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Seeing as how it's been about seven months since the last time we did this, it's high time for another...


TEST DRIVE MEME!

Post with the characters you're thinking of apping in to see how they do! Either they've been here a while, are just arriving, or anything you want!

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Kyouko Kirigiri | Murderschool

[cluesandploys]

[Man, if you think she is walking around Johto with anything other than an Espeon and a Mismagius right now, you clearly have not been following along with this "purple, aloof, and utterly-creepy-when-they-stare-at-you" theme, okay.]

I had to.

[tentacletrainer]

[[Yeah that's no surprise. And after watching her a moment, this Espeon owner also thinks so. But she approaches the girl with a friendly smile none the less, her own Espeon offering a few friendly sounds.]]

Salutations.

Flawless.

[cluesandploys]

Hm?

[She glances up, already instinctively cataloguing — lone subject, female, approximately her own age; smiling, violet eyes, short hair, headband. Accompanied by an animal similar to her own (that same unusual shade of purple; presumably the same species; theoretically the same capabilities). Stance relaxed, expression open. Probably a native. Likely possessing of information.

...Friendly.]

...Hello.

[Hypothesis: possible free-time event encounter. Let's get social.]

[tentacletrainer]

What brings you to this area? [[Guile, Rose's Espeon, gives Kirigiri a curious sniff before settling on introducing herself to the other purple Pokemon.]]

[cluesandploys]

[Small talk. HER MORTAL WEAKNESS. Along with, you know, all the other stuff.]

I'm not certain. But I suppose it's silly to try to answer a question like that without knowing where I am in the first place.

[Spoilers: that's actually a lie; she totally read her entire Gear inside and out long before this. But it never hurts to see if the natives have their stories straight, for confirmation.]

[superordinary]

[ Guess who conveniently happens to be in the same area, looking for his missing shoe? Said shoe seems to be forgotten the second he spots the familiar-looking person and decides to walk up to her, though. His Growlithe isn't far behind him, carefully eyeing the Espeon.

Naegi is the smoothest protagonist ever, guys. ]

...Kirigiri-san?

[cluesandploys]

[She's actually paying attention to something else at the moment — probably trying to figure out where the hell the hidden speaker is that's pumping out the BGM — so what she actually notices first is the sound of footsteps approaching.

Rapid trotting; probably a dog or small animal like the purple...thing tagging along with her. And another, slower...strangely uneven gait that could only come from a person wearing only one—

...Okay, seriously, that better not be a randomly shoeless — OH LOOK IT'S NAEGI-KUN why is she entirely unsurprised.

Well, hey, there are worse people to be lost in...DANGAN COUNTRYSIDE??...with, she supposes.]

Mm. You lost a shoe, Naegi-kun?

[superordinary]

Um, yeah... [ Wow, not even a proper hello? ...Well, he doesn't seem to mind because he looks really happy to stand there despite only wearing one shoe. Kirigiri's mere presence basically made his week. ]

But my search lead me to you, so it's a good thing.

[cluesandploys]

[Look, Naegi, you cannot expect pleasantries when there are mysteries afoot. That's just silly.

...Of course, now that you're here we can start with HOLY SHIT THAT SURE IS THE SKY OVERHEAD, ISN'T IT, in terms of the deducin'.

(Speaking of deducing, Naegi-kun is acting suspiciously normal given the fact that OH BY THE WAY OUTDOORS and also SUN and DEFINITELY NOT MURDERSCHOOL. Taking into account a given amount of leeway considering Naegi-kun is always suspiciously normal — super high school level normal, one might even say — there still leaves a conspicuous amount of WHY DOES THIS NOT BOTHER YOU in play.)

(...Possibly some kind of gambit of the mastermind?)

(Although that doesn't seem to add up considering if Kirigiri had to make a list of all the things the masterm—)

(You know what, fuck it, let's just ask Naegi, he's right here.)]


I'm grateful for it. Do you know where we are?


[?????]

[ardent]

[Well, it seems somebody's been told to get to know his classmates a little better; even now that they've been here together for some time, Ishimaru still has no idea how to social. Or how to girls. Or how to social at girls. It doesn't help that one of the girls turned out to be not a girl, and the other girl just kind of gets her social all over him and as such there's not much effort involved in initiating the conversation, it's just...keeping up with it.

BASICALLY GIRLS ARE WEIRD OVERWHELMING ALIENS THAT APPARENTLY SOMETIMES TURN OUT TO NOT EVEN BE GIRLS. And then we wonder why he's a mess.

However, even if he's been informed that Social Is Going To Happen Or So Help Me Ishimaru, that doesn't mean he's going to treat it as some sort of obligation; let's just get our free-time event on and see what comes of it, shall we?]

Kirigiri-kun!

[............................

okay look we have to get the obligatory shouting out of the way before we can do anything it's an unspoken rule and we know how he is with rules

...this is gonna suck.]

