[School Repeat Investigation Log]

[sweetdeath]

Who: Tsuzuki Asato and all other planned participants!
Where: The school from the April 5th ayakashi attack
When: April 18th
What: Log for Tsuzuki's planned school investigation. There are still questions he'd like to see answered. Here is where they'll go work it out!
Warnings: None at the moment; will update if this changes!

[It's a normal-looking Monday morning at the school... so normal that it's as if the events of a week and a half ago never happened. It seems like there are more students here than before, and the rest of the teachers have returned from their sick leave and can be seen in the classrooms or keeping order in the halls.

The school year is winding swiftly down towards its end, as the last of the Near Shore cherry blossoms fall and tulips bloom in the flowerbeds on the school grounds.

But what really did happen here? And why?

There are a few new faces here, ready to find out....]

Comments

[Breakfast at Tajimamori's]

[sweetdeath]

[Tsuzuki has texted everyone who wanted to help him poke around the school, letting them know that Monday is the day. Breaking in on Sunday when there's no one around might have helped them look at files, but they wouldn't have had very much luck asking anyone anything.

He's also gotten three dozen donuts and made plenty of tea and coffee for everyone, because even if they're just going to meet up briefly at Tajimamori's temple before they teleport off to the school, it'll be nice to have some snacks for the early arrivals while they wait.

... And, besides, he'll get to eat all of the leftover donuts later himself.]


[ooc; please feel free to put any chatting/ic partner planning threads here if you want!]

[noli_oblivisci]

[Psyche would be one of the first ones there. She let out a slow yawn and...

[...Her stomach rolled as her nose instantly picked up doughnuts and coffee and tea. Which she was a bit embarrassed to realize she registered that before she registered the man already there with them. A faint spark of recognition came to mind (the school, she thought?) before she approached, questioning a bit tentatively]

Hey...Tsuzuki, right?

[sweetdeath]

Yeah, that's right! And you're... uh. [Tsuzuki frowns, trying to remember, before he ventures cautiously:] Psyche?

[He's pretty sure he knows her face from the school, and they'd talked on the network, but he's a little shaky on which face goes with which name still.]

Hey, have something to eat! I got enough for everybody.

[noli_oblivisci]

Yeah. It's nice to actually meet you face-to-face.

[She smiled a little...and a bit more genuinely at the offer of something to eat. She had enough self-consciousness to feel a bit of shame but, well, she was learning to appreciate what food she could get. She picked out a doughnut (before surreptitiously taking another as she grabbed tea) and said]

Thanks. It's definitely a nice surprise. [She found herself glancing over how much there was before continuing] Oh-um, how many people are coming?

[It was a lot of stuff, after all.]

[sweetdeath]

Oh, um. Probably about ten? [If everyone shows -- yeah, that sounds about right. Maybe two dozen donuts is too many for that number of people, but, really, who doesn't eat at least two and maybe three donuts when they're having donuts for breakfast?

(Possibly, people who aren't Tsuzuki don't. But better safe than sorry!)]

Nice to meet you too! How've you been settling in? You're a little newer, right?

[noli_oblivisci]

I see. Well, it sounds like that should be a fair number to cover ground.

[And make sure the food doesn't go to waste. Or at least, Psyche isn't, as she mostly devours the chocolate doughnut she's holding within a few bites before washing it down with slow slips of tea (mostly to prevent her from burning her tongue). Once the initial rush of sugar and caffeine goes through her]

Yeah, I am. I actually came her when things at the school was going on. [Sip, followed by a slightly curious] You were there too I think, right?

[School Daze]

[sweetdeath]

[At the school, everyone will be splitting up to go their own way...]


[ooc; this starter is for all at-the-school investigation threads, to help keep them organized!]

questioning [closed to Reiji]

[scrap_metal]

[ The school looks normal compared to the day of the crisis, but even if the worst problem was dealt with there's still too many unanswered questions. Genos takes the investigation offer as good chance to try and find some answers. But once he's on school grounds he's not sure on what course of action to take. He tries to find teachers that were absent during the crisis, and does quick vitals scans. Then does the same things with students, since it's what was immediately suspicious back during that day.

