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Arc 4

Arc 4

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Meeting spot for playing out Arc 4. [PRIVATE RP between me, DeathScythe386 and Guardian Aelita]

16,570 readers have visited Arc 4 since SkyCladSaya06 created it.

Introduction

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"Welcome to Blue Lotus, your cozy and comfortable home away from home. Here, we offer top-notch facilities that make your university living a dream. You don't have to travel far; Blue Lotus right in the middle of three universities: Kurogane Institute, St. Gabriel's Academy and Partisan Rose University.

We feature clean, semi-furnished rooms with free Wi-Fi, a cozy cafeteria, a swimming pool and various recreational facilities. All utilities would be added to your monthly rent to avoid the hassle. So what are you waiting for? Contact us now!"




The advertisement for Blue Lotus Residences remains as fragrant as ever. Yet for the old-time occupants of the almost 200 year old dwelling, too many inexplicable incidents have occurred in order to make it anything but comfortable. From tales of missing items turning up somewhere else after a long period of time, strange feelings of being watched within the comfort rooms, a rather unsettling "initiation rite" for new residents and supposed sightings of "shadow people" darting from place to place. With this all in mind, Blue Lotus begs just one question:

Will you still enter? Would you brave the wailing halls of Blue Lotus Residences?




Alright guys--well, this is practically the blurb for the setting of Story 4 of the How To series. Other places we plan on revisiting would make another appearance here. Both St. Gabriel's and Kurogane is back plus a third academy. Up to you on which character is in which place. The layout of Blue Lotus Residences is as follows:

Basement: Shelter, storage space
1st Floor: Lobby, Admin area, three units
2nd Floor: Cafeteria, Indoor Pool, Bathroom (Boys and Girls)
3rd Floor: Girl's Floor: Ten units plus public bathroom
4th Floor: Vacant AKA Non-existent
5th Floor: Boy's Floor: Ten units plus public bathroom
6th Floor: Vacant/Storage
Rooftop: Mini Pavilions, Water Tank


The rooms can each accommodate up to two people and comes with its own bathroom, bedroom, small kitchen and a small space that can be furnished into anything they want. Beds, drawers, closets, cupboards and kitchen and bathroom furnishings are included.

There will also be a "roommate" system which is of course...up to us.

Room Assignments:
5th Floor:
Makoto – 503
Soichiro – 501
Aziz – 507
Kujo – 507
Yoite – 510
Madoka – 502
Asagi - 503


3rd Floor:
Sora – 303
Nagisa – 303
Hotaru – 307
Menou – 307
Akeno – 301
Kanade - 302
Misaka - 302
Fuyumi - 310
Kirika - 306



Administration/NPCs:

Cel - 102
Ritsuka - 105
Nagao - 100
Mitsuru - Room Zero



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Thank you for renting at Blue Lotus Residences! We hope you can make your stay a very meaningful one.

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Well guys, you know the drill. Just a last few words...
- Universal time for everyone.
- Most incidents can be played outside the dorm as well.
- LGO is still ongoing.

The Story So Far... Write a Post » as written by 3 authors

Setting

7 Characters Present

Character Portrait: Akeno Furuya Character Portrait: Makoto Itsuna Character Portrait: Kujo Nobuyuki Character Portrait: Aziz Harumi Character Portrait: Laeticia "Cel" Concepcion Character Portrait: Kazuya Tamashiro Character Portrait: Sora Kyousuke
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(OOC: Timeskip courtesy of Saya XD)
Wednesday - 6:00 AM

Both Sora and Makoto headed out to school prior to Cel taking up her position at the desk. Aziz decided not to go to school for today but instead, head to his friend Wakaba's vigil at her house outside Castle City. He left Kujo a note, asking him to take care of some things in his absence.

"I'll be back by tonight. Just tell the teachers about the vigil. I'm sure they'll understand." Aziz asks of his friend before heading out, taking nothing of any real value with him just to be safe.

As per the usual motions, Cel opened up the desk and the dorm, taking care not to wake the others up on the first floor. She debated whether she should shop for supplies to take on the ship for next week here or back in Shikoku though if she chose to do it in Shikoku, there'd be less variety of things to choose from.

"Hmm...decisions, decisions." Cel pondered a bit while waiting for the others to wake up. She reckoned if she can drag someone to go out and shop with her, she'll most likely do her shopping in Castle City.



Kurogane Technical - 7:00 AM

Makoto arrived early as per usual only to find out his professor for the day is absent, leaving them with only library research work to do. As it was something he can easily do later in the dorm, he decided to lounge around the place a bit. His classmates in that subject aren't even around, making him realize that they probably neglected to call him up about it.

"Seki...why didn't you even call or message me about this..." Sighing as he walked, Makoto wandered aimlessly at Kurogane's clean yet empty halls resounding with faint echoes from the other classes underway.

"Itsuna-kun? I guess Kirihara didn't pass you the message?" Turning around, Makoto came face to face with Taichi, the Student Council Vice President.

"Nope, she didn't. Just came over only to find Nakazawa-sensei absent." Makoto explained.

"I see." Taichi's eyes seemed to gaze at the empty classroom for a moment. "Hey, Itsuna-kun? What do you think about the President's plan? You know? The one where we talk to the west and east gangs?"

"Not so loud!" Makoto immediately scolds Taichi, glancing up at the security camera at the corner of the hall. "The school mustn't know about this remember? There's no way they'll approve!"

"I feel bad though--breaking the rules like this." Taichi replied with a laugh. "Think a bunch of brainless brutes can stop that guy? I mean, not even the police could do it."

"You may be right but, I suppose it would serve as a good deterrent. No one would want to mess with the gangs of the east and west."

"I don't know though..." Taichi interjects. "Personally, I don't think we can stop him. Especially in cases where "smart and independent women" are involved."

"What are you getting at?" Makoto perks up.

"What I'm saying is...quite peculiar of this guy to be targeting only Kurogane students no? I mean, it's not like Partisan Rose or St. Gabriel's short of beauties. From that perspective, that leaves the other trait."

"You don't say--?"

"Itsuna-kun? Do you know how many students are overlooked during the entrance exams for people who get higher scores--superficial standard as it may be?"

"That's preposterous! No one would be that heartless to kill people over not getting into a school you like!" Makoto firmly protests.

"We don't know that. Besides, it's dangerous to assume things all happen according to your perspective." Taichi counters back.

"But if this is out of vengeance or envy over the application process then why have there been only four victims as of now? Besides, just because someone dies, doesn't mean slots in the school will open up."

Taichi flinched a little upon Makoto discovering a small hole in his theory.

"And why all girls--?"

"Okay! Would you believe me if I show you some proof?" Taichi suddenly cuts in. "Proof which would cement this theory firmly in stone.

"You have something like that?"

Just as Taichi was about to take out his phone, his professor for the day shows up, informing him to head on to class. Sighing, he puts his phone back in his pocket.

"Well...duty calls. Kazenari has asked for a meeting later so I'll show it to you there." With that, Taichi vanishes to his classroom, leaving Makoto alone in the hallway again.

"Does he really have proof though? Well--it's probably just another one of his ramblings..." Makoto heads down to the cafeteria in the meantime, opting to waste time there instead.



Partisan Rose - 8:00 AM

"Akeno-chan! Good morning! You won't believe what I just saw last night! So I was on my way back, cutting corners and losing my sense of directions when I thought I saw Kirika-san walk towards a dark alley. So of course, I followed her to ask what she's doing there but when I got there, she was gone! Never mind it being Kirika-san, it wasn't even a person that looked like her! As in, there was nobody there! Urgh... I still get goosebumps when I think about it...

Oh, my classes also end at 3 so I'll wait for you in that place okay? See ya!!! :)"
Kazuya's message read as he sent it to Akeno while in the middle of class.

"Tamashiro-kun! Pay attention! Phones away!" His professor scolds him.

"Yes sir..." Kazuya groaned, defeated. Had his father been there, he was sure he would've felt disappointed as well.



St. Gabriel's - 8:30 AM

"And so you take X and use it to..." The rather dull professor went on, not minding that over half the class had already fallen asleep. Even those who managed to shake off the drowsiness were either on their way there or busying themselves with their phones and tablets. Sora, primarily belonged to the other half, her eyes closing every few minutes, only for her to snap them open again.

"God, this is a drag..." She thought as she stretched for the fifth time that day. A shrill vibration from her phone prompted her to look down and check who could be messaging her at this time.

"Tried to get permission for a leave but my boss wouldn't let me. Sorry. Let me know if you need anything else. Okay?" The message said.

"Why am I not surprised?" Sora thought as she tucked her phone away, not even bothering to grace the person on the other end with a reply.

