(mingle) cat herding, round two

[sisters]

( on february 2, transfer students will find that there are notes hung up around the dormitory with doctor's scrawl handwriting that a few people might recognize scribbled across it. it reads: )

TRANSFER MEETING
february 2, 5:00 p.m.
dorm common room

( the early-arrivers will find that amami is already set up in the common room, making himself comfortable on the far side of one of the couches with a sketchbook, but beyond a wave and a smile he won't offer much to speak of. it's only once it looks like there's a good handful of people that he'll glance around, grimace a bit, and speak up. )

So... I'm sure you guys already know why we're here, right?

( rest in piss, hiro. legend almost took two transfer students with him on his way. )

I know I might not be the person anyone wants to hear this from, but I figure everyone's had some time to gather evidence and any witnesses we might've had by now. I don't like the idea of this continuing more than anyone else, and if we want to keep it from happening again, it's probably best if we compile what we know.

( and unfortunately what he knows is nothing, because he was busy getting stabbed, so the floor is officially open. )

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(ICly, this meeting begins on February 1. However, to keep us from trapping ourselves in another time cube, when things start to slow down, Amami will pitch that they regroup in a couple days. The details don't matter so much, but you can assume they'll come back for more discussion intermittently if anything new comes to light before Disney. This doesn't all have to be in one day! Feel free to PM/ping me anywhere if you'd like me to add any other helpful links. )

• IC Recap - Maya & VP's deaths
• IC Recap - Hiro Arisu's death
• OOC Recaps - Miro board & Google doc
• Meeting Recap - What's been covered
• Per mod guidance, the murder methods abide by Knox's commandments

Comments

[silentabyss]

[He deflates slightly, but he's still a little defensive. Clearly.]

I-I know, but— things like that can lead to false accusations...

[He shuffles a bit, and then huffs out,]

Sorry. I didn't mean to be rude.

[crystallomancy]

You mean like those of Baru-kun and Shirogane-kun, when all we have are hairs to go off of and possible explanations for BOTH?

( well? ...but he softens his tone after a moment, deliberately, because he's still on edge but noah doesn't deserve to get snapped at that much— he's just as defensive as natsume is, after all. )

You're forgiven; I won't hold it against YOU. ( ... ) Sorry for snapping at you as WELL.

[silentabyss]

I'm mad that they're being accused too. I don't know Miyuki very well, but Subaru is important to me and I know he wouldn't do anything.

[It's just that whereas they have half the school standing up for them, Childe never gets anyone standing up for him, and Noah's been accused enough times of doing murders for no legitimate reason and having no one come to his defense that the whole idea that this could be done to someone else makes up upset.]

It's just... to me, this whole thing doesn't make sense. People are being framed for some weird reason when everyone knows the people being framed wouldn't have done something like that.

[It would make more sense to frame someone like Noah, who's known for getting violent and defensive despite hating murder with a passion, someone who never got along with Maya but would sometimes hang around Hiro some months back.]

...I don't know. I'm glad we're on okay terms now, though.

[crystallomancy]

You're right that it's weird they're the ones being FRAMED. Barely anyone knows Shirogane-kun, but he's already proven himself to be incredibly squeamISH. Baru-kun's an overgrown HOUND, but he's the one who made me promise that if I were to ever consider murdering someone again to talk to him or someone else first and figure out an alternaTIVE, even if it were to save my own LIFE.

( so yeah, it wouldn't make sense. it doesn't make sense. natsume rests his chin in his hand, weight on the arm of the couch. hmmm. )

...They might just have been the easiest to frame at the TIME.