[ she will read the label... but also yeah, she will wake the computers up because she's curious. she will also snoop to see what is surrounding each desk for the same reason. ]
Hopefully a sign that tells us what exactly we're looking for in here...?
[ ...alright. clocks, then. not at all concerning. what if he ignores those for now and goes to look at that folded paper, anything interesting on it? what about the chair labels? ]
[The documents seem to be one sheet each. When Belph prints them out, they come out with their blank side up.
The labels read, in order from Computers #5 through #8: Milla, Rapunzel, Fitzgerald, Mammon. Milla's background is set to... a village of sorts, Rapunzel's displays a kingdom, and Fitzgerald and Mammon. Uh. They have the same background. Jeez. All the computers are password protected. On Milla's desk Steph will spot a chicken shaped paperweight. On Rapunzel's she will find a stack of sticky notes; something is written on the first page. In Mammon's desk she will find a whole lot of forks. And on Fitzgerald's desk, she will find a photograph of Fitzgerald with a young, green haired boy she will find very familiar.
Meanwhile, the folded paper has something written inside. It reads:]
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. THE CLOCK YOU TOUCH IS YOURS. TAKE NONE, AND BE THROWN TO THE WOLVES IN 14:00.
also i only just looked at the clock images and wow they're cute, kara is dying, thank you. just to double-check, they aren't plugged in, right? but i mean even though he's checking that he's going to just. call back out to the others before doing anything. ]
There are clocks in here - a note says to take them, but there's only three of them. There might be a punishment for the last one.
[ which. leaves him a little concerned about who is going to, uh, get thrown to the wolves, but. look, he really likes that cat clock, it's so fucking adorable.
but first... he'll poke at the remote. maybe he even hits the power button by some crazy random happenstance? ]
Show up for the meeting at 4:25 to make a good impression!
[The clocks aren't plugged in. They're hand sized timers, so they can easily pick one up and take it with them. Poking the remote does nothing because I'm not kind enough to let Kara hit the power button. The desks do not have drawers, though.]
They're all on different timers. If three of us take these, we should be prepared to be separated somehow.
[ he's taking the kitty. and watching belph and the tv in case something happens here. ]
...Have any of you seen a time anywhere? Mikazuki's note said 4:30pm, and these clocks have to be counting down to something. Knowing the time here might help us figure that out.
[Belph is a true bro. He turns the TV on, and............................. whatever this is begins to play. Enjoy the background music! Wait, is that a butt bee? Beett...
On the first consultation desk, Steph won't find anything on the desk itself. However, she will notice each chair is labeled on the side. Speaking of labels, Ash will see that #10 is labeled North, and #11 is labeled Phoenix.
Either way, once Kara takes the kitty clock — the two other clocks disappear. Congratulations, gang! You have selected your comment limit for this adventure. No, you don't get to know what it is. Good luck. As soon as Ookurikara does this, the four of them will hear the narrator speak again:]
In the hubbub of your average workday, it's so easy to lose track of time. Before the boss knew it, there were only five minutes left to 4:30... and he had a very special guest to entertain.
Taking bets on a scale of 1 - 10 how much of an asshole this guest is gonna be.
[ belph put it really well when he said fuck you to closing eyes, so fuck you [redacted], ash is just gonna squint at the bee video and hate everything. with a hand still on his axe. just in case. ]
[And this time, they won't have a choice. Their eyes close on their own, their bodies going rigid as controlled is stolen away from them. The music from the TV intensifies to volumes where it's literally impossible to hear anything else. Simultaneously, the four of them will receive a small punishment in return for their pettiness. Belph will only be able to speak backwards from this point forward. Stephanie will no longer be able to hear out her right ear. Ookurikara will find his sword disappearing from his grasp. Ash will be unable to stop crying every time someone says his name.
Furthermore, the amount of time on the cat clock will go down by ten minutes. Oops.
That said, it will feel like five whole ass minutes will have passed before the music returns to an acceptable volume. The narrator speaks again:]
Villagers, open your eyes.
