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[sengokus]

[what.

mineo blinks in confusion but he lets takeru take his hands? they are covered in clown blood.

no they're clean.]

... nothing?

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[ he lets him go. ]

Nothing. It was a peaceful, normal night until we got knocked out.

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[ . . . . fucking weird. now he's going to look over his own hands]

Should I be checking your hands too?

[what was that about, before he explains the library]

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Looking for ink.

What happened with the library?

[sengokus]

What's the ink about?

[but mineo will at least get them to walk? he doesn't want to just stand and talk in front of the elevator.]

Before we fell asleep, the last line of every book - nonfiction included - changed to 'and they lived all lived happily ever after.'

Today they all changed to books about getting through loss, and the covers and pages are bloody.

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Don't mention it to anyone. Mollymauk and Harrowhark just put ink on the med bay's door before they fell asleep. I'm the only person who knows besides them, so.

[ but he'll nod his head. ]

I wonder what that means...

[sengokus]

You guys really like your secret keeping, huh. [but regardless he nods] I won't mention it. Do you want me to look for ink or should I leave it to you?

[just in case it gets overly suspicious to have so many people looking at hands]

.... the first one, I guessed that it was Ashiya-san or Omi-san who might've been involved. Or Aoi-san, if you take it more liberally with good ends or bad ends in video games. [THE META]

I haven't figured out about this morning. The stars you see when you close your eyes... Probably a sign for the planetarium though, right?

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Well, there's not much point in setting a trap if everyone knows. You don't have to keep a look out though, unless it's really obvious. Chances are they'll just wash their hands.

[ but an attempt was made. ]

Probably. We'll see if any of yours match with other people had. [ ... ] Still weird that we didn't get anything last night.

[sengokus]

Probably. [a beat]. You think I'd be awake at night and not tell you about it?

[takeru,]

But yeah, that's pretty weird... That hasn't happened yet, right?

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Doesn't hurt to double check.

... but as far as I know, yeah. This is the first time.

[sengokus]

Nah, I'd tell you. So you can hit me if I don't.

[he's too honest?]

... maybe it's because there's so many locations...? [his brow furrows] You sure it wasn't just hidden? It took us a while to find ours in the library since we had to open a bunch of books to realize the trend...

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[ he just shrugs. ]

If there was, it was hidden really, really well.

[sengokus]

I wonder if... not finding anything is a hint...?

[what would that hint be, mineo]

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Well... we'll see what everyone else saw tomorrow.

[ so no point in fussing too much now. ]

It being both Omi and Douman feels too much like a coincidence, but I also don't want to just assume they're connected...

[sengokus]

[ . . . he looks thoughtful about that.]

I mean... I can see not thinking that Omi-san would be able to hold his own enough to take a life to protect his own. After the whole thing with Fukuda-san.

And Ashiya-san... His eye was actually still kinda messed up yesterday. He couldn't see all that well. So I guess if anyone felt like taking advantage of that, or suspected him like we did...

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So, both potential easy targets. Do you know if Douman used the healing pods?

[ since that may change things ]

[sengokus]

A little - I caught them after they stumbled out for initial healing to stop the bleeding. One eye was healed, the other wasn't... so they seemed a little dizzy and disoriented.

I don't know if they stayed there, or if they went back to the pod after we were done talking.

I don't know if either of them got new powers either. I know that Ashiya-san had one that could make someone's blood boil for thirty seconds, and Omi-san had.... [fuck] He could make someone super fixated on something for twenty-four hours? A person, idea, or object.... So we should be on the lookout today.

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... well, if he used that, hopefully he chose something that would be obvious to notice.

[ it won't do much good if they can't tell a difference. there are so many weirdos here. ]

[sengokus]

... I'm admitting to you now I haven't seen anything, but I'll keep looking.

[why

do people fail to use their fucking powers in meaningful ways]

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Do you know what the time limit on those were?

[sengokus]

Blood boiling was thirty seconds.

Omi-san's should be all day though - twenty four hours.

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... so if we don't catch it today, it'll be useless.

[ he rubs his temple. ]

Well, hopefully someone does.

[sengokus]

Do you know anyone who was particularly attached to Ashiya-san or Omi-san...? I mean - I was kinda close to Ashiya-san, but I wouldn't say that we were that close...

I don't know if they got extra powers from Avatars.

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No idea. I didn't really talk to either of them.

[ they're not lesbians. ]

[sengokus]

[TAKERU IS TRULY JUST HANGING OUT WITH LESBIANS AND MINEO]

Hmm.... Medb was Ashiya-san's Master at least...? It's some weird thing from their world...