[WEEK 3: Thursday morning, room 112; Jay, Yukina]

[nowyouseeit]

[NEEDLESS TO SAY, Kaito still looks like crap come Thurday morning. at least he's not longer covered in monster goo? but his right arm is wrapped in a sling and bandages, and he looks pretty pale. he's just exhausted, really]

[it's what happens when you get impaled in the shoulder by a giant monster and don't have any painkillers]

[either way, he flags Jay and Yukina down as soon as he can Thursday morning, asking them to meet him in his (now empty) room]

Well. . . first things are first, I think.

How're you guys feeling?

Comments

[ninjay]

Awful, but probably better than you.

[ ask him this tomorrow though and you'll get horrified shrieking as a response.

jay at least looks normal though. you can't tell he's injured without him willingly showing it to you, so he lucked out there. he still feels like shit, but he can't complain about it knowing how bad yukina and kaito got it. ]

[thawedheart]

[Yukina doesn't answer that question, mostly because her face can speak for herself - her left cheek is badly mottled with acid burns, which are quickly becoming scarred over. It's painful and not at all attractive, but.

Well.

Maybe people will stop stripping in front of her at trials now.]

...I'm just thankful that we're all alive.

[nowyouseeit]

[false!!! Yukina is still pretty, acid burn scars or not :(]

. . . me too.

[he feels a bit. . . sheepish, that their excursion into the library went so bad, but. someone was looking out for them, and although he has no idea who, he's at least grateful for that]

Did either of you wake up and notice somethin' "different" about yourselves?

[ninjay]

What do you mean, exactly? Someone tended to my wounds... sloppily.

[ he frowns. ]

I think it's the same person that Jake and Andersen fought in the sewers.

[thawedheart]

...nothing aside from the burns.

[Her brows knit together in concern. If he's asking that, it can't be for no reason.]

What did you notice...?

[nowyouseeit]

[glances at Jay and nods]

I had the same hypothesis. I was gonna talk to Andersen about it later today, actually. There's no way we can keep our adventure in the library a secret for long.

[but as for the reason he called them here. . . his right arm is indisposed, so he lifts his left one and grabs his sleeve with his teeth. it takes some maneuvering to pull said sleeve down (WHY DON'T YOU ASK FOR HELP KAITO), but when he does, there's handwriting on his arm, written in red ballpoint pen]

["We're ok. Try not to join us too soon."]

[ninjay]

Is... is that a message from the dead?

[ it's outlandish, but the "join us too soon" implies it. the only people they could possibly join are the ones who got killed. ]

But... if that's so, then how? None of us are the Medium!

[thawedheart]

...it's a message from Dave-san.

[Yukina's eyes have gone wide, and she brings up a hand to cover her mouth.]

It is, isn't it? That's the same kind of pen he used to write with.

[nowyouseeit]

[he nods! and then continues the painful process of, like. trying to pull his sleeve up again. watching him attempt this is just. Kaito stop]

Right. That's what I thought, too. And Dave liked to wear a lot of red.

But Jay's right-- none of us are the Medium. So how the heck can a dead person write on my arm in the middle of the night like this?

[ninjay]

You could have said something a little more helpful, Dave.

[ it's mumbled, aimed at no one in particular.

he... does not offer to help kaito, because he didn't ask for help so jay is just going to watch him embarrass himself instead. ]

I wonder if anyone else received a message like this?

[thawedheart]

[Yukina will at least offer.]

Kaito-san, do you need help with that...?

[It doesn't look easy, and while she still has the use of both arms, it's not exactly full use. Moving them is somewhat painful, and she knows she'd be glad for the help, if it was her.]

I don't know. And I'm not sure how to ask without drawing suspicion on us, either...

[nowyouseeit]

[w-waves at her, a little sheepish]

I've got it, don't worry.

[he doesn't want to trouble her, honestly]

And. . . I might have a way to get the information out there. A way that won't draw suspicion onto us three in particular.

[although he's not quite sure a message from dead Dave would be that suspicious, in the long run, he understands Yukina's want to be cautious. and he wants to be cautious, too. especially after their near death experience]

[ninjay]

What idea do you have?

[ if it really is dave then at least it would make sense why the message was given to kaito and not the other two. at first jay wondered if it had to do with their activities, but it might have just been a coincidence with timing. ]

[thawedheart]

[jay asked the question she wanted to ask, so she'll just wait for the answer

though she will frown a little at how stubborn kaito is being about his sleeve]

[nowyouseeit]

[he's very stubborn and prideful about these things, forgive him :(]

Dirk.

I wanna tell Dirk about the message. I can ask him to spread the word around, but leave my name outta it, I think he would.

[ninjay]

... That could work. I trust Dirk and Jake.

[ as much as you can trust someone they haven't checked yet. ]

[thawedheart]

...I think they're trustworthy, too. That's a good idea.

[But then, because paranoia - ]

But... maybe we should check him next week. Just... in case.

[nowyouseeit]

[he's not necessarily opposed but. . .]

. . . let's see how we feel about that on Monday, all right?

[just in case someone MORE suspicious comes up before then]

[ninjay]

[ he nods his head. ]

We'll see if anyone stands out during the trial. Oh, actually... I think we should check Girge.

[thawedheart]

...he does seem pretty soulless to me.

[skill: grudge-holding]

[nowyouseeit]

[shifts on his feet, wincing because ow, that movement hurts. he's bruised in addition to having a bum shoulder, after all]

Why? What'd he do?

[other than kill Kamui but you know]

[ninjay]

[ he glances at yukina, raising an eyebrow. ]

I've heard him been called a sociopath more than once by people here. I've spoken to him a few times and... I would just feel better if we checked them at some point.

[thawedheart]

Every time I speak to him, I try to find something to like about him. Every time, I fail.

[And Yukina is usually pretty good at finding things she likes about people.]

...maybe it's just the way he is, but his attitude is a little... concerning.

[nowyouseeit]

[Kaito hasn't spoken to Girge much, but]

Okay.

[that sounds fine to him]

I feel like if we waste time checking the people we trust, just to make sure we can trust them, we'll keep missing the Prophets. So maybe this next week, it's better to pick someone we don't trust.

[ninjay]

No, you're right. Although even though Light wasn't a Prophet, I don't think we wasted checking him at least. Finding out he's the Teacher is very helpful.

[ they at least now know who to judge whenever someone ends up in a pool. ]

We might have to check Tsurugi eventually too, depending on how this weekend goes. A lot of people thought he may have been the second killer.