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[School Repeat Investigation Log]

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....]

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[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!]

[ 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. ]

[ 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? ]

[ 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?

[ 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. ]

[ That's surprising, and the surprise is very clearly visible on Genos face. ]

That's so... mundane.

[ What else to expect, really. Besides, mundane or not, it can still be an important clue. ]

[ To that, Reiji just shrugs. ]

It is. I was honestly expecting some mention of the occult, or maybe I just haven't been asking the right people.

[ There's a moment of thoughtfulness before he continues. ]

Are you looking for people to talk to, too? I'll go with you.

I am. I'm also checking on the students that were targeted.

[ He'd leave it at this, but he realizes quickly that Reiji might have no idea what is he talking about. So he adds the explanation without further prompting. ]

I've been scanning students on that day, some of them have their energy sapped even before the ayakashi arrived. Some of them were in the same class I attended so- [ he shrugs ] I just wanted to check if they're alright.

[ Since they were target of the whole energy drain for much longer than others ]

[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?]

[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.

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.

[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?

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?

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.

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.

I guess we'll just have to see what we can find out, hm?

[Coming back from the waving motion, his fingers stop at his hair, pushing at a curl.]

I don't need long to pick up on that sort of thing. So much of it is unspoken, but a skilled people-watcher can pick up anything.

Oh yeah? Maybe I should be getting you to help me out, huh?

[He laughs, rubbing a hand over the back of his head.] Though if somebody's using magic to change their minds about this guy, I guess we can't rely on what they feel about him now any better than what they used to.

Well, if there's still someone here capable of changing the minds of other people, we just need to weed them out. Otherwise, if no one turns up with that capability, we'll know that the students and remaining Near Shore faculty were brainwashed before. It might not hurt to check the students as well as the teachers, too, and possibly cross-reference memories and actual records to see if there's anything regarding students or teachers leaving since the attack.

[Joshua smirks, tilting his head and glancing back at the teachers' lounge.]

Besides, you did say you wanted a demonstration, didn't you?

A demonstration, huh?

... Sure, I could go for that. [Tsuzuki raises his eyebrows in interest. Joshua's thinking through this pretty well. Students and teachers leaving since the attack...]

You know, if we find somebody who's left and come back, that'd probably be all the proof we need. They wouldn't have been there for any of the brainwashing.

[Hmm...]

I'd say a teacher would be your best bet for that, really. There were more teachers gone than there were students. Though, I'm interested to know what exactly that 'strange illness' was...

[He motions with his head at the lounge door.]

Take your pick. I think it would be easy enough to find a face that wasn't here before.

Well, yeah, but the strange illness hit right before we got here. If the new guy was using some kind of spell that didn't work on everyone...

Let's give it a shot, though! C'mon.

[He heads for the teacher's lounge door, pulling it open and gesturing Joshua through.]

After you.

I suppose we'll just have to see.

[Joshua nods, moving through the doorway and standing to the side. The teachers seem to generally be too preoccupied to notice, at least. And here he thought that the door opening would be enough.

Ah. Well, now that he's seeing it, he has to agree with the one teacher that had disapproved of another's fashion choice du jour. Those colors don't match at all.]

Hey! [Tsuzuki steps towards the teacher nearest the door, a guy in a plain suit with a really unfortunate tie, and raises a hand to wave a friendly and hopefully attention-getting couple of times.] Hey, sorry to bug you between classes like this. Did you catch that nasty bug a week and a half ago? You know, around exams?

[It takes two waves before the teacher's eyes focus on him, and he frowns in mild confusion. Almost the entire faculty was out, he answers. Yes, I was too. Who are you?]

-- Oh, I'm from, uh, the Ministry of Health! It seemed like a highly contagious strain. We're just tracking it down. Can you tell me if anything unusual happened before you got sick?

[Not that I can remember. The principal was pushing to close up our extracurricular classes in favor of academics, but you wouldn't care about that--

Tsuzuki waves a hand to stop him.]

Yeah, I would! How did the student body feel about that?

[We were losing enrollment, the teacher says, with a scowl of remembered disapproval.]

... And he's gone now, right? Did he resign?

[That time, the teacher frowns, as if he can't exactly recall. After a few seconds, with a new note of hesitation in his voice, he says, Well... he's gone now. Good riddance.]

[While Tsuzuki talks, Joshua stands off to the side, listening in on the conversation. Their general invisibility is a blessing, since he doubts any "students" would be allowed in here, but inside like this he can see exactly who is paying attention and who he needs to tune in to.

Tsuzuki can handle the verbal answers just fine, but Joshua is listening for the mental responses. Not only the teacher that's speaking, but a nearby teacher that has also noticed the conversation and is simply listening in. The teachers had been extremely disapproving of the principal even taking the position, it seems... And he really can't agree with what it seems the principal was trying to do. Academics are all well and good, but not giving creative outlets is a terrible idea. Maybe he's just biased.]

I bet the principal caused the illness to keep the teachers from fighting his decisions. Ask about the students that didn't enroll. Have they all returned?

What about the students who left? If he's gone now, are they back?

[Yes, mostly, the teacher says, nodding. I don't do enrollment but I know there were a few in my homeroom who showed up again last week. Wait a minute. A frown slowly works its way across his face, as he stops and peers at Tsuzuki.

What does this have to do with the Health Department?]

Uh -- tracking ... um, infection vectors...? [Tsuzuki improvises hastily. It doesn't seem to have much effect on the suspicious scowl on the teacher's face.]

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