Setting

6 Characters Present

Character Portrait: Hotaru Emirsdottir Character Portrait: Akeno Furuya Character Portrait: Makoto Itsuna Character Portrait: Menou Koizumi Character Portrait: Kazuya Tamashiro Character Portrait: Tadakatsu Fukui
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Kurogane - 8:30 AM

Hotaru wrapped up her first class with a rather heavy sigh.

"Emirsdottir-san?"

She turned to see her classmate with a happy smile. A rather petite and mousy looking girl with long black hair.

"Mikoto-chan! Hi, what's up?"

Mikoto fidgeted a bit.

"Can you please walk me home today...? I'm... I'm a bit scared with the murders going around..."

She hummed.

"Yeah, I can! But, it doesn't seem too smart if just us girls walk together alone. We should probably get more people involved like someone from the student council? Or a boy at least."

Mikoto flinched a bit but nodded.

"Y-Yeah, Emirsdottir-san... B-But who should we ask though...?"

She grinned and took Mikoto's hand while looking around before finding her guy.

"Makoto-kun!"

She was lucky to have caught him when she did. Hotaru gestured to Mikoto.

"Mikoto-chan is a bit worried about going home alone with all the murders happening so she wants to tag along to see if she can come with you."

Mikoto fidgeted a lot.

"I-I'm terribly sorry to trouble you, sir..."


Blue Lotus- 10:00 AM

Menou continued to take her notes as the teacher online told her specific details about world history.

"And we're done for the day."

Menou blinked as she looked at the computer screen. Normally her teacher would teach her something for at least another hour before dismissing her for the day to get some lunch. She blinked at the teacher on the screen.

"Um... Fujino-sensei...? Did I do something wrong in note taking...?"

The woman blinked and smiled, shaking her head.

"Not at all, Menou-chan. There's just something that I'm concerned about with you..."

Menou winced. Was it the last test? Did she fail it?

"Menou-chan, from what I've seen of your work, you're an excellent student. You put a lot of effort into your studies and it's clear that you have a bright future ahead of you."

Menou suppressed a small wince. There was no future for her. She was going to kill herself come her next birthday and the only reason she put effort into her classes was because she wanted to leave with at least a couple of decent memories.

"That said... I wish you would come to a regular class at least once. I understand that you have bad social anxiety but shutting yourself away all day isn't the proper solution. Also, I need to know what kind of major you're going for. Someone with such a bright mind shouldn't isolate herself in her dorm all day."

Menou just froze. This was absolutely not what she was expecting at all. Did the teacher really want her to get out and interact with more people...? Menou almost couldn't bear the thought of it.

"You don't need to answer me right away, Menou-chan. I understand completely if you need time to think this through. Just... please, at least consider it."

Menou took a deep breath.

"I-If it helps... I-I got asked to help work alongside someone in my dorm for a job..."

The brown haired woman's face lit up as she clapped her hands.

"Oh, Menou-chan, that's terrific! How do you feel about it?"

Menou sighed.

"Nervous... Really, really nervous... But... It's for the best, I think..."

The teacher smiled and nodded in approval.

"I'm absolutely positive that you can do it. Be sure to let me know how it goes for you. When does it start?"

"N-Next week... I'm helping out with clothing..."

The teacher seemed a bit surprised.

"Oh, I was unaware that you were into fashion. Well, good luck anyway, Menou-chan. Be sure to eat something healthy for a change."

Menou sighed as Fujino logged off.

"Why couldn't she have been my mom instead...?"

Shaking the thought aside, Menou grabbed some pieces of fabric, some thread and a needle to try and sew something together.


Partisan Rose- 12:00 PM
Akeno sat down at a lunch table eating some of the food Fuyumi made for everyone. She noticed Tadakatsu had sat down next to her, yawning.

"Classes were just as boring as I remember them being. Ah, your attire..."

Akeno looked over at him with a small smile. She ended up wearing the same clothes she bought yesterday in an attempt to try something new. She also had her hair free from the usual bun it was in and wore glasses.

"I decided to try and look a bit more natural today. You'd be surprised at how many compliments I got from girls."

Tadakatsu shook his head.

"Actually, that isn't surprising. That one lesbian really had a thing for you back in music club."

Akeno sighed as Tadakatsu chuckled.

"Ugh, don't remind me of that... Still, wish I could just get my hair short so that it all fit perfectly."

Tadakatsu shrugged.

"Eh, your hair looks fine to me though you always did like short hair better."

Akeno nodded.

"Yeah. For me, short hair just means I don't have to look so much like a doll and can actually exist as my own type of person."

Tadakatsu nodded.

"Gotcha, gotcha. In any case, is your teacher always a giant flirt?"

Akeno just hid her face in her arms while Tadakatsu stared at her.

"That's a yes, I take it. Jesus..."

Akeno just looked up to type away at her phone.

"You're gonna have to get used to it. I'm honestly surprised he didn't chew you out just for being a male."

Tadakatsu shook his head.

"I don't think he really cares about male students. He just favors females. In any case, you gonna walk back with that Kazuya guy?"

Akeno nodded.

"Yeah. He wants to find more detours and honestly, I'm the same. I had a lot of fun shopping yesterday. Plus, I'd like to get to know him more."

Tadakatsu shook his head with a small laugh.

"Yeah, well you kids better not have too much fun."

Akeno weakly but genuinely smiled at him.

"You dork, you're younger than us! Still, there's one thing that bugs me though..."

Tadakatsu raised an eyebrow but gave her his full attention. Akeno took the time to load up the text message from Kazuya and Tadakatsu read it to himself with a frown.

"Being stalked by someone who doesn't exist...? You think it's a ghost or something?"

He handed the phone back to Akeno so she could answer.

"I don't know... But whatever it is, it's really worrisome to me... I think it might have something to do with the murders going on to Kurogane students..."

Tadakatsu shook his head.

"That's probably a giant stretch. Still, you should be a bit on guard just in case someone jumps out at you two."

"Same here... I just got you back, Katsu. I don't want to lose you again..."

Tadakatsu smiled a bit and ruffled her hair.

"Don't worry. Now that I'm back, you won't get rid of me even if you want to."

Akeno pushed his hand off before smiling a bit at him.

"Thank you... In any case, we should get back to class..."

Tadakatsu nodded.

"Yeah. Wouldn't want you to be late and keep your boyfriend waiting."

He laughed as Akeno berated him as they walked back to class.

Setting

7 Characters Present

Character Portrait: Kirika Katsuragi Character Portrait: Kanade Takamine Character Portrait: Kujo Nobuyuki Character Portrait: Nagisa Makinami Character Portrait: Hayato Morikawa Character Portrait: Misaka Amamiya Character Portrait: Genji Yukitora
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Black Rose Cafe - 6:25 AM

"Good morning..."

Genji found himself waking up rather early that day, but after he had made a small mistake in waiting for his younger sister's text message first before heading out, causing him to arrive slightly later than he would have liked. He huffed under his mask- unacceptable. He needed to keep a strict eye on time.

"Anything else that you might need help with?"




Kurogane Institute - 9:00 AM

"Ugh! What'd I say about getting on my turf, you fuckin' losers?! Get lost!"

Kujo brushed his hands off on his pants as a few glaring boys quickly scrambled out, muttering and sending glares over their shoulders at the spiky-haired man. Turning around, he grinned.

"We're all clear Makinami!"

"Was that necessary...? What's with you hanging out with me all the time anyway? Ichinose's worried I might be getting into gang stuff."

"You can tell Ichinose she worries too much! Come on, this is the comfiest place, AND you're safe from both Westside and Enigma!"

"I wouldn't call a small hideout with a couch and a shit laptop comfy."

"What a jokester!"

Kujo grinned and plopped down on his couch, opening up his laptop and his lunch while Nagisa took a seat next to him, somewhat bothered.

"Well..."

"Hey. Trust me when I say y'all are safe with me. Westside and Enigma wouldn't mess with me if their lives depended on it."

"I'm not so sure but...I'll take your word for it."

Kujo grinned a bit.

"Hey, Makinami? Y'know, a specific floor in this institute is said to be haunted..."

"Hmm...?"




St. Gabriel's Academy - 9:00 AM

Misaka yawned as she stepped off the bus, feeling a hand clamp down on her shoulder. Koga's grinning face met her as she looked over.

"Hey, Koga..."

"Sheesh, are you ignoring me now? Come on!"

"It's been a long night. For one, my roommate came back drunk."

"On your second day?"

Misaka slowed down her steps to let her friend walk beside her. Koga walked at her pace, grinning.

"I heard Yukitora-san's coming back."

"He already is. I think I saw him..."

"Heh! He's at your dorm right? Then you gotta talk to him sometime-- huh?"

Koga stopped, looking over his shoulder. Misaka looked over and caught a glimpse of a tall man in a brown coat glaring at the building before starting to walk away.

"That was..."

"Weird. Probably Hijikata's problem."

"Hijikata?'

Koga smiled awkwardly.

"Let's, uh...get to class."




Partisan Rose - 9:00 AM

"Takamine. Takamine!"

