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| Aya-chan | Jul 24 2010, 06:03 PM Post #1 |
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Sayuri Mifune sat in the Junes Food court, alone at a table, waiting. Occasionally someone, usually a young man, would come up to her and ask if the seat across from her was taken. She'd tell them she was expecting someone, and that would be the end of it. Honestly, she was so timid around boys that she wouldn't know what to do if she ever allowed one of them to fill that empty seat. To be honest, Sayuri would have liked to avoid seeing the person she was waiting for altogether. But this was a very urgent matter, and she had no one else to talk to. What's more, Sayuri believed that, based on the object someone had left in her apartment the following night, that her life could possibly be in danger. |
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| Rinmiyuki | Jul 24 2010, 06:05 PM Post #2 |
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Yukino arrived wearing pretty gloomy clothing. she was wearing black Gothic pants and her white hoodie from the day before. Her messenger bag was drooping to her side. yukino looked at Sayuri but went over to the stand and bought a couple of can's of fruit drink. Heading over to Sayuri and gave it to her. Then sat down looking at her and sighed. " Why did you want to see me.... I thought you hated me." Her head rested on the table and looked at Sayuri. Sighing she reached out her left hand to grab the drink, but retracted it trying not to show the bandages on it. She took the drink with her right hand and sat up right. "Come on. tell me why you called me here...." |
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| Aya-chan | Jul 24 2010, 06:10 PM Post #3 |
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Sayuri didn't touch her fruit drink, instead, she put her elbow on the table and rested her chin on her fist. "You attempted suicide last night Yukino." Sayuri observed. "Big mistake. I suppose I may have been too hard on you, but you do have to realize that I don't appreciate some of the things you put me through last evening." Sayuri was speaking without the stuttering that normally accompanied her speech. "But that wasn't why I asked you to come here today." Sayuri wasn't even fidgeting. She almost seemed to be...too calm. Most would have seen this as an improvement in her anxiety, but Sayuri knew she only became this calm when there was the presence of imminent danger, and possibly death. It was like her internal clock clicked to bring out her full potential when her life was on the line. "You see." Sayuri continued. "I don't really have anyone else to talk to. There is a possibility that my life is in grave danger, and yours may be as well." |
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| Rinmiyuki | Jul 24 2010, 06:13 PM Post #4 |
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Yukino looked at Sayuri and tilted her head. "S-suicide...?" She stiffened up that Sayuri would even mention such a thing. "First thing you do is insult me...." She removed the bandages and showed her left arm to Sayuri as she spoke to her. Of course wounds were from cat scratches and bites the only cuts were on her finger tips. Her attention to Sayuri jumped when she said that she was in danger as well. "I think I know how I'm in danger. It's because of you." Yukino glared at Sayuri, but sighed. " Well, what makes you think that we are in danger then?" She didn't really believe her, for all she knew she was trying to get back at her. "I mean yeah you're a detective and all. But I bet you don't have any proof. And say something like that to get me scared. Doesn't work so well to get me back!" She was starting to get agitated by this. |
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| Aya-chan | Jul 24 2010, 06:20 PM Post #5 |
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"You see." Sayuri claimed. "Last night, when I returned to my apartment, I found that someone must have broken into my apartment. It was quite strange. Nothing was taken, no damage was done, they didn't even search for anything." She paused, making sure she had Yukino's attention. "But they did leave something." Sayuri reached into her pocket and pulled out, of all things, a doll. It had a mask over it's face and was crudely constructed, but it's short black hair and boyish clothes made it clear who it was supposed to look like. "Whoever broke into my apartment clearly crafted this thing to look like me. Afterwords, I did a little research. You know about the unexplained disappearances in this town, right? It turns out that the first person to receive one of these dolls was a college student, Namikawa Chikako. Think you've heard of her in the news at all? She was the first to disappear, and a National Missing Person's report and Regionwide search failed to turn up any trace of her. Next, a High School Student, Anno Tatsuya, received a doll, and he too disappeared under similar circumstances. After that, his younger sister, Anno Nayuki, also received a doll from an unknown sender. She too went missing, but my associates in the Police Department informed me that last night, while I was staying at your place, they found her, tangled in the weeds in the River behind the Shrine. This information is scheduled to be made public later today." She paused again. "The list goes on. Everyone who receives one of these handmade dolls winds up missing. Do you know what this means, Yukino? I'll tell you. Judging by this evidence, it would seem to indicate that the person or persons behind these disappearances is using these dolls to communicate with their victims. It's their way of saying "You're next." "By the way, Yukino. Did you also receive one of these dolls?" |
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| Rinmiyuki | Jul 24 2010, 06:26 PM Post #6 |
