Do you believe in magic?

[WEEK 5: Friday, post-investigation, somewhere; Hajime!]

Sat, 24 Jun 2017 01:58:02 GMT

[he didn't know why, but for some reason Hajime was the one he was most afraid of disappointing]

[so when he caught a glance of her smile after Dirk's right hook, a smile that wasn't passive aggressive or laced with anger, he seeks her out]

Oooooi.

[he is TOTALLY CASUAL over here as he flags her down with his good hand. also, he may or may not have a split lip now]

Y'know, Dirk has a pretty good right hook.

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[WEEK 5: Thursday later morning, Room 104; Dirk]

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 00:09:15 GMT

[KNOCK KNOCK DIRK, SOMEONE IS COMING CALLING TODAY!!]

[. . .]

[when Dirk opens the door, he'll find Kaito, and. he's holding a metal trash can lid like a shield]

-- don't jump me yet!

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[WEEK 5: Thursday morning, Room 116; Andersen]

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:46:17 GMT

[there are shuffling noises coming from inside Kaito's room! but he hasn't exited yet. knock knock, to see who's home?]

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[WEEK 5: Monday night, close to curfew, room 112; Jay, Yukina, Girge, Tsurugi, Andersen]

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 02:35:51 GMT

[OKAY SO]

[WE'RE ALL HERE NOW]

[IN KAITO'S ROOM, NUMBER 112]

[discuss things]

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[WEEK 5: Monday evening, Room 112; Andersen]

Mon, 19 Jun 2017 23:45:51 GMT

[at some point during the day, Andersen will find himself the recipient of a discreet note from you know who: Room 112. 9 p.m. I have to tell you something important]

[well, it's now 9 p.m., so. are you here, Andersen? and are you knocking?]

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[WEEK 4: Saturday, post-trial, one of the hallways; Heather]

Sun, 18 Jun 2017 04:51:06 GMT

[the hotel isn't very big, but Kaito does manage to flag Heather down while he's on his way back to his room. he makes sure there isn't anyone listening, before he quirks an eyebrow at her]

Lawbringer, huh?

[he finds this funny for reasons he won't say aloud]

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[WEEK 4: Saturday, post-trial, lower floor hallway; Jake]

Sun, 18 Jun 2017 04:24:46 GMT

[it isn't until everyone starts heading back to their rooms that Kaito trots up to Jake, waving his good arm as he does so]

Oi! Jake?

Got a minute?

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[WEEK 4: Saturday, post trial, lounge; Andersen]

Sun, 18 Jun 2017 04:12:49 GMT

[Andersen is very drunk right now]

[is he drunk enough to miss the way a familiar face slides into the seat next to him, though?]

. . . don't drink yourself to death, gramps.

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[WEEK 4: Friday, post-investigation, room 112 probably; Yukina, Jay, Girge, Tsurugi]

Fri, 16 Jun 2017 23:36:22 GMT

[and sometime, after the commotion from the explosion and the investigation die down, Girge is once again approached by three familiar faces. they all look pretty serious, and they lead him back to Kaito's room-- Room 112]

[their official Hunter's meeting room]

Oi.

[he says, once the door is closed. his gaze is steady, not once flickering away from Girge. he seems very decided about something]

We know what we want to do.

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[WEEK 4: Thursday evening two hours before curfew, lounge; Andersen]

Fri, 16 Jun 2017 01:48:42 GMT

[WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THIS WEEK]

[at any rate, some two hours before curfew on Thursday night, Kaito is hanging out at the lounge as he usually does when he feels like he needs to brood about things. he has his standard glass of chocolate milk (of course) and is flipping a card back and forth in his hand. every time it swaps from face side to back side, the face changes. from the Queen of Hearts, to the King of Spades, to the Five of Diamonds, and so on and so forth]

[at one point, he drops the card onto the lounge counter and reaches for his ear, idly running his fingers across the shell of it]

[it isn't until he spots Andersen that he lowers his hand back into his lap and quirks an eyebrow]

It isn't past your bedtime, gramps?

