While plans were being made to split up into smaller groups to survey the area and look for anything usable, another student finally woke, or at least was finally getting up. Ito Natsuki - Kazuo remembered she responded to that name during the class roll call earlier in the morning. He watched her as she picked up a nearby broom with a broken end and started to swing it around a few times. She stood idly by and remained quiet the whole time; she didn't seem like she wanted to interact with anyone else. He'll leave her alone to her thoughts for now. Kazuo turned to Saito who offered some bottles of iced coffee. Kazuo accepted one and thanked him. Saito seems like quite the reliable person. It looks like their plan of splitting up won't be necessary anymore as the final two were awake: Minto Hanataba and Masako Unmei. Between the two, Minto looked quite shaken up much like Johnathan initially. Kazuo approached her and did his best to calm her down while explaining the situation. He then offered her the iced coffee he had taken from Saito.
Then his attention was drawn to Masako who explained that they might be in over their heads with their plan to rescue Ms. Sasaki. Her points were valid. They know nothing about this place other than it looks strikingly similar to the lower Downtown of Nichibotsu and that there might be more monsters around. She asked if they had a better plan than to just wander aimlessly hoping to find Ms. Sasaki and not get die to any monster that may be lurking around. "Not really." Kazuo replied calmly. "It could be staying in this one spot will get us killed. Or we'll wander a bit then die. We can't exactly plan for what we don't know." Kazuo walked over to her. "Maybe we'll find an exit then whoever wants to leave can get help. The rest of us will stay and look for Ms. Sasaki. Either way, I'm not going back to school." Kazuo walked back to the others further up ahead. "Saito, Dai, Johnathan, Shinku, Haruto, Gruffydd, Minto, Ito, Masako," Kazuo named each one of them; he even managed to say Gruffydd's name pretty well. "I'm Kazuo Nagashi. It's a pleasure to meet you all," he introduced himself once again with a polite smile.
"Ito-san and Masako-san, if you're thirsty, Saito-san can provide you with something to drink. Now, let's go, shall we?" Kazuo wandered a bit up ahead to survey the area. Whether they go with him or not is their decision. Even though the majority of his thoughts were about Ms. Sasaki and finding an exit for the others, in the back of his mind, Kazuo felt excitement. He woke up today believing it would be the boring start to his final high school year but he was wrong and, strangely, he's a bit glad. Some time later, Kazuo arrived at the Nichibotsu police station which, in this place, is nothing more than a crumbled ruin. Kazuo walked inside to look around for anything useful. Maybe since it's the police station, there'll actual weapons. He didn't see any guns around but, after a bit, he found a baton - one that can be extended. Kazuo secured it to his belt than walked across the street to a store with dozens of televisions behind a display window.
He stared at his reflection on one of the television screens and, mere moments later, all the screens lit up at the same time. It was plain black-and-white static at first but then the picture on each screen became clearer and clearer until recognizable footage was finally shown. And what they showed surprised Kazuo. Five televisions, and each was showing footage of what looks to be the other students in various stages of their lives. It's just an estimation but Kazuo wondered if it's their memories.
AwesomeZero5,
Neziul,
Jerkchicken,
Altered Tundra,
AThousandCurses,
LaserGunPewPew,
Veilsight,
Lucid Dreaming