[Ash, Belph, Steph and Ookurikara will not be able to respond to that command. However, they will hear the sound of the door opening and closing as the sound of several footsteps approach them. Idle chatter fills the room, and those who were standing too close to any given chair will feel someone bump into them. The idle chatter will continue, but once the footsteps have settled down, they will hear the narrator speak.]
Detectives, open your eyes.
[And with that, the group will be able to open eyes. A sharp, iron-like scent hits them like a truck. There are a couple of very obvious things they are about to notice all at once, so here is the list:
1. It seems they have gotten a costume change. Hope Ash, Belph, Ookurikara and Stephanie enjoy their new looks.
2. From his position by desks 10 and 11, Ash will notice a pool of red seeping out of the Private Office.
3. Every single chair and couch in the office is now occupied by very, very familiar faces. These familiar faces are decked out in office casual clothes, idly chatting with each other or going on about their desk jobs as if nothing is wrong and this is all very ordinary.
4. The sound of someone's sobs can be heard from the direction of the couches.]
It was 5:00 PM when the detectives arrived. But none of them could expect what they would find...
[The narrator's hold over them disappears completely. You're old pros at this. It's time to investigate.]
[we're doing great. belph glances at his clothes.]
Lleh eht tahw? [a beat.] Tiaw. Lleh eht tahw?
[WOW. FANTASTIC.
but given the time theme going on, he figures they should hurry, rather than stand around internally screaming, so he'll head over to where the sobs are coming from.]
[ WHY CAN'T SHE HEAR OUT OF AN EAR. IS SHE DEAF. WHAT HAPPENED. she is patting her right ear, very concerned. it takes her a moment to even realize that her outfit is different and also... literally everything else.
but for now, she's going to try to see if any of the people around might actually react to them. ]
Hello? Can you hear me?
[ she definitely knows some of these people and she is ignoring that, because this is definitely some sort of illusion, but whether or not they can interact with the illusions can make a difference here. ]
[ suddenly kara has... paws? under any other circumstances, he might have just suffered, but not when they're who knows where, waiting for who knows what to happen. so kara is at least going to pull off the top half of this weird costume so he can -
oh.
haha.
his sword's gone? there's a flash of panic, that almost immediately gives way to anger, and he speaks through gritted teeth. ]
[ ash is already pulling off the hood and shoving his hands out of the little mitts so he can use his opposable thumbs again. ]
Hate to cut into your panic, Chatterbox, and to be the bearer of crap news, but there's blood coming out of the private office. That, or someone's knocked over a gallon of tomato juice.
[ he's gonna head right over and open the door -- but carefully, keeping to one side and using the end of his axe to push the door open in case anything topples out because wow i don't trust kyuu. ]
[Following the sobbing, Belph will find two individuals seated on one of the choices. A familiar man dramatically wailing and blowing his nose on a handkerchief. A blond teenage boy pats his back in what is apparently meant to be comfort.]
Detective Phleb approaches the bereaved family...
[When Steph speaks up, some of the people near her tilt their heads around in her direction — before going back to their business. The ones who don't react are wearing... airpods? Well.]
... and Detective Brown discovers that people do, in fact, have ears. Nice job detecting!
[Nothing topples out when Ash pushes the door open. However, he will immediately stumble across the source of the blood. A man's body is laying face down on the floor between the desk and cabinet, the back of his suit coated in blood. There are broken shards of glass strewn all over the floor, and on top of the body as well.]
But more importantly, Detective Carbide finds the scene of the crime! [A beat.] Oh. And Detective Ookurikara cried over his sword or something. I don't know.
belph is about to open his mouth when he remembers that he can't fucking talk properly. so instead, he takes out a notebook and a pen, writing something down before he, uh. shows it to the teenage boy. tsurumaru seems distracted.]
Hello. My condolences for your loss. May I ask you a few questions?
but since someone is already at the body (????) and belph seems to be with the victim's family (?????????), steph is going to do a walk around the office to see if there is anything out of place. so it's mostly just a quick look around without staring too hard at anything in particular to check for other obvious differences ]
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Hopefully a sign that tells us what exactly we're looking for in here...?
