The Final Study Session

[lockdownmods]

[At last it's time. Time to do one last investigation into the individual that has been monitoring and reporting on you all. Today you'll have free access into the faculty office, as well as several areas you couldn't access before on the fifth and `A` floors of the dormitory.

The topic of investigation? The Administration and it's Teacher's Assistant.



Good Luck.






Although perhaps... it may be too late for that.]

Comments

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

It's Poe here.
Akira will be arriving soon.
Yell at him for blowing up a fucking bus of all things for us.
Tell my beloved boyfriend to make sure Akira knows I am extremely disappointed in him and how dare he upset Tsukasa and everyone else like this.
I cannot fully convey over text how furious I am that he decided to go off on his own and do this.

[starswink]

[there's a stunned silence for a while. but...]

jklokj;;;;;;;;;
shit
there's always a delay, we can't tell him anything
but we

[should he say that they will? he doesn't even know. he's just. overcome with emotion over this on a personal level]

A FUCKING BUS????????

[one of the last conversations he had with Akira was the sneakiness advice he gave him after he missed the bus....]

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

I expect you to take notes for this then.
If possible, make him make a chat afterwards.
He is not escaping being yelled at for this.

And yes.

A.
Fucking.
Bus.
He was in some sort of dark outfit and messing with the lock on the vehicle.
Thirty seconds later the bus explodes.
Literally the only parts of him left was an arm, some fabric scraps, and a black mask.

[starswink]

we definitely will, he owes an explanation
we didn't send a calling card for A 👏 FUCKING 👏 BUS 👏
omg.....
what happened to the body? ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

We didn't ask for a fucking bus either!
I suggested we could steal one at one point... but I didn't think he would go off on his own and do it!
Especially when we could have searched for the key during this investigation!!!!
I knew he was impulsive, but I thought he would take Tsukasa's feelings into account and not go and risk dying on his boyfriend!

As for the body.
That's all was left.
An arm, fabric scraps, and the mask.
Everything else was on fire.
Not nearly enough to identify him.

[starswink]

[there's another long pause.]

please poe
check that arm and make sure it's really his
kurusu was yuuki's hope
he can't be
I won't accept it

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

Alright.
I'll try once the fire dies down more.
I can only hope it's not his.

[He'll leave and check that arm Vivi saw... even if it's still on fire, the scent of burning flesh is rather distinct. Is that a human arm or not?]

[starswink]

let us know how the rest of the investigation goes too
that's how we meant to support you

[BEFORE ALL THIS BULLSHIT.

Now this message will sit here. It and Yoosung will wait for whatever Poe finds.]

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

The area was cleaned up by the time I got there and the school's robots were working on cleaning up the bus' remains.
Which is mildly suspicious in it's own right.
I... am hesitant to put faith in Yuuki's idea of it being a faked death though.
Akira was a figure of hope and rebellion, yes.
However, it's not hard to understand that faking his death wouldn't shatter our spirits.
It would only make us angrier.

The only real reason I can think of for them faking his death would be if Akira was the spy.
But I can only see him ever working for the administration due to heavy blackmail and/or threats against his friends.

It appears it will be up to you to seek confirmation on if he's dead or not.
I apologize.

[starswink]

[...That's so suspicious. That's so suspicious. But Poe is right, too. On all counts.

He feels like he's suffocating again.]

Then maybe he figured something out.
I
I want to believe in Kurusu too
I hope we get to yell at him for you all
We'll get everything out of him
I don't want anything else to be hidden

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

I want to believe in him too.
But I won't completely exempt him without solid evidence.
It's only fair.
Although.
I'm considering my own adoptive daughter and one of my friends as prime suspects already.
If I have to add him to the prime suspect list because of this, than I will.

[starswink]

[his daughter? what? and his friend.... he's not sure what evidence there is against these people that is so much more, but it's not like he wants it to be Kurusu either. He's just going to fret a bit.]

You're in a pretty difficult situation, then.
Hang in there.

[whatsmytalentagain]

Urgh...

[A very suspicious Rantaro glances over Poe's shoulder and looks at the chat history...

And nods. Yep. That looks right.

He taps Poe's shoulder and points at the seat next to him. Mind if he joins ya?]

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

Oh. Rantaro.

[He'll type out a quick message before shifting to side so Rantaro can lean in and type comfortably as well.]


Rantaro is here.
Poe: I'll start typing like this to designate it's me.
Poe: He can do the same for his responses.

[lovedanime]

[You have a new message from anchor on that monitor!]

This is really an unfortunate situation... I'm so sorry...
While those two are doing their best to analyze the evidence we have about Kurusu-kun
I'd like to get a report about the rest of the investigation, is that at all possible?

[lockdownmods]

[Unfortunately, by the time Poe goes back for it the area has been cleaned up and the arm is nowhere to be found.

The school's robots are working on cleaning up the remains of the bus too.]

[supportrole]

[ surprise, here's a second IM window, this one from hangetsu ☽ ]

What the hell, how do you even know for sure that it was him then?

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

We saw him before the explosion.
Also, there's no reason for his death to be faked like that if it wasn't him.
Well.
Unless he was the spy.
But I'd rather not entertain that possibility without sufficient evidence.
I suppose we're leaving verifying if it was him to you.

[supportrole]

How close were you?? Obviously not THAT close if you didn't get caught in the explosion.

