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Ikeda Kiriko | 池田妃凛子 (apathyisboring) wrote in disappear_plot,
@ 2009-09-09 12:58:00

Investigation Day 1
Who: Investigation Team, S!Kiriko, Hapless NPCs
What: Investigating Kiriko
Where: Kiriko's Dorms
When: Sunday
Why: Time to see what they're up against.

Kiriko's quad was more of a standalone building, adjoined at the back to the rest of the dorms' common room. Considerably more private, and from the looks of it, considerably more pricey.

This only made the appearance of two uniformed girls sitting glumly on the curb outside look all the odder.

One thumbed the pad on her cell phone, looking thoroughly annoyed with whatever was or wasn't coming up on the display. The other girl held a doorknob in one hand and every few seconds, out of some kind of compulsion, twisted around to cast nervous glances at the door behind her where the knob had once fit quite snugly.

"It's Sunday, nobody's going to come today," grumbled the first.
"But what are we supposed to do? I think she might have nailed it shut..."
"We could always stay with Ayase..."

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apathyisboring
2009-09-16 07:53 pm UTC (link)

The smile was gone - she'd reached breaking point. She watched cooly for a moment as Reizo struggled with the window. Idiot. He had it partway open when her hand shot out and the heel of her palm collided with the bridge of his nose. She shoved his head well back, then withdrew her hand and went for the window, quickly slamming it shut on his arm still wedged in the sill. After grinding it into his arm a moment, she opened it a tiny bit and slammed it down on him again, repeating until he let go.

When he did drop down, she glared icily down at the group. She considered her next move, and when she'd determined it, a smirk crept slowly across her face.

"Just a moment."

She closed and locked the window, vanishing from view of the group and rounding on the bound Kozue.

"So, Kondo," her tone was pleasant enough, but the smirk was still in place. "Why are you all here, again?"

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2dbeauty
2009-09-16 10:21 pm UTC (link)

When Kiriko, who at this point was quite obviously a Shadow, slammed the window down on Reizo's arm until he was forced to let go, the first thought that ran through Toru's mind was catch him. For some reason, this thought energized the boy and moved him forward on surprisingly confident legs until common sense caught up with him. First off, the reasonable part of his mind said, what do think Reizo would do to you if you even attempted that? It wouldn't be pretty. Especially after what happened the other day when you tried to 'apologize' to him. And second, he'd crush you if he landed on you. He weighs twice as much as you do, and you're just a wimpy otaku who's never worked out in his life. This one-two punch of practicality hit Toru like a baseball to the stomach, and he stopped himself about a foot away from Reizo.

"A-ah... never mind," he started, quietly, "M-more importantly, we need to save Kondo-san!" He looked up at the now-closed window, distressed.

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thrown_to_winds
2009-09-17 12:05 am UTC (link)

Toshimi watched the scene unfold, not entirely sure what the best course of action would be. She wondered if Kozue would be able to let them inside somehow. Toshimi couldn't see what was going on in there, but from the sound of things it seemed unlikely. Just walking in was still an impossibility. Reizo's window idea hadn't been fundamentally bad... Well, okay, the idea of throwing people through the window had been fundamentally bad, but the window itself could be a valid weak point to the building. "The window..." she murmured, thinking.

"If we broke it, what do you think the chances are that we'd get away with it?" she asked the group. "We could probably say that Ikeda-san did it with a certain amount of plausibility, considering the property damage that's already taken place. Or even that it was a random act of street violence, I guess..."

She looked around, trying to spot some easy (non-human) ammunition. "If I had a rock or something, I could easily throw it through Ikeda-san's window, and then Shirai-san could, er, do his thing again." Her eyes fell on the first story windows. "Or we could break through one of those and take the stairs," she suggested. "The broken glass would be pretty dangerous, though. I guess that we probably shouldn't...does anybody else have an idea?"

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pinksunbeam
2009-09-17 12:40 am UTC (link)

Misaki had not wanted to go. If this was a Shadow version of Kiriko she was scared of what might be said or done. She liked Kiriko too much to see her like this, and had missed the early call from Maeko. Now guilt was eating at her and she had grabbed her phone and hurried out onto the sidewalk running to the school.

Did she honestly think she could avoid this? Even if she wasn't the most useful memeber the fact was that Kiriko was her friend...no one of her BEST friends, and she couldn't just turn her back now because she was afraid of what she was going to face.

Biting her lip she ran down the paths to the dorms until she spotted the group and hurried up to them.

"What happened..." she looked around, "Hey where's Kozue-chan?"

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zealousemperor
2009-09-17 02:20 am UTC (link)

Kanaye just facepalmed at Reizo's plan, and was glad to see him fall. Serves him right. Turning to the newly arrived Misaki, he replied deadpan "In Shadow Kiriko's room. Reizo here had the EXCELLENT idea of throwing Kozue into the room in order to get up. And naturally, we pissed her off and she locked Kozue in there."

Realizing now is the perfect time to look like an idiot, he grabbed Misaki's hands and shouted "But do not worry, Misachan! We shall save Kochan if it's the last thing we do! I hope it's not, but my point still stands!"

