{ OPEN BROADCAST FOR INVESTIGATORS :: evening of the 22nd }

[creatic]

[ Sorry. actually, no, it's Souji, the veterans and Chizuru, at least, should know he's not sorry at all for this one.

Or, actually, maybe he is. It's been pretty quiet tonight despite all the obvious tension that's been building around them and the situation concerning the families and this case, but he's about to change all of that with a greeting that basically is his equivalent to an apology for whatever is about to happen because of his actions. ]

—Hey, hey, Neria-chan [ and everyone else, but she had been the one to make arrangements for their camp, so it's only fair he address the question to her, in particular ] we have room for two more, yeah? I'm thinking a chatty sleepover will do everyone's spirits good right now.

[ yeah he might be bringing you guys some visitors. things just got extra interesting for everyone's health and safety once their parents find out ahaha.... ]


{ ooc: as usual, threadjack away! }

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[reachforthekey]

Did you grab someone?

[creatic]

Yeah, you could say that. This was a bit of a plot twist, though. Remember that really stupid movie I took you to see in Belljar?

[ the question is how many movies did he drag poor eren to see that were not stupid? ]

[reachforthekey]

There were six.

[creatic]

The second stupidest one. The one where the guy thought the girl he just met and wanted to marry was dead so he killed himself for real.

[ that was such a trainwreck if he ever saw one. ]

[reachforthekey]

It was definitely pretty stupid.

[creatic]

I'll say.

You might want to remind Armin-kun about it once he's back to normal.

[reachforthekey]

He knows better than to do anything like that.

[creatic]

[ . . .ah hah. how does he go about breaking this to the titan-shifter. ]

What are you going to do when he gets a girlfriend, Eren-kun, again?

[reachforthekey]

I'll be glad we're back home and have beaten the Titans. We're too busy to worry about things like that right now.

[creatic]

If you say so, kid.

Anyway, I got Armin-kun and Sansa-chan. Looks like we missed a big piece of the puzzle on this one and they're eloping.

[reachforthekey]

Armin and the crying girl?

Ah... probably a good thing we stopped them.

[creatic]

Yeah. I don't think they would have gotten very far, though.

[ there's a break up in the text before he sends an additional thought. ]

Be sharp and ready, though, yeah? I'm bringing them back because this is drawing to a head, but I'm pretty sure we're being followed.

[reachforthekey]

Got it. Do you know who or how many?

[creatic]

No idea who and I'm sensing just one, for now.

Chances are they'll bring some other's along. Wouldn't be surprised if mom and dad come to deal with this personally, if they get wind. This is like if one or two of us captains abandoned the Shinsengumi—

—Hijikata-san would come after and deal with us, personally, not send the others to retrieve us.

[moredakka]

S-should we stop them? The people following you I mean. We, uh, we can! Just... what if they're Infiltrators too?

[creatic]

Hm, I wonder... do you think we should? I'm no good at this strategy thing but maybe getting them to us might work? What do you think?

—Ah ha, but, Sio-chan shouldn't worry. It's neither here nor there; we can take them and if they're one of us we will just be more delicate. I can count on you, right?

[ ooc: I hope it's ok to handwave him knowing her name even though we haven't threaded yet since they're a tiny detective group! let me know if not though and I can change it! ]

[moredakka]

Uhhh well s-strategy... um... [oh fuck why does she feel like she ought to do strategy damnit Nobunaga you are the worst E-Gene]

We... can't let them get back if they saw you. Because then both families are gonna be against us. So, uh. We should catch the follower. And. Oh! And, and let them know that, that we'll be willing to turn in the people that escaped. We're willing to trade them for information. Of course we're not going to do that, but, that way we have leverage, see?


[ooc: it's just fine! Seems sensible to go on that basis anyway.]

[reachforthekey]

That sounds pretty good, as long as we're not actually turning Armin back in...

We've got a couple of bigger guns we could take to show them we mean business. The ones in the violin cases that that guy was calling 'Chicago typewriters.'