Genos wouldn't normally pay much attention to Reiji, taking him for any other student. But it's the questions he's asking that piques his interest. Did he just mention the principal? That makes Genos retreat his steps back and observe closer.

He seems to have problems being noticed by the students, but once he does the conversation seems to flow naturally. There is a high chance that he just met another resident of the Far Shore, with similar goal to his own. ]

YO

[heiring]

[ There are pros and cons to being a spirit. People don't notice you, especially when you're trying to get their attention.

Reiji has wrestled with this problem quite a few times, but his natural countenance seems to help at least a little. It certainly did let him successfully buy a music player for himself, and it's working on some of the students - especially the girls. He's currently interviewing one of them - a third-year. She's definitely willing to give him some time, but it seems she doesn't know a lot about the principal's involvement, so he lets her leave once he's done.

He hasn't noticed Genos yet. Maybe he should call out to him? ]

[scrap_metal]

[ Genos approaches him when he notices the conversation ends. And he kind of foregoes both greeting and introduction. ]

Have you learnt anything about the principal?

[heiring]

[ There's a few seconds of surprise before he confirms that Genos is someone on the same mission as he is; his expression then resolves into his usual easygoing smile. Never mind that Genos looks kinda intimidating. ]

Just a few facts. Nothing major yet, maybe I've been asking the wrong people. I heard he was stealing some money from the school.

[ Hopefully that helps. ]

[Evidence Collection Go-Closed to Nageki]

[noli_oblivisci]

[It was weird, being back at the school after the blob attack. The classrooms were filled with their proper teachers again, the students were back to a more 'normal' classroom schedule, and the energy felt somehow more subdued.

[Psyche wasn't entirely sure how to feel about how 'normal' everything felt now. However, it did mean one thing: the teacher's room would still be mostly vacant during classes, allowing her a chance to retrieve a charm or two that'd been there before.

[She surreptitiously shuffled through the room, moving papers and books and bags with care. She frowned. Had some of the teachers just stopped using them after the attack had finished?]

[readerofthestars]

[Nageki eyes the papers. A lot of things to be graded and papers recycled into scraps for doodles.

He flips through a book. Just math.]

I didn't look around when we were here last.

[noli_oblivisci]

Oh-

{Psyche's shoulders jumped a little, at Nageki's presence. She said, a bit quickly, as she placed her own book down]

Sorry... [That was part of the problem with being able to blend into the scenery - it was easy to forget herself too, at times. Then, after fiddling with a strand of her hair] I did a little looking around here before, when things were going on, I mean. I was actually trying to find some charms that were here, too.

[closed to Tsuzuki!]

[leggierissimo]

[With all there is to do in this place, it's not all that surprising that investigation has particularly piqued his interests. He has to have some kind of outlet for boredom, after all, and controlling the ayakashi population can only last so long before it, too, gets old. Everyone deserves a little break once in a while anyway.

Previous plans mean that he can't exactly approach the teachers directly. Milling around on his own has only given him minimal information. What plans are for dinner, for example, or one teacher's dislike of another teacher's outfit. Nothing particularly informing, but entertaining enough to keep him busy.

He's actually listening in on one teacher's disgruntled thoughts about a problematic student when he spots Tsuzuki, and he lifts a hand in greeting.]

Anything interesting yet?

[sweetdeath]

Hey, Joshua. Not that much new so far! Sounds like nobody really liked the new principal even before all that stuff went down.

[He shrugs easily, pausing next to the other god.]

You? Anything interesting?

[leggierissimo]

Ah, is that so? They seemed enamored with him before. That must have been brainwashing.

[Nothing surprising, though. Joshua lifts a hand, waving it off.]

Lots of gossip, but unfortunately nothing that pertains to our investigation. The teacher's lounge is like a TV drama waiting to happen, though.

[sweetdeath]

Maybe so. It could've been part of the spell... I guess.

