"Hey, you've reached Naegi Makoto. I'm sorry, but I can't answer right now. If you leave a message I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can. Please take care!" VOICE | TEXT | VIDEO | ACTION
[ There's a pause, because that seems like a non-sequitur at first when he hadn't said anything about taste or smell, but then -
And this is why she's the SHSL Detective. Naegi can't help but smile when it clicks. ]
You mean you think it's based on the five senses? Whatever "it" is...I haven't heard about anything related to taste or smell, but I'll keep an eye out.
I wonder that as well. Assuming CERES assigned these affects on an individual basis, then there's reason to believe that it isn't random.
[ She at least knows why she would have her eyesight affected. After all, it's what a detective relies on. So if CERES is doing this with a purpose behind it, then it makes sense. ]
Can you think of a reason why they would target your hearing?
[ Splitting up the others and meeting up to discuss later, he means. ]
As to my hearing... [ He can guess the reason of her sight, too - already has. Details matter to her. But why would "hearing" be important to him? ] ...well, I guess listening to others is as important to me as looking for the details might be to you. But I don't know if that's the sort of connection that we're looking for here or not.
[ Naegi will find a simple, yet classy red box right outside his door. Inside there are some fancy store-bought chocolates for him to enjoy! It's been a rough week, after all.
There's also a note attached to the box. It reads:
Happy Valentine's Day.
-Kyouko Kirigiri
He needs to be repaid for all those gifts somehow. ]
[ Kyouko had decided to ignore the rain and continue like normal, even though up until now they'd had nothing short of perfect weather every single day. While strange, Kyouko dismissed it as one of those strange things CERES does. Until the power goes out.
She waits a few minutes in case the power comes right back, but when it doesn't she feels her way in the dark to Naegi's door. After giving his door a few loud knocks, Kyouko crosses her arms, waiting for him to answer. ]
text; 2/19 ic; afternoon; before the platform falls
[ Naegi answers fairly promptly...after a muffled thud that indicates he probably walked into something going to the door. He's not really skilled at in the dark navigation. Why didn't he buy any candles...? Still, opening the door without checking he can guess who it is - either Kirigiri or Leon, but more likely Kirigiri, since Leon would be a little noisier. ]
Kirigiri-san?
text; 2/19 ic; afternoon; before the platform falls
[ His room is just as dark as the rest of the building. While she knows the door is open, she can't see exactly where Naegi is, since her eyes haven't adjusted yet. Normally she would let herself in, but that's not a good idea when she can't see where she's going. ]
I haven't, either. ...And with both of us experiencing it, it's not really likely that it was just a dream, right? Neither of us has that sort of ability...
[ Psychic stuff. Or magic stuff. So it was definitely a thing that happened. ]
...I'm hoping that's not the real option. But...if it's a matter of being "Real", it might have been something ViViD induced, right? If they just sort of, I don't know, pulled us all in at the same time and then dropped us back out?
[ he's not fujisaki, he has no idea how this works. ]
[ She makes her way over to the couch, feeling her way around. Eventually she finds it and sits down. ]
I hadn't thought of it either. The power had never given me any indication of having problems before, and there wasn't the threat of bad weather that could cause an outage either.
We should probably buy more supplies after the power comes back on. [ if it does, but he's not going to be a pessimist. ] For other eventualities...I guess we were a little bit complacent with the status quo.
[ HE WILL STOCK THINGS UP and then lose mostly everything to the flood, apparently, and all that.
#SHSL luck. There's another sound of Naegi bumping into something as he finds his way over to the other side of the couch. His coffee table is out to get him today. ]
[ Naegi doesn't really drink too much of it himself but most of his classmates who are around do, SO HE MAY AS WELL... ]
...I'm...okay. I had a pretty weird dream...although I'm beginning to think it wasn't a dream. [ He'll go and grab that cup of water for Leon before he heads over to the couch, to offer it to his classmate. The clutter, if Leon had checked through it, seems to be some notes on Cerealia (a lot of them include "Kirigiri said", so it's clear the Detective is periodically reporting findings to him), a list of gift ideas for something or another ("teddy bear" is circled), and a magazine about ViViD games. ]
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