Kanade glanced up tiredly, drowsy eyes staring up at her professor. To be fair, he didn't seem mad- he just scratched the back of his neck.

"Do you have a headache or something?"

"Sorry sir...as you can see I'm--" She paused and yawned. "--Kanadead right now."

That at least got a few chuckles from the others in the class. She rubbed her eyes as she did.

"Won't happen again sir. Really."

Good thing classes ended a little after that- she found herself wandering outside, only to be met with a familiar figure. A familiar, towering figure.

"Takamine Kanade right?"

Shaggy brown hair, slouched over position and stern eyes. Kanade felt slightly worried for herself- she already knew who this guy was despite the lack of identification on him. Nevertheless, she put on her usual tough exterior.

"Yeah, yours truly. What's the big bad want from me?"

"Westside matters."

He lowered his voice. Hayato Morikawa was, by all means, someone to not be messed with.

"Everyone knows about 14th. What my crew is interested in, is getting as much input from others who know shit about Kurogane. And of course, nobody wants to talk to a Hound."

"And what's that got to do with me?"

"I know you're close to several Kurogane students. I need contacts."

Kanade's eyes narrowed.

"What the fuck do you want numbers for and why the fuck do you think would they help you?"

"Look. We're trying to get behind this murder as much as the whole city is. Think of it as vigilante justice."

"Look here..."

She heaved a sigh. Hayato raised an eyebrow.

"Kujo. You're better off asking Kujo."

She didn't want to put Nagisa in any danger of gang activity. Might as well drop the guy who was already in it.

"That's all?"

"Yeah. That's all you're getting from me."

"I suppose I gotta settle this our own way then...alright fine. Tell 'im I'm dropping by as soon as classes end. Later."

As Hayato walked away, Kanade cursed a bit under her breath.

"Tell him yourself, Mr. Tough Guy..."

Setting

4 Characters Present

Character Portrait: Kirika Katsuragi Character Portrait: Hotaru Emirsdottir Character Portrait: Makoto Itsuna Character Portrait: Genji Yukitora
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Wednesday - 8:45 AM

As Makoto wandered around aimlessly, Hotaru approached him with a friend, asking him if he can accompany them out of school. The whole incident has left the school in a state of shock, taking quite a toll on most of the student body--particularly the female population.

"Mikoto-chan huh? Hmm..." Makoto made a quick mental calculation of the time. His next class doesn't start until 1 and the student council meeting doesn't start until 6. "Okay. But I have to be back around 11, is that alright?"

They ran into Kazenari Tohsaka a little shortly after they started walking.

"Ara? You heading home already? We still have a meeting at 6." Kazenari reminded him. She wasn't in her uniform today which struck Makoto a bit odd given that she is basically obligated to wear it every day. Might be in preparation for the plan.

"No, I'm not heading home. I'm just accompanying Hotaru-chan and Mikoto-chan on their way home since it's a little dangerous nowadays." Makoto explained.

"I see. Well, the 14th is closed down since cops are looking into the matter. I suggest you avoid that entire area of the street if you don't want to have to answer any questions they might throw your way. I mean...classes have barely started and then they'll see you walking around out of school--"

"Yup. I'll keep it in mind." Makoto assured her and the two parted ways. "Tohsaka-san? Shirazumi-san said he has something to show us later. I guess you should also talk things over with him after class."

Kazenari looked back but Makoto had already gone ahead with the two girls, leaving Kazenari to wonder what it was Taichi wanted to show them.

"So are both of your classes done? You seem to be heading home early today." Makoto made small talk with the two as he walked with them.



"Yes. But first, I need to ask you something." Kirika leaned close to Gecky when he arrived from the dorm and into the shop where she waited. "Do you have a license? I need a driver for today." Kirika explained.

"Normally I would have asked my brother but he just referred me to you so I figured I'd wait and ask you here myself. It's going to be quite a nasty ride as I need to head to the warehouse to finalize the furniture and fittings. Then I need to check the other essentials as well. So, are you up for it?"

Setting

7 Characters Present

Character Portrait: Hotaru Emirsdottir Character Portrait: Akeno Furuya Character Portrait: Makoto Itsuna Character Portrait: Fuyumi Hirabayashi Character Portrait: Menou Koizumi Character Portrait: Hayato Morikawa Character Portrait: Kazuya Tamashiro
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Hotaru shook her head with a happy grin.

"It's more like Mikoto-chan is too ill to really continue her classes. Stress and her don't really mix together..."

This caused the mousier girl to blush heavily.

"E-Emirsdottir-san, please don't say that so casually..."

Hotaru laughed a bit as Mikoto spoke up.

"Sorry, Mikoto-chan. Still, I'm not done with my classes yet. I just had a large break due to finishing up a test really early and I thought I would do a favor for a classmate. Thanks a lot for helping us, Makoto-kun!"


Kurogane Institute

Fuyumi happily hummed as she walked to Kurogane. She had heard that her friends mostly resided there and wanted to give them their boxed lunches so that they were able to get through the day with plenty of nutrition. Her day at St. Gabriels was rather short as it was mostly spent on introductions. Her classmates didn't seem to discriminate her due to her condition which to her was fantastic. She could become a successful chef despite her blindness and that ultimately cheered Fuyumi up more than anything.

"In any case, I should definitely see if Mr. Harumi is around. He'll need support now more than ever. Still, I hope Mr. Nobuyuki and Miss Makinami enjoy their nice surprises too..."

Fuyumi didn't pay attention so she bumped into someone on the way over. She felt the coat first and it felt really coarse, like it had been worn constantly. She then felt how warm the person was underneath the coat. Were they just naturally hot? In any case, Fuyumi was just grateful not to have fallen over.

"Ah! Forgive me! I wasn't exactly paying attention to where I was going and I'm blind so I didn't exactly see you. U-Um, is there any chance that I could make it up to you if I damaged anything...?"

She wanted to feel to see who this person was but that was going to be extremely difficult since she didn't quite know if they were a male, female or even trans. All she knew was the coarse coat that they were wearing and that wasn't enough to pinpoint what this person looked like so she could make up the accident to them.


Menou sighed in relief as she finished. She had sewn together multiple spare patches of cloth and it turned out decently enough.

"Hopefully Asagi will be okay with my basic skills..."

She still felt tired and yawned.

"That really took a lot out of me... I'm not quite used to doing this much physical work... Ugh, I really should develop better sleeping habits..."

As that last thought crossed her mind, she fell asleep.


When classes ended at 2:30 PM, Akeno stretched.

"Great... Classes are over and done with."

She genuinely smiled to herself as she picked up her phone and bookbag to walk over to the meeting spot. She felt happy that their classes didn't end at too far apart a time. She only had to wait 30 minutes for her friend. At least, that's what the text said. When she made it over to the tree near the guardhouse and sat down underneath it. She was honestly surprised with how comforting it felt and leaned against the trunk of the tree while waiting.

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Genji blinked- this was an odd request. Then again, maybe it wasn't too bad, though there was one thing he had to clarify first.

"Well, yes. I do have a license."

He managed to keep in a sigh of relief behind his mask- good thing he always kept everything else apart from the pocket from which his wallet fell out of.

"However, since the car I have technically belongs to the Yukitora family, it is still at the residence which is... far from here. When provided a vehicle, I can probably drive you there."




Hayato found himself standing on the grounds of Kurogane Technical- it was a miracle he'd even gotten in. Normally he'd have been booted out long ago, which is why he had to wonder about his luck.

He had hardly taken a few steps more when someone already bumped into him. Glancing down, he saw a girl- immediately though, she backed off and apologized, asking if she could make it up to him if she broke anything.

Bullshit. Hayato thought he was unbreakable.

But a tiny barking near his leg wasn't.

Hudson snuggled close to his owner, seemingly a bit startled as he yipped up at the unknown girl.

"Nothing. Though, if you're blind, don't you have anyone to help you out? Or are you waiting for them?"

Might as well spend a little conversation. Nobuyuki wasn't anywhere near anyway.

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"Don't worry about the vehicle." Kirika assured Genji. "We'll be taking my car. Well, Mitsuru's to be exact."

Kirika led Genji to where her brother's Celica was parked. She handed him the keys while she sat herself on the passenger's seat on the side, taking out a small list of itineraries as she put on her seatbelt.

"First is the warehouse along the table warehouse along the seventh. It's right near Partisan Rose. You know how to get there right? In that case, let's get going."



Kurogane Technical - 9:00 AM

"Hmm? Hirabayashi-san?" Makoto wondered what Fuyumi was doing all the way out here around class time. She wasn't alone however. A rather shifty looking man stood beside her. He didn't seem to be a student of the school though. He reckons it was probably a visitor.

As they passed, he supposed he should bring the matter up. Turning to Hotaru and her friend, he asked.