The administration has plenty of robots they could use! Maybe they're just trying to fuck with everyone to make it seem hopeless and you're all falling for it!!

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

Wouldn't the real Akira have come running at the explosion then?
Also, we're not losing hope just because of that.
If anything, it's just making my desire to see Jim's head preserved in a jar stronger.

[supportrole]

No?? They're not fucking stupid, they wouldn't do something like that if they didn't have him locked up somewhere or something.

[supportrole]

[ TO WHOEVER IS AT THE COMPUTER RIGHT NOW ]

Are you looking for more evidence or ignoring me???

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

[Poe types a quick response much later once he returns from investigating the spy's lair and getting an update on what Terra and Max found.]


Poe: My apologies for the late response.
Poe: I went to investigate the spy's room and get information on what the other group found.
Poe: I have both an task for The Phantom Guild to do and information on what both groups found to share.
Poe: What would you like to hear first?

[supportrole]

OK. Thanks.

I don't care.

The information I guess.

Infodump For The Dead

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

The spy’s room was sparsely furnished.
They only had a desk, a chair, a side table, and a trash can.
Inside said trash can were a large amount of empty coffee cups.
The side table had a tablet and four wilted flowers.
The flowers were a chrysanthemum, a marigold, a snapdragon, and a sweet alyssum flower.

Once the tablet was turned on, this list was the first thing to pop up:


Yoosung Kim
Henry
Viral
Maya Fey
Hank Anderson
Mike Yagoobian
Alexander
Connor
Rebecca Gales
Han Young
Waver Velvet
Ryota Mitarai
Tess Rubikov


It looks to be a list of those who died at first glance… but it’s missing Grantaire, Doris, 2-D, and Nikolai.
If you exclude Doris, then one connection I can find between the other three is that they all intentionally killed people who participated in the entrance exam.
This connection could be supported by the fact the amount of flowers on the desk is the same amount as the amount of dead people who participated in the entrance exam.

However, that is just a bit of my own speculation as to it’s significance though, so don't take it as a fact.

There was an unnamed folder and recycling bin on the tablet screen.
Inside the recycling bin this was found:

[After a bit of fumbling with technology, he takes a photo of the code and sends it over the chat.]


We couldn’t get into the unnamed folder.
It’s password protected.
We tried 1X2HQTB3WU, but it didn’t work.

Other than that, we found a computer terminal on the desk.
It a message from Han on it:
"hey if you don't hear from me directly, then you've at least got this. sorry for whatever stupid stunt i tried. guess it didn't work out, eh? anyway. look, they're going to turn the students on you next. i was told to tell them that you existed at the beginning, just to get them to start thinking about it early. at first i didn't care, but you're a better person than i thought. you deserve a warning to take care of yourself."

It also a had a message sent to Oswald last Sunday:
"I’m going to be causing a commotion on Thursday. Tell this to Jim, too."

I believe the commotion being referred to was the smoke grenade incident this Thursday.
Someone set off smoke grenades in the classroom, gym, and men’s washing room.
I suspected it was the spy who did this, but the presence of several unused colored smoke grenades in the cabinet’s desk confirmed this for me.

The only other thing of note in the spy’s room was a word document on the desktop named “TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES".
It was a list of all the activities we’ve had to go through here and the equipment needed for them.
It read as follows:

"Equipment list:
Capture the flag: flags
Obstacle courses: walls, tires, rope nets, hurdles
Defense lessons: videos, instruction manuals
Paintball: paintball guns, paintball ammo, vests, colored smoke grenades."

Trust falls and camping are listed as well but were left blank.
There’s one more oddity with this document.
The events happened differently than they were planned to happen.
Capture the flag wasn’t planned to be us verses Han.
It was to be done with everyone split into two teams that would each have their own territories on campus.
The obstacle courses had the same concept but were far less fancy and had less variety in obstacles as they were all the types you could create with junk found lying around.
The defense lessons weren’t supposed to have any live demonstrations.

That’s all my group found.
However, while I was gone, I went ahead and got a summary of what Terra and Max found.
Allow me to share it.

They investigated the faculty office.
Inside, they found Oswald’s computer left open on his e-mail.
There were three unread emails sent to him by Jim.
Oswald appears to have been ignoring them.
They were titled the following:
"Subject: Change of Plans
Subject: Re: Report on Fall Class
Subject: Regarding the TA"

Terra was unable to open any of them as he didn’t have the password for Oswald’s computer.
He couldn’t preview the previous two as they were just attachments, but he got this small preview of the latter.
"I've thought about your suggestion, but we wi—"

That’s all he was able to get from the computer due to him lacking the password.
However, He and Max did find letters in the desk’s drawer.

The first one from Jim read as follows:
"Apparently, it is illegal to put cameras in the locker rooms. So we will NOT be doing that."
There was also this in another letter:
"The substance of the illness, D-765, is not dissimilar from influenza, Professor Hale. However, the mystery is still in how it spreads. It’s unfortunate that you’ve found out the hard way, but I have found several leads into a cure."

We also got letters to Oswald from H.
They were all… “sweet” in sense.
All were letters of encouragement, but they all seemed rather heavy-handed to me.
It seemed like if Oswald had any doubts, then H would push him to accept for sure he was doing the right thing and that there was nothing wrong with any of this.