(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. ]

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[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]

( Magic only maybe exists in the Ruins, Junpei, don't be silly... Simulation isn't a terrible answer. An Abnormality or a distortion caused by a powerful item like, say, a Golden Bough is also likely, buuut the last one would be a little more personal. Just a little. )

It turned over to a new month. ( and that's about it. So, right back to the corner— 2. How do we access the rest of the city?

That's probably workable enough. Might get some mileage out of it anyway. ) There's some banks over there, too, but you'll never guess what they are.

( CLOSED. Unbreakable. Very disappointing. )

[coolerjunpei]

[Junpei makes a face and waves a hand dismissively, like, surely there's no way it's as simple as the goddamn calendar. That would be... a point in favor of the simulation, probably, since it means nothing and it's easy to track, just like a software update.]

Uh... empty?

[He didn't try to go to the bank, he's too used to being broke... now if there was an ATM to stare mournfully at, that's another story-- but now he's pulling out his phone to look at the generic calendar app, hmm.]

Hey, did the new group of people show up at the same time as the bowling alley zone...?

[gripper]

( Wow, so he's a poor person....... can't relate #richgirl #nestkid #lovesherjob

She's about to correct him about closed but— a good question. Some of those new faces recently... )

Come to think of it, they sure did. ( ... ) I'd give it another month before dishing out any theories—or a couple more weeks, considering we're nearly halfway through anyway—but that's something to keep an eye on.

[coolerjunpei]

Too late, I've already started crafting theories.

[He says this with a, frankly cringe, gesture at either side of his head that involves a lot of finger-wiggling. He's theorycrafting, sorry... this is the skill he brings to the table, besides opening doors and knowing how to play sudoku...

And making jokes out of another piece for his paranoia wall, as it happens.]

Maybe I'll go steal a calendar and bunch of markers. Just to keep track of everything big that happens.

[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 )