✿ Investigating time

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[The voice that prods at everyone is so quiet and tentative, it's probably pretty easily ignored, even despite being a voice in everyone's heads. Mai's just that bad at this psychic network thing.

She's trying, though.]

U-um... excuse me, everyone... Er, everyone that can hear me...

[focus, Mai]

I-it's just...does anyone know what we're supposed to be doing? I mean, everyone's wearing such spectacular masks and costumes, but... it's a little lonely...not being able to tell who everyone is...

[You're rambling, Mai.]

Ah! I don't want to take up too much of your time, everyone...I was just wondering... and if there's anything I can do, I definitely want to do my best...! Is it important to figure out who's who...?

...Thank you...for listening.

[She just feels a little alone, with everyone masked and hidden as they are.

ooc: this is a totally open psychic network post, feel free to use it to communicate about identities or what-have-you!]

Comments

[shiroganeheir]

I would think that, at the moment, what is more important than who. However, knowing who one's allies are is important.

[fridgeninja]

I'm still sorting out the details, but at the least, it's probably important to find out what this place really is. It's hard to believe this room was designed for dances...

[knightceties]

So far it seems like the dancing is the important part, not so much who everyone is under their masks... At least, that's the feeling I've been getting. Ahhhhhh, this blending-in stuff is hard! I can't ask anyone any questions.

[tailforbrains]

Well, we won't be wearing the masks all the time, just when we're in that room. Which is a good thing, because that would drive me crazy. Even if mine is a pretty cute mask.

[And no, she's not telling what it is, because she kind of likes being incognito for once. Besides, then people won't be quite as likely to realize just who the really bad dancer hanging around at the edges of things because formal events make her nervous is, and try to embarrass her.]

[undefine]

[Saitou's still not very fond of this psychic communication business (never has been, never will be), but— quiet and uncertain as that voice may be, there's no way it could slip past Saitou, and he makes it a point to respond even despite his own discomforts.

...of course, everyone else has already answered her question with their own speculation, so Saitou doesn't feel it necessary to repeat any of that. So instead, he asks—]

Are you alright, Mai?

[Even if she hadn't mentioned feeling lonely, he'd wanted to check in on her anyway.]

[flatteries]

Why, Mai, does this not feel like a great opportunity? [ BEING ABLE TO DANCE.. people not knowing who he is so he can dance freely without feeling embarrassed.. this is Inigo's jam, this is what he needed after last time's disaster of a Jaunt. And despite this link only being mental, it's almost as if Inigo's grin is still visible in it, along with his pounding heart FOR DANCING.. OKAY.. ]

Do not fret as much and merely let yourself go just for now. It is not quite that frightening, is it?

[bottomless_pit]

[ perhaps it's because of the masks that Hei's voice comes across more tersely then usual, eschewing his "Li" persona under the anonymity of his mask. ]

There's more then one secret here then a mask; have you considered the doors?

[ Especially since almost every investigator should be able to guess at who each other already were as it is. ]