[Open to Investigators]

[wantedittobeagame]

[Everyone might have heard... something trying to come through from Adachi yesterday morning after the party, but it was garbled and hard to hear, like he was talking through water. It's not until the next day that he actually manages to get something through.]

Man, it's hard to talk like this when you're hung over...

[He let out an embarrassed noise, before continuing.]

So, if you guys don't mind humoring me, gimme a sec to make sure I've got all this right:

Cultures and Humanities want to promote social law, and I'm guessing cultural acceptance so we all can work better together toward a brighter future.

Ecological Sciences wants to create some mutant plant to help restore the earth.

And the Tech group wants to build something that flies... I guess so it'd be easier to extend the school's reach.

[There's a pause.]

...am I the only one that thinks they shouldn't be fighting over who gets the big check?

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[wantedittobeagame]

This whole competition in the first place.

No one even thought they could try and work together, did they? They just heard "money for one" and stuck to their individual groups.

[wantedittobeagame]

T-that... urgh...

[Well, he couldn't argue with that logic either. Dammit.]

[wantedittobeagame]

Well, one place that seems to be neutral ground no matter what you do is that coffee shop. Maybe that'd be a good place to meet?

[maddeninghatter]

[ He is of the opinion that the Trumps have bent time and space for some greater purpose — which most likely does not involve saving a café. Just as they opposed the Illuminated, in all probability they are favoring some particular faction.

Direct revolt against the Trumps, as he understands, got everyone stranded. But willful stupidity might be worth a try. ]

Well, then. There's your rallying point. Sort out some solution that involves preserving that, and from there persuade all factions to work together.

[wantedittobeagame]

Yeah... yeah! That's perfect!

[Damn, why couldn't he have figured that one out? Geeze.]

Thanks, man.

[tireur]

What was that?

[Inasmuch as straight thought can be likened to sound, he sounds puzzled.

Inarticulate dead end, or something playing merry hell with the psychic connection? Either seems entirely possible, at this point.]

[wantedittobeagame]

Sorry, sorry; I just don't see how any of this can end well if people are working against each other, rather than with each other.

[inexecution]

Hmm... But they wouldn't be competing if the grant commission hadn't set it up that way, so they're probably the people you'd have to convince.

[purseownerisme]

...that can actually work.

Find as many that are interested and we'll meet there. Probably after midterms or if you know any other times that will work out.

[wantedittobeagame]

The grant donators, you mean?

Are they even in this same location?

[wantedittobeagame]

After midterms.

I remember what studying for those was like. Those kids don't need this on top of it.

[Wait, speaking of...]

...shouldn't you be studying?

[inexecution]

The ones who are running the whole thing. I assume they must be here... someone's running this whole place, after all, and I don't think it's the professors.

[tireur]

They're temporary rivals, not enemies. As I understand it, they cooperate well enough in the normal run of things. A little competition won't change that.

If anything, it will give the losing factions all the more reason to refine their ideas and techniques, so they might win the next prize.

[purseownerisme]

Aren't you supposed to be a teacher?

[maddeninghatter]

Noooooo problem!

[ THAT WAS EASY ]

Well, then. Have fun, in the meantime. I hear midterms are coming up, so I hope you've been studying hard! ♥

[wantedittobeagame]

Oh right, those guys. Didn't think of them.

...actually, I didn't think much of them at all. Were they even there when we showed up?

[wantedittobeagame]

If they have that long... who's to say the state of the world will give them that time.

Now that I think about it, do we even know what's out there?

[Or did he miss that while he was drunk on his ass the other day?]

[wantedittobeagame]

[Adachi outright laughed out loud at that, which got him a few stares where he was at in the real world, so it was a moment before he replied.]

Me? Teach? Do you have any idea what a bad idea that is?

[Again, he has to take a moment, as he's trying not to bust out laughing again.]

My attendant would say, 'Students don't need classes on how to be a useless asshole'.

[wantedittobeagame]

[Oh god...]

M-man, don't say the "s" word around me like that! Those days are long behind me.

[tireur]

What little I've managed to glean about the outside environment has been...difficult to understand. There was a war, and some poison now makes much of the land useless for farming.

[U n d e r s t a t e m e n t. But he's a 17th Century soldier; what does he know about radiation?]

As bad as it sounds, there's no sign that the End of Days is upon us - if things were truly so dire that fortnight or two would make or break this keep's survival, I have little doubt that they'd set their competition aside.

[purseownerisme]

[Haha your attendant must've had fun with you.]

Eh, I haven't seen much of the useless asshole around.

[wantedittobeagame]

[...it was probably a good thing that they weren't nearby, because she probably would have kicked him in the balls or stabbed him in the hand for blushing. As it was there was some kind of garbled sound... mental key smashing? It didn't sound like any coherent words at least.]

...a-ah... thanks.

[wantedittobeagame]

[He really wanted to say he felt that way before, and ended up face to no-feet with a death goddess, but... a little optimism would probably do him some good. Right?]

Eh... I hope you're right.

[inexecution]

I'm not sure. I was a little distracted when we first arrived.

[wantedittobeagame]

Me too.

Guess I could look for it.