?????? 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

[commences]

can i borrow your gun?

[catphone]

????????????????

[commences]

you're supposed to be managing the game.

[catphone]

im a rly good multitasker :)

can do this with half my brain tied behind my back, actually.

[commences]

you look down on us if you're not using your entire brain...

[catphone]

im not looking down on u guys!!!
im just saying
that i could do it
not that i am

ive done this a lot

[commences]

i won't judge the methods of your test...
but you should leave me a weapon, too.

[catphone]

as long as u dont run w them!! u might trip and hurt urself!!

[commences]

don't worry, i have another idea in mind.

[comprises]

ah, im not so sure if thats a good idea, considering the last time you picked up my gun...

[commences]

i held it gently then, too.
do you think i'd make a mess?

[futurebullets]

[Hinata sends nothing else but a single word:]

don't

[commences]

have i done something wrong?

[futurebullets]

You almost killed yourself before, what do you think is wrong?!

[commences]

yell at me and i won't do it.

[futurebullets]

why the hell are you like this

[commences]

i'm preparing you.

[comprises]

it's okay, i'll help make sure he stays out of trouble.

he's beneficial to me too, after all.

[futurebullets]

When you say "beneficial", that doesn't really give me a lot of reassurance... He's not a tool, you know.

[It rubs him the wrong way, the same as it rubbed him the wrong way when he found out that gun belonged to Joshua.

And yet.]

But... if that's really what you're going to insist on, then promise me.

Promise me, Kiryuu, that he won't die under your watch. Promise me you'll keep him safe.

[comprises]

[Josh isn't going to argue that part. he shakes his head, even though Hinata can't see it.

but the second bit he has to read. and then reread. Hinata's request catches him off guard, and he giggles a little.

the irony of it all. when the last person who intrigued Joshua, more than Komaeda even does, is someone that Joshua had killed by his own hand.

twice.

the giggle turns into a full out laugh now, and there's a part of him that's glad that a lot of them are out running around and playing his game. he'd probably sound fully insane right now, thinking about it, but he composes himself enough to respond.

he's so amused.]

you would ask me? you dont even know me. you dont know what ive done, or what im really like, but you would ask me for help on keeping one of your dearest friends alive? i could be anyone.

[he thinks about the last time Joshua had seen Hinata, panicking over Komaeda trying to shoot himself in the head while bleeding. they'd been lucky to not go to the void that time.]

truth be told, im no babysitter, and the one youd have me protect seems hellbent on letting himself die for his values. itd be a challenge, to be sure.

[Hinata gets all of that, and there's a moment where that's all he gets.

but then he gets another text.]

but i do have a weakness for challenges, im afraid. ive put a lot of work into him becoming one of...my helpers, as it were. itd be a shame for all of that to go to waste.

i suppose ill do what i can do to see to it he doesnt do anything rash.

[comprises]

you might...it'd be distressing.

i don't think your lover would appreciate it if you hurt yourself again.

[commences]

don't worry, hope is always by my side... protecting me, even now.

[comprises]

im glad

i dont want anything to happen to you...itd be a tragedy.

[commences]

now now, i believe it'd be a night to remember.

[comprises]

hmm...it would be, but do you honestly believe it'd be a fond memory for most?