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ofmanydevices (ofmanydevices) wrote in disappear_plot,
@ 2009-08-04 02:23:00

Investigation Team Meeting attempt number 3
Who: Persona Users!
What: Investigation meeting v. 3.0.
Where: Ant-Bullying Club room
When: Tuesday Afternoon.
Why: Cause we need to talk without getting interrupted!

Thomas made sure to get to the Anti-bullying room early. He wanted to make sure there were no interlopers, eavesdroppers, or problems this time around. He set his bag down on a nearby desk, and checked the room for recording devices. Normally he wouldn't figure on them, but with Akuba the club president...

He would have preferred to hold the meeting in the room he gave them. The previous music room still had the sound baffling set up which would make eavesdropping almost impossible. But Oubai had suggested the meeting, and the last time he'd been in room 22-C was when Tom locked him in there. Tom didn't think the other boy would appreciate being in there again at this point. And Tom figured they needed to do as much to keep this meeting on track as possible.

Once he was sure the room was safe, he grabbed his bag. Inside was all the information he had. He flexed his right hand, still freshly bandaged. Finally ready, he pulled up a chair near the front of the room, facing the door and waited. for everyone else to arrive.

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	zealousemperor 2009-08-06 04:38 am UTC (link)
	Kanaye just stared. "Ya know, for someone who likes playing detective, you are good at breaking the law." he deadpanned. "So, in other news, Tom is telling us things that we could figure out ourself and he is being a creepy bastard. Nothing new." he sighed, walked to Shiori, and sat down. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ofmanydevices 2009-08-06 04:48 am UTC (link)
	Tom scowled deeply, and let out a breath, but it was a calming breath. Satou wasn't one of the smarter members of the group, in fact he was pretty sure Satou was the least intelligent member of this group. So he kind of just blocked out all the words that came from Satou's mouth and moved on to the people whose opinion actually mattered. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2009-08-06 05:17 am UTC (link)
	Maeko looked alarmed. "If what Sagaki-senpai's saying is all correct, doesn't that mean that at any time anyone could be in there? We can't keep watch over everyone in the school well enough to know when they're acting weird..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

anthesphoria
2009-08-06 05:50 am UTC (link)

Alarmed seemed to be going around the room - at least, Kozue looked rather shook up as well. But people behaving oddly was... well, that was something to do with rumors, right?

"We can at least try and pay attention to people, and to what people are saying. It's a starting place. Although it means knowing what rumors are true and what rumors are false, if we hear about someone behaving weirdly."

Great. Were they all going to have to become Sagaki-esque stalkers?

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pinksunbeam
2009-08-06 06:14 am UTC (link)

Misaki looked startled but quickly drew in a breath. "I don't think we have to watch over everyone. What we should do is try to figure out the pattern and see who might be taken next. Like how Oubai-sempai's shadow started to act rude, and Toru-kun's shadow was very shut in, more then normal. It's as if they express some sort of extreame."

Misaki blushed and gripped her fingers, "So...So maybe we should try to figure out connections between Aomori-sensei, Oubai-sempai, Toru-kun, and Sato-kun, and see if there's anyone that remotly fits that, and then watch them if we can. Or try to talk to them before something happens."

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apathyisboring
2009-08-06 06:21 am UTC (link)

Kiriko had been sitting contemplative and frowning in the corner, arms crossed tight over her chest. When she did finally speak up she was clearly a little behind on the conversation.

"Sagaki. I assume you've already confirmed that Aomori-san had no real cause of death, just like Sato-san? We know for sure that it was Paradise now, don't we?

"As for keeping track... Can't we just keep checking Paradise? When Oubai-san and Ishinomori-san went missing, Paradise.. changed. Was there anything like that for Sato-san or Aomori-san? Emi is good at detecting shadows in that other world, maybe we can ask her to look for people, too..."

She bit the inside of her lip as she mulled over one other point.

"This means we have to get anyone who wanders in out. But... Something must be triggering their deaths, right? We reached Oubai-san and Ishinomori-san and they were fine... Do you think we can rule out the possibility that it's only dangerous if non-Persona users go in?"

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daioujou
2009-08-06 09:43 am UTC (link)

Kouchisei did not reply to most of the remarks, but kept staring out of the window. The experience of being talked about was never comfortable. But he turned around anyway. He seemed disgruntled about being talked about.

He snorted angrily. "Whatever that Shadow is, it turned into my Persona, so maybe you should consider that. The Shadow is part of us. They tried to face it and were killed."