[moredakka]

Yessssss those are great! First submachines gun ever! Up to 1,200 RPM, double-column double-feed box magazine for super reliability, and soooo handsome! I can't believe they actually had them in actual violin cases!

[reachforthekey]

If they hadn't, they might have been able to draw them and use them on us first. But I guess it helped keep things secret.

[moredakka]

Secret and super cool.

[reachforthekey]

Sure.

Anyway, I've got the guns ready when you are.

[moredakka]

Let's go and try it!

Uhm, but, Jaeger-san - if we have to shoot, just, let me do it first, okay? The Typewriters are really cool but, but my gun is... even better.

[reachforthekey]

We won't shoot unless we have to, anyway.

[moredakka]

Right! Let's, let's try not to actually shoot anyone.

[Did she just say that, truly she appals herself.]

[reachforthekey]

Especially if it's another infiltrator.

voice;

[unabatedly]

[souji pls]

We...do have room.

[But that doesn't mean whatever he's doing is a good idea.]

What's going on? Who do you have with you?

voice;

[creatic]

[ pls those families aren't gonna ignore him now are they!! ]

Are you going to yell if you don't like what I have to say?

voice;

[unabatedly]

[Ohhhh that's bad. There's an echo of a brief sigh.]

No, I won't yell.

[She wholeheartedly intends to keep that promise, too. For now.]

voice;

[creatic]

Ah, good. You don't want to end up losing that pretty voice of yours.

So, I have Gravesend's heir and Bensonhurst's heir. Looks like they might be a couple of lovebirds amidst all the family tensions.

Think we missed something big here.

voice;

[unabatedly]

[There's prolonged silence on her end for a few moments before she speaks.]

You-- How did you manage to...

[Souji.]

How did you find them? Where did you find them? Do they trust you?

voice;

[creatic]

Trust might be a strong word.

But, the telling part of that is their 'trust' has them believing that their chances of surviving are better with me than with their families or any of their associates.

And it was kind of a coincidence. [ He'd been looking to stalk Hijikata some more, starting to get concerned the longer time passes, but Armin was important to him, so when that's who he found it seemed like a poor call to just leave them as sitting ducks. ]

voice;

[unabatedly]

It's not right.

[Said lowly across the network, there's a certain vehemence to her words. Neria may have been young when she was conscripted, but she would never condone children to be drawn into a world of murder. That these two children are part of it in their own worlds is bad enough, but that they were given such painful roles again in another world is just cruel.]

I'm glad you were able to bring them to us. But how was it a coincidence?

[tealeafs]

[ "Two more"? If he had said one, she might have been inclined to think he somehow dragged Hijikata over here - by whatever force possible, considering how stubborn Hijikata is - but she doesn't immediately know what to assume when there's two. ]

Who is it, Okita-san..?

[creatic]

[ he could have taken hijikata out and back here no problem :C ]

That kid Hijikata-san is hanging around, the Gravesend heir, and the heir to the other family, too.

[tealeafs]

[ She's not too sure if that's a great present... ]

Eh? [ The surprise is even audible in her thoughts, yes. ] But isn't it dangerous to bring both of them here? Surely their families will come look for them..

[ And Chizuru doesn't think they're really equipped to handle two dangerous groups at the same time right now. ]

[creatic]

[ he suddenly sounds quite serious, but not in an aggressive or annoyed way. just... very matter-of-factly and not so far off from the way a certain someone would have replied in a can't be helped situation'. ]

Yeah, but they have nowhere else to go. I can't leave them to be punished if it will put Hijikata-san in danger.

[tealeafs]

[ The content of his thoughts would have made it clear already in general, really. Of course a statement like "they have nowhere else to go" immediately tugs on Chizuru's heartstrings regardless of whether Hijikata's in danger or not, although that only adds another sense of urgency to the whole matter. ]

I'll help out then.

[ Truthfully, she's not even sure how yet as she thinks it, but her default response is wanting to at least do something. ]

Thank you for finding them, Okita-san. Do you think they seem hungry? Maybe I can make something for them to put them a little more at ease.