"That was Hirabayashi-san wasn't it? Did you recognize the man she was with?" Makoto asked, feeling slightly concerned about this visitor.



Partisan Rose - 3:15 PM

"Akeno-chan! Sorry if I was a bit late!" From how he panted upon arriving at their meetup place, it was pretty apparent Kazuya had ran all the way there. "It's kind of a long story but the gist of it was--"

Apparently, they had a small laboratory work done by group when a girl in Kazuya's group accidentally smashed a couple of flasks and beakers. The professor got really mad which forced him to yell at the girl. Kazuya spoke up and yelled back, redirecting his professor's wrath to him and--

"...and now he wants me to buy and replace all the shattered flasks and beakers. It will only take a moment, I promise! We just need to make a couple of stops near the specialty goods shop three blocks from here and back and off we got to Blue Lotus!" Kazuya asked. Had his father been around, he was sure he would've grounded him for a week for talking back to authority and dragging others into his mess.

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Hotaru heard Makoto's concerns about the strange man in a beanie and coat. Though he looked intimidating, there was a small puppy barking up at Fuyumi and Hotaru thought a bit before clapping her hands.

"It's obviously a secret boyfriend!"

"E-Eh...?"

Mikoto was confused as Hotaru grinned to herself.

"The two of them are forbidden lovers drawn apart by bad circumstances. He's a bad boy, she's a good girl and the two of them are brought together by coincidence after coincidence~ They can't deny the pull of each other and thus a star crossed lovers relationship is born!"

Mikoto weakly laughed.

"I-I don't think real life works like that..."

Hotaru laughed a bit.

"Nah, it really doesn't. I just felt like being silly. But, I don't really know who the guy is but we shouldn't really bother him."

She hummed.

"Mikoto-chan needs to get home quickly so that she doesn't have to worry so much anymore. If he's here when we come back, we can talk to him then, Makoto-kun~"

With that, Hotaru pushed Makoto and Mikoto away from the scene to get them out of there. Fuyumi had heard the commotion and was honestly a little embarrassed. The two had just met, how did Hotaru get so far ahead from just one glance at the two? Still, she supposed it had to do with Hotaru really liking romance. Shaking it aside, she heard the barking puppy and smiled gently.

"I'm terribly sorry for disturbing you, puppy... Here's a small gift."

She presented the puppy with a bone cut from a ribeye she had made. She was going to find a local pound to give the bone to but decided that she wanted to get on this puppy's good side. So, she gave him the bone instead. She heard the new man's question and sheepishly laughed.

"Honestly...? I don't. I didn't necessarily wish to trouble others around me by asking for help. I would have liked to have a guide dog."

She sighed heavily.

"But unfortunately, I don't quite know all the policies of the dorm I'm living in nor do I have any idea which type of dog I should adopt since all of them are great..."


Akeno listened to his story and sighed a little bit. It was nice that he defended a girl from being yelled at by her professor but the professor was a really awful man for him to dump all responsibilities on Kazuya. Still, the message did technically say that they would take some detours so...

"Yeah, I don't mind. Really sucks about what happened with the professor. Hopefully he'll be less of a jerk in the future."


Blue Lotus- 9:45 AM

Menou tossed and turned, groaning. Despite wanting to sleep, she just couldn't. Too much was on her mind at the moment and she just wanted to take a small break from her own mind. She sat up from bed and sighed, thinking about what Asagi had told her about the idol industry. She could do it, if she practiced... She peered over at her laptop and decided to practice right away. She remembered the opening to one of her favorite anime, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and decided to try to sing that.

"Nothing gets done when I'm a shut in, right...? I'll try to do something to get the strength in my hands back."

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As Genji was led to the car, he couldn't help but feel a little admiration for it.

"The Katsuragis really are quite the wealthy family, huh?"

It wasn't like the Yukitoras weren't wealthy on their own, but vehicles were the least of his parents' priorities. And though he was the designated family driver, it wasn't everyday he got to drive something like this...

Giving a small nod in her direction, it didn't take long for them to get on the road. It was rather odd driving in silence- he'd always been used to the chatter of his family, and the closest he's ever got to silence was when he was alone with Aika.




Hudson sniffed at the bone and picked it up in his jaws, laying down and chewing on it. Hayato shook his head.

"Give him a ball and he'll wander off, give him a bone and he won't ever move."

He shook his head.

"Why don't you clarify with your landlord or something? And if he agrees, I can name a few places around Castle City that have a pretty good roster of dogs for adoption."

He shrugged.

"Only if you want to take help from a stranger though."

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(OOC: Kurogane Time Skip. I'll assume both Hotaru and Makoto already made it back to school since Makoto has a class at 1.)

Kurogane Technical Institute - 11:30 AM

"Perhaps because it's still morning, we managed to make it back without much incident." Makoto sighed in relief as he re-enters the gates of the school after dropping Mikoto off with Hotaru. From the corner of his eye, he noticed the stranger was still there along with Fuyumi with a dog? He wasn't sure but he did recall Kurogane having a policy on bringing pets inside.

"Well, I do have a class at 1 so I think I'll take a quick lunch at the cafeteria first. Do you want to come along?" He invites Hotaru for a quick break before they head back to their respective classes.



9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Kirika kept quiet throughout the drive, passively leaning her head on the backrest and occasionally dozing off whenever the vehicle would stop at a red light or traffic. To her, driving was a very monotonous exercise and the sooner they finish the errands, the better.

She glanced at her assigned driver for the day. He didn't seem to be much of talker as he kept quiet and his mouth covered throughout the trip. Momentarily, she wondered if he had something contagious and if she should be riding with him. However, it was a request from Mitsuru and Kirika was obviously obliged to take up his offer.

After around half an hour of driving, Kirika espied a familiar warehouse on her peripheral. It wasn't their intended destination--but they would arrive here sooner or later so she motioned for Genji to stop the car in the establishment. Bag in hand, she got out and headed inside where she stayed for another half hour checking light fixtures. Finally, she walked back to the car not to the passenger's seat but to the driver's seat.

"Do you mind doing some lifting? I've got some heavy decorative pieces I need help with. We just have to pop it in the trunk real quick." She asks her temporary employee. "I understand if you can't or don't want to but think of it as an added task with a bonus on your paycheck."



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Hotaru energetically nodded at Makoto's offer.

"Oh, yeah! That sounds great, Makoto-kun."

She grinned at him.

"I got a bit of a paycheck for helping out with Black Rose so I'll buy some more bread~ It'll almost be like a celebration of sorts."

She stretched as they walked.

"What kind of bread do you want, Makoto-kun? I don't want to be stingy and keep the bread all to myself."



Fuyumi listened to the man's offer while kneeling down to feel for the puppy's head. Once she felt it, she gently pet the puppy in small and careful strokes.

"Hm..."

She stood up and smiled.

"I'd definitely be grateful for all the help. However, I'd like to know your name first. That way, we won't necessarily be strangers."

She extended a hand out to him. There were a couple of bandages on her fingers from cooking accidents today but she was alright with them.

"I'll go first. My name is Fuyumi Hirabayashi. Who might you be?"


Menou took a couple of deep breaths and sighed. It took her a couple of hours but she finally got together a product that she could like. She looked over at Google to see where she could upload her cover.

"StarStruck...?"

It was supposedly a new streaming site where up and comung singers upload covers or original songs to the world. People could view them and the more views a person's song got, the more money they would recieve. Getting certain numbers would include other bonuses as well, including having your cover play on the radio, a potential critique from a popular music critic and even a chance to perform live. Though, Menou took a closer look at the site. It had only been up for about a month ago and the amount of money you recieved for a cover of a song was cut down to about 3/4 of the amount of money you would get if you had chosen to upload a new song of your creation. Plus, the amount of numbers it took for you to get rewards is doubled. Menou winced.

"I guess people really don't want you to be unoriginal... Maybe next time I can try to make my own song. For now..."

She uploaded the song and sighed in relief.

"I just want to take my first step..."

She closed her laptop and yawned, feeling drained.

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"Lifting?"

Genji seemed to think for a little moment- but the moment Kirika mentioned a bonus to his paycheck, he was already on his way out of the car. He stretched a bit- he supposed he could still do some heavy lifting.

"Alright then. Lead the way."




Hayato hesitated for a moment- then feeling Hudson lightly tapping his leg with a paw, he reached out and gruffly shook the girl's hand.

"Hayato Morikawa."

He could feel the other students and such looking at him. Some wore expressions of recognition on their faces- he cursed a bit under his breath. They couldn't go rat him out. He lightly nudged Hudson, and turned back to Fuyumi.

"Listen, I gotta get going for now. Business calls. If you have any contact info, just give it over so I can message you some of the locations later--"

"What the fuck--? Hirabayashi?!"

Another voice cut in. Hudson ran back to his owner, barking and yipping as Kujo came barrelling down in their direction. Trailing behind him was Nagisa, who seemed a bit alarmed at his violent reaction.