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some_other_dog
2009-08-06 11:02 am UTC (link)

Reizo came barging in a little half-past Kiriko’s response, wild-eyed and grinning in his happily hateful way. He looked incredibly pleased with himself, and like he had hurt someone. Chances are they were connected. A large, long sack was hung across one shoulder; it bounced on his shoulder as he strode further into the room and leveraged it over his back and onto the table with a loud, jangling crash. Then he dusted off his hands, put them on his hips, and peered around the room with the sort of self-satisfaction only a born and bred yakuza could produce. The table sagged beneath the weight of the bag.

His expression broke when he seemed to realize they had other people--new people-- in the room with them. The cigarette jutting out of the corner of his mouth tipped as he frowned at them, twisted his head in his canine way, and stared directly across at Masami.

“What’s the kendo bitch doing here?” He asked the group as a whole, pinching his cigarette between forefinger and thumb. He snorted out a stream of smoke and focused back on the group, who were looking far too dour and mopey for a group he‘d just brought presents to. “You all look like you lost your grandma in a card game or something.”

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lotus_beyond
2009-08-06 11:30 am UTC (link)

Renju had been quiet, absorbing the conversation. It was a lot to take in--she hadn't imagined that Aomori-sensei's and Sato-san's deaths could be connected with Paradise. All of a sudden, the whole thing seemed a lot more significant.

Not to mention that the whole body-snatchers thing with the Shadows was a really creepy thought.

Right when she'd opened her mouth to ask a question, the door slammed open, and the one person she'd been hoping not to see barged in with... a sack? She was more than a little afraid to ask what was in it. She shrunk back into the corner a bit, the memory of what had happened with Kanaye fresh in her mind.

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2dbeauty
2009-08-06 12:04 pm UTC (link)

Toru quietly nodded in accordance with Kouchisei's observation.

"The same thing happened with... him," he said, still uncomfortable about referring to his Shadow, "He said that we were one and the same, and he turned back into my Persona when you all defeated him. So maybe that's what Shadows do? I-I mean, our Shadows."

When Reizo barged in, Toru just tried to make himself smaller and disappear into his seat. What the hell was in that sack, anyway? Well, not Kozue, at the very least.

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	zealousemperor 2009-08-06 03:10 pm UTC (link)
	Kanaye gulped and sighed. "Masami, Yuuto, and Renju are new persona users." He would say more, but Reizo is still scary. (Reply to this) (Parent)

pinksunbeam
2009-08-06 03:18 pm UTC (link)

Misaki was a bit suprised by the bag, but nothing really that Reizo ever brought in really made her react as much anymore. She just stared at it, hearing the metalic crashing noise and said simply with a smile.

"Sakuraba-sempai found out she's a persona user too. So are the others, Shirai-san." She pointed to the bag, "Are you practicing for playing Santa at the hospital this year?"

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keiito
2009-08-06 03:49 pm UTC (link)

As per usual at the meetings, Keiichi had remained largely quiet, though whether it was because he thought he'd be shouted down or because he had nothing to say would remain unknown.

This time, though, he'd been jotting down the group's thoughts in his notebook. It certainly seemed like they were making headway, though the headway they were making was decidedly depressing.

And then, in came Reizo. With a sack. For a few moments, he half-wondered if Reizo had brought them the body to analyze.

Keiichi turned to Misaki. Looked at her for several, long moments, and wondered how anyone could possibly be that dense.

Reizo at a hospital was probably more harmful than Shadow Kou AND Shadow Toru combined.

"Beware of Greeks bearing gifts," Keiichi muttered under his breath.

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	apathyisboring 2009-08-06 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	"Even if I did bet my grandma in a card game, I certainly wouldn't lose," Kiriko grumbled as she got to her feet. "Did you hear any of what I was saying? We know for sure that Paradise is killing the people who fall into it, now." She stepped over to the table, lifting up some of the burlap to take a peek inside of Reizo's sack of "gifts." "What's all this?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

some_other_dog
2009-08-06 08:30 pm UTC (link)

“Right, new persona users,” he repeated dully after Kanaye, eyes sweeping across the newbies. He almost recognized them. He hung his cigarette from his lower lip again and frowned, “I’m no fuckin’ Santa and I ain’t a Greek. Though my mom is like an eighth German, I think..” He squinted down at the sack pensively, working this over, until Kiriko stood up and addressed him.

“Well congratulations, I guess,” he said, deciding it was definitely German. He leaned down and hoisted the sack tail-end up with a grunt of effort. Weapons and other vaguely weapon looking things cascaded out of the bulging sack, clattered onto the table into a large heap and settled amidst the hiss of metal on metal.

“I found some stuff,” he explained in a tone suggesting it best not to ask where or how, then jerked the bat loose of the weapon pile and laid it across a shoulder. His smile grew toothy, “Then these guys came up to me and gave me all the stuff they were carrying too. I figured Maeko-chan here would approve of me confiscating such dangerous things, bein’ part of the ABC and all.”

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