February mini-mini event

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02/29 21:06

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It's late into the evening when the noise in the dormitories start to die down and people start heading back to their rooms for the night, that the white noise can heard in the relative quiet. A hiss, like white noise but harsher, the TV static of a VCR player once a movie ends and hasn't been turned off. Those with particularly good hearing and in neighboring rooms would be drawn to the hallway of the Suns, where the hissing claws at the door from inside Sun 2.

A knock on the door results in silence. The doorknob rattles when tried. Light peeks out from underneath.

OOC

✽ This one will be simple and easy, I PROMISE, I'll bold words for you guys and everything

Location

Clues

Sun 2 (✓)

(6/6)

Kitchen (✓)

(2/2)

Star 4 (✓)

(1/1)

Comments

[adsum]

It really does feel too quiet inside the room with the TV turned off.

Chiaki looks around the room and from a cursory glance, sees a fish tank along the wall, filled with warm salt water but no fish. In front of the bunk is a wooden table with a blue resin streak through the center to look like a river, and on the table are two mugs. Both are almost empty, but she can smell and see the last bits of hot chocolate clinging to the sides of the cups.

[waitingforplayer2]

She's gonna carefully pick up the two mugs and bring them to Komaeda for poison testing.

... one last check of the bodies before she leaves though. Not that she expects to find anything, just... standing at Keigo's side one last time, brushing the hair out of their face as if to say goodbye.

[adsum]

Their face still feels slightly warm but she knows it'll get colder and colder, kept warm for a bit longer only because of all the pillows and blankets and a big brother figure's embrace.

There is nothing more on the bodies to be found.

[waitingforplayer2]

off to check the mugs for poison with ko

as discussed!

[antitoxin]

[ your friendly dormitory toxicologist is here. ]

Miss, you're in such a rush, is everything okay...?

[ please don't drop the mugs, please don't drop evide-- ]

[waitingforplayer2]

[ Too late. In her shock she drops the mugs-- she catches one but the other falls.

A man with green hair and a rat-tail.

She's too shocked to speak. ]

[antitoxin]

Oh dear, it's like you've seen a ghost...

[ don't worry, he's quick to catch it by the handle before it drops. after, he leans up, slightly.

he gives the mug a quick look over, considering the shock and fear on her face. midori will peer inside to check for any chunks, stains, or something that may be off. ]

Don't worry, I'm on your side. Something happened in that room, has it?

[ looks down the hall to where people are entering and exiting. ]

[adsum]

[ It looks like the remains of hot chocolate inside, some of it coating the sides with the white ring on top that happens with hot milk or melted marshmallow. Nothing off, just by looking. ]

[waitingforplayer2]

[ Her cheeks are still stained with tears but right now there's only the man and the corridor. Shin's warnings echo in her ears. ]

I... need that back. [ Her grip tightens around the other mug and her expression hardens. ] I need to check it for poison.

[antitoxin]

Great!

[ she can hear the sparkle in his voice. ]

That's exactly what I was searching for, I can teach you a neat trick for next time. [ ... ] Hopefully there isn't another.

[ it may not work, but it's for later, a "just in case, but he'll hold out his hand for the other cup. ]

May I? We'll figure this out... just take a deep breath, Miss Chiaki.

[waitingforplayer2]

[ She instinctively holds the mug closer to her chest, as if it's all she has left of Keigo.

Some part of her registers that he already knows her name. ]

You can do that? [ Wary, but curious. She doesn't know much about him or what he's capable of, yet. For good and for bad. ]

[antitoxin]

Yes! I've went through various classes to get a degree in what I do best.

[ he doesn't have the card on him, but if he did, he'd be able to flash it to her. it doesn't sound like he's lying. ]

If I can ease your worries, I'll use my skills as best as I can. I promise.

[ it's about finding the truth, and it's simple. ]

We can even do it together even, if you let me pour what's left in this cup into yours, we can condense it. Let's work together. ☆

[waitingforplayer2]

[ She's dubious.

