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Arisu...? You mean Hiro? I've only collected the end product so I don't know who they're collaborating with. You're better off leaving the kid alone, too.

[ He holds his PDA up to the vending machine, screen lighting up as his merit points tick down— Chiaki gets a Calpis, he gets a can of grass jelly, and he looks up at Komaeda and Izumi to see what they want. ]

It's not a lot and it's not often, so I don't need that from you, Nagito. Besides, I don't paint.

Having struck up a friendship with a lot of the less plot-relevant students, Ritsuka is going to casually steer the rumor mill during lunch in the direction of the student council and what they've been up to since the news around the murder died down. In particular, she's going to listen for news about Maya (which should be easy, considering that her brother is already a hot topic of discussion) and casually ask what the hell the student council president even does and what makes the position different compared to all the other members. She was always the weird kid who wasn't particularly inclined to yak about school politics, so the question shouldn't be too unusual.

EDIT: In addition, Ritsuka is going to try and recollect whether she heard Maya talk during the evacuation of the library, and cross reference with the other students to see if they did. If she did talk, did she move her lips? After all, she was a student council member who was directing the evacuation. If her voice wasn't noticed by anyone or her words didn't match up to her lip movements, that would be pretty unusual and worthy of note.

Edited 2021-04-27 06:57 (UTC)

[y'all are lucky that Noah has the metabolism of a 16 y/o boy who gets in a lot of fights or else this food would've gone to waste, damn]

The other students don't openly gossip about Maya, and especially not her brother, under the very real fear that she will find out and beat them up lmao With her asking about the student council, they ask if maybe she's interested in joining? The student council as a whole plans and organizes things for the school like the charity auction, sports festival, cultural festival, etc etc, essentially making all these things happen with hands off faculty supervision. The president is at the head of all of this, and is the one who makes executive decisions, delegates tasks to the rest of the members, makes sure everything is completed properly and on time, and is essentially the one who catherds and assumes responsibility for the student council and student body as a whole.

Inside the library there is no sound, so other students aren't heard talking; in the confusion, some students may have had their mouths open or were making as if they were shouting, but out of habit rather than communication. Maya was directing students outside of the library, so she did talk, but mostly things like "Hey" and "Stop" etc and glaring at the students crowding the library.

[ just... waves his hand like nah, he's not thirsty. especially when they're tackling a rather grizzly topic here. thanks, though. ]

At least give us a name on who's responsible for this. Was Okane involved? Was she the sacrifice? [ and he turns to chiaki. ] And Kudo, don't let your schoolmate do all the talking. You've got some explaining to do, using that for red paint. I get why it's a "trade secret" of yours, but it doesn't excuse the fact that it's more than a little messed up.

[ IT'S JUST NOT NORMAL ]

( ? did he just call the man, the myth, the legend himself... NAGITO. why is no one talking about this? i gasped. )

Roku~n...

( there's something misplaced in this man's heart for saying his name like that... it's personal, and komaeda's starting to wonder a few things. he looks towards izumi, and then over to chiaki as his fellow idol looks over to her — you know, that double intimidation tactic. though, he squats down in front of the vending machine to tap at the glass, you know... normally a mercedes benz would have crashed into this by now... he's not used to paying. )

Sena-kun, what if you give Kudo-san your blood instead? It'll solve a lot of problems, and then she won't deal with them anymore.

[ Sometimes you're on first name basis with your friend who has dementia so bad he doesn't even remember your real name ): ]

Not everything is about Aiko-san...

[ Chiaki pouts a little at being asked to speak up when it's about Aiko again, but she brightens up at Komaeda's suggestion? ]

It really would! What do you think, Sena?

MMMM. Interesting.

Gudako is then going to go across the school and interview anyone related to Maya that's, uh, currently available, whether there was any time during the thirteenth that she was unaccounted for, or if anybody saw her leaving the school with everyone else on that day.

