dead hearts are everywhere

[goodforsomething]

[Stan arrives at the chapel early. It doesn't take long to re-create his ghost summoning setup from yesterday; he left all the materials stowed under one of the middle pews, where the hymnals should have been. He sets it up exactly as it was, right down to the angles of the candles. Honestly he suspects the mirror was the only really important part, but he's not about to risk technical difficulties. Not tonight.

The rest of it was all gathered up earlier: there's some coffee, to ward against people falling asleep outside the rooms, and a lot of extra notebooks and pens taken from the storage room. He didn't tell anybody what to bring, after all, or what to expect. Secrets are easier for one person to keep, even if only for a day. Some of the rest might have gotten excited, the Kingmaker might have gotten curious, and then what?

As the meeting time draws near, he tears a page from one of the notebooks, scribbles his little symbol and a message on it, and slides it in front of the mirror.]

You there?

[To the others, he turns with a grin. In a voice somewhere between a gravelly whisper and his Mr. Mystery act, he says:]

Thanks for comin'. Our friends on the other side have been waitin' for us.

Comments

[isafraid]

[Shrug!]

Nothing wrong with keeping warm!

[cherryblooded]

Don't mind attending. Bring a weapon, or not?

[isafraid]

[stan please

this should be a serious and heartwarming moment]

[goodforsomething]

Definitely. Never hurts bein' armed.

[penduli]

[ this is

made fucking perfect by unintentional puns ]

[cherryblooded]

Good, I'll finally have a use for some of the junk I've been getting.

[He's up to his ears in weapons by now.]

[trustharder]

["I'm sorry, we can't feel Beheeyem. He can feel us, though?"

"were we supposed to feel something???"]

[penduli]

[ ...this would be sort of unbelievable if he hadn't talked to Glory yesterday and brought Sigrun up to meet them today too.

What should he ask... ... ....... ........ ]

opinions on the stuffed animals?

[ #important question hour

why bother signing it really there's only like two people this could be from. ]

[goodforsomething]

I figure best case scenario, we somehow catch him by surprise and just beat the hell out of him.

[sleepingkogoro]

[Huh. Suddenly there are hieroglyphics. At least Mouri can decipher most of those.

Time to get to business]

Hello everyone. Detective Kogoro Mouri here. I'm sorry for the lack of pleasantries exchange, but I'd rather to get down to business as soon as possible

[Because this is a valuable opportunity! Who knows for how long it can last]

I suppose you all are in something like a copy of the Vault, right? What differences have you noticed from the Vault you are in now and the one you were in when you were alive?

[cherryblooded]

Worst case scenario, it's suddenly against a rule and we explode.

[trustharder]

["You sure are making a specter-cale of this situation."]

[pokexplorer]

Hmmm.

[Colress glances at Beheeyem who is still concentrating and occasionally looking around, then looks back to his notepad.]

Indeed, he is even looking around the room. At the very least, he is aware of your presence.
I wonder if there is a way to make it a two-way channel, like the one we have here.

[trustharder]

["Thank you, Speedwagon. Though I'm concerned that Yato might laugh up a lung. At least he's not making relationship charts this time."

Underneath that is another note: "I ALMOST FORGOT TO SHOW THE REST OF YOU MY RELATIONSHIP CHART" and then there's a shipping chart placed on the mirror. I'm so sorry.

...Oh, and there's a couple more: "Yato, please stop with the charts, you're embarrassing everyone."
"They're not embarrassing unless you think love is an embarrassment!! Are you saying you don't think these couples are cute??"
"I do think they're cute but-- that's not the point!"]

[notjustawriter]

[Well it's... time to see what he can do.]

Hello everyone. Gabriel here.

Have you been able to get to places we can't?

[trustharder]

[You're getting a little doodle of Yato with black cat ears and a speech bubble that reads: "They're adorable! Practice makes perfect!"

"misa-misa loves her little lambie <333 thank you!!!"]

[goodforsomething]

Nah, just the opposite! We snuck up here this late just to make sure he wouldn't see!

[.....]

We're being very scare-ful

[trustharder]

["Just the surveillance room, so far, but we've been searching."]

[trustharder]

[You're going to get a drawing of the second floor of the Vault. It's nicely done too! More importantly, there's an arrow pointing to the closed off room between the art studio and the sewing room. It's labeled "SURVEILLANCE ROOM".]

[penduli]

[ ...okay he's grinning LOOK, SEWING-SENPAI NOTICED HIM AND MISA GAVE HIM HEARTS, it's a good night everyone ]

thank you ♡

[ Misa did a heart, he gets to do one. A little loopy heart!! ]

have any of you tried possessing them? you wouldn't be able to talk but it'd be really cute to see them flopping around.

oh, and more importantly, have any of you talked to someone going by the name "glory"? or seen them. they're on the 7th floor.

[notjustawriter]

I take it that's where the Kingmaker watches us, then?

[....]

Were you the ones who set of the klaxons?

[trustharder]

["maybe if you have him spin around and say 'misa-misa' in front of the mirror three times???"

"Perhaps it would at least be a good way for you to locate us if you wanted to have a one-on-one conversation? I don't know if that would work, though..."]

[pokexplorer]

[If it's the same one from yesterday... Colress sees that chart. He sees that chart, Yato.

He just. Gives it the most blank stare ever, but rest assured he is screaming internally.]

[isafraid]

[that... that sure is a ship chart. Wow.]

Still matchmaking, I see.

[How... embarrassing, is he on there? Oh god is he.]

More to the point, found out anything on your end?

[penduli]

[ jjhhgf ]

Yosuke and I aren't— [ oh my god wait, paper, right, hold on

slapped the fuck down ]

YOSUKE AND I AREN'T A COUPLE