"I can confirm your report, we recorded the spike in the collective unconsciousness," came the immediate response from the man on the other end of the line. Matsuoka Takahiro was considered the 'advisor' for their club, but in reality he was the founder and the reason any of them were there in the first place. Without him, well... 

Things would look a lot more grim right now.

Takahiro sighed heavily after a moment, "Gotoh Yuzu-san, you said? If you can, it'd be the best if you can stay with her. Shiratori-kun just reported that she spotted another student during the transition, and Taniguchi-kun is tracking the signals of at least four more. Do you understand what that means, Nakano-kun?"

It didn't need to be said. The fact that they were able to detect the signals of that many people meant that they were in immediate danger.

But it also meant they'd already found them before they were pulled to the other side.

That meant this was an unprecedented opportunity to stop anyone from dying tonight.

For Gotoh Yuzu, even though everything looked normal... Perhaps she would notice it.

The faintest beating, still lingering in her ears, seeming to come from no-where.

[@Pitsuji][@Psyker Landshark]

[hr]

"Hey, you're Nozaki-kun, right?"

Given what he'd just experienced, the sudden voice from behind him was probably not the most welcome experience.

But if he turned to see who it was, he would be greeted by a somewhat unexpected sight.

[url=https://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=3765922]The pigtailed head of Shiratori Naoko leaned into view[/url].

"You are, right? Nozaki Chise?" she repeated, taking a step forward. Shiratori Naoko was a relatively popular girl, due to her looks(sometimes referred to as doll-like), her fashion sense, and her fairly diligent and sociable behavior. She wasn't among the top most popular girls in the school, nor did she have a good reputation with [i]everyone[/i](such a thing was impossible even for the most popular student in any school, let alone someone like Shiratori), but it was enough that it would be something of a surprise when she approached a fellow student seemingly at random.

"It looked like you kind of zoned out, are you okay?" she asked, cocking her head to one side.

And indeed, Chise would feel fine.

... Aside from the distant beating that still seemed to accompany him.

[@Bartimaeus]

[hr]

Indeed, everyone who had just experienced the bizarre otherworldly look into what seemed to be a nightmare realm would still be sensing a strange heatbeat-like sound on the very edge of their hearing.

Perhaps, in their distracted state, they'd find themselves running into one another...

[@AThousandCurses][@hatakekuro][@DarckLeon]