open to investigators

[brannewbrains]

Okay, I give up. What's a host club? What can we expect if we show up to this thing?

[ besides yet more twister-tossed sparkles, of course. ]

And did anyone get one of those confessions? I'm still trying to work out if those are as important as folks here seem to think they are.

Comments

[shiroganeheir]

To keep a possibly long explanation short, a Host Club is a place where people go for entertainment and conversation. Some people feel there is a sexual or romantic component to them, however, mostly for adults it is a lot of drinking and talking. In a school, however, it is more likely a place where, well, in my world it is girls, go to be flirted at by the host.

[She's realizing that she might be more in over her head than she realizes, but she goes on with her explanation.]

I would assume here there is quite a lot of flirting going on both ways. I am, er, investigating the club from the inside myself. Not completely sure how I got myself into it, but I did.

As to the confessions, I did recieve one, but it was quite generic. It seems that in the chaos of the mailroom that day, some love confessions got mixed up.

[howexciting]

Then we should find who they belong to and return them, shouldn't we?

[shiroganeheir]

In theory, yes. However, I do not know if these mis-directed confessions are just among us, or among the entire student body of this school. It could be quite a tall order.

[howexciting]

It is likely among everyone. A mail room, as I understand it, is a place where everyone sends their letters to be distributed, correct? It is likely to assume, then, that everyone's confessions might have been mixed up.

... but we at least have to try, do we not? It was a despicable act to disturb those confessions, and we should right such a problem as best we can.

[Wow, Leonardo... sounds a bit angry there. That's new.]

[brannewbrains]

...is it worth getting hung up over some little notes moony teenagers send each other? We might miss something important if we spend all our time sorting mail.

[ damn kids will have all new crushes next week anyway what's the big deal gosh. ]

[shiroganeheir]

Correct. A mail room in a school such as this would handle all of the letters that were meant to be distributed to the students. I believe something happened to stir all of the letters up. Whether or not that has anything to do with our presence here, I do not know. Perhaps it is part of our purpose.

Er, I am hardly the one to ask about love confessions. I would not know one if it hit me in the face. However, I do still have the one I received.

[brannewbrains]

...that sounds-- [ potentially exploitative?? ] --interesting. If you could keep us posted that's be great. And was the confession the one from the shoe locker or something else?

[shiroganeheir]

No, the shoe locker was completely different. The one I was mentioning was a confession of love. It was likely mis-directed, because even though the object of whoever's affections had similar actions to mine, the only person here who would know of my actions would not write this sort of letter.

[Her tone is slightly rambly.]

And absolutely. I will be doing as much investigation on my own as I can. I am hoping this will help facilitate that.

[brannewbrains]

That's... troubling. I think. Any idea who it may have been for, if not you?

[flatteries]

...

[ So that is what a host club is! See, that already helps a lot, since Inigo was totally lost here.. the last school he was at sure didn't have one of those, after all, and even though he's taking in the information about the confessions he can't help but wonder-- ]

So are there no reverse host clubs, in that case..? [ You know, with girls.

Since otherwise he feels like he'd be walking into a huge no homo trap by showing up there. ]

[shiroganeheir]

There are. I would not be surprised if there were both men and women at this one, as it seems questions of sexuality are rather irrelevant at this particular school.

[flatteries]

That would at least make investigating it a whole lot easier.. it'd be pretty strange for me to go there otherwise.

[ Not like he particularly looks girly. .. not to that extent, anyway. ]

[tailforbrains]

I don't know if you noticed, but that's our very own Alcuin running it, too.

I didn't get any confessions. But I did get a funny card in my locker. I think everyone did.

Oh, and Monkey talks now. And I can make light, which is funny, because I'm a tiefling and we're only supposed to make dark. This place is really awesome.

[brannewbrains]

I had noticed. It's a shame we can't trust people to keep their usual personality and motives when they're Infiltrating.

[ WOW RUDE SORRY LEO but then Ambrose has a track record of destroying worlds and killing merfolk when he's less himself so... yeah. ]

But yeah, awesome. Lots of fun to be had, sorta like a vacation. Reminds me a little of Austin.

[tailforbrains]

Oh, shush. There's no harm in relaxing a little. I mean, it could be like that dancing place, instead. Nothing horrible happened there, right?

[brannewbrains]

Right. But I'd still rather be safe than crazy or dead again.

[ is it clear how much he hates everything? ]

[tailforbrains]

Then watch your step and don't go opening any doors that look spooky.

[She pauses, then adds, a little less confidently,]

I died that night, too, you know.

[tealeafs]

.. a funny card?

[ Looks like someone here is missing out.. Chizuru blinks a little. ]

Um-- if it's alright to ask, what was on the card..? Or was it too personal?

[tailforbrains]

Oh, it wasn't personal at all. I'm pretty sure it was just kind of random, people dropping notes in lockers without knowing. Mine said something like "make all your single friends jealous this Valentine's day!" Which, you know, kind of silly, since I don't exactly have anybody like that. So not personal at all.

[tealeafs]

Maybe they were trying to encourage you to find a date then..! Although, um, from what I've heard I thought this "Valentine's Day" was already over.. but I guess it's not as if you can't find happiness like that all year round.

[tailforbrains]

I doubt it. I still don't think very many people here know my name, much less my single status.

... though I guess they might know that more. Have you seen how obsessed people here are about the whole love and cuddles thing?

[upcard]

Shirogane-san already explained the host club pretty well, I think... they're a little common, back home. Er, I mean, more common than it seems like for everyone else...

[FOCUS MAI... that's not the point here. The point is!!]

But... even if the confessions don't seem very important, if everyone here thinks they are, then...aren't they? [she has seen a lot of the investigators finding this jaunt trivial, and she can't blame them--it's a far cry from eldritch horrors. But nonetheless...]

They're...very important to the people here, so I think we have to treat them really importantly too...!

[brannewbrains]

[ augh, he is so frustrated by this, by his own perceptions and yes, by what they went through in the previous jaunt. Ambrose feels very nearly insulted by the shift in tasks from Harrogate to... this. ]

You're probably right, Mai, thank you. This is all so far out of my experience I sort of... dismiss it. It's not fair of me.

[upcard]

[oh god that mental voice is actually familiar... now that she thinks about it...

... ... ... she just scolded her teacher.]

A-ah, Ambrose-san...?

[wow she feels so........sheep...ish....]

Um, I... I just think we have to try really hard for these people too...! Even if it's love letters instead of something more dangerous...

[brannewbrains]

Uh, yes, s-sorry. They youthened me.

[ and how goofy is that. ]

And you're right, we kind of do. I guess I should be grateful it's not looking perilous, especially after... well. [ dying. ] It's just hard to recalibrate.