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Yukino glared at Sayuri, but as she talked to her. She began to believe her more and more. Her eyes looked at the doll and became very creep-ed out by it. when Sayuri asked if she got a doll as well. She looked very frighten, and took out a Yukino doll. There was a bite on the neck of the doll. An other wound was on the right leg of the doll " I know what this looks like, but it's not a fake." she pulled out her cellphone and showed Sayuri pictures of the doll staring when she got it. It began two week ago. Then she showed her a photo about four days old. "look at the left arm. It looks like there are cuts on it." She started to freak out a little, "Umm... I came up with an obvious theory. what ever appears on the doll happens to the real person a few days later." she then showed the left arm of the doll, the cuts on it arm were like they were never there. " Umm Sayuri... I-I know you don't trust me... but I'm really scared. " she looked at the Sayuri doll carefully. It didn't seem to have any thing wrong with it, Except a small piece of duck-tape on the back of the arm. "the duck tape thing happen less then 24 hours ago right... " |
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| Aya-chan | Jul 24 2010, 06:29 PM Post #7 |
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Sayuri nodded. "Yes, that was twenty-four hours ago. My intuition as a detective warns me to rule out anything supernatural. Human beings themselves make far more terrifying monsters than any demon that has ever been created by man's imagination. But if we take that route, then the culprit or culprits themselves have one hell of an intelligence network. Probably had contacts watching the whole time I was at your apartment." She sighed. "There's some silly superstition in this town, that if you take a doll, tie an offering around it with a red string and bury it under a tree, you'll have good fortune a week later. It's widely believed here. Maybe the culprit behind these disappearances is a local. The dolls clearly hold a great deal of significance for our man, or men, or possibly even women." |
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| Rinmiyuki | Jul 24 2010, 06:33 PM Post #8 |
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Yukino slumped back down as Sayuri did have a point although it was a good way to sum up the information, "Sayuri, what about the physical manipulations to the doll? There is no way they could break in. My brother locks all the windows and doors. There is no way the doll can change appearance is i...... " Yukino's face turned ill at her thoughts, "N-no... it can't be.... He couldn't. No... He wouldn't do this...." She held her sides and pulled her legs up and curled up. "Sayuri... My brother.... He wasn't home when you showed up... and he could enter my room.... Please. Please for the love of Buddha. Tell me that he couldn't do this." She looked up at Sayuri almost in tears. |
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| Aya-chan | Jul 24 2010, 06:44 PM Post #9 |
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"I doubt it." Sayuri said. "I don't live with anyone and there was no sign of forced entry at my place either. Besides, it's my understanding that you and your brother haven't been here very long. I suspect someone with much more local knowledge." Sayuri took a sip of the fruit drink Yukino brought for her. ~Ugh, lime. I can't stand the taste of this stuff.~ Regardless, she persisted through it, being mindful of Yukino's feelings. "What it means is...that unless your brother has experience in making dolls, which I severely doubt, that this little pilgrim has a way of getting in without a forced entry. Lockpicking is one way, but there are others. Besides, this perpetrator has been very careful to cover his tracks and plan his moves ahead of time. He's intelligent and he knows his way around. An organized type. Your brother seems more like a disorganized offender, getting into drunken brawls and street fights. I can't say he doesn't have a criminal record, but he's not clever enough to make all these people disappear without a trace." It was then that Sayuri saw a young man in a white dress shirt, she recognized him just by his fancy shirt alone, "Crap." she murmured under her breath, stuffing the Sayuri doll back in her pocket in case the young man in the white dress shirt came their way. |
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| RPGgrenade | Jul 24 2010, 06:45 PM Post #10 |
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Takumi walked along the sidewalk , wondering why the sky was blue "Maybe a Godess is crying all day, and cries herself to sleep at sunset..." He was walking by Junes, and saw something on the corner of his eye, and out of curiosity he turned to look ~oh~ He saw two girls sitting at a table there, and he recognized one of them... "Hey~!!!" He waved at the girl he recognized "Sayuri!!" Then he called out again "Sayuri!!!" He ran over to her, also noticing the other girl with her, also seemingly cute, but a bit too dreary, he decides in an instant to become friends with both of them "Hey, how are you guys doing?" He said in the most relaxed voice he could manage with two girls being his only company in that moment "It's n-nice to see you again, Sayuri-san" he stuttered He quickly grabbed a chair and place it next to the table and sat down comfortably between the two "Oh! I haven't introduced myself, yet!" He says to the dark looking girl "My name's Takumi Jacobson" He puts out his hand for a handshake "My hobbies include Swimming, Yammering, Talking, Eating junk food, and talking... wait, I mean... uhh.." he tried regaining his train of thought, and decided to change the topic a little bit "So..." he started "What're you lovely girls talking about?" He said as he placed his hands on the back of his head |
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| Rinmiyuki | Jul 24 2010, 06:48 PM Post #11 |
