(OPEN) probably the least secret secret meeting, all things considered

[elswhisperer]

WHO: Setsuna F. Seiei (elswhisperer) & you!
WHAT: The code word log!
WHERE: City Hall Park
WHEN: July 12
WARNINGS: N/A


[ Over the course of the past few days, you may have noticed simple, nondescript flyers posted here and there across the city. All handwritten, they list a location (a particular statue in the City Park) along with a time and date (3:00 PM, July 12). Below that, an extremely brief message:

For establishing safe communications.

- moment.

On the day of, you'll find a young man in a red scarf waiting by the named statue. He has with him sheets of blank paper, pens, and pencils. ]

My name is Setsuna F. Seiei. 'Moment' from the network. The purpose of this meeting is creating a way to safely disseminate information to each other all at once. If one of us found an exit, or determined the identity of our captors, we'd be jeopardizing ourselves by revealing it openly over the network. At the same time, the network is our most efficient method of communication. We need to make the most of all the tools at our disposal.

We can accomplish that with the use of code language. One that's not complicated; that anyone could remember and pass along. What that code is and what we want to communicate with it is something one person can't determine for themselves. That's why I wanted us all to meet.

Without cooperation, we're not gonna get anywhere.

[ ooc: just a couple things! go ahead and mingle/threadhop as you like (especially bc i may not be the fastest tagger rn), and if setsuna has already mentioned to your character that he's been working on something, feel free to assume he left some kind of vague message about checking flyers over the inboxes or smth. ]

Comments

[gripper]

( he has a point. there might be a few people around who aren't any good with numbers anyway-- her gaze cuts to don quixote briefly before it returns to him. a little nod in acknowledgement, and she'll go back to his first statement. )

Regarding the biggest deals... I've griped about how lousy those kiosks are with information, but it's not a bad idea to write down what we've already asked them and anything they've said. Useful or not, information is information... The one-eyed man is king among the blind, or however that goes.

[coolerjunpei]

[He catches that glance and follows it, to... Don? Buddy system bestie Don Quixote? Hmm... that's weird.

(Any minute now he'll have enough context clues to put 2 and 2 together. Aaaany minute now.)]

Uh—yeah, sure. Are you talking about making some kind of guide, or one of those big conspiracy walls covered in pins?

[Either one of these could be fun and productive-]

[gripper]

( don't worry about it, buddy )

The former sounds useful, but for our purposes, a... more structured version of the second. We'll find out what ground we've covered already and go forward from there--no sense in wasting time treading ground other people already have, right?

[coolerjunpei]

[But what about his Official Warning about smug women with bad haircuts?? Although maybe that could be anyone, who can say.]

I dunno, a conspiracy wall that's a complete mess might throw them off our trail. But what I think you're actually going for is a spreadsheet, which is boring, but admittedly more organized.

[sigh now it really is like being back in college, doing group projects]

So where do we start?

[gripper]

Pen and paper might be nice.

( fetch. )

[coolerjunpei]

[He stands there for a second...]

...Oh. What the hell, this is your idea...

[But he'll go fetch OBTAIN(!!) some paper and a pen. It's one of the flyers for this very meeting, just flipped over, that he returns with.]

Okay, now where do we start?

[icanfixer]

[ from afar ]

THOU'RT MY SQUIRE, DO NOT TAKE COMMANDS FROM ANOTHER SO EASILY!!!!!! THE MADAME HAS LEGS WHICH SHE CAN USE HERSELF!!!!!

[ step off kromer!!!!! ]

[halbird]

[ oh my fucking god can we be normal for one day ]

[icanfixer]

[ sinclair please it is the duty of the knight-errant to protect their squire and keep them on a good path ]

[coolerjunpei]

[BUT HE ALREADY GOT THE PAPER...🧍]

[icanfixer]

[ SHE'S MOTIONING TO THROW IT ON THE GROUND ]

[coolerjunpei]

[JUST STRAIGHT ONTO THE........

okay. he drops it. it flutters pathetically to the floor.]