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[WEEK 4: Monday morning, room 116; Akira]

Tue, 13 Jun 2017 02:41:13 GMT

[KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK]

[someone is banging loudly on Akira's door this morning]

Oi, Kurusu! You home?

[he has his pillows and clothes and blankets bundled in a pile at his feet too, so. . . what is he up to?]

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[WEEK 3: Thursday night, a note written on a hotel paper pad; Jason, Dave]

Sun, 11 Jun 2017 21:33:47 GMT

[starting on Week 3, Thursday night, Kaito will leave out a red pen and a pad of paper next to his head when he sleeps every single night until he gets a response. the pad only has one message written upon it:]

Dave, Jason, if you're there, tell me Dave's code name.

[AND THAT'S IT]

[have at it dead folks]

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[WEEK 3: Saturday, post-trial, wherever Perc is; Percy]

Sun, 11 Jun 2017 01:51:12 GMT

[Kaito might be Super Tired, because that was an intense trial, but. fuck exhaustion tbh?? he seeks Percy out soon after the whole debacle ends]

Yo.

I need to steal some of your time, if you don't mind.

["steal". . . at least he's honest about it]

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[WEEK 3: Friday night, SOMEWHERE; Akira]

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 03:22:47 GMT

[when will Kaito give up his life of stalking his fellow phantom thief??? that's a good question]

Yo.

[he holds out a glass of chocolate milk he procured from the lounge, complete with a curly straw. his smile is lopsided and sympathetic]

I'm feeling generous today, so I'll share. You busy?

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[WEEK 3: Thursday late afternoon, garden; Andersen]

Thu, 08 Jun 2017 23:13:45 GMT

[Kaito had been ~mysteriously~ absent for all of Wednesday, but truthfully he just spent it sleeping in his room, oops. they "why" of that will become clear when Andersen sees him approach. his right arm is wrapped in a sling, and there are bandages poking out from underneath the collar of his shirt. he looks pale. exhausted, even. but alive!]

Yo.

[he gives Andersen a wave with his left hand, pulls up a smile like EVERYTHING IS OKAY AND HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE DEATH WARMED OVER]

How're you feeling, gramps?

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[WEEK 3: Thursday afternoon, room 112; Dirk]

Thu, 08 Jun 2017 22:50:55 GMT

[AT SOME POINT on Thursday, Kaito flags Dirk down for a little talk, all the way back at room 112. it's not abnormal for him to want to chat with people privately, but what probably is abnormal is the fact that his right arm is now in a sling. there are bandages poking out from underneath the collar of his shirt, too. uh. oops? what the fuck did this kid do]

[not that he's talking about those, because he has something more pressing to ask]

Oi. Did you wake up this morning and discover something. . . er. Different?

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

Thu, 08 Jun 2017 22:44:09 GMT

[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?

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[WEEK 3: Tuesday evening, the library; Jay, Yukina]

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 02:06:06 GMT

[he can still feel it. the sting from yesterday's sacrifice lingers in his index finger, a tiny ghost that can't be exorcised. the memory of his stomach dropping and turning inside out at the news of Dave's death is as fresh as the memory he's making now, as he walks up to the locked library with Yukina and Jay in tow. but even clearer than any of that, and what Kaito had decided to hold onto, because fuck it if he would ever let this place get to him, are Craftly's words]

["The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. That... that is what you must contend with. Your contract is binding and thus, until the very end... you must face the unknown."]

[he never thought this job would be easy. not from the very beginning, when it was obvious he was going to have the point a gun at a living being and pull the trigger in order to end this farce of a game with as many survivors as possible. so even with the pain from yesterday-- physical, and emotional-- still lingering in his mind, Kaito manages to hold his head up high. he promised he would, and he is if nothing a man of his word]

All right.

