[physical education 101]

[sevenhorrorsmods]

Who: transfer students
When: July 1̷̝̤̳̙̫̭̻̝͓̄̇̾̀̕͝9̸̙̱̹͍̮̈́́̀̅͛̐̔̋ 20
Where: the. . . gymnasium?
What: an ice breaker
Warnings: moderate physical injury (not debilitating), psychological horror (absolutely debilitating)

[The school is empty. The school is quiet. The only sound that cuts through the silence is the soft ticking of the hallway clocks that mark the passing of each second.]

[. . .]

[At least. . . until a stiff breeze whips through the classrooms, scattering dirty papers and jerking the curtains aside. The clock strikes 6:00 a.m.]

[The school bell chimes.]

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Comments

[laevateinns]

[ akechi wakes up sprawled out on the gymnasium floor. hems covered in thread and some small cuts, looking around himself warily as he tries to parse what just happened

(and calm his pulse).

later akechi can be found meandering around the gym, taking it in and trying to figure out where they are.

or distract himself? maybe that.

at some point he’ll be spotted staring down a doll- that no one but himself can see.

is he good ]

[selfportraiture]

[Is he good........

Ena's gotten a little cleaned up now, so though there's some blood on her track suit, she looks okay--especially compared to a lot of people around here.

But she spots him when he's just standing there, staring down at... ... ...?]

... Hey. You good over there?

[laevateinns]

[ akechi turns to the girl, frowning. ]

I’m wondering why these things keep following me. [ he gestures to… what looks like empty space. ]

[selfportraiture]

[She looks.




And blinks.]

What things?

[laevateinns]

The dolls. [ he says slowly, like he thinks she might be a bit slow on the uptake. ]

[laevateinns]

[ akechi glances up, eyes raking over the blood on her suit before returning to the doll. ]

I'm curious about these things.

[ ...what things. ]

[mogger]

.... Are you good?

[ second teenage girl to wonder ]

[laevateinns]

[ they're starting a club!

akechi glances up at her momentarily. ]

Fine. Just wondering about these dolls.

[mogger]

There aren't any dolls here, my guy. Are you seeing things?

[ raising an eyebrow ]

[laevateinns]

[ he raises an eyebrow. ]

Very funny. As if there wasn't enough going on.

[ he rolls his eyes, as if she's so childish!! ]

[gamboler]

...You're seeing them too, aren't you?

[ He figured his team couldn't be the only ones, and that haunted look in Akechi's eyes is one he quickly recognizes. ]

[laevateinns]

[ !! finally, someone else who does! akechi almost looks relieved. ]

Yes. ...I take it this isn't an independent hallucination, then.

[gamboler]

So it would seem.

[ So that's! Fine!!! ]

It seems our captors aren't quite content to let us live down our loss without some lingering side-effects.

[laevateinns]

[ so!! fine!!

akechi makes an annoyed noise. ]

Who has time for this? [ he snaps. ] As if I want to be questioning everything I see now, too.

[beathollow]

Um- is everything okay?

[laevateinns]

Just fine. [ he says, before thinking differently. ]

Here- stand right here. [ he moves over. ] Just- indulge me.

[beathollow]

... Okay.

( she will do as asked! she's a good mafuyu- )

[laevateinns]

[ thanks mafuyu!!

akechi guides her so that she's standing exactly where he was, then points at the doll. ]

Still nothing?

[candlestick]

[ He seems in better shape than a lot of their teammates, so he is probably the last one that Zuo Le circles around to check on.

But he is still circling around to check on him, taking a glance at the empty space he's staring down, before looking back at Akechi.

Zuo Le hasn't seen any dolls himself, but the flash of spider swarms in his peripheral has had him jerking his head around a few times already. ]

How are you doing?

[laevateinns]

[ ah. it's him again. akechi can only nod, eyes giving him a once over too, checking his injuries. ]

I'm fine. [ he says. simple. short. easy.

totally normal thing to say before going back to staring at space. ]

[candlestick]

[ There's no need to worry or consider those at all. Zuo Le certainly isn't.

He is, however, worrying about the way Akechi continues to stare so intently into the space in front of him, looking there himself, even leaning to the side to see if an angle changes anything. ]

Are you sure...?

[laevateinns]

Positive. [ he insists. though... he is still staring...

but zuo le was with him, too!! he suddenly perks up, glancing at him. ]

Have you seen anything... strange? Anything else, I mean. [ he gestures impatiently. ]

[presgarddihellis]

[is he good?

Klein's at least... looking more normal, save the blood.]

--I don't think we actually got a name to call you.

[laevateinns]

[ akechi pauses at that.

...he hadn't really thought about it.

his first thought is the detective kogoro akechi, but- that's stupid. it's too close to his actual name. his next thought is his favorite featherman character-

stupid. childish. ]

Call me Naoto. [ he decides on a whim. he's already stolen from the original detective prince- why not twice? ] And yourself?

[presgarddihellis]

Miskatonic Smith.

Either name suits me to be addressed by.