"Hirabayashi right? I need to talk about something really quick. Please, come along."

The black-haired girl immediately led her away while Kujo and Hayato resumed glaring down.

"Look, I don't want any trouble. I just need a little more info on the cases happening."

Hayato growled under his breath, keeping his voice low though Kujo was quick to shoot him down.

"Tch, when's a Hound not looking for trouble? It's bad enough that you runts are sticking your noses into places they shouldn't be!"

"This is for the entire Westside. This guy fucks with us, we'll show him a bad time. If you'd cooperate just once--"

"I don't want none of that bullshit! When have you ever not stabbed anyone in the back?!"

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Orange Blossom - 12:00 PM

With Genji's help, most of the lifting was over with though by the time they were able to finish, it was nearing lunchtime. As the warehouse wasn't exactly a place where they can grab some grub, Kirika had him pull over into one of the more popular cafes in that side of town.

"Feel free to order anything you want. Don't worry, it's not coming out of your pay." Kirika offers as part of the compensation to Genji. Besides, their expenses are to be deducted from Mitsuru anyway and somehow, she felt that it was her own little way of getting back at him.



Kurogane Technical Institute - 11:30 PM

"Hmm? Well if you insist..." Makoto cycled through the sandwich selections offered in the shop. "I'll have the mushroom cheese melt then. Thanks, Hotaru-san~" He opted for something rather light and inexpensive since he didn't want to feel too full that he becomes sleepy later on.

"Then I'll buy drinks instead. So everything's fair. Do you have any preferences?" As Makoto asked though, he espied Kujo and Nagisa leaving the building together. "It's quite rare I see those two together in school...Is something up?"

Makoto wondered about it. Considering Fuyumi was also outside earlier, it was clear something was going on. "Hotaru-chan, let's get our snacks to go and eat in the pavilion. I've got a feeling that I may have to do something there later on."



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"A-Ah!"

Fuyumi was very confused as she got dragged away by Nagisa. She didn't quite understand what was going on. She was making friends with Hayato and he was going to recommend some places where she could get a seeing eye dog after she gave him her number. Then, Kujo called out her last name and started getting into an argument with Hayato. She felt upset for both of them. What happened to make them fight each other...?

"Ah, Makinami-san...? May I please ask what's going on? I just wanted to get a seeing eye dog..."

She was completely and utterly confused and just wanted some answers.



Hotaru happily grinned and bought a mushroom cheese melt, beef yakisoba and chocolate bread.

"No problem at all, Makoto-kun!"

When she heard he would buy the drinks, she felt really happy and decided to take him up on his offer.

"Hm... How about some green tea?"

Hotaru had been on a tea bender as of late. Mainly due to the recent brewing of a new type of tea flavor in her uncle's cafΓ©. Supposedly, this tea would be a blend of white chocolate, strawberries and cinnamon. She heard Makoto ask about Kujo and Nagisa walking to school together. Hotaru hummed.

"I think they might have decided to walk to school together."

Even if she was a hopeless romantic, she'd be a dead person if she insinuated that Nagisa liked Kujo in any romantic sense. Still, it was curious to see the two of them together. It was even more curious to see Nagisa dragging Fuyumi away.

"Why is Nagisa-chan doing that to Fuyumi-chan?"

Shrugging it off for now, Hotaru nodded with a happy smile at Makoto's request.

"Yeah, the pavilion sounds nice~ Maybe you'll take a first step towards your destiny, Makoto-kun!"

She laughed a bit at her small joke and waited for Makoto to pay for the drinks.

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"We can-- worry about that later. More importantly..."

Once they were at a safe distance, Nagisa let go and looked over at Fuyumi worriedly. This early and she was already rather social- but being social with that person...

"It's dangerous to be in the presence of those two in the same area. I know you're a newcomer to the place, but both of them are caught up in some shady business. They've both got a beef with the gangs in the area, specifically the ones in the west and east of this city, the Westside Hounds and Enigma."

She tucked a lock of black hair behind her ear.

"Kujo happens to have a beef with both, which is why he had such a violent reaction to that guy. The other guy is part of Westside. It's best to stay away from them when they happen to be in the same area."

Nagisa shifted on her feet, lightly playing with the bracelet on her right wrist before thinking of something.

"Well, tag along with me for now. I'm going to go warn the student council about the fight that's definitely going to break out. And, uh-- as for a seeing-eye dog..."

She thought for a moment.

"Right, ah, Kanade and I have a deal that we're heading home together today so we can go look around the city for an adoption center maybe..."




"Well, don't mind if I do then--"

Genji, being a light eater, only had a few macarons and pastries for himself. Obviously a pastry wouldn't fit through the zipper on his mask so he reached up and pulled it down, glancing up curiously.

"And, uh-- the mask is really just something worn out of personal preference. I'm not harboring a disease or anything."

He reassured before eating a macaron.

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Orange Blossom - 12:20 PM

Kirika nodded upon hearing Genji's reasons for wearing his mask. According to him, he didn't have an illness or anything and was just worn out of preference. Nonetheless, she did find it a little weird. And maybe a bit creepy.

"I see. Or is it the other way around then? You wear it so you don't catch other people's disease." Kirika assumed as she dug into her order of Sunburst Cake and chocolate.

"The food here is really good. Something to take note of when we open..." Kirika murmured to herself as she waited for her companion to finish. "Mitsuru said you were a regular at the old shop right?"

"If I were to ask, what did and didn't you like at the old shop? And what kept you coming back?"



Kurogane Technical - 12:00 PM

"This is bad..." Makoto thought as he witnessed what appears to be a scuffle between Kujo and the other visitor. It was no secret that among students that Kujo Nobuyuki runs with some rather...questionable folk so the other guy must be related to that--if not a part of a gang himself. Makoto had brought Hotaru in one of the pavilions outside, allowing them to witness the scene up close though it would appear that they weren't the only ones who had that idea.

Multiple students had gathered; some were whispering to themselves while pointing at the two and some kept their viewing a lot more low-key by pretending to eat at the pavilions. A handful had their cameras out and was taking pictures and videos of the scene.

"Ikeda's going to kill me if I let something bad happen to Hotaru-san here." Makoto glanced at the growing number of people gathering around. Duty was calling him but he did remember what he and Cel talked about last night.

He was only an observer. Not an actor.

"Doesn't matter." He thought as he stood up. "Hotaru-san, I think I need to step in here. It might take a while so you can head back to class without me."

"You don't need to do that, historian." Kazenari suddenly cuts in as she arrived. "Leave this to me."

"Are you sure? They might not listen to you."

"Maybe. Only one way to find out." Kazenari gave him a slight smirk before walking towards the two.

"Oh, for God's--urgh..." Groaning, Makoto followed after her.

"If you're going to argue like dogs then can you please do it outside? You're causing quite the commotion and disrupting classes." Kazenari addressed the two in her usual icy voice. She turned to face Kujo first. "You're from here right? May I ask why you're not in class right now?"

Turning to the other guy, she met his glare with her own. "Outsiders aren't normally allowed in here unless it's important business. Tell me, for what purpose did you come here? From the looks of it, you don't seem like you're here to enroll or shift schools."

She noticed the dog he brought with him. Pets aren't normally allowed in their school but Kazenari decided against bringing up the matter for now. Makoto turns his attention on Kujo.

"Hey, where's Hirabayashi-san? Isn't she with you? And I don't think I've seen Aziz anywhere." He asked though it was more of a starter rather than an actual question. Though he reckons Aziz might've done a better job at calming them down than either he or Kazenari can.

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Hotaru was somewhat afraid of the actions going on but decided to step in and offer some help of her own. She walked over to the two arguing males and the student council president to brightly smile.

"Hey, guys. I don't really think we should be fighting on school grounds. I can understand if it's stress or any grudges that you two might have but Kazenari-senpai is right. We shouldn't really do this on school grounds. You can settle your issues outside if need be. You might be scaring the little puppy here too."

She knelt down to gently pet Hudson, somewhat distracted with how cute he was but mainly to put emphasis on the tiny puppy being in the middle of the fight as well. She then heard footsteps and saw familiar grey locks and winced a bit. Noa Arai had entered the scene with a very deep frown on her face.

"Will all of you keep quiet? You're disrupting study hall, aggravating my already awful mood and just being general annoyances. Then again, I shouldn't have been surprised. The both of you have the general look of ruffians, so I should have expected you to have the intellect and temper to match."

Hotaru winced as she approached Noa.

"Noa-chan, they're already mad enough, I don't think you're helping them calm down by calling them all that..."

Noa focused her attention on Hotaru with her frown fading somewhat.

"If that was the case, then they'd shut up and leave the school when they're obviously not welcome here."

"But, Noa-chan, Kujo-kun goes to the school too-"

"Hah?"

She turned her glare towards the purple haired male.

