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...]

Comments

[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]

[dereban]

[ IT'S FINE, PROBABLY......

I assume he's going to hack it, then? ]

[starswink]

[yep, he's going for it. It'll just take him a minute or several, but eventually he'll break in. What will be there when he does?]

[dereban]

[ The password does eventually click in and it's revealed as. . . BEAST.

Huh.

Anyway, what he'll find at 10% battery is the following:

- A bunch of game applications (FGO in both English and JP, Bungo Mayoi in English and JP and Bleach mobile games)
- An chat application that looks like a bunny icon
- A folder
- All the other standard android-y applications.

Also the wallpaper is in plain purple. ]

[starswink]

[Yoosung is going through them all now, but after he reads all the notes in the folder (omniglottery was part of the fayflower AI data package) he's tempted to try the chat icon and put these out there right away. Another hamster dance would probably make him throw the phone though, so he declines. A moment of rubbing his eyes, and then he turns to the others with him.]

...She wrote a message to all of us on the phone, and her last requests. We should write them down, the charge won't last much longer.

[galesanctuary]

[ ... ]

...That would be for the best.

[whatsmytalentagain]

[Okay, he's letting his buddy have the phone.

And shrugging because he did his best ok?]

[starswink]

[You Tried stickers for all of the boys]