But finally, she slowly holds out the cup - not letting go of her grip on the handle, but allowing him to pour the two liquids together. ]

Okay. [ For Keigo. ]

[antitoxin]

[ thank you, ma'am.

pouring what's left into her cup, he'll reach out with one hand to tilt nanami's hold towards him. he's checking to see if anything is noticeable with there being more liquid inside. ]

We have this light, but we can use the kitchen as our brighter light source.

[ they can't stand here with evidence, so he'll place a reassuring hand onto nanami's back to lead her towards the kitchen because they have an ice maker fridge, so maybe they have a lower hanging light to see if there's anything.

my fbi agent going to call the cops on me ngl. ]

[waitingforplayer2]

[ Nanami flinches at his touch but she's still too rattled by the evening's events to protest. In just a few moments they've moved to the kitchen.

She keeps hold of the mug, watching as he inspects. ]

[adsum]

[ They shine light inside the cup and find that there's nothing particularly special about the hot chocolate, except maybe now there's a drinkable amount inside.

... ]

[protect]

[ ...

It's little more than a coincidence that she caught sight of the two walking toward the kitchen. Nanami pauses in her own search, taking steady steps and coming up near them. ]

Ah, Hiyori-san.

[ It's just the person she was looking for. There's something a little different than other times they've met, as the slumberous demeanor has been replaced by something sharper and more alert. The upset is written on her face, mixed with just the budding hinds of frustration.

It happens again, and again, and again, and every time she fails to stop it. ]

Were you looking for something?

[ Her eyes move to her twin counterpart, then to the mugs, then up to Midori's face. Nanami had been searching for him for a different reason, but it looks like the pair might have stumbled upon something already. Poison, maybe...? They seemed too peaceful for that, almost as though they were simply sleeping, but a doctor would know better. ]

[antitoxin]

[ just who he needs, ]

Ahaha... isn't this quite the event! My two daifukus in one place, I really am lucky! ☆

[ he lifts up from the cup that he's been interested in with nanami. he dresses himself to the occassion perfectly, so watching the other become sharp due to what's happened fits perfectly with his goal at the moment. ]

Now that you're here, Purin, I needed an extra pair of eyes. Ichigo has been crying hers out, you see...

[ that's the tone of poor girl, emotionally hurt by the loss of loved ones. midori sounds saddened by the prospect, but he immediately focuses on what they were doing.

yes, they've both be sweet-assigned. ]

If there was something inside, it's dissolved already. Most poisons lead to discoloration, and if it was pills, it can leave a few chunks unless smashed and stirred.

[ because you have to stir hot chocolate... ]

And I just can't put either of you two in harm's way...

[ to taste it.

he looks to ichigo, yes, rlnami, looking towards the sink requesting she wash her hands just in case in her mind it's still poison, if so, wouldn't want her having that on her hands. ]

[waitingforplayer2]

[ Another piece clicks in her mind, but it's one she had suspected anyway - the rat-tailed man met her double.

The nicknames, the familiarity... rather than put her at ease, it keeps her on guard. She's reminded of a lilting, overly-excited voice speaking to her in a dark basement on a rainy afternoon. "I've been wanting to make friends with you! Thanks for coming to me yourself~!"

She steps back from him once he's finished investigating the cup, uneasily looking between the two of them. Well, he did ask for an extra pair of eyes...

She tips the cup towards her double so she can see. The dregs of the hot cocoa are still within it. ]

[protect]

[ Purinami repeats the word daifuku under her breath. It's a curious way to refer to them, and it seems like the sort of thing that Tetaru might do. Are they mochi now? That something to ponder later. At any rate, there's nothing that suggests she's concerned bout him. Midori is the accommodating sort, social and proactive, but sophisticated and polite. It might be more accurate to say he's reminiscent of Sonia. But then, she's already interacted with him a few times before.