"I cannot possibly believe that he would ever take school seriously with that unrefined image. Shouldn't he be ditching right about now? That's what foolish punks like him do after all."

Hotaru just whimpered a bit before regaining her confidence.

"Noa-chan, seriously. Calm down. Kazenari-senpai is working hard to stop this fight. I'm sure you're trying your best too but you don't know what you're getting into..."

Noa fell silent for a bit before huffing and walking away.

"Just get to class, mutt."

Hotaru shook her head.

"I don't know what's wrong with Noa-chan..."

She then turned her attention to Hayato and smiled a bit.

"Hi. You said you wanted some information, right?"

She wrote down her number and gave it to Hayato with a wide grin.

"I'm Hotaru Emirsdottir. I don't really know if I'll be able to help you out with whatever you need information on but I'm available as a listening ear."

Waving goodbye, she then turned her attention to Kujo.

"Kujo-kun, I don't think Fuyumi-chan knew about what was going on between you and that stranger. Please, don't get too mad at her..."


Fuyumi could hear a crowd suddenly chanting for a fight before hearing an unfamiliar woman's voice, Hotaru's voice and another unfamiliar woman's voice break it up. She sighed in relief.

"I believe someone already took care of that for you."

Fuyumi smiled a bit.

"In any case, I'm extremely grateful for your assistance in helping me with getting a seeing-eye dog, Miss Makinami."

She politely bowed in front of Nagisa and offered her a warm smile.

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The fight was starting to get rather extreme before a familiar steely voice cut in. The crowds backed off a bit when the student council president showed up- Hayato grimaced, glaring at Kujo. This wouldn't have escalated this far had he not been such a damn loudmouth. And now that the student council was involved, he knew he didn't have a chance against administration.

"Just some business with this guy that couldn't wait," He growled under his breath. He affixed his stare on Kujo again, who he was fairly sure was looking more and more like a rabid dog with every passing second that was spent with him steaming.

A brunette who looked relatively friendly attempted to assist- but things really got bad when a white-haired girl came over and had some harsh words for them. Mostly directed at Kujo.

It surprised Hayato how quiet he was being, though his gritted teeth was saying something else. Finally, though, as the girl started walking away, he snapped.

"Well, what the fuck do you know, Miss FUCKING Know-it-All?! Rrgh--! Thinking you're better than everyone else just because you got high numbers on test papers?! Tough shit! Fuckin' walk away like a damn coward because you know nothing about this kind of business! Stay the fuck out!"

After yelling out, Kujo whirled around to seemingly charge Hayato, but surprisingly a few other students ran up.

"Kujo! Keep it together!"

"Get a grip!"

They seemed to be some of his more concerned friends. Hotaru immediately apologized on Fuyumi's behalf, but Kujo simply growled and pushed her out of his way.

"Yeah, Hirabayashi's got nothing to do with this. Emirsdottir, make like her and stay out of this. Keep Arai away from it too! Fuck!"

Hayato shoved the number in his pocket before clicking his tongue in annoyance at the escalated situation. This wasn't good, at least for Westside's reputation, and he didn't want to move this early and risk Enigma catching wind and attempting to hit them while they weren't looking.

"Tch...this situation's gotten too bad. Nobuyuki, we'll settle this somewhere else."

Hayato's glare hardened.

"And next time you won't have this much support, mark my words."

"Yeah, go on, you fuckin' backstabber. Fuck off! Get out!"




"Liked and disliked about the old cafe?"

Genji leaned back a little, thinking for a moment.

"Hmm...well, for one, the atmosphere had a pretty homely feel to it. Friendly staff made for a positive experience, plus that kind of demeanor around the place does a weary traveler good."

He lightly tapped his finger on his arm.

"Could say that the decor could use a little work though. It got a little bland to look at after a little while."

He rubbed his neck a bit.

"And some residents would play with the sound system a lot...but that's only the few things I could probably nitpick about."




"That's great. In any case--"

Nagisa thought briefly.

"Well, since I still have a few classes left- I'm on my break, after all-, you can go out and explore a little bit for a while. You could ask someone to accompany you if you wish, but let's meet up outside the school gates when I'm done at around...3:30? I'll go call Kanade to let her know you're coming."

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Kurogane Technical Institute - 12:45 PM

"Nobuyuki-san! Calm down!" Makoto immediately tells Kujo off when he started yelling loudly at Hotaru and Noa. "We won't get anything by being hot-headed about it! Why don't step back and walk if off?!"

"Itsuna-kun is right. This situation's under the jurisdiction of the Student Council now. Any more interference and we might as well get the Board involved." Kazenari warns the rest. The Board makes most of the decisions when it comes to several matters. Including suspending students caught breaking the rules.

"You too Arai-san." Makoto turns to Noa as well. "I don't know what went on with you two but you can always talk things over back at the dorm."

Kazenari nodded, satisfied with the efforts of her own members. "Itsuna-kun get Nobuyuki-kun back to class. Arai-kun, get all these people out of here. That includes you, Hotaru-san." Through her authority, Kazenari orders the crowd to disperse and stick to their own business.

"Nobuyuki-san, let's go." Makoto gestures to Kujo to get going.

"And as for you--" With most of the bystanders gone, Kazenari can now turn her attention to whom Kujo referred to as a Hound: one of the more prominent gangs around Castle West Side. "You said you wanted information. Uncanny timing, we have questions we're trying to answer as well."

A West Side Hound just has to show up right at their doorstep. As much as the commotiuon it caused was rather unwelcome, it did get the ball rolling for Kazenari to put her plan in motion. In a way, she saw it a stroke of luck.

But--

WAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

A shrill scream echoed throughout campus, catching everyone's attention, including Kazenari.

"That sounded like it came from the HRM side!" Makoto muttered before he took off running in that direction.

"We'll continue this later--!" Breaking away for a moment, Kazenari followed a little after, so she could see what had just transpired.

Upon arriving, a crowd had already gathered near the orchard with several students and faculty peering from the windows and hallways. Cries of panic echoed through the halls.

"Call an ambulance quick!"

"What's going on?!" Kazenari finally managed to force through the crowd just in time for Makoto to rise up from the grassy floor.

"Fifth death in this school. Tatara Isuko." He managed to mutter. Ahead, another victim lay sprawled on the ground, blood dyeing the recently mowed lawn red.

From the wound on her head, it was obvious she had fallen from a great height. Kazenari looked up at the windows, trying to see which one. The only open windows however, were the ones with students peering out of it.

"Itsuna-kun, head to the security buildings quick! Arai-kun, go around those floors and ask if anyone saw where she fell or jumped from! On the double!"

"I'm on it!" Makoto nodded and immediately ran to the security office to check the footage from the security cameras.

"This is getting way out of hand..." Kazenari mutters to herself as the nearby medics finally arrived and started dispersing the crowd away to get Tatara's body out of there.



Orange Blossom - 1:00 PM

Kirika took note of every detail Genji had just told her. Certain things like decor certainly needed an overhaul. However, she was sure it shouldn't be too big a factor in turning people away. Still--for this man to keep on staying despite that. Surely there was something the old Black Rose had?

"Thank you." Kirika managed to say as she stood up. "For sticking with it. I can't guarantee the new one would be as nice but we will try."

"Got a little sidetracked a little so we now head to our original destination. Near Partisan Rose. Shouldn't be too hard to miss."

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"Yes, ma'am."

Noa was about to walk away when she heard the screams of Tatara Isuko. She didn't know the girl personally but she was involved in her classes so Noa felt some form of connection towards her along with the human empathy one normally feels during someone's death. Still, while one would assume she was pushed out from a window, Noa had a small theory in her mind. Mainly, that someone could have led her up to the roof and pushed her off there. Regardless, she needed to get answers so she quickly ran to the fifth floor first, the one that had the most open windows. Part of her felt disgusted to see these students watching. Sure it was impossible to try and grab her and save her from the fall but the least amount of decency they could have was not make the death of someone innocent a media spectacle. Shaking off her disdain for now, she called out to the other students.

"Alright, back off. The Student Council is taking care of this situation as we speak. Before you go back to your classes, I've been appointed by the council to ask some questions. First, would anyone tell me what happened? Were there any witnesses to Tatara-san's untimely death outside of her falling? Was she pushed? Did she jump?"

She pulled out a notebook and pencil.

"I don't want anyone to lie about this. The justice of Tatara-san rests with all of you."


Hotaru winced a bit as Kujo had shoved her but hearing the scream of Tatara Isuko as she fell to her death caused her to briefly shut down for a moment. She had heard about the murders going on in this school and didn't want any more deaths to happen but one just did and it was one she could clearly hear. In any case, Hotaru stepped into action.

"Everyone, please get to class, right now! I know you're worried for Isuko-chan but we can't help her unless we let authorities try to do something. And, if any of you have any information regarding Isuko-chan, please tell the student council! I imagine they need a lot of information!"

