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harmonize_rpg2013-12-23 08:47 pm
harmonizenpc) wrote in harmonize_rpg2013-12-23 08:47 pm
Discovery (Event)
Who: Persona-users, Sayuri, ensemble NPC cast.
Where: Various.
When: Saturday, May 6, homeroom.
What: Something isn't right.
The Friday after Golden Week had come and gone without much fanfare. Things had rapidly returned to normal, save for some chatter about students' various adventures over the holiday.
Starting out, Saturday looked to be much the same, by and large. Students in 1-ho, 2-ni, and 3-ha might have thought it odd that they had substitute teachers for homeroom, particularly given that their regular teachers been present the previous day, but most shrugged it off without a second thought.
Snuck into the homeroom announcements was another blink-and-you'll-miss-it peculiarity: members of the Critical Thinking class were to report to the auditorium at the end of homeroom for a mandatory guest lecture.
Such events weren't unheard of; Chitoku's brochures had even mentioned them as a selling point. To the student body at large, this was simply the first thus far.
No doubt the students being called knew better.
Where: Various.
When: Saturday, May 6, homeroom.
What: Something isn't right.
The Friday after Golden Week had come and gone without much fanfare. Things had rapidly returned to normal, save for some chatter about students' various adventures over the holiday.
Starting out, Saturday looked to be much the same, by and large. Students in 1-ho, 2-ni, and 3-ha might have thought it odd that they had substitute teachers for homeroom, particularly given that their regular teachers been present the previous day, but most shrugged it off without a second thought.
Snuck into the homeroom announcements was another blink-and-you'll-miss-it peculiarity: members of the Critical Thinking class were to report to the auditorium at the end of homeroom for a mandatory guest lecture.
Such events weren't unheard of; Chitoku's brochures had even mentioned them as a selling point. To the student body at large, this was simply the first thus far.
No doubt the students being called knew better.
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That was until Sekimiya finally spoke up. And with the mention of her room number, Sayuri actually felt a little more relieved. Since it was about her room, that actually meant another person was involved: her roommate. So whatever was going on, there was less of a chance she would get scolded for something only she had done. Besides, there had been something up this morning, hadn't there?
"Yes." She politely nodded as she answered, but couldn't stop herself from at least asking-- "Is this about Hazama-san?"
As soon as the question escaped her mouth though, she quickly shut up again with a small squeak, shaking her head. "S.. sorry, I shouldn't talk out of line.."
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She paused, pacing another few steps, then turned back toward Sayuri. "Have you noticed anything... unusual since the move?"
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"I guess it would depend on your definition of "unusual", sensei. I did think something seemed a little off, but I didn't think it was serious enough to speak up about." And that would mean breaching that polite distance she was trying to keep. Hadn't she always been taught she shouldn't stick her nose in other people's business? It was only the proper thing to do. "Although.."
Sayuri did glance up once she spook on now, but mostly so she could show her brow was furrowed a little at the next thought. ".. She wasn't in our room this morning. I thought she might just have been called somewhere really, really early, even though that seemed very unlikely. Usually she's there in the morning, even though we don't talk much."
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"How strange. She certainly wasn't called for anything administrative, and we don't have any record of her leaving campus."
She put a hand to her mouth, looking thoughtful. "Tell me, Inoue-san -- are you a sound sleeper? Do you think you might have noticed if anything had happened during the night?"
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"If something big or loud happened, then I'm pretty sure I would have noticed it." There was no way she could have slept through that. But on the other hand, something that sounded a little more likely to happen than something over the top.. "If Hazama-san snuck out quietly though, then I think I probably wouldn't notice." For a moment she paused, but then the girl bit her lower lip lightly. "I apologize. If I had been a little more attendant, I could've been of more use to you.."
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She paused, gaze flickering back to the closed door before coming back to regard Sayuri carefully. "We suspect there may be something... unusual involved. Can you promise me that nothing you hear here will leave this room?"
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Sayuri nodded. "I.. I promise to not tell anyone anything.." As if she ever would have, either way - even if she hadn't been told to keep it a secret, it wasn't like she blabbed to people a lot in general.
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"There is," she began, "another world outside our own.
"It's shaped by our unconscious, and has the same dark places and dangers. Sometimes, those dangers come here."
As insane as what she was saying may have sounded, she seemed dead serious.
"Some of us at Chitoku are working to protect the world against them. Hazama-san was one of them. You have the potential to be another."
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And if all that confusion wasn't enough, there was the bit at the end. Sayuri's eyes already grew in size at the whole story, unable to hold back her emotions, but at the end she certainly looked even more shocked.
"What..?" Her voice was tiny, little more than a squeak, as her brain tried to process all this information. Sekimiya was saying it, so surely it must be the truth, but.. even so...
The girl hardly even noticed she was holding her breath, her hands fretting nervously in her lap even more than before.
".. Um.. I-I'm.. terribly sorry, sensei, but.. are you sure you aren't making a mistake..?"
Miyume had seemed fairly sickly, to put it that way, and even if the part about that was true, there was no way that Sayuri herself of all people could have some potential to do something like that, right? Still, she could hardly even force the sentence out of her mouth. It felt terrible to her to even ask that, but she had to know for sure.
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Her attention remained fixed on Sayuri, her manner still deadly serious. "We think the other world may have had something to do with Hazama-san's disappearance, and I'd like to ask for your support. With this, and with the rest of our mission as well."
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And to be entirely honest, Sayuri didn't quite know what to answer. It sounded scary, but on the other hand, despite not knowing Miyume well it felt cruel to just abandon her. And then there was a large part of her brain that was telling her she had to do it, either way. It wasn't a matter of choice. If she had been giving some sort of weird potential (Potential?) for something, she had to use it for the greater good. No matter what she herself thought about it.
".. I get it." Slowly the girl nodded, her eyes cast downwards a little once more. "If it's what sensei wants, then I'll do whatever I can."
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It was only then, after Sayuri had given her consent, that Sekimiya allowed her attention to shift elsewhere, picking up the phone that had been quietly brightening and dimming on her desk.
"Yes, this is Sekimiya. ... Yes, it's taken care of. ... Now? She does work quickly, doesn't she? Yes, I'll be with you shortly. Good luck."
When she turned back to Sayuri, she seemed almost apologetic. "We'd normally provide a training and adjustment period, but with Hazama-san's disappearance, we're basically in a state of emergency.
"Right now, we're trying to find whatever information we can. We've sent two of the other students to the dormitory to investigate. For now, please go assist them."
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"I understand.." Usually a training and adjustment period, but not for her.. that sounded about like her kind of luck. That just meant she'd have to work even harder, huh.. "Would that be all, sensei..?"
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Sekimiya stood and opened the door to usher Sayuri out. "I'll provide a proper introduction at a more opportune time."
As though remembering something, she walked briskly to her desk, retrieved something from a fingerprint-locked drawer, and offered it -- though the authority of the gesture seemed to make it a little less than voluntary -- to Sayuri.
It was a peculiar-looking thing -- a simple metal hilt with no blade, a small recessed button, and thin lines running down both sides that looked oddly like shut-off lights. If she looked on the bottom, she would see the name "Inoue" embossed on it in neat characters.
"Take this, and keep it safe. I hope you won't need it, but it's better that you have it in case things go wrong."
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"Thank you, sensei. I'll go to the dorms now then."
With a last nod after standing up straight again, she tucked away the object safely for now (since she supposed it most likely wasn't something she should be showing off to other students publically) and turned to leave the office through the door that had already been opened.