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Yukino sighed as Sayuri was explaining that It couldn't have been her brother. But she was still worried that he could possibly still be in it though. Her brother did have a lot of crimes in his past. She knew that he would never kill any one. She calmed down and went back to sitting normally. "Y-yeah, you're right." Her attention was brought to Sayuri putting her doll away. Yukino did the same. Just in time to hid it from the boy who sat between them. She looked at the guy as gave the same exact smile she gave before the incidents at her home the other day. She went ever further changing her voice into that of a Girly girl. "Like hello there cutie!" She smiled and looked at Takumi, "Do you like know Sayuri?" She sat a little closer and smiled, "Me and her were talking about how Criminals kill people and junk." She looked at Sayuri and smiled she placed her finger on the common carotid artery, " You said like this throat artery bleeds as much as ..." She smiled and turned to Takumi and smiled touching his inner thigh. Her voice went back to normal, "As the femoral artery.” “You should be careful who you approach you know.” She gave a smile and put her hands back and looked at Sayuri, “Sayuri, if this guy makes you… nervous just tell me, okay.” She didn’t like when random guys barge themselves in, to try to hit on her or people she knew. But she did like to be mean, it was her nature. Although she looked at Sayuri and smiled. It seemed she wanted to protect Sayuri to make up for her evilness the other night. |
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| Aya-chan | Jul 24 2010, 06:54 PM Post #12 |
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"That's enough, Yukino." Sayuri calmly ordered. "Yes, I do happen to know him, and I can say for the most part, he's perfectly harmless." ~To be honest Yukino, you make me more nervous than he does sometimes.~ She thought to herself. She would never say this out loud though, Yukino's feelings would have to be considered after all. "I saw him a few times. I also questioned him a while back. Some hoodlum who was holding up convenience stores got beaten up by who he claimed was a "neatly dressed punk in a ski mask." The mysterious vigilante cut a star-pattern into the unconscious offender's clothes. It was near where you lived, Jacobson-san." She said, turning to Takumi. "But as I recall, you didn't seem to know very much about it to begin with." She smiled at Takumi when she said that, but with facing away from Yukino, she gave Takumi a sly grin, as if she knew something about him that she was keeping to herself. "Anyways, I'm glad you came, Jacobson-san. You've been a local here for a while, right? We were discussing the superstition about tying an offering to a doll and burying it under a tree." She calmly stated, still without stuttering or any kind of indication that she was nervous. "Do you by any chance recall exactly when this belief originated?" |
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| Rinmiyuki | Jul 24 2010, 06:59 PM Post #13 |
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Yukino sighed and gave a nod. She took her hoodie off and began to fix her hair. Putting it into a ponytail. She sighed and began drinking her drink a little more. She sighed and looked at her nails and grabbed the nail polish from her bag. It was black and had glitter mixed in. She sighed and started to touch up her nails a little more. "Hey, Sayuri give me your hand please." She was really asking, but she said it more as a warning. |
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| RPGgrenade | Jul 24 2010, 07:00 PM Post #14 |
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As Yukino was teasing around with Takumi, he noticed something was off, but when the tone in her voice suddenly changed, he flinched.. But an odd sort of flinch, as if holding back a large instinctive reaction, his eyes tensed up slightly, but soon calmed down after he thought nothing would happen. As Sayuri talked about the Vigilante, he then heard it was near where he lived "Was it really that close? I should've heard the guy at least" he responded in surprise As Sayuri smiled at him with a sly grin, all he did was stare slightly at her "No. I don't know anything" he said without flinching "But I've heard people in school spread rumors" He looked down at the table "They think I'm the Vigilante causing all this" He stayed silent for a few seconds "But most of them just think it's a silly rumor" he laughed. as he listened to the odd Doll burying description from Sayuri... and concluded "Not a clue" he then proceeded in english "I may have lived here for a long time, but i've still only been learning mainly American traditions" he stopped speaking in english "Can't you look it up on the internet or something?" he asked |
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| Aya-chan | Jul 24 2010, 07:04 PM Post #15 |
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"Yukino." Sayuri said. "I think you understand pretty well that I don't do well with girly stuff. Otherwise I would have painted my nails myself. It's not hard." She paused for a moment. "And don't think for a second that I'm going to let you bully and humiliate me in public." ~Not when our lives are in danger with every passing second, at least.~ "I brought some security measures with me, given the circumstances, and I won't let anyone take advantage of me. Not even you." Sayuri pointed down, indicating that Yukino should look below the table. If she did, she would see Sayuri lifting up the side of her shirt a little to reveal her holster, where she kept a black, semi-automatic pistol with the letters "USP 40" engraved on the side. She always kept a weapon with her when she knew she was in danger. Sayuri wasn't fooled at all by Takumi's open denial. He was forgetting that she had her intuition as a detective. She was absolutely %100 percent positive that he was indeed the vigilante. What's more, he was a bad liar. "I would look it up on the internet." Sayuri agreed. "If I wanted to obtain unreliable second-hand information. Now on the other hand, if I wanted information that I know I can trust, I'd launch an investigation." |
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