Hotaru turned to Kujo with a worried look on her face.

"Kujo-kun, we need to find out what happened with Isuko-chan. I can't just let this guy get away with doing what he wants..."


Fuyumi smiled warmly at Nagisa.

"Thank you very much. I apologize for taking up your-"

She then could hear a faint scream and her face went completely pale. She picked up the boxed lunches and handed them to Nagisa.

"Forgive me, Miss Makinami but I'm afraid I heard something. These lunches are for you and Mr. Nobuyuki to enjoy at your leisure. That's the main reason why I came over here. Now, if you'll excuse me..."

She listened for some way to get to the rooftop but a lot of students talking greatly stunted her hearing.

"This isn't good... I have to rely on my touch to get to and from the school."

She felt across the hallway for a way to figure out where the rooftop was. Normally with a falling kind of scream, it came from high up. Fuyumi immediately suspected that the rooftop would be the highest place one could fall from. So, she had to look for any kind of clues or information there.

"I may not be going to this school but I can't just be an outsider and do nothing..."

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At first Nagisa was rather confused by the sudden scream and Fuyumi running off, though she had to admit she was concerned by the sound. She ran over, about to catch up with the blind girl before she felt a pair of hands on her shoulders.

"Wha--?"

They were Akame's friends, and Nagisa's brow furrowed in confusion.

"Makinami...come with us. There's been another murder."

"H-Huh--? Who was it?"

"Tatara Isuko-san, from the other class..."




It didn't take long for Nagisa to run over to the scene. When she got there however, the medics were already moving the crowd along while they retrieved Tatara. Nagisa could make out Akame nearby, her eyes wide with shock.

"O-Oh my god...Isuko-san...was--"

"Ichinose!"

Akame fell a bit slack against Nagisa the moment the black-haired girl's hand touched her shoulder.

"S-She was from our class--! W-Why...?"

"What the hell?! This is out of hand!"

Kujo rushed over, followed by Hayato. Even the stern man seemed to have been fazed by the sudden murder.

"Did she jump?"

"Who the hell would do that?!"

"I-Isuko-san was p-perfectly fine...she wouldn't just end her life like that..."

"And I doubt she'd scream like that had she committed suicide."

"Where the hell did she fall from?"

Hayato looked up at the building, scowling.

"Nngh...that damn Hijikata made a mention about someone with that name before. Maybe this'll push Enigma to action..."

"Who gives a shit about Enigma right now? A murder just--! You know what?! I'm going up there!"

"Kujo, wait-!"

Kujo already took off running to get into the building. Nagisa grunted, and just focused on consoling her friend.

"Makinami...whoever it is k-killed someone from my class too...who's to say I'm not gonna be next? I-I don't wanna die!"

"You won't. We're not-- no one's going to die again Ichinose. We promise..."




Genji nodded, managing a small smile before pulling his mask back up and starting to walk out of the cafe.

"I'm surprised Mitsuru-san's lax enough to let others drive his car," He mumbled a bit as he went back to the car and got in.

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Kurogane Technical Institute - 1:00 PM

Kurogane's Security Building was located on a separate building from the actual institute. It was disguised as a small, bungalow type building on campus that also doubles as a supply room and guard's quarters. Security personnel do not really supervise the cameras 24/7 but one only needs to ask for the footage from certain rooms and timeframes and they will gladly provide it.

Especially in cases of emergency.

Makoto was scouring through footage after footage--a task that was very difficult considering he had to check several rooms, hallways and floors. To narrow down the times, he started checking footage starting at around 10:00, considering almost all of them heard Tatara Isuko scream as she fell.

The rooms in the HRM building didn't show anything out of the ordinary. Occupied rooms had classes, unoccupied ones only had a few people mingling and taking advantage of the airconditioning units. All Makoto saw was regular routine until one of the cameras snagged the falling body of Tatara Isuko and the rest of the class went into disarray.

"Then, she must've fallen from the roof..." Makoto thought.

The problem was that there was no cameras on the rooftop itself. There was one on the 12th floor hallway but it doesn't peer into the staircase itself. However, the blind spot here is a little small so it can somehow see who was coming and going. It caught both him and the vice-president Taichi, heading up then down earlier in the morning but both of these occurred before Tatara Isuko fell. Tatara Isuko herself only went up around 12:00 PM--both he, the vice president and three other male students have already gone down then.

"Damn! No luck..." Makoto cursed under his breath. He doesn't have the mental capacity to think about this incident. The security personnel asked him if that was all he needed to see.

"Yeah. Ah, but can you prepare a copy of all the footage today? I'm sure the cops would want to see it as well."

His task done, Makoto leaves the Security Building.



Kurogane Technical Institute - 3:00 PM

Listening in to both gang members made Kazenari perk up. The ambulance had already arrived earlier along with the police. Regular classes were suspended for the day and the HRM students and faculty were all subjected to questioning and investigation.

After being questioned and redirecting the police to the Security Building, Kazenari was able to break away and approach both Kujo and Hayato.

"If it doesn't bother you, I would like to continue this conversation elsewhere. The Sagittarius. 3rd Floor in Emerald Gardens. I'll be there at 6 if you want to push through with your own investigation." Kazenari whispers to Hayato before disappearing among the crowd finished with questioning and headed home.

Just as Kazenari left, Makoto returned after his long absence. Tatara's body was already wheeled away and from the looks of it, the rest were allowed to head home. He saw Nagisa, Kujo and Hotaru and immediately went over to them.

"Anyone see Arai-san? Cops wants us to clear the place once questioning is done. We should all head home for now."

He noticed something peculiar upon seeing Nagisa and Kujo though.

"Nobuyuki-san, Makinami-san...where's Hirabayashi-san?" Makoto asks, looking for their visiting resident.



8th Street - 3:15 PM

"Yay! Glad that's all over with!" Kazuya breathed a sigh of relief as he and Akeno walked out of the school. The whole chore thankfully didn't take too long and they were soon walking on their way back to the dorm. En route, Kazuya espied an arcade that had recently opened near the edge of school.

"Whoah! Akeno-chan look!" Kazuya pointed at the arcade. "Bet there's a lot of cool prizes to win over there! Ah! That crane game looks like it has great offerings!" He took Akeno's hand and practically led her inside.

"Hey, do you have anything you want? Believe it or not, I'm quite handy with these kinds of consoles!" Kazuya proudly steps up to the machine.



8th Street - 3:00 PM

"I'm not that surprised at all considering this is the cheapest car among the five he owns. Technically, this was to be given to me but as you can see, I'm no driver." Kirika explains, unintentionally declaring a fraction of their wealth to their temporary helper.

They arrived at the warehouse Kirika pointed at. It wasn't hard to find considering the other establishments were all new and chic places while it remained looking rather old with some paint peeling off the gates and walls.

"Let's go. It shouldn't take too long."

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Character Portrait: Hotaru Emirsdottir Character Portrait: Akeno Furuya Character Portrait: Makoto Itsuna Character Portrait: Kujo Nobuyuki Character Portrait: Fuyumi Hirabayashi Character Portrait: Nagisa Makinami Character Portrait: Noa Arai Character Portrait: Kazuya Tamashiro
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Kurogane Institute- 3:00 PM

"Worthless. Absolutely worthless."

Noa returned with a loud and heavy sigh as she walked back to the group. Hotaru, Makoto, Nagisa and Kujo were there and she grunted a bit as she saw them.

"So many people didn't want to come out and say what happened, not even after I implied that they could be responsible due to fingerprints being all over the open windows along with other DNA. Those who did step forward with information only know that Tatara fell but they didn't quite know from where."

Hotaru frowned a little, rubbing her arm.

"In that case, then we really have no other choice than to let the police handle it. I'm really scared, everyone... Still, we can't just give up here. It'll make everyone's deaths for nothing. We have to catch whatever's doing this..."

Hotaru tilted her head after hearing Makoto ask about Fuyumi. Noa blinked.

"Hirabayashi? Who is that?"

Hotaru looked over at Noa.

"Ah, Fuyumi-chan never really met you, Noa-chan. Well, she has curly brown hair, is blind and wears a poofy pink sweater."

Noa nodded.

"Ah, I believe I saw her make her way up the rooftop-"

Noa stopped and then let out a frustrated groan.

"I didn't think the blind could even be this stupid! If she's going up to the rooftop, there's a good chance she'll get her fingerprints all over evidence and be incriminated for a crime she didn't even commit."

Hotaru flinched at how brutal her words were but Noa did have a point.

"We should get Fuyumi and get her out of the way so she doesn't get in trouble with the law."


Kurogane Institute Rooftop - 3:10 PM

Fuyumi sighed in relief. It took her long enough with the loud noises of gossip interfering with her hearing but she finally made it to the rooftop. The noise seemed to subside after 3 PM which meant getting to the rooftop was a lot easier after that. She felt a little silly gripping onto the railway of the stairs the entire time and stepping as carefully as she possibly could though. This was why she needed a seeing eye dog.

