[center][h1][color=ad4e92]H[/color]OSHINO [color=ad4e92]N[/color]ORIAKI[/h1][/center]
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[color=ad4e92][sub][b]D A T E[/b][/sub][/color][hr][sub]April 13th 2018[/sub]

[color=ad4e92][sub][b]L O C A T I O N[/b][/sub][/color][hr][sub]Hinotori Highschool[/sub]

[color=ad4e92][sub][b]T A G S[/b][/sub][/color][hr][sub][@Hero][@Scribe of Thoth][@Lord Orgasmo][@Obscene Symphony][/sub][/cell][cell][indent]All in all, this outcome was probably the best Noriaki could have asked for. His suspicions about their blind senior were all but confirmed by her jubilation at their presence and the knowledge they too had been roped into William's little scheme. It was for the best, as it meant he didn't need to bullshit some piss poor good Samaritan excuse to explain their sudden storming of the locker room. She seemed absolutely desperate for details from her fellow 'Awakened', and seeing as though Daigo had a tendency to blabber when he was nervous, the teen found a part of the wall devoid of lockers to lean himself up against, crossing his arms and shooting the occasional glance towards the entrance as the others explained themselves.

The others did an okay enough job at explaining the happenstances that had led them into this particular scenario. Of course, Daigo knew more than Mori seemed to, but Daigo was a few gasps away from a panic attack, so he couldn't fault the poor kid for not explaining their little midnight rendezvous into the burnt out house. It would be up to him to explain that part, when it was his time to speak. Which it seemed to be.

[color=ad4e92]"You want the long version or the short version? Actually, don't answer that. We don't have time for the long version. Power could come back on any minute now,"[/color] He began, peering towards the mirror and its spectral visitor while speaking, as if he put as much stock in an intruder bursting through it as he did with the actual door, [color=ad4e92]"Earlier in the week, I followed a cat into a burnt out house at the end of my street. Bunch of ghostly hands dragged me through a mirror inside the ruins. Ended up finding a girl in there, got my Persona, saved her from some horrible demon woman, and she sent me on my way. Figured that would be the end of that, but a few days later, she reappeared—as a cat this time, although different from the first one—and roped me into saving these two from the same hands that tried to do me in."[/color]

He almost gestured towards Daigo and Genki for emphasis, but quickly realized how dumb he'd look trying to pantomime to the visually impaired. Instead, he carried on spinning his little yarn, figuring it best to address the ostensible mastermind of the entire affair.

[color=ad4e92]"Decided to go to the house again the day before yesterday, after William made his little appearance in my dreams, spewing cryptic shit. Turns out, the place looks way different when you're Awakened. Interior is still furnished, and that damned catgirl lives there. William's there too, although he didn't offer Hinari or I anything of use. Just vaguely implications that we ought to do whatever the butterfly wants us to do, or more people are going to get hurt."[/color]

He chewed his lip as the words settled, mowing over anything he might have missed in his very generous abridged version of events. A final thought did occur to him, mostly in response to a tidbit from Genki's explanation that stuck out in his mind.

[color=ad4e92]"Wouldn't count on Sasaki showing up to help us. She cashed out her contract, apparently. I'd be surprised if we saw her at school again, to hear the consequences of that told."[/color][/indent][/cell][/row][/table]