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The labels read, in order from Computers #5 through #8: Milla, Rapunzel, Fitzgerald, Mammon. Milla's background is set to... a village of sorts, Rapunzel's displays a kingdom, and Fitzgerald and Mammon. Uh. They have the same background. Jeez. All the computers are password protected. On Milla's desk Steph will spot a chicken shaped paperweight. On Rapunzel's she will find a stack of sticky notes; something is written on the first page. In Mammon's desk she will find a whole lot of forks. And on Fitzgerald's desk, she will find a photograph of Fitzgerald with a young, green haired boy she will find very familiar.
Meanwhile, the folded paper has something written inside. It reads:]
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
THE CLOCK YOU TOUCH IS YOURS.
TAKE NONE, AND BE THROWN TO THE WOLVES IN 14:00.
[The chairs read, in clockwise order: Zelos, Miki, Jae-ha, Ayabe, Minato.]
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[ and like, fitz and rapunzel, but steph never said she wasn't biased
she is gonna read the note while ignoring the forks ]
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also i only just looked at the clock images and wow they're cute, kara is dying, thank you. just to double-check, they aren't plugged in, right? but i mean even though he's checking that he's going to just. call back out to the others before doing anything. ]
There are clocks in here - a note says to take them, but there's only three of them. There might be a punishment for the last one.
[ which. leaves him a little concerned about who is going to, uh, get thrown to the wolves, but. look, he really likes that cat clock, it's so fucking adorable.
but first... he'll poke at the remote. maybe he even hits the power button by some crazy random happenstance? ]
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[ do any of these desks have drawers? can he open them...?
after a moment, he calls back over at steph and belph— ]
Are there any clocks over where you guys are?
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Rapunzel's note reads:]
Show up for the meeting at 4:25 to make a good impression!
[The clocks aren't plugged in. They're hand sized timers, so they can easily pick one up and take it with them. Poking the remote does nothing because I'm not kind enough to let Kara hit the power button. The desks do not have drawers, though.]
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Seems appropriate.
[but to ash—]
Nope!
[taking the sheets with him! he heads to the board room where he sees kara poking at the remote.
...
he reaches over to aim the remote at the tv and press the power button.]
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[ hopefully the message wasn't actually literal
but she will wander over to the new first consultation desk. what is obvious at first glance. ]
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[ he's taking the kitty. and watching belph and the tv in case something happens here. ]
...Have any of you seen a time anywhere? Mikazuki's note said 4:30pm, and these clocks have to be counting down to something. Knowing the time here might help us figure that out.
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On the first consultation desk, Steph won't find anything on the desk itself. However, she will notice each chair is labeled on the side. Speaking of labels, Ash will see that #10 is labeled North, and #11 is labeled Phoenix.
Either way, once Kara takes the kitty clock — the two other clocks disappear. Congratulations, gang! You have selected your comment limit for this adventure. No, you don't get to know what it is. Good luck. As soon as Ookurikara does this, the four of them will hear the narrator speak again:]
In the hubbub of your average workday, it's so easy to lose track of time. Before the boss knew it, there were only five minutes left to 4:30... and he had a very special guest to entertain.
Everyone, close your eyes.
[... Will they?]
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I think you have your answer, Ookurikara.
[this is just fine. anyway, if he isn't forced to, belph isn't closing his eyes. fuck you, kill him.]
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[ it's not cool and awesome.
... but yeah,,,, she's not closing them either i hate this they're all going to fucking die ]
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[ haha yea kara's not closing his either we are literally all going to die goodbye
he is preparing for a fight though, one hand on his sword and ready to draw at any moment ]
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[ belph put it really well when he said fuck you to closing eyes, so fuck you [redacted], ash is just gonna squint at the bee video and hate everything. with a hand still on his axe. just in case. ]
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The voice tsk, tsk, tsks at them.]
No peeking.
Everyone, close your eyes.
[And this time, they won't have a choice. Their eyes close on their own, their bodies going rigid as controlled is stolen away from them. The music from the TV intensifies to volumes where it's literally impossible to hear anything else. Simultaneously, the four of them will receive a small punishment in return for their pettiness. Belph will only be able to speak backwards from this point forward. Stephanie will no longer be able to hear out her right ear. Ookurikara will find his sword disappearing from his grasp. Ash will be unable to stop crying every time someone says his name.
