(open) break yourself inside out
who: Whoever wants to show up.
what: Nine body pileup, who wants to compile info.
when: 10/7, at least
where: Dorms study hall
warnings: Attempted murder over children's games
[in the afternoon, a message shows up on the forums. is she copying Natsume? utterly, since his organization is why she's thinking about this.]
h.adams
Please try to set aside an hour or so of your time this evening at around 7:30 pm to return to the study hall. I'd like to speak with as many people as possible regarding the recent incident in the school.
-H.A.
[and she won't be replying to anything posted below it.
by the time the hour rolls around, Helena's set herself up in the study hall with the rolling whiteboard she took from the school set up. the markers are a toss up between colors, but the important part is there. she's seated herself by it, and when 7:30 hits, an alarm on her PDA goes off. silencing it, she stands up.]
Thank you for coming. I realize it's another demand on people's time, but given the vast scope of the murders, there's more to be said than unsaid. With it, we had no choice but to split up and find what we could, to do our best at the least to remember and categorize what we saw. Generally speaking, I'd like if we could pool our resources to see if we might draw any parallels between what was where, and if there are any peculiarities to distinguish this or that event.
With that said - [she points behind her at the whiteboard, where Rantarou has been kind enough to write out a list] - if we could try to speak individually, we could write down anything critical shared, so we could look at it from a larger perspective. As well, if something comes up in other days, we could reconvene and add in new information.
As I am unable to do it for you, please allow my dependable transcriber to do so. And a final note before we begin - if anyone becomes overly agitated, I request that you kindly step outside until you can keep your voice to a moderate level. Sound echoes well enough without yelling added to the mix.
Let's begin.
what: Nine body pileup, who wants to compile info.
when: 10/7, at least
where: Dorms study hall
warnings: Attempted murder over children's games
[in the afternoon, a message shows up on the forums. is she copying Natsume? utterly, since his organization is why she's thinking about this.]
h.adams
Please try to set aside an hour or so of your time this evening at around 7:30 pm to return to the study hall. I'd like to speak with as many people as possible regarding the recent incident in the school.
-H.A.
[and she won't be replying to anything posted below it.
by the time the hour rolls around, Helena's set herself up in the study hall with the rolling whiteboard she took from the school set up. the markers are a toss up between colors, but the important part is there. she's seated herself by it, and when 7:30 hits, an alarm on her PDA goes off. silencing it, she stands up.]
Thank you for coming. I realize it's another demand on people's time, but given the vast scope of the murders, there's more to be said than unsaid. With it, we had no choice but to split up and find what we could, to do our best at the least to remember and categorize what we saw. Generally speaking, I'd like if we could pool our resources to see if we might draw any parallels between what was where, and if there are any peculiarities to distinguish this or that event.
With that said - [she points behind her at the whiteboard, where Rantarou has been kind enough to write out a list] - if we could try to speak individually, we could write down anything critical shared, so we could look at it from a larger perspective. As well, if something comes up in other days, we could reconvene and add in new information.
As I am unable to do it for you, please allow my dependable transcriber to do so. And a final note before we begin - if anyone becomes overly agitated, I request that you kindly step outside until you can keep your voice to a moderate level. Sound echoes well enough without yelling added to the mix.
Let's begin.

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Oh, you're doing great already, but people normally miss the second.
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( six more to go, and komaeda looks at the other with a smile. )
Can you do it, Magician-kun...
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how funny would it be if he didn't miss any? he isn't betting on it, he knows the chances are slim, but it'd be satisfying. well, it'd be nice if he didn't miss the second one... )
N.
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and you know what... talking about missing, i want you to know i had to change my icon: )
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( a shake of his head. )
You made a head appear! You truly are a great magician!
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I wish I could make yours disapPEAR. I.
( ugh... i is so ugly 2 me why can't it look cuter. )
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( ... i know you're going insane. )
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R.
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( a neck! a neck! )
Let me know if you need a hint~
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( drumming his fingers on his arm... hmmmm... )
T.
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( while they're playing this god forsaken game. )
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...Wataru-niisan is a magician beyond compare—a true magiCIAN, who taught me what real magic WAS. He's extremely theatriCAL, but he was my master for no small amount of TIME, even if it was a role I pushed upon him because I admired HIM.
Then there's Shu-niisan, who I feel the closest to—he's a masterful taiLOR, and the leader of the former top unit in Yumenosaki Academy, Valkyrie. He's an elitist and a perfectionist THOUGH, so he doesn't have many FRIENDS... He's not honest with his feelings eiTHER.
( haha. )
Kanata-niisan is an avid lover of fish and the SEA... He was the president of the Marine Life Club back HOME, before he graduated and left it to Souma-kun. Most if not all of the specimens there belong to Kanata-niisan, actualLY. ( ... ) He might be who I miss the MOST.
And... Rei-niisan is a man charismatic beyond comPARE, who could even sway the serpent that seduced Eve into abandoning his plans of spoiling God's finest creaTIONS. We didn't have a unit or anything like THAT, but he felt the most leader-like among US. When I wanted to change the ending of our stoRY, he was the only one who asked Wataru-niisan to hear me OUT. Even if he agreed with Wataru-niisan that my plan would just...
( ................ )
My next guess is S.
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...
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a plan to change everything is what komaeda falls on, and he's silent as he thinks of his own plan — sadly, he can't compare himself to someone normal like natsume, but he does know that he had wild ideas, the thought of killing everyone he had grew with on the island to save them from despair, to destroy despair, to become god himself — it was selfish, even if he wanted the best for a certain person's hope to shine through. natsume doesn't sound so selfish, not when he had a plan to change things together, and komaeda blinks.
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he turns his back to the board. )
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They sound like they mean a lot to you, Sakasaki-kun... to be together with people you trust, to think of them so highly that you're unbeatable together... that sort of hope is... special.
( and yet, he doesn't even think of the capabilities. he thinks of how basic, ordinary, and completely boring komaru was, and the lack of hope that was borne by her efforts, and yet... here he is thinking of each and every person natsume states, and their role. )
...The story of others are unpredictable, especially when there's nothing you can do to stop their arc from ending.
( he pauses, thinking... he won't dwell on it, because then he thinks of saihara, and how he admitted to him he was his favorite story that he wanted to keep reading into, and now. )
What was your plan?
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( :/ but what IS komaeda's business is: )
L.
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( ...
embarrassing. )
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Even so-called monsters deserve to be hapPY. D.
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Was the outcome for those so-called monsters hopeful, even if it wasn't what you wanted?
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( at least. probably more, going by the cenotaph. )
F.
n, t, s, l, d, f
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( he scribbles on the board, what's left... two legs? two chances. )
If I didn't know you were an idol, I'd call you a war veteran! But... idols suffer all sorts of competition between the good and the bad, because in that profession... you all fight for what you believe is right, and others are trampled upon?
( though when he says died did they die or just lose their place? )
Bonus round: K, J, O!
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( ...anyway. )
Are those three letters I should consider guesSING?
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( no, wait! wait... become entitled king. )
They are, but only one...
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but his parents are healthy and love him and always have, always will, and he has both of them together. those qualities mean something, back home. )
K.
n, t, s, l, d, f
happy, healthy and loving parents? rare. )
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That's pretty magical, you managed to avoid the curve ball! Have any clue what it may be?