[a head that he tilts towards Jay and Yukina once they're standing in front of their target building, of course]

According to Jay's map, this is the library. Are you guys ready?

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INVENTORY

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 00:09:08 GMT

- this stuff
- the necronomicon
- a "you tried" sticker
- sutures
- a deck of cards
- a set of rainbow magician's scarves
- a brochure for the Innsmouth Motel
- a bunch of origami animals folded out of brochure paper
- a framed portrait of a cat sitting on a copier
- the board game CLUE
- fish shaped antibiotics
- a sling
- a wrapped piece of caramel candy
- Hungry Hungry Hippos
- The Game of LIFE
- Connect Four
- a deck of nice cards with impeccably good craftsmanship
- a friendship bracelet crafted with Mabel
- Risk

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[WEEK 3: Monday morning, room 112; Dave]

Sun, 04 Jun 2017 19:44:15 GMT

[okay. well. looks like someone redecorated the room while they were sleeping. Kaito stares at the picture, hung on their wall in a nice frame, with an expression of disbelief on his features. he just woke up, damn it, he's not ready for this. he's still in his pajamas!! his hair is still a mess!!]

[it's always a mes]

. . .

I wanna keep it.

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[WEEK 2: Sunday, post-execution, kitchen; Akira]

Sun, 04 Jun 2017 04:23:58 GMT

[you know, whatever happens at the execution on Sunday. . . IT PROBABLY SUCKS!!1 so Kaito can be found shuffling into the kitchen, rubbing at one eye tiredly with a permanent scowl affixed on his features. he doesn't quite expect the smell of coffee, so when it reaches his senses he jerks back in surprise. but, although he's more of a chocolate milk kind of person (obviously), coffee is not unpleasant]

[he blinks a few times at the man at the coffee station, then lifts a hand and waves]

H'lo.

This is pretty good timing, all things considered.

[just the man he was looking for]

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[WEEK 2: Saturday evening post-trial, lounge and elsewhere; Andersen]

Sun, 04 Jun 2017 01:25:02 GMT

[as promised, after the trial Kaito can be found at the lounge! if it's still a mess he's totally ignoring the blood, thanks. he's got his typical chocolate milk in hand and is already blowing bubbles into it via the straw]

[when Andersen arrives, he gives a wave]

Yo.

How're you feeling?

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[WEEK 2: Monday Evening, Room 112; Dave]

Thu, 01 Jun 2017 22:00:34 GMT

[well, nearly getting eaten by eldritch horror blobs probably sucked a lot. Kaito is currently blissfully unaware of Dave's brush with death as he sits on top of his bed, his deck of cards laid out in front of him. he's playing solitaire and trying to avoid the occasional whispering in his ear]

[but when Dave does return, he'll at least look up to give his roommate a proper greeting]

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[WEEK 2: Tuesday Evening, front desk area???; Jay]

Tue, 30 May 2017 16:16:42 GMT

[his head is still throbbing, although the pain is finally beginning to subside. he can still feel phantom pains in his mouth too, even though the injury has long been healed and the bleeding has long since stopped. the whispers in his ears are getting louder, causing his gaze to flicker left and right, as though he expects to see a ghost in the corners of his vision]

[nevertheless, when Jay flags him down at the front desk, he pushes those uncomfortable sensations aside to focus more on the matter at hand.]

Wait, Andersen, too? And there's no sign of where they might've gone?

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[WEEK 1: Saturday post-trial, the pool area; Akira]

Sun, 28 May 2017 03:48:20 GMT

[he wasn't a stalker. honest!! the fact that he followed Akira from the executive suite back down to the pool was a total. . . coincidence. . . yeah]

[okay no it wasn't BUT HE'S STILL NOT A STALKER. hi Akira, someone else is looking at that gross murky pool water with you, and making faces. even though his snarkiness seems to be much more subdued than normal]

Sheesh, they really gotta spruce this place up, don't they?

[casual conversation, innocent and light, like. they didn't just. sentence a poor innocent girl to death]

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