Furthermore, the amount of time on the cat clock will go down by ten minutes. Oops.
That said, it will feel like five whole ass minutes will have passed before the music returns to an acceptable volume. The narrator speaks again:]
Villagers, open your eyes.
[Ash, Belph, Steph and Ookurikara will not be able to respond to that command. However, they will hear the sound of the door opening and closing as the sound of several footsteps approach them. Idle chatter fills the room, and those who were standing too close to any given chair will feel someone bump into them. The idle chatter will continue, but once the footsteps have settled down, they will hear the narrator speak.]
Detectives, open your eyes.
[And with that, the group will be able to open eyes. A sharp, iron-like scent hits them like a truck. There are a couple of very obvious things they are about to notice all at once, so here is the list:
2. From his position by desks 10 and 11, Ash will notice a pool of red seeping out of the Private Office.
3. Every single chair and couch in the office is now occupied by very, very familiar faces. These familiar faces are decked out in office casual clothes, idly chatting with each other or going on about their desk jobs as if nothing is wrong and this is all very ordinary.
4. The sound of someone's sobs can be heard from the direction of the couches.]
It was 5:00 PM when the detectives arrived. But none of them could expect what they would find...
[The narrator's hold over them disappears completely. You're old pros at this. It's time to investigate.]
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Lleh eht tahw? [a beat.] Tiaw. Lleh eht tahw?
[WOW. FANTASTIC.
but given the time theme going on, he figures they should hurry, rather than stand around internally screaming, so he'll head over to where the sobs are coming from.]
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[ WHY CAN'T SHE HEAR OUT OF AN EAR. IS SHE DEAF. WHAT HAPPENED. she is patting her right ear, very concerned. it takes her a moment to even realize that her outfit is different and also... literally everything else.
but for now, she's going to try to see if any of the people around might actually react to them. ]
Hello? Can you hear me?
[ she definitely knows some of these people and she is ignoring that, because this is definitely some sort of illusion, but whether or not they can interact with the illusions can make a difference here. ]
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[ suddenly kara has... paws? under any other circumstances, he might have just suffered, but not when they're who knows where, waiting for who knows what to happen. so kara is at least going to pull off the top half of this weird costume so he can -
oh.
haha.
his sword's gone? there's a flash of panic, that almost immediately gives way to anger, and he speaks through gritted teeth. ]
My sword. Where is it?
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Hate to cut into your panic, Chatterbox, and to be the bearer of crap news, but there's blood coming out of the private office. That, or someone's knocked over a gallon of tomato juice.
[ he's gonna head right over and open the door -- but carefully, keeping to one side and using the end of his axe to push the door open in case anything topples out because wow i don't trust kyuu. ]
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Detective Phleb approaches the bereaved family...
[When Steph speaks up, some of the people near her tilt their heads around in her direction — before going back to their business. The ones who don't react are wearing... airpods? Well.]
... and Detective Brown discovers that people do, in fact, have ears. Nice job detecting!
[Nothing topples out when Ash pushes the door open. However, he will immediately stumble across the source of the blood. A man's body is laying face down on the floor between the desk and cabinet, the back of his suit coated in blood. There are broken shards of glass strewn all over the floor, and on top of the body as well.]
But more importantly, Detective Carbide finds the scene of the crime! [A beat.] Oh. And Detective Ookurikara cried over his sword or something. I don't know.
[Thanks, Narrator.]
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belph is about to open his mouth when he remembers that he can't fucking talk properly. so instead, he takes out a notebook and a pen, writing something down before he, uh. shows it to the teenage boy. tsurumaru seems distracted.]
Hello. My condolences for your loss. May I ask you a few questions?
When you were notified of the victim's death?
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but since someone is already at the body (????) and belph seems to be with the victim's family (?????????), steph is going to do a walk around the office to see if there is anything out of place. so it's mostly just a quick look around without staring too hard at anything in particular to check for other obvious differences ]
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