our cafe is in shambles

[damp]

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W4 : SUNDAY

[obdure]

[ Reconvened... At the tunnel.

The tunnel between Lounge A and C has been decorated in a rave style. The entire tunnel is lit up by a blacklight, showing off the colorful neon graffiti scrawled on the walls, celebrating all current and former Wahoo!! and Clover Club members. There is always a fog machine effect filling the tunnel, and techno music is always blaring, though with some effort you can find the speaker system in the fog and change it. Sometimes, foam also floods the hallway and colorful plastic bubble beach balls fall from the ceiling. At both entrances to the tunnel, there is a place to pick up glow sticks, light up sunglasses, and other rave accessories to wear in the tunnel, but they are only for use in the rave tunnel.

The tunnel also comes with an espresso bar. The espresso machine has a robot arm that will automatically make any coffee or tea drink you desire, and there's a counter with barstool seating to sip and enjoy. The decor effortlessly blends in with the rave aesthetic.

Finally, the tunnel is equipped with a luxurious rave bathroom. This spacious bathroom has a toilet, sink, fluffy towels, luxury toiletries, and a bathtub and shower. It is concrete and barren looking with half worn concert posters pasted everywhere, and the rave music is always blaring in here, but despite the decor the amenities are extremely nice.

Here you go. ]

[damp]

[ Turns off the music. ]

[obdure]

Do you guys hear it in your lounge sometimes? I always wonder about how soundproof these are.

[damp]

Yes, we can hear it! It's really annoying!

[obdure]

Sorry... It's unfortunate that your lounge is between ours. The music isn't to my taste, anyway.

The coffee is pretty good, though.

[rosebleed]

[squinting as she enters this tunnel]

Oh. Huh. Is this a, um, a club?

[a beach ball bonks off her head.]

[obdure]

... Kind of. It might as well be since it's exclusive.

Kind of small, but some clubs are like that. It's not really my scene.

[ Takes the beach ball and moves it. ]

[rosebleed]

It might actually fun if we had enough people here, but as it is right now...

[tis not the mood. She will take a glowstick though.]

They really keep giving you things you don't care for Jacopo. It seems a bit pointed.

[obdure]

[ IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE DIED ]

... Well, it was somehow agreed upon by our whole team. Some people must have very much wanted it to be a rave tunnel.

[sixam]

[ he is here making coffee... but he nods in greeting. or he's bobbing his head to the music, one of the two. ]

Hey, glad you guys are here actually. Did you know Todomatsu probably wasn't actually possessed?

[ conveniently totty is not in the lounge. ]

[damp]

What?

[sixam]

Keep this to yourselves, we don't need to cause problems. But if we're to go off of what Rosamund said about possessed people not being able to grab items, then we can only assume since the guy's got the ink.

[damp]

[ DAMN... HE THOUGHT THAT GUY WAS NORMAL ]

What makes you think that?

[rosebleed]

[goes very still.]

...What.

[sixam]

People tell thirteen year olds everything. [ he doesn't look too thrilled, but. ] I got a letter from Yoru that basically said she'd kill us all if anybody else expressed condolences for what Todomatsu said, but I thought she was just embarrassed. Which, I guess she is, but for a totally different reason.

Todomatsu has the storyteller's ink, and Scaramouche grabbed the chao. So... Roxana must have the mask? It's the best I can figure. Not that it matters much now, what's done is done, but it gives us an idea of how to track things.

[rosebleed]

[she is inhaling so thinly. Her cheeks are flushing. Mouth thinning.]

I can't believe him. I can't believe him!

[obdure]

I'm not that surprised. Lying somehow made it onto his passport as being a major skill worth listing.

[ WHOO COFFEE. ]

Where did you hear this?

[sixam]

And yet! None of us thought about it! [ AHHHH. ]

Kate told me. She was going to clarify with the hosts about possessed people nabbing items, it came up when we were talking about Maya. I didn't have the heart to tell her that it was Ryo. I wasn't completely clear last night, but... we know that now.

Kate still thinks he was possessed, and I wasn't gonna be the one to break the news to her either.

[squirt]

[ he looks annoyed, but it's always been a possibility. sips a coffee. ]

I tried to ask him recently when he was allowed to confess, and he talked around it. So yeah...

The math is weird though. Why didn't Shouki get two then?

[sixam]

Might not've thought anything else was worth it. I'm just going off of what Kate mentioned, how he could've gotten two and just didn't. It's entirely possible she was also lied to, but... [ shrug. ]

Anyway, it's just stuff to keep in mind. Decide if it matters to you.

[squirt]

[ separately, as he gets milk and sugar ]

...Word's probably traveled, but Asuka did tell us that he killed Maya. Not Shouki though.

I don't think everyone has to know, but they probably do.

[obdure]

[ makes a face over milk and sugar as I have a banana milk tea with boba ]

[damp]

[ Grr. ]

[rosebleed]

[this is a hateful day.]

At least that guy's a murderer I'd expect it out of.

I would be surprised if most everyone else hasn't put it together themselves.

[sixam]

[ nods... ]

Ace told me about Ryo killing Maya. It just means we have Scaramouche's killer unaccounted for, but does that matter now?

[ he's losing his mind. WHAT MATTERS ANYMORE. ]