Uh...

[icanfixer]

[ by the wings he did it. what a good boy. she'll thumbs up!!!!! good boy!!!!!!




okay she's going back to just watching them from the corner of her eye. ]

1/2 PLEASE crying

[gripper]

( scraps my previous tag APPARENTLY!! THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR BEING TRAPPED AT WORK AND PHONETAGGING!!!!!!

this is what kromer deserves though so after a moment she will pick it up and smile. :) :) :) )

I appreciate it, Junpei.

( give her a second to lean against something and write )

2/2

[gripper]

( okay.

it's two columns, separated by a perfectly straight line she's just Drawn. she's good at them. )

Question asked... Information on memory loss. Answer given... Memory loss is related to crime. Question asked... What counts as crime? Answer given...

( ... )

Hmmm. The exact wording escapes me, but it was something about illegal acts or offenses against morality.

( her other questions, when she passes it back to him, are such:

3. Who enforces the law? | No information on law enforcement.
4. Where are the other kiosks located? | Blacked out. )

[coolerjunpei]

[Dang he really was just sent to fetch huh... He crosses his arms and Watches, frowning. The kiosk questions he asked, uh, were not really questions, because he was having a bad morning, sooo-]

I asked it how to make pancakes. [....] It gave me a recipe.

[While this is genuinely what he did, it's also now part of The Bit since he's keyed into some Important Details in the past two minutes!! Which is to say, Don being petty. Ahem.

......But also,]

Uh, do you want to add somewhere that they're empty? So where all these answers are coming from is something that should get asked...

[gripper]

( don quixotontería is her name--

5. Recipe for pancakes | A recipe for pancakes )

...Are they. Fascinating.

( you learn something new every day. she should've considered a third column for "things to ask" but it's fine...? she'll start it in the corner.

Things To Ask:
1. Where are these answers coming from? [As the kiosks are empty.]

perfect! )

There we go. As you can see, I only went after my incident. ( murder. the murder. ) I haven't been back since, however.

[coolerjunpei]

[Yay, he's contributing... You know, maybe this list could use more math. It's a little dull as is.]

Incident...? [Hang on, let him reread these listed questions--] Oh, huh. You're her. From online.

[Murdered Girl. The connections are finally being made, he Understands, wowza. Gregor was not kidding about the hair. Wack.]

.... [but even mean girls his new pals don't like probably don't want to keep talking about getting murdered?? so,] I haven't been back to the kiosks since the party. Not like they're gonna update if they're empty.

[gripper]

( Her from online, that's right. )

Evidently there are more than just the ones over there, though... ( ...but too bad the kiosk won't say where! ) Wonder if they say the same thing. All of the answers I get no information from end with "at this time," but that's just the usual PR fluff anyone puts out.

( She knows... she works in a Wing. )

I'll stop by after this whole meeting anyway and see if I can get any answers. ( might as well be, like, productive. or appear productive. ) Which comes to the question of how to get them out without looking too suspect, though if whomever's brought us here is paying attention to what questions we're asking, it might be a moot point.

[coolerjunpei]

[Murdered Girl who Melts People (from online). He'll keep these gross allegations to himself, though...]

I mean, they've gotta be keeping track of us from somewhere, right? Unless this place is magic or some kind of simulation, the only thing that explains empty kiosks is, uh, bluetooth. I guess.

[Spoken like a man who is not entirely sure how bluetooth works. It's fine.]

...How do we get more parts of town to open up? I don't remember anything big happening before the bowling alley suddenly "appeared."

[gripper]

( she'll kill you as soon as she can. )

[icanfixer]

[ fuck around and find out you two faced dog ]

[gripper]

( SORRY SHE'S BEING HELPFUL? CONTRIBUTING? )

[icanfixer]

[ OH? IS THAT SO? SO IS SHE, FUNNY ENOUGH.

don's giving her one of those two fingers to the eyes, pointing at kromer looks. watch it. do not order her squire about. ]

[gripper]

( not gonna even acknowledge it tbh )