"In any case, I made it. Now... Let's see if there's anything I can find to give to the police..."


8th Street - 3:15 PM

Akeno sighed a bit in relief when they managed to get the chores done. She was happy that it didn't take too long and she then heard Kazuya talk about an arcade that had just opened up. As she was about to ask what they were going to do, she felt Kazuya grab her hand and lead her inside.

"Ah... My hand..."

Akeno was taken back to when she would hold her father's hand as they walked to the music club. A warm nostalgia filled her before Kazuya asked which one Akeno would prefer to get out of the crane machine. She was a bit surprised that he brushed off hand holding like it was nothing but she shrugged it off. Maybe it was nothing to people anymore...

"Hm..."

She peered inside the machine. She had heard rumors about it being completely rigged and a couple of times when her dad tried it, the rumors were proven true. Mainly that there was one bouncy ball that her father had gotten, but it bounced off of the winner's drop box and right back into the mass of other bouncy balls. She then noticed a cute white toy with a blue jester looking hat and blue shoes.

"That one looks cute."

She pointed to the white jester looking toy, hoping that Kazuya would get it but at the same time, ready to pat his back for comfort if the game was rigged.

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"Sagittarius. Women sure love fancy places."

Hayato mumbled as the student council president left. Kujo glanced over at him.

"You plan on going?"

"I need the info for the Hounds."

"Then I ain't."

Just as Kujo declined, Arai herself came to them. Nagisa noticed the furrow in Kujo's brow as he noticed her, and the moment someone brought up getting Fuyumi back, he immediately leapt at the chance.

"I'll get 'er."

Kujo spoke up gruffly, adjusting the jacket on his shoulders. Nagisa glanced over at his quickly retreating figure.

"You sure?"

"Yeah, it'll be no sweat. Plus--"

Kujo raised a small boxed lunch in his hands. Nagisa glanced down at the ones she was carrying and was genuinely surprised that the rough man had managed to get his without her noticing.

"Gotta thank her for this."

"That, and he just wants to get away from Arai probably."

Hayato lightly tapped his coat and adjusted his beanie before turning away from the others.

"Nngh. If the rest of you are done, I'm getting out of here."

The moment he was out of school grounds, he immediately started walking away. Hudson followed at his heel.

Looking at her friend, Nagisa noticed Akame was still rather shaken. The black-haired girl lightly rubbed her neck again.

"Hey, uh...Ichinose. If it helps, we'll walk you back to your dorm."

"H-Huh? We?"

Nagisa nodded stiffly, cracking a wry smile and reaching for her phone. She quickly dialed a number she knew by heart.

"Yeah. We. I doubt you'd be going to be any comfortable without someone you're at least familiar with."

The answer came soon enough.

"Fuck off, I'm working."

The joking tone caused Akame to smile a little.

"I know you're not. Get over here, we need to get Akame home."

"The fuck am I, a bodyguard? I'm buying clothes."

"You're not a fashion person. Come on, just hurry up and get here."

There was a sound of rifling on the other end.

"Can't find 'em."

"What do you mean you can't find them?"

"There's only soup."

"Kanade, stop fucking around. I can see you on the other side of the street."

She heard a laugh.

"Yeah, sure. I'm heading there."

"Thanks."

Nagisa hung up, gently gripping Akame's shoulder. She turned to Hotaru and the others.

"I'm just gonna escort Akame home now if you guys don't mind. If you could tell Fuyumi why I suddenly left that'd be nice. See you around."

She waved a bit before leaving to meet up with her cousin.




"Seems like a place out of a bad drama show. The place every protagonist needs to be kidnapped in."

Genji nodded as they arrived. He started to get out once they were parked.

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Kurogane Technical Institute - 3:20 PM

"Well, Nobuyuki-san's dealing with Hirabyashi-san so there's nothing else we can do here. As much as we want to take matters into our own hands, the only thing we can do is leave this up to the authorities." Makoto addresses the group. Nagisa split off and went with Akame, leaving only him, Noa and Hotaru around.

"For now we should head back." Makoto suggested as more cops started barricading the scene of the crime. Like them, it seemed like they also thought the whole ordeal was not a suicide. "I've been running around all day--I think I need to lie down or something."

Makoto sighed loudly. For a day with no classes, everything had been very exhausting.



8th Street - 3:15PM

"Jack Frost eh? No sweat~" Inserting a three coins as requested by the machine, the timer started up and Kazuya moved the crane with precision using both controllers.

"My dad thinks this is a worthless talent--that I should have studied French instead. But you know, you don't need to know the meaning of Quand je m'endors contre ton corps to sing that song--!" Kazuya exclaimed in cheer when he pressed the button to release. For a moment, he thought he wouldn't be able to drop it as the plush toy struck the edge of the prize chute before falling and sliding down, allowing Kazuya to retrieve it.

"Ta-da! Not bad eh?" Kazuya hands the plush over to Akeno with pride as shown by him puffing out his chest with his arms on his waist, nodding in satisfaction. "So, you like your prize?"



8th Street - 3:15 PM

Kirika had left the furniture orders to be sorted by the man in charge as he loaded up the merchandise on their huge truck. As for herself, she simply waited outside by the car with their temporary helper. Had she been a smoker, she was sure, she would've lit up a stick by now. However, she wasn't and the only thing she contented herself with was watching the people inside the new establishments go about their business.

From the edge of the street, she watched Akeno and Kazuya enter a newly built arcade, with Kazuya laughing and smiling like a third grader. Part of her felt at ease for her old friend who's finally smiling again but the sight of him being happy with someone else struck something within her chest and reminded her of a sensation she's forgotten a long time ago.

"He always liked the meek and shy types..." Kirika muttered to herself as she watched the two play around for a little while longer, standing back a few meters away like she used to three years ago.

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Character Portrait: Laeticia "Cel" Concepcion
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Chiyoko Hirai

"Nothing changes unless you make the changes yourself. If you want success and love and all that, you need to earn it first."

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Hayato Morikawa

"I can't guarantee your safety, especially when you start messing with us."

Character Portrait: Kazenari Tohsaka
Kazenari Tohsaka

"Let's be rational here, okay?"

Character Portrait: Kazuya Tamashiro
Kazuya Tamashiro

"Seriously, can we stop with the doll jokes?"

Character Portrait: Tadakatsu Fukui
Tadakatsu Fukui

"... Eh."

Character Portrait: Genji Yukitora
Genji Yukitora

"These bandages tell many stories."

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Fuyumi Hirabayashi

"What kinds of food are your favorite? Honestly, I like all of them but I have a small preference towards French."

Character Portrait: Misaka Amamiya
Misaka Amamiya

"If you think I'm loud, my new roommate screams louder." --Kanade Takamine

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Asagi Arakawa

"Hehehe~"

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Character Portrait: Hotaru Emirsdottir
Hotaru Emirsdottir

"It's nice to meet everyone! Hopefully we can all get along~"

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Kazenari Tohsaka

"Let's be rational here, okay?"

Character Portrait: Makoto Itsuna
Makoto Itsuna

"Good evening to you too."

Character Portrait: Asagi Arakawa
Asagi Arakawa

"Hehehe~"

Character Portrait: Akeno Furuya
Akeno Furuya

"... :)"

Character Portrait: Noa Arai
Noa Arai

"There's nothing in this world that can't be explained logically. If you want me to believe ghosts exist, they'll have to do something unexplainable."

Character Portrait: Laeticia "Cel" Concepcion
Laeticia "Cel" Concepcion

"Try not to unnerve the other residents 'kay?"

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Soichiro Tanizaki

"Every dorm has its crazies. He's one of them." --Nagisa Makinami

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Fuyumi Hirabayashi

"What kinds of food are your favorite? Honestly, I like all of them but I have a small preference towards French."

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Kazuya Tamashiro

"Seriously, can we stop with the doll jokes?"

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"... :)"

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Madoka Ikeda

"Parents don't really think I can do anything, so that's why I'm here. To prove them wrong."

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Menou Koizumi

"Ah... Please, don't come near a godless sinner like me..."

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Kanade Takamine

"I found all of my old inventions and sheet music but I can't find where I asked for your opinion!"

Character Portrait: Hayato Morikawa
Hayato Morikawa

"I can't guarantee your safety, especially when you start messing with us."

Character Portrait: Makoto Itsuna
Makoto Itsuna

"Good evening to you too."

Character Portrait: Aziz Harumi
Aziz Harumi

"Look out! An invisible laser! Heh, just kidding~"

Character Portrait: Fuyumi Hirabayashi
Fuyumi Hirabayashi

"What kinds of food are your favorite? Honestly, I like all of them but I have a small preference towards French."

Character Portrait: Genji Yukitora
Genji Yukitora

"These bandages tell many stories."


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