I READ THE NEWS TODAY, OH BOY

[strangerpeople]

AND THOUGH THE NEWS WAS RATHER SAD

[Good morning, (good morning, good,) Strangers.

The countdown has been steadily ticking since Tuesday, and despite the crowded nature of the house making it a couple degrees warmer than it might otherwise be, the looming threat hangs cold.

There's a certain disquiet in the air as morning dawns on the residents of 15 Maple Lane – not that anyone would be able to tell, with the darkness of Pluto, of all places hanging outside.

Maybe it's just you? Or maybe there's something up with that? Only one way to find out...]

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COMPUTER

[starswink]

[Now that Yoosung's had Sierra take a photo and made the phone less gross. Let's hacking!]

[dereban]

[ a few things to note here:

the battery life is at about 15%

and also the password seems to be 5 characters long and the keyboard is in English, although there is a Japanese language switch on the keyboard. ]

[starswink]

[That kind of battery life could be really preventative. Presumably Inaba was smart enough to put it in battery saver mode, but...]

If there's an educated guess, I should try it to save time. [pulling up the profiles to review for a moment, he remembers a conversation they had and tries gigai in english characters.]

[dereban]

[ It is in battery saver mode, thankfully!

But nope, that is not the password. ]

[galesanctuary]

[ Annnnd he just so happens to come on by...and he's not sure what's going on here. ]

What're you doing?

[starswink]

I'm trying to get into Inaba's phone... it might have more clues. She always had it with her, and it was left in a weird place.

[galesanctuary]

...And what is preventing you from getting into her phone?

[starswink]

It has a password. Five letters long, probably in English. It would probably be better to guess it if we can. [as opposed to what...? no matter.]

Did she mention anything that sounded important to you?

[galesanctuary]

[ He looks thoughtful, there is one thing he could think of...but... ]

She mentioned something about a Hotel last time she spoke. It's a long shot, but how about we try that?

[starswink]

The week went by fast. Long shots are all we have...

[He'll try hotel]

[dereban]

[ nope! ]

[starswink]

....Ugh. That didn't work. Five letters. What else...

There's no way it's just her name, right?

[tries Inaba anyway]

[dereban]

[ It unfortunately is not her name, either. ]

[whatsmytalentagain]

[Rantaro's here to input evidence, but this is something else.

So tapping Yoosung's shoulder and pointing at Inaba's phone.]

[starswink]

Hey, Amami. We're trying to figure out the password... if you have an idea... [he'll just hold it out to him since that'd be quicker than having him tell him. He can decline if he doesn't, of course.]

[whatsmytalentagain]

Hm...

[Well, if this helps... He sighs and tries to remember what she said to him when she was alive...

... B U T T R ?]

[dereban]

[ NO????? ]

[whatsmytalentagain]

[OKAY, IT WAS WORTH A SHOT.

He glances at Yoosung. You wanna try again, or does he have to start putting in random words?]

[galesanctuary]

[ ...that sure didn't work, but it was an Attempt he could appreciate. ]

It looks like we'll need to come up with something else.

[starswink]

Alright... try gacha and if that doesn't work we're just gonna hack it.

[whatsmytalentagain]

[... Nod. Random words it is!

How about T I G E R?]

[dereban]

[ it is neither gacha nor tiger although one of them is close ]

[whatsmytalentagain]

[... GOCHA? T1GER?

Someone might want to take the phone away from him.]

[dereban]

[ neither

someone please take the phone away from him ]

[starswink]

[the ghost is whispering to them, he will take it back]

It's fine. I'll hack it. Sorry, Inaba...

[sorry we are so bad at invading your privacy :C]