columbidaring ([personal profile] columbidaring) wrote in [community profile] imeeji_frontstage2018-11-30 10:58 pm

[a group chat]

Who: Everyone
Where: Online
When: Late morning 65

[ Everyone gets a whole bunch of phone notifications. ]

E: @here all right
E: @here
E: now that I have your attention
E: A lot of people seem to be suffering from a condition that i do NOT have the medical credentials to identify or name
E: Symptoms include:
E: Colour loss, which is to say complete desaturation, starting at 'pale' and proceeding to 'black and white movie'
E: memory loss of events that happened during our time here
E: we don't currently know causes or cures so just, be careful I guess?
E: If you think you might have it, look in a mirror
E: if you are afraid of mirrors take a selfie and look at it
E: if you're greyscale please ping me or something I want to make a list of everyone affected

E: okay that's all

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[personal profile] criminaljustice 2018-12-01 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[so you get this convo sent over to you]

Boss: any chance you might know anything about Hurricane and Hiryuu that might fit the pattern?
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[personal profile] puzzlekeeper 2018-12-01 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ wow fuck this ]

King: Hurricane wasn't home last night, though I don't know where he was. He tends to come and go frequently, and he obviously spends a lot of time with Nemesis. I'll ask him about it.
King: And Hiryuu has her links off team as well, though they tend to come to us more often than not.
King: That's the only similarity in the pattern I can think of.
King: If it were spreading the way we're theorizing, surely more of my team would be impacted by now.

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[personal profile] criminaljustice 2018-12-01 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Boss: not too sure about that
Boss: duration might be a factor
Boss: Mars and Prim are still pretty new and despite Mars' independent streak, he sticks close to HSS dorms, doesn't he?
Boss: Hiryuu and Hurricane have been here since the start. how long have they had those habits?
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[personal profile] puzzlekeeper 2018-12-01 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
King: Usually.
King: And they've been doing this for as long as I've been here, at the very least. Probably a while.

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[personal profile] criminaljustice 2018-12-01 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Boss: okay so that fits the pattern
Boss: but FiN still doesn't
Boss: and it's really starting to piss me off
Boss: the urge to punch Intensity... rising...
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[personal profile] puzzlekeeper 2018-12-01 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
King: It probably wouldn't be satisfying when he may not even remember you.

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[personal profile] criminaljustice 2018-12-01 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[WHY MUST YOU

half in retaliation, half because you like puzzle challenges, right?, sending images of two lists]
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[personal profile] puzzlekeeper 2018-12-02 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
King: I'll have to sit with this.
King: Just from skimming, I'm not sure if any of these activities would touch all of AND only our impacted parties.

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[personal profile] criminaljustice 2018-12-02 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Boss: we're not looking for all-encompassing
Boss: it's spreading, right?
Boss: we're looking for the trigger, the catalyst
Boss: why is FiN the most heavily affected?
Boss: and how does that potentially fit in with Mukuro's warning?
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[personal profile] puzzlekeeper 2018-12-02 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
King: Which warning?

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[personal profile] criminaljustice 2018-12-02 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
Boss: straying from one's unit

[...]

Boss: am I the only one reading what E sent that way?
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[personal profile] puzzlekeeper 2018-12-02 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
King: I read it. I'm just making sure we're talking about the same warnings.
King: There are so many ominous statements to pick from with these monsters.

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[personal profile] criminaljustice 2018-12-02 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Boss: just making sure
Boss: 99 didn't even read the message at all
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[personal profile] puzzlekeeper 2018-12-02 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's a long gap between messages, until suddenly: ]

King: Does A regularly wear another unit's clothing? I already know that Maki does.

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[personal profile] criminaljustice 2018-12-02 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
Boss: i don't think so?
Boss: he likes to feel fancy and AlcheME's aesthetic gives him plenty of that.
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[personal profile] puzzlekeeper 2018-12-02 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
King: I see. Thanks.
King: Have you seen this already?


[ Like.... several minutes (technology is hard) later, this message is attached. ]

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[personal profile] criminaljustice 2018-12-02 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
Boss: nope
Boss: but "There's more to unit than gimmick, too." sure is backing up what i've been saying
Boss: about people who have conflict with their unit/avoiding their unit...
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[personal profile] puzzlekeeper 2018-12-02 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
King: Yes. That seems like it could be part of it, but not all of it.
King: Otherwise, Hiryuu and Hurricane make no sense.
King: If this were only about "image," why would those two be impacted, but not myself or Mars?

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[personal profile] criminaljustice 2018-12-02 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Boss: there's image and there's also heart
Boss: divided loyalties, maybe?
Boss: either way, still leaves FiN in the lurch with this
Boss: which is why I'm thinking it's just that they triggered something
Boss: more than are actually guilty of anything
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[personal profile] puzzlekeeper 2018-12-02 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
King: Do we know if all of them are accounted for at this point?

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[personal profile] criminaljustice 2018-12-02 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Boss: Intensity said he hasn't seen Shogun since they went to the library
Boss: was going to sic his dragon on him
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[personal profile] puzzlekeeper 2018-12-02 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
King: Still?

[ yikes....... ]

King: Hopefully his disappearance is mere coincidence.