✿ Investigating time

[upcard]

[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

[upcard]

This place...? [The thought hadn't even occurred to her.]

So then... you think it's for something more serious, Seta-san?

[fridgeninja]

It's an awfully big building for a party.

And the buffet tables and bedroom furniture don't look like part of the original design.

[upcard]

I didn't even think of that...

[She sure sounds admiring.]

You sound just like a detective, Seta-san!

[fridgeninja]

Just a detective's assistant.

[upcard]

[wow he delivered that line so smoothly.]

Um... please help us a lot then, Seta-san... It sounds like you'll be a huge help...!

[fridgeninja]

A little, maybe. But the detective is here, too.

[upcard]

...Eh? Really?

Who is it?

[fridgeninja]

Have you spoken to Shirogane-san yet?

[upcard]

I'm not sure...

[Whoops, didn't get Naoto's name...]

I suppose not. Maybe I'll see him...?

[fridgeninja]

I could set up a meeting if you wanted...

[upcard]

Oh...! You would do that, Seta-san...?

Um, I mean, if it isn't too much trouble... I would like that.

[fridgeninja]

I'll try to set something up.

[upcard]

Thank you very much...!

[...ah, but--]

Um...have you been okay here, Seta-san?

[fridgeninja]

As okay as you can be when you've been kidnapped by godlike beings.

It's an interesting place, and nobody's asking us to blow it up.

[upcard]

[........??????]

B-blow it up? Is that common?

[fridgeninja]

It's not unprecedented.

[upcard]

I... I mean, I know the ship blew up, but that was so dangerous...! It's happened more than once?

[fridgeninja]

... What ship?

[His voice sounds decidedly more tense and urgent.]

[upcard]

Eh...? Seta-san...?

[...]

The...pirate ship. Um... I think it was called The Harbinger...?

[fridgeninja]

Oh. I hadn't heard about that.

Similar things have happened before.

[upcard]

...Ah... right, because you were here long before me...

[...she sighs.]

Still, that sounds awfully dangerous. I hope nobody was hurt.

[fridgeninja]

I don't really think that's how crashes and explosions work.

[upcard]

What...do you mean?

[fridgeninja]

Whether it's a ship or a space station, destroying it leaves people vulnerable in a dangerous environment.

[upcard]

Well, yes, but...!

[...]

But... I still have to hope that...nobody is hurt. Even if it is unlikely...