[He half-grins at the mention of the teacher's lounge, and glances over at Joshua.] Just from all the gossip, huh? You can't even have been in there that long! We just got here an hour ago.

[The Principal Suspect]

[sweetdeath]

[The principal's house is in a residential neighborhood. It looks like a quiet, closed-in house.

His neighbors say he's a huge shut-in, but sometimes, in the middle of the night, there are strange lights visible....]


[ooc; this starter is for the characters who are at the principal's house investigating!]

[erogappa]

[ There are very few things that Gojyo considers to be truly unacceptable. There's a lot that he'll bitch and moan about, but only a handful of totally unforgivable crimes. Messing with kids? That's right up there at the top. ]

Is this the place?

sorry for the delay!

[sweetdeath]

[Tsuzuki pulls a scrap of paper out of his pocket and double-checks the address. 1344 -- yeah, and the intersection's right, too.]

This's it.

[It's a foreboding place, or maybe he's just projecting: anyway, there's a low stone wall around it, and a garden, and the house itself is a modern two-story place set further back from the road than Tsuzuki would've expected.]

... So, Nagi ought to be around here somewhere.

for Omi + Kurama

[cyberfly]

[ He stakes out the house for a day. Ideally, Nagi would have wanted more time to really hunker down, but it turns out that he probably doesn't have to. The principal has not left the house the whole time Nagi has been sitting out there. He's been perched on a nearby ledge under the cover of a tree, carefully watching for any movements from the house. The only thing he noted was a late night food delivery, which checked out.

He has a nagging feeling he's done this sort of thing before, though it was probably from the comfort of a nondescript vehicle. He probably could have procured one if he wanted, but the street is a little too sparsely residential. A neighborhood busybody would instantly spot a car that didn't belong.

Fortunately, being from the Far Shore makes surveillance a lot easier, even out in the relative open. No one has spotted him yet.

He eventually rejoins Omi, updating him with his findings from the stake-out so he could formulate a plan.

The date for the break-in is set. They'll detain the principal for questioning, secure the premises, and gather intelligence. After a brief meet up at Tsuzuki's place, they teleport over with the blink of an eye. At the moment, they stand outside across the street, near the post from where Nagi had been surveying the house the day before. ]

He has no alarm system in place. He might have wards, though.

[ An alarm system, he can easily hack and disable. The latter, that's out of his purview. ]

[herbalsupplements]

[Fortunately, wards are one of the reasons Kurama's here instead of tagging along with the others who went back to the school. His senses are on high alert, but all he notices are a few spots radiating power out back, with more and smaller spots scattered about inside.]

No wards, either, but he is collecting power. I'll go empty his rain barrels.

[He blinks out of existence and then in again, crouched under a window visible from where Nagi and Omi are still standing; from here he can also see part of the backyard, and more importantly one of the so-called rain barrels. It's a set of markings on the grass itself, drawing in power but never seeming to grow any stronger. Fascinating.

It shouldn't take much effort to deal with, so he tosses Nagi and Omi a thumbs-up and then moves further into the backyard to get a better look.]

[oneblackcat]

[After collaborating with Kurama for their mission plan, Omi transports with him and Nagi to the principal's house. Some of the tasks on their agenda were ones only Kurama could handle, so it made sense for them to split up. He watches Kurama teleport to the side of the house, and from there give them the OK and slip further towards the backyard.

Omi takes hold of Nagi's forearm to teleport them to the back door. It's less conspicuous there. It will be up to Nagi to unlock the door so that they can enter the house without creating a disturbance.]

[cyberfly]

[ Collecting power? Interesting. That's not exactly how Nagi's power works, but it sounds like a handy thing. If Nagi could store his psion energy to use for one big concentrated burst, he could find a use for that.

He nods at Omi when they arrive with a flash at the back door. He proceeds to feel out the lock on the other side. It's a flip deadbolt, easily maneuvered. If a key was necessary, he would have had to concentrate harder to get the locking mechanism aligned just so. The door unlocks but he doesn't open it until he gets Omi's queue. ]