be clearer in your hint?

[catphone]

its a game!!! ive just set a time limit for midnight to put on a little heat!!

nothing happens to u this time, just the evidence hehe!!

amami-chan already has the first clue if u wanna see what he has to say!!!

un: r.ranger

[rearranger]

[ Well, ain't that a little touch of home right there. ]

"Erase of the facts?" You shouldn't make such a scary threat. ヾ( ￣O￣)ツ

[ Is that a joke? Is Ranger serious? Who the Hell knows. ]

[catphone]

i had 2 do smth drastic!! i just like upping the stakes!!

h.adams

[decrypter]

You like stories you can get lost in, mystery friend. There's nothing too simple on your recommended reading list, after all.

[catphone]

what can i say? i love the classics.
i do believe myself to be somewhat of a intelligent thinker, after all. (⁀ᗢ⁀)

h.inaba

[dereban]

[Based on what she's seeing around here, it looks like people are on it regarding the investigation, but what's irritating her more is that she really wishes she had a working computer right now to track this asshole down.

So instead--]

"Friendship is magic"?

Are you a fan of children's programming or something?

[catphone]

i just think its a good philosophy to live by! maybe a little simple, but that doesnt mean its wrong!

COMPUTER CREW + investigation of sorts

[dereban]

[So apparently we have an amalgamation of recent/outdated tech in one computer --although if we need someone's newer computer we'll make it happen at some point but while everyone's off trying to do a scavenger hunt, let's try this at a different angle.

Let's try using some programming to track down who this person is.

Yes, we're going to try and create a program to see if we can do some hacking in for tracking.

An Attempt is going to be made, anyway. Potentially even several attempts.]

sound of me remembering I have this

[notsosou]

[He's bringing his own laptop to the party which looks like it's from the 'oughts but well cared for; closed, currently, tucked under his arm and one hand resting on the upper edge of it as he leans over to see, but there and waiting if they need another workstation to spin a tangent onto.]

W-wait, before you start, here.

[He's going to hand Inaba a floppy containing a copy of a program called BACKDOOR.SMUT. What does it do? Well, absolutely shred AI apparently, I'm going to say he's removed that part from the copy on his own time, but it also is 'for hacking'. That's it that's all we're told on how it works or what it does. :' )]

We can use this as a base... Bit easier than starting from scratch, right?

n.ebalon

[silentabyss]

youre not who you say you are, are you?

you stole that pda from my classmate who died.

[beep boop]

[catphone]

????

im just borrowing it!! theyre not using it anymore!!

un: w.ajax

[devouringdeep]

So, did you do any of the killing yourself? Or are you just capitalizing on the event to try prove how smart you are?

[catphone]

my dog did it

does that count

un: r.ryuzaki

[catphone]

@ n.komaeda

can u make me some buttons

plsplspls

dont answer if u agree just do it

s.akehoshi

[starrypoint]

[first off is a drawing

i am not going to draw it because i would not be able to capture the majesty of this weapon. but here's the desc so you can imagine it yourself:

a drawing of a knife, that narrows at the end with a black hilt with a gem placed on the end of the hilt and at the base of the knife]

this is the first murder weapon apparently!!!

the note also reads "there's another place that you must go to...

where is it?

next clue is hidden a little bit better! is it up or down? we just don't know! just make sure you don't fall asleep, or else you'll run out of time!"

gl!!! im cheerin for u!!!!

[he's not! gonna do the ri he might do the riddle. komaeda's with him so he might do the riddle. but it's there for everyone's knowledge, just like amami did.]

un: n.yashiro | investigation

[mermaidcursed]

i think i have an idea. the wisteria tree- getting too close to the flowers, even the ones not attached, makes you sleepy. i can go check, i'll keep you updated.

( and away nene goes to the tree! she's going to look for anything caught in the branches, or signs of recently broken branches- given that the sap is blood red, that may be a good indicator. and to try and make sure she doesn't get hit with that drowsy effect if she has to climb, she's got herself a cloth mask. ... and probably noah spotting for her. )