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giantfruitbyday
2009-09-17 03:10 am UTC (link)

"We don't want to blame too much on her." Maeko said quietly in response to Toshimi's suggestions. "I's alredy going to be troublesome for the real her if we manage a rescue. It'd be good to avoid making it any worse..."

She tried to come up with a better suggestion bu tinstead stared uselessly at the now closed window, concerned. Toru hadn't been dangerous until they were actually over there, she hadn't been prepared for this at all. At least Misaki was out of danger-

She was snapped out of her concentration by Misaki's voice. Figured.

"Senpai." She said, acknowledging Kanaye's excellent demonstation of looking like a fool but not saying anything else about it. She needed to keep in Kanaye's good books now and that included not making threats on his life.

"You just stay where it's safe, okay? We- We'll get this sorted out for sure. You just keep yourself out of danger." She said, forcing the nicest smile she could given the circumstances and then turning back to the window with renewed determination. Misaki would be upset if they couldn't resolve this successfully.

"Shirai-san, are you okay?" She asked. Reizo was a valuable resource and it was important to know if they still had him as one.

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anthesphoria
2009-09-17 03:53 am UTC (link)

Meanwhile, inside: Kozue had been struggling a little against the makeshift ropes--really, how could a bed sheet be this strong? It made no sense! So her struggling had been largely ineffective.

She decided to try wriggling her hands out, and was sitting tight, listening to what the group was saying outside: Reizo, in particular, when his head popped into view at the windowsill. "Obvious--hey!" She frowned. "Besides, you're assuming I'm the one who gets tied up!"

She raised her nose snootily. If she'd been free to stand, she probably would have flounced out of the room, but that wasn't going to happen. When the window slammed shut, over and over again, she winced. Well, he kind of deserved it, but only kind of.

And then the Shadow turned and rounded on her. Kozue gulped. "Uh. Kiriko-san. You know, I didn't know you were into this kind of thing." A nervous laugh. "Although I guess I should have expected it. You have that whip, after all." She smiled, and completely ignored the Shadow's question. She also happened to glance up at Kiriko's face, and... Hey, wait, something was wrong with her eyes.

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apathyisboring
2009-09-17 04:05 am UTC (link)

Kiriko didn't laugh. The jokes had the opposite effect, and instead her expression grew graver as she crossed the room.

"Kozue-san." Kiriko frowned, circling the bed to check that the knot she'd put the sheet was still holding fast. She folded her arms over her chest, keeping a careful eye on Kozue as she walked towards the bedroom door. She kicked the door shut with one post, paying no attention to the loud slam. With the window shut and the only exit barred, there would be no need to bind her feet as well. Kiriko then leaned against the closed door, regarding Kozue appraisingly through narrowed eyes.

"I asked you a question. Why are you all disturbing me?"

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anthesphoria
2009-09-17 04:14 am UTC (link)

She really didn't know whether telling Kiriko at this point was allowed, or if they were still trying to keep it a secret, but... if they were, hell, she didn't want to be the person to screw it up. Besides. Maybe she could keep the... the thing with Kiriko's face distracted until Reizo or Sagaki could effectively break in. And it couldn't go all monstery out here, right? ... Right?

"And I-ah, don't think I need to respond to you, Kiriko-san, since you currently have me tied up on your floor." She took a breath. Well, that would have had more effect if she hadn't stuttered while saying it. "It's rather unkind."

As she spoke, she also hoped, fervently, that the shadow couldn't see her shaking slightly.

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apathyisboring
2009-09-17 04:37 am UTC (link)

Kiriko smiled.

"Actually, I'd count that as a very good reason why you do need to respond to me." She tapped her cheek with one slender finger, chuckling to herself a little. "Actually, the next step would be you tied up on my floor with my foot on your face... that's if I didn't like you so much, Kozue-chan."

She inclined her head slightly and lifted her brows as she spoke to make a point of calling into question exactly how much she did like Kozue.

"Well, I know why you're all here, anyway." She tore her eyes from Kozue and pushed off of the door, glancing at the desk where she had been working, but her eyes were back on her captive a moment later. "It's a waste of time. And an annoying one, at that. None of you are helping us any." she smirked at the plural reference. "So, I'll tell you what - I'll send you back out, and you and the rest of them go home and leave me in peace. Or, if they don't want to leave..." She glared towards the window, then towards Kozue. "You stay here and shut up so that I can I work."

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anthesphoria
2009-09-18 01:54 am UTC (link)

Still shaking slightly, Kozue listened, getting more and more confused: us? work? What was she working on, anyway? She spared a few glances around the room--after all, it was strewn with papers and notes. And that was... what people worked on, right? So what would a Shadow work on?

After a moment, "I bet we could just go home and let you do... whatever it is you're doing."

After all: what if they snuck into Paradise while the Shadow was busy out here terrorizing Kiriko's room-mates? Maybe they could save the real Kiriko without all of that messy fighting and game-playing. Unfortunately, this was about where Kozue's train of thought reached the end of its tracks: she had no time to trouble herself about what they'd do with the Shadow who was out here in the real world (zany twin antics? ooh! antics!), or how the rest of the team would react to quietly giving up and going home.

But, y'know, it was an alternative to physical violence, and she approved of that.

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