There's a thoughtful sound as she considers his words, glancing into the cup and finding nothing out of the ordinary. It looks like hot chocolate. After staring at it for several seconds she'll offer her double what she hopes is a reassurng smile and ask, ]

Do you mind if I see it?

[ Unlike Midori she's not a coward, so if allowed to she'll take the fuller mug from whoever has it and take a sip herself. Does it taste like regular hot chocolate? It presumably does taste like nothing more than cold hot chocolate, but she'll take a few seconds to swish it around in her mouth, considering the flavor and texture before swallowing. If what Midori is saying is correct, it doesn't seem likely to have been poison. ]

Hmm... If it was pills, we should be able to find them, right?

[ More specifically they should be able to find the bottle that contained them, unless the person pocketed a few pills from the nurse's office.

...

Sip... Swish... She's currently considering whether or not to spit out this mouthful of hot chocolate out of an overabundance of caution. ]

[adsum]

[ It does taste like regular hot chocolate, the kind that, when it was still hot and not cold, would make you feel cozy and comfortable.

Spit that out, Nanami... She can see the container of hot chocolate powder on the kitchen counter still, where it was presumably mixed before being carried to the dorm room, and can make her own with the milk in the fridge if she wants to drink hot chocolate. ]

[antitoxin]

[ that works in his favor, and rather than repeat from the voice of god that begs for purinami to spit it out, he instead believes that her not being human will account for any trouble that will come from indulging. ]

I would suggest you tell me if you're feeling sleepy, but... if you feel a tingling sensation, tell me!

[ that's her common trait, so let's reenact the steps that one takes when making hot cocoa. he turns to nanamichi with a gentle smile, considering she's been crying and would most likely need this more than purinami. ]

Ichigo, will you make hot chocolate, if drugs were used, it'd be best to do it here. So having you do a play by play could help us.

[ maybe there's broken glass in the cabinet, or a pack of hot cocoa that isn't cocoa.

doing it this way means everything could mesh well with the beverage if they were sleeping peacefully, and as he gives that order to nanamichi, midori will look at the counters to see if there's anything wasted like the hot cocoa packets, or etc.

he's glancing at purinami, checking on her: ]

Anything off?

[adsum]

[ I think everybody needs hot chocolate after this, but anyways, going through the process of making it, Nanami would get milk from the fridge and a pot from the cupboard to heat it up. She goes to the hot chocolate container to scoop in the powder after the milk is divvied up into mugs, and spots a faint dusting white powder along with brown powder, as if somebody had wiped off the counter but did not get all of it.

If any one of them checks the trash can, they can confirm this with the paper towel that has been thrown inside on top of a small box and other disgusting food stuff that they shouldn't touch, digging through the trash is gross actually ]

[waitingforplayer2]

[ She'd been thinking about going to put the mugs back in the room in case somebody else needed them later-- then her double puts the liquid in her mouth and her eyes widen.

But she trusts her double more than Midori, so she simply watches with slightly widened, slightly worried eyes as her double tests the liquid for poison.

Midori's suggestion jolts her out of her reverie and she goes to the cupboard and pulls out some cups, using the milk and cocoa powder to prepare a few new mugs of cocoa. (She leaves the mugs from Sun 2 with her double.) She spots the white powder as she goes--

Hm.

While the mugs are heating up, she wipes down the counter and goes to throw her paper towel away, where she spots more of the white powder and the box. Heart hammering, she uses her paper towel to turn the box over so she can see what it is. ]

[adsum]

[ She uses the paper towel to get a better look at the box, and finds that it's for diphenhydramine. Midori would recognize it as a medication primarily used to allergies— likely not the case due to it being wintertime— and also as a sleeping aid. The medication in this box came as capsules instead of tablets, making it easy to open and sprinkle into something without having to crush it, and is a medication that can be found in the nurse's office for either of its common uses. ]