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]

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.

[starswink]

huh?
um
that's fine if he's got something to say to me

[whatsmytalentagain]

[Nod, thanks.]

Amami: Hey Kim-kun.
Amami: Just got back from looking through Todd's Office.
Amami: Looks like a tsunami went through the place.

[starswink]

[! updates! well... he's still conflicted over this Kurusu news, but this is a welcome distraction while there's nothing else they can figure out.]

Someone ransacked it? I'm listening

[whatsmytalentagain]

Amami: More like Han's AI told him to grab his stuff and leave.
Amami: IDK why it was talking to him, but it sent him this encrypted message.
Amami: Is Connor around? Maybe we can let him take a crack at it.

Amami: Other than that, Todd also tried to get help from Viv and apologize. Three guesses how well that worked.

[starswink]

Um... sorry... I don't think we can ask Connor right now...
But send it to me! If it's a code, maybe I can do something with my analysis!
Though it depends on if Eve gave me that knowledge ^^;
Or else, I can show him later if we can find him
I'm sure Vivi would have blown him off
But it's interesting that he tried to apologize

[Did Yuuki steal his heart??? wow~
OK, he doubts that's seriously it.]

Do you know why?

[whatsmytalentagain]

Amami: That's fine.
Amami: I don't know if I can copy it down from Todd's computer in his room and bring it into the computer lab, but I'll see what I can do.

[If he has to use the USB the Joy Video is on to transfer the conversation to the sim, he will.]

Amami: I know this is probably gonna set people off, but I keep remembering what Connor said to him after "midterms".
Amami: Something about it not being too late, yeah?
Amami: Maybe he had a change of heart but was in too deep to do anything?
Amami: It's a theory.

[starswink]

Connor said that? I hadn't heard of that...
Well, theory noted
See what you can do then!
We're planning to have people stay in here so don't worry about missing us

[whatsmytalentagain]

Rantaro: Gotcha. BRB.

A few minutes later...

[whatsmytalentagain]

Rantaro: I'm back.
Rantaro: Best I can do is send an image of the conversation to you. Hope it works.

[He sends over a picture of Todd's computer with the conversation in question on the screen. Encryption and all.

Can Yoosung work this out?]

[starswink]

[A picture, huh.... well, this isn't a type of code he's tried to understand before, so here he is squinting at it until it starts to make sense to him (or doesn't.)]

[starswink]

[After it at least becomes apparent he's not going to be able to decode it in a matter of seconds, he'll send another text]

This.... might take a while.

[whatsmytalentagain]

[... Sigh.]

Amami: It was worth a shot.

Amami: How are you guys holding up?

[starswink]

[...........]

not so good. I feel like I should take a break on this to hug Yuuki or something
I'm glancing over at what Poe sent him now
just
what the hell..........
we have to figure this out
but this is really bad
all this stuff about the entrance exam
it's
....
.........
I don't want what happened in the entrance exam to repeat
"Failure results in punishment."
that's what todd said to me
after he EXECUTED HOLLYLEAF AND OKOSAN AND DR. EGGMAN
you have to be really careful
but this
can't be what it looks like
it can't
just why?

[whatsmytalentagain]

[.....

Breathe, Rantaro. Just... Breathe...]

Amami: Were those three from the entrance exam?
Amami: That thing Todd said to you guys reminds me of a situation I faced back home.
Amami: I don't know if Mitarai-kun said anything, but where we're from this psychopath was hosting a bunch of "killing games" and broadcasting them to the public for the sake of spreading despair.
Amami: Somehow, I got tangled up in that mess.
Amami: I'm not proud to say I've been through something like this before, but iirc one of the rules for the killing games was "If you vote wrong, everyone besides the culprit dies."

Amami: But hey, we managed to get em all right 'till now.

Amami: There's just one thing I'll consider if it is who we think it is.

[starswink]

[What?? This is the first time Yoosung's heard this particular detail about their world, although he believed for other reasons it had many similarities to Fayflower's. Maybe Rantaro has a point then... although Yoosung hadn't considered it would be 'everyone,' why wouldn't it be at this point?]

yeah, they were
it wasn't that kind of situation you described... I think.
they didn't tell us why they failed.
the fact that someone could even be failed this way had never even come up before.
that's why I'm worried this could be more than meets the eye...
especially if the killing game you're from is really similar
your world does have a lot of similarities to this one based on what mitarai said

[Though, even with the clarification, he definitely wonders what Amami will say. If it's who they both think it is.]

what is it?

[whatsmytalentagain]

Amami: I didn't realize those three failed for different reasons.
Amami: This definitely isn't what it seems.

Amami: Anyway
Amami: Earlier this week, I posted a bunch of posters around campus for the TA.
Amami: They basically said "the administration is using you for their horrible game, please reconsider."
Amami: Even mentioned Todd's relationship with his brother as an example.
Amami: The next day, someone taped a typed note to one of the posters saying "I know."
Amami: I'm guessing the TA probably feels guilty as all hell and the admins are holding his loved ones hostage.

Amami: I hate the theory as much as you probably do.