[ chiaki using the english version of dr where everyone referred to each other by their first names... it's so offputting. but yeah wtf does that mean komaeda and rokku~n are closer than they all thought? star-crossed childhood friends?? damn-- ]

Hah?! First of all, that's disgusting. Second, if you guys think I'd be willing to donate blood on the fly and permanently scarring my beautiful skin good, you've got another thing coming. Like, hello? Even if you guys end up being vampire chuuni this entire time too, I won't offer a single dollop.

[ he already finds ritsu's vampire schtick back home super weird, now he has to deal with this? yall??? ]

It's not hard.

( he points to his wrist of his better hand, a metal digit dragging across the flesh as he shows the idol where he could start from. it's an uncomfortable subject, but komaeda manages to explain where he would start if he was offering his own blood. ) Especially when you can drink blood from your wrist to survive.

( whether that's true or not, he won't tell, but the expression komaeda wears is more "hear him out," than throw away the idea. ) We're already marked, so what's one more to have Kudo-san on our side?

( and what about roku~n? well, he's using komaeda's first name to talk to him so maybe he can get a pass, but he's not off the hook so don't worry. there's still a few concerns the ultimate has about him, but that's nothing he can bring up now actually. he looks towards chiaki, smiling softly while placing his water. )

As long as it's blood from Sena-kun, it doesn't matter right? You'll be satisfied?

No way!! You're not permanently scarring Sena's beautiful skin! There are other ways to bleed people without cu—- mmmnph!

[ Roku~n tiredly smushes Chiaki's drink against her cheek. Everybody please shut up. Except unfortunately, that sort of halfhearted attempt isn't enough to keep Chiaki quiet, who snatches the bottle from his hand and chugs half of it before recapping the bottle and continuing. ]

As long as it's Sena's, I'll be satisfied! I won't have to deal with those guys ever again!

[ it just keeps escalating and izumi couldn't think of any ways stop it. he's been surrounded with weirdo people before, sure, but when you're in a high school of horrors complete with a legitimate cult that yearns for blood, the stakes are higher than ever. why is komaeda enabling this? why is no one finding any of this fucked-up?

he clutches at his own wrist and gulps, a pained expression on his face. ]

Is... Is there really no other way? [ takes a deep breath. calm... calm. ] If I give you some of it, will you two talk more about them?

( komaeda drops his hand down as he stares back at what's inside of the vending machine, tapping the glass in thought as he listens to izumi respond. it's actually shocking to hear him budge, and immediately turns his head to look at the expression he wears — is he that bothered. even with his fears visible, komaeda gasps in thought as he smacks his prosthetic fist into the palm of his good hand. )

Hey, Sena-kun... ( he calls out in an attempt to grab his attempt to grab his attention, mostly to pull him out of that worried phase he's finding himself in. )

Since it was my idea, I'll do the honors of slicing you open.

( he's not a doctor, but he's done risky things for the sake of hope, and the idea of komaeda hurting himself and others isn't a foreign concept. it may sound like he gave izumi the short end of the stick, but komaeda's quick to get to his feet as he stares at the other with a kind smile. ) It's important you do this right... and because I'm lucky... I'll be able to get the right amount from you.

( with that said, he looks towards chiaki and roku~n, wondering if they'll agree with komaeda helping izumi do this, and besides, he might feel comfortable having someone else cut at his skin. )

Is that fine with you two? We could meet up at a different spot once I'm finished draining him, because trading an expensive good in the hallway is bad for business too.

[ Chiaki pulls her arm back to wham!! it into Komaeda's stomach. ]

Don't you dare touch him! GET AWAY FROM HIM! I won't let you hurt him!!

[ The honors is hers-- I'm just kidding. "She's just kidding," Roku~n says, helplessly and therefore unconvincingly, wrapping his arms around Chiaki from behind so he can physically pull her away from Komaeda.

