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Post by kagemaru656 on Aug 15, 2017 15:36:12 GMT
Suzume looks at the tadpole. "Miss president? Who is that? What has she been having you do?"
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Post by drallore on Aug 15, 2017 15:42:10 GMT
Kenshi cringes at the thought of the president.
"She's insane. She used to be considerate. Stern, but reasonable, but lately she's been working us like crazy! She's never satisfied! We bring in more money through a school fundraiser than in the past 8 years, insignificant. We lower tardy rates by 24%, not enough for her. And any time we try to complain she says . . . she says we're weak . . . that we'll never be able to handle the real world if we can't handle this . . . and sometimes I think she's right."
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Post by kagemaru656 on Aug 15, 2017 15:55:45 GMT
Hmmm... is this thing talking about a shadow somewhere, or is there someone in the real world driving others until their shadows go berserk?.. Suzume thinks. She looks to the roof to see if she can spot Sparrow and Mother. Mother would know best.
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Post by drallore on Aug 15, 2017 16:29:58 GMT
Looking towards the roof, Suzume can see a large hole where it was struck earlier. Adjusting to the blinding light, Suzume may notice the silhouette of a hooded boy. No doubt Sparrow. And to his right is Mother. Neither seem to have intervened yet, though they are definitely aware that Suzume has noticed them
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Post by eltrou on Aug 15, 2017 23:30:33 GMT
Miguel's expression became flat when two of the group started arguing with each other over the treatment of the tadpole. He almost became bemused when the youngest of them proved to be more mature by brushing off most of the conflict and then apologizing for their behavior. Still, they stopped before either him or Suzume was forced to intervene so that was fine... for the moment.
Besides, Kenshi revealed some quite interesting tidbits that he didn't quite expect for an answer. His eyebrow arched. "Student council? I didn't know shadows also had student council...." He mumbled. Maybe it was a reflection of a real-world thing? It was something to think about. "Hey, Kenshi? You have any idea why your council president turned into a tyrant with a power fixation? Like say, getting wind of something else putting the pressure on her to the point where she's taking it out on you poor lot? It's just a theory, but it's a classical case of that sort of thing from what I've seen before." He shrugged.
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Post by drallore on Aug 16, 2017 2:39:01 GMT
"I don't know . . . about a month ago she was normal. Serious and studious, but then out of nowhere she just suddenly got really aggressive, and she's refused to talk to any of us about it"
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Post by eltrou on Aug 16, 2017 7:32:59 GMT
A month ago, huh? Miguel filed away that bit of information for later. "Is she around here somewhere or is she somewhere else? We may be able to talk some sense into her and figure out what's wrong. An outsider's perspective can help. We only want to help, alright?"
[Guile check of 16 to try and get the information out of the little guy.]
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Post by drallore on Aug 16, 2017 15:08:46 GMT
". . . her name is Hinata Sakamoto"
Suzume will definitely know this name. The student council president of her school. Notoriously cold, yet efficient. She's always been known for getting things done, being a model student, and maintaining the largest club budget of any other president in the school's history.
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Post by kagemaru656 on Aug 16, 2017 16:21:19 GMT
Suzume already has her phone out, choosing the Jack App over yelling. She messages Mother. Sounds like this mess was caused by real world strife affecting these shadows. I know the one causing the strife, but it's hardly supernatural, just a Student Council President working the council too hard... Why would that cause such an affect here... or why hasn't it always? Maybe you can make more sense of it?
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Post by drallore on Aug 16, 2017 16:25:18 GMT
Mother texts back Human psyches don't operate at the same scale. Some people experience extreme trauma and never affect Mythos, and some are mildly inconvenienced and their shadow becomes warped beyond control. Though even then they rarely affect things to this degree. I think it's more than just this student being warped by this council president . . .
Like I said before, a shadow that's too far gone can affect others. Perhaps due to her influence, she's managed to corrupt more people than we'd normally think.
We'll be coming down in a bit.
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Post by kagemaru656 on Aug 16, 2017 16:29:42 GMT
Suzume realises she never actually told the others. "So I actually know hinata, she goes to my school. We might be able to learn more... Oh and Batman and Robin up there said they'd be down in a bit." she says, waving in the general direction of the dynamic duo above.
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Post by drallore on Aug 16, 2017 16:36:07 GMT
"I'M NOT ROBIN!!!"
Sparrow leaps down by himself, landing with little to no impact. Mother, significantly less graceful, crashes to the ground as she allows her land shard to carry her down
"So this Hinata person is causing the recent surge in shadows here. So much so that some are becoming sentient of their stressors in the real world. This is pretty unnatural, even for Mythos. We'll need to find a way to communicate with her"
Sparrow fiddles with his phone
"She doesn't seem to have any active social media. Just a number of professional profiles on linkedin and stuff. Her portfolio's impressive for a teenager. Seems she's already begun buying stocks and purchasing portions of local franchises. She may be more influential than anticipated."
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Post by kagemaru656 on Aug 18, 2017 8:24:07 GMT
Suzume is surprised at the amount of detail Sparrow just found from his phone. Still he's overlooking the obvious... "We could just go talk to her. She goes to my school. And as student council president that means she'll have a pretty obvious schedule with time already allotted for talking to the student body, right?"
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Post by drallore on Aug 18, 2017 16:04:32 GMT
Sparrow looks surprised, and a bit embarrassed when confronted with such a simple solution
"I mean, if you just want to take the easy route I guess . . ."
"You were looking up floor plans to break into her house weren't you?"
"NO!"
Sparrow then closes floor plans he looked up on his phone
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Post by eltrou on Aug 19, 2017 0:17:03 GMT
Miguel blinked when he saw them drop down from above, but figured it was from the hole. After all, he did hear the kid's voice earlier so he knew that he was floating around somewhere. Still, the mention of floor plans in the conversation made his eyebrow quirk up.
"Floor plans? Sparrow, where'd you get those?" He sounded almost bemused before glancing over at Suzume. "And how do you plan on getting her talking when her own members can't? I'm rather curious to hear of your plan."
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Post by drallore on Aug 19, 2017 2:40:12 GMT
"Deep web offers a concerning amount of personal information. If you ever want me to secure your bank accounts let me know"
Sparrow continues to fiddle with his phone
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Post by Zephias on Aug 19, 2017 2:55:29 GMT
"Breaking into her house sounds like a terrible idea. We need information before any rash actions"
Ciara had been silent, listening, and turned to pat Kenshi on the head.
"Kenshi, the president is wrong. We'll figure out what's happening but we need your help, ok?"
She then turned to Sparrow and raised one eyebrow.
"That's not how the deep web works. And is illegal"
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Post by drallore on Aug 19, 2017 3:24:58 GMT
"He might not be of much use to you. This is just his shadow. A manifestation of his darkest desires,that's apparently dark enough to recognize the situation its host is feeling. It can't communicate any of what it learns here to the Kenshi in the real world."
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Post by Zephias on Aug 19, 2017 3:30:22 GMT
"He surely knows a bit about the general situation, however"
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Post by drallore on Aug 19, 2017 3:32:57 GMT
"What do you want to know? . . ."
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