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15strangers2017-12-01 11:58 am
strangerpeople) wrote in 15strangers2017-12-01 11:58 am
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THE FIRST INVESTIGATION
[Good morning, Titled.
Well, it's mostly a good morning. Those who are waking up in their bedrooms wake up to another boring morning. At least as boring as this place can allow, but even so, everything seems perfectly fine in that wing. Perfectly normal.
However, that feeling of normalcy might not stick around for too long. Especially as people start approaching the stairs going down to the food court...]
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And then there's a kid. ]
Joey-chan!
Just... just don't go any farther.
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[She freezes up for a second, trying to process this.]
--was it an accident? What happened? Who's...who is it?
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[ Well, if he keeps up this suspense, that's going to make her want to investigate even more. ]
...it's Wake.
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[She's only known these people for a week, but...come on. He was just ridiculously friendly. It's absolutely preposterous how friendly he was. Also he's probably the only guy in the universe who knows her measurements. Guess that's back down to zero. Focus, Joey.]
Oh no...why him?
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[ And his usual cool demeanor gives over to something more...frazzled. Desperate.
Then again a kid did just die so I mean ]
Just... please don't go in there.
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[She doesn't want to. She really doesn't want to. But...]
Isn't--we have to figure out who did this, right? If someone really killed him and gets away with it, they can just leave? We can't let that happen, can we?
[We. She has to be part of "we" right now or else she's going to get shut out and not be able to do anything about it. The idea makes her hands ball up into fists and she stops looking at Ren for a second until she can get her breathing under control.]
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[ Someone here has committed murder. ]
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[She'd like to take a deep breath, but she doesn't want to think about what she's breathing.]
We can't let this happen, right...?
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No. And Joey, don't go anywhere alone today, okay? Stay with me and Professor Croix for now. If you go to investigate, I just want you to be careful. There was live electricity, so we're not just keeping you out because we think you're incompetent.
... I just want you to know that. I tripped over an electrical wire.
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I can't just...not do anything. But I'll be safe, and stay where we can all see each other. Okay?
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[ Sorry, did you expect her to bend down and suddenly hug you? Because she is. After earlier, she's realized that each person here is incredibly precious to her. You're one of them. ]
And... maybe investigate elsewhere. I imagine that room can be handled by our detective.
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I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with that action.]
[Joey freezes for a second before relaxing.]
Um...thank you. I mean it. You stay safe too, okay? I'll just...look somewhere else.
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You're such a strong, helpful young woman. Stronger than me. ... I'll... I'll be in the food court. I won't go far. I'm going to go find Croix.
[ She realizes she's let the "professor" part of what she calls Croix to other people slip but she's just too concerned right now to care. ]
When you're done, maybe you can come back to stay with us. I was thinking the cat cafe might... be a good place to go.
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Trust me, I'm usually way less together than this. It helps having someone like you around.
[Then she nods, working up some of that famous stuff from that other Steam game.]
I'll definitely meet you over there.