"Hey, why don't we just let this drop? This has nothing to do with the late president, and her stash isn't going to run out anytime soon. Remember what he said, Chiaki?" He pokes her on the top of the head with his chin. "He likes blue." ]

She's going to learn that Maya doesn't actually have a lot of friends, and certainly not the sort who hang out with her after school or pay attention to what she does or where she goes, especially when Ritsuka is asking about a specific day two whole weeks ago. She probably went home with her brother after everything got settled in the library? nobody can say for sure.

Another question, and I swear this is going somewhere: from what Ritsuka has seen of them, how muscular are Maya and Hiro? Maya obviously has some amount of power and core strength to be able to throw punches like that, but what about Hiro?

Both of them seem smaller than others their age and don't really do anything to show off strength. Hiro moves pretty slowly by default and shies away from physical work and appearance-wise doesn't seem that strong.

Okay. How enclosed is the crawlspace? If Ritsuka gets up in there, how far can she pull back her arm?

There's plenty of space to move side to side! It's just not very high and to travel most people would have to be on their hands and knees and crawl through the crawlspace.

Alright. Ritsuka is going to go to the crawlspace above the library, taking a knife from culinary with her, and see how much leverage and force she can get out of slamming the hilt of a knife down in such a small area. She's pretty familiar with both the average durability of a human skull and how, like, strong normal people are when they aren't slightly jacked from two years of near constant exercise, so she should be able to judge from a few swings whether somebody with normal strength would be able to crack a skull as badly as Aiko's with a similar method.

There is enough space to pull her hand back and swing the knife, so theoretically it's possible, but Aiko's injury was on the back of her head, so for that to happen in the scenario Ritsuka is trying, she'd have to be side by side somebody with her head turned away for them to reach her. Basically anything is possible if you try hard enough, but also it's highly unlikely.

[ he feels faint. he can't even stop komaeda from getting punched in the gut by the feisty girl (something that izumi really appreciates, thanks kudo), as he staggers back a little until his back hits the vending machine. he wanted to say that no he does NOT trust komaeda enough to slice him open what the fuck?? but for once the words don't come out. is this really how they're going to resolve things?

give him a moment to clear his throat, find his voice. ]

...You guys suck at being funny if all of this is just a joke. [ god. ] So what, you're just going to keep using her blood for art projects and satanist rituals? I thought you guys don't want to stay indebted to those freaks!

Okay. Time to cover all her bases. Ritsuka will visit the vice principal and say that she's been working with Stephanie to try a find a way to humanely remove the rats, and the crawlspaces seem like a good place to start investigating, but she's not sure if they're safe. Have there been any major accidents in the crawlspaces, particularly around the library since that's where Ritsuka wants to start?

The vice principal is very ??? children should not be crawling around the crawlspaces, children, please,,,
It doesn't seem as if she's ever told anything about the crawlspaces, and she tells Ritsuka that the rat infestation and structural damage isn't something she needs to worry about, those are adult problems to take care of.

( listen, that wham!! gets a reaction from him, coughing up whatever breath he had as he finds himself dropping down to his knees, a hand outstretched to place against the floor so that he doesn't actually collide face first. his other hand however rests in the area where he was hit, and he coughs loudly while trying to catch his breath. overdramatic? no, but that was truly unlucky, he thinks. )

...

( you know what, you got this izumi! komaeda's just going to stay on the floor, because while he may be an ultimate that doesn't mean he's unable to get his ass whooped! the worst part, there's a smile on his face as he takes a slow breath, swallowing down the saliva caught in his throat as he looks up at chiaki. )

Y— ( let him breathe again, god he's probably having so much trouble because the collar he wears is tight. ) You're good at that... Be proud of yourself, ah... for such an opportunity, ( he almost looks like he's shaking? maybe he enjoyed it? maybe this is what people with sicknesses do. don't ask me about this freak. ) I wonder what bad luck will befall us. ( cough, cough, omg why does it hurt. )

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