THE THIRD INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE THIRD INVESTIGATION

[As people wake up in the morning after last night's party, and exit their rooms, they will hear something...unusual as they get closer to Yotsukoshi's entrance.

Inhuman screeching.

It actually sounds like an animal of some kind...]

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[comesaround]

[ Well that got his attention. Going to freeze up briefly before bolting forwards.

Just which direction is this noise coming from, exactly? There has to be a way to pinpoint it. ]

[strangerpeople]

[It's coming from the food court, whatever it is.]

[comesaround]

[ He's just going to pick up his pace once he gets out of Yotsukoshi, heading towards the food court without so much as a second thought.

Is it in the open or coming from one of the restaurants? ]

[strangerpeople]

[It's coming from the Barcade.]

[comesaround]

[ That's not a good sign. Though he takes no time in heading over there, immediately searching to find what the cause of that noise is despite the feeling he's getting definitely isn't a good one.

Especially since it didn't sound human. ]

[strangerpeople]

[SKREEEEE.

Or rather, SKARRRRR.

Because that sure is a giant metal bird about to dive bomb into your face, Karma.]

[byanyother_name]

[What a time for Kurama to catch up. What is that, even? Metal birds are a new one on Kurama.]

Karma!

[eyesofdespair]

[Well, that looks familiar, and said metal bird doesn't exactly like him too much. Still, he'll try to get her attention.]

Yuriko? Where is your owner?

[comesaround]

[ Ack! Going to try and avoid that because hey. That might hurt a little if he doesn't avoid it... but hold on a second. Isn't that...? ]

Hey! Calm down, would you?

[ He moves, looking over at Kurama and Loewe the best he's able to. ]

Yuriko?

[strangerpeople]

SKAR!! SKARMORY!! MORY MORY!!

[It sees Loewe, its eyes wide and on edge as it wildly flaps. It looks ready to attack still.]

Skar...

[eyesofdespair]

[Why is he not surprised? At least she's not running away this time.]

She belongs to Ren and I somehow got her from the slot machine. Really hope this doesn't mean something happened to him.

[strangerpeople]

[Feel free to look around, Loewe, surely everything is ok!!]

[byanyother_name]

It won't be easy to search when she seems so ready to attack. I don't suppose Sanzashi-san told you anything about how to calm her down...

[comesaround]

Yeah. That would be helpful here.

[ A sigh. ]

[eyesofdespair]

No, he didn't. My only idea would be for one of us to get her some food and the others try searching away from here first.

[incrediblystressedout]

[Joey's not even going to pretend she's paying attention to anything other than the inhuman screeching, and come directly here.]

Whoa! What's going on?

[comesaround]

That's a great idea and all, but what exactly does a bird like her actually even eat?

[ Just casually going to wave at Joey when she comes in. ]

Found this.. Yuriko in here all on her own. Would be nice to know where her owner got off to.

[strangerpeople]

[There is an open ball of some kind a few feet away, actually, if all else fails...]

[incrediblystressedout]

[Joey nods to the ball.]

Why don't uh...one of you guys pick that up while I try to calm her down?

[Joey relaxes as best she can to seem less threatening, keeping her hands at her sides and speaking as soothingly as possible. She'd bribe her with a cracker, but somehow that seems unlikely to fit her taste.]

It's okay, girl. We're here to help. You're worried about Ren, right? We are too, so let's all just relax and work together, ok?

[eyesofdespair]

[Loewe will go ahead and pick up the ball. Is it the same one he got as a regain?]

Do you know how this thing works then?

[strangerpeople]

[It is.]

[theirmagic]

[ So Ursula is here, and she can speak bird, would that help any? ]

Oh, no... that's Ren's, isn't it? He told me he liked steel type Pokemon, and that certainly looks steel. It's a bird... maybe I can talk to it.

[ She tries a plaintive "caw" or two of "can you understand me?" ]

[strangerpeople]

[This...does actually cause Yuriko to stop a bit and stare at Ursula. Not in the "omg I can understand that" way but rather in the "excuse me good sir I am not from your country" way.

The hell you saying, Ursula.]

[eyesofdespair]

So here's another person who decided to check out the sound over in that area. Does it sound familiar by chance? Like could it belong to an animal someone here regained?]

[strangerpeople]

[Yes, Karma could use some help]