[cluesandploys]

[Hey, asshole, isn't it against regulations to be that loud when you're dead—

no seriously

WHAT THE SHIT THO YOU'RE DEAD]

W-What?

[ardent]

[...this is going well already.]

...I-It's good to see you here! I hope you've been well!!

[You better have been well.

...look, the others seemed to take this in stride reasonably well, what is the problem here]

[cluesandploys]

[Okay, SHSL Crimebuster, get your shit under control, here. That is a decidedly dead Ishimaru all up in your business right now. That is also a decidedly dead Ishimaru and not...you know...that other guy. Details, stick to details, details are easy and precise and logical and do not involve contemplating the fact that that is your dead classmate walking around acting like you just walked in to breakfast and as far as you know it's midafternoon sometime.

(Also you've considered the fact that by the way you're outside and also holy shit that sure is the sun but you're rapidly reassessing your conclusions at this point because before you thought you'd arrived at some semblance of explanation but now SHSL Dead Guy is here in front of you so apparently those were inaccurate on the grounds that you're just tripping balls.)

...and you've been staring like a robot all this time while you processed all that, too.

Man, is this ever going well already.]


Where is..."here"?


[Sir, she poked you, you are dead.

Did...

...did no one tell you that you are dead

did you miss that somehow

did you miss the social cue

are you too socially inept to remain dead]

[shslasshat]

[Togami smirks when he sees the familiar face with the psychic-type at her side, an expression eerily echoed by the Sableye trailing behind him.]

It seems we've found our way from one game into another.

[cluesandploys]

[Oh, good, just what this clusterfuck of a scenario needed, MORE TOGAMI BYAKUYA.

Well, at least she knows she's not delusional, probably. There's no way she'd ever hallucinate this asshole.

...probably.

...okay fine she's not ruling it out but seriously Togami-kun, tho.]

Do you remember how we came to be here, Togami-kun?

[shslasshat]

[That's what all scenarios need, tbqh. The world could do with more Togami Byakuya.

He pushes his glasses up his nose and crosses his arms over his chest.]

No. The last thing I remember was opening the door, and the bright light...

This can't be the world outside, though.

[cluesandploys]

Opening the door? The school entrance?

[...Okay, so either Togami wins the murdergame and everyone else is dead (a possibility, though unlikely, considering the circumstances she remembers) or the gambit succeeded and they all got to graduate.

...Hmmm.]

The mastermind adhered to the rules, then.

whoops i must go to all the rumps this is my life

[throw_stone]

[...Yes, that is a little unsettling. Don't mind Ramza stopping, still mounted on his Skarmory.

He is just staring himself, starting to dismount. He seems experienced with dismounting, at least?]

[cluesandploys]

[That sure is a massive chicken covered in razor blades, all right.

Nope, that staring ain't stopping anytime soon.]

[throw_stone]

[It's the most Chocobo-like creature he could get okay.

But after a bit more of that staring, Ramza speaks up.]
...Is something wrong, my lady?

[cluesandploys]

[...sir are you really going to ask her that while you're riding around on a razor-armored deathchicken. you see nothing wrong with that.

OKAY.]

I suppose I'm lost. Do you know where this is?

[readapts]

K-- Kirigiri-san...?

[That hair and that-- demeanour is unmistakable, now isn't it! Hello, Kirigiri, how about them ghosts? No, he's definitely alive, but nevertheless.]

[cluesandploys]

[Okay, you know what, let's just pretend this conversation takes place sometime after her...encounter with Ishimaru because that will save everyone a lot of time and grief and also BUT YOU'RE DEAD THO-ness, accordingly.

Hello, Fujisaki-san. Or would that be Fujisaki-kun? She's aware, you know, because of that whole thing where she unhesitatingly felt up your gratuitously crucified corpse.

#this well-adjusted young lady]

Fujisaki-san.

[SHE WILL HUMOR YOU THIS TIME.]

Ishimaru-kun said there were several of...us, here.

[readapts]

[Kirigiri, SHSL corpse feeler-upper it's okay Fujisaki doesn't know. Even if he did at least she's not like Togami haaa haa ha.

Actually, he's busy brightening right up. It really is Kirigiri-san! It's good to see her, naturally, and also because he's sure Naegi will be happy as well.]

Mmhm...! That's right. Asahina-san was the most recent one to arrive, after me... With Kirigiri-san, that'd be six of us, now.

[cluesandploys]

[It's not so bad, really. Dead or not, there are worse people to be around than Fujisaki. His cheery demeanor is pretty much guaranteed to perk you right up — even when you're fighting tooth and nail to be an emotionless robot.]

Myself, Asahina-san, you, Ishimaru-kun, Naegi-kun...that leaves one unaccounted for.

[Unless it's Togami. Gently caress, it better not be Togami.]

Who is the sixth?