text;

[andeatit]

[Once his exploring was done, he needed to get down to business.]

Somehow, it seems we've all ended up in a very strange place. I would like to figure out how as well as a way out, but as one of us is dangerous, it's best if we all meet first. If you see this, please reply. Once we have enough people to make it safe to meet, we'll agree on a room. Until then, pleasre be careful not to venture out too far alone.

[It obviously wasn't safe for just two people to meet, so it would take at least three.]

Comments

[andeatit]

No, you haven't. Good work.

Since we're safely in different rooms for now, we should introduce ourselves, at least. I'm Yagami Light.

[eraser_rain]

Pronounced Light?

[OOC: I assume they're typing in Japanese and Light went with kanji by default, feel free to poke me if I need to redo.]

is fine

[andeatit]

Pronounced Light. It's a little uncommon, I know.

[eraser_rain]

Mikami Shou. I'm from Kyoto.

[With the more common spelling 三上　instead of the correct 魅上 for Mikami. Shou is written with the same character as his actual first name Teru 照. Light might even read it as Teru or Shou or Akira. Shou is just the one Mikami intends to run with for now.]

It's like trying to read music

[andeatit]

How is it read? Introductions over texts aren't always the easiest.

Fake names and DN. Feel free for Light to find it weird Mikami got his right on the first go.

[eraser_rain]

[In phonetic hiranaga:] Mikami Shou.

Maybe he does, maybe it doesn't. Dun dun dun. Yeah, I'm bad at mysterious

[andeatit]

It's nice to meet you, Mikami-san. If I don't hold the tee-shirt and jeans against you, your clothing would indicate you're a professional. I hope we can work together to figure out how and why we're here.

[eraser_rain]

You're the boy I met in the laundry room.

[andeatit]

It's been some time since anyone has called me that. How can you be so sure? Are we really the only two around?

[eraser_rain]

I'm sure for the same reasons that you're sure I'm dressed professionally.

There are at least five of us.

[andeatit]

Have you seen anyone else?

[eraser_rain]

No.

[andeatit]

We can't discount the possibility that they arrived and left the house.

[eraser_rain]

There are five bedrooms, five sections to the laundry room code, and five sets of clothing in the laundry room. If the number of people we find comes short of five we should assume the remainder have left the premises.

[andeatit]

As of yet, you're the only person I've seen. Of course others could have come in later, but others could have come before us too. If that's the case, it only makes sense they've left the house.

Admittedly, I couldn't find proof there had been others here. For now, we should just continue to keep an eye out for anyone else.

[eraser_rain]

To go through the trouble of a large scale kidnapping only to bring us to a location that we could all freely walk out of would just be absurd. But if one thinks there is a murderer in the house, hiding outside of it would be one survival strategy, if they're too cowardly to pursue the perpetrator.

[andeatit]

There seems to be a lot of land around the house. Inside environments are more easily controlled and a controlled environment is important for safety so for now I don't recommend going to search for any potential people. It is worth noting that they may be out there.

[eraser_rain]

Assuming there's a killer at all. Corpus delicti.

[andeatit]

I would prefer it stay in question or be entirely disproved.

[eraser_rain]

It's quite a distraction.

[andeatit]

Murder would be. I would prefer to prevent a crime than solve one.

[eraser_rain]

Crime is a deed committed by evil people. If a crime is committed and the evil perpetrator eliminated, ultimately more crimes will be prevented. This hypothetical murder shouldn't distract us from finding the kidnapper, behind a demonstrable crime, and bringing them to justice.

[andeatit]

I am not willing to allow even a single murder just for the sake of catching a future murderer. I'm in agreement with finding the kidnapper, but the rest I cannot agree on.

[eraser_rain]

We cannot allow an established criminal to be pursued with less than the full extent of our already limited resources because they've claimed there's a murderer. If we focus on the established evil, we'll find the one most likely to commit any further crime, including any potential murder to come.

[andeatit]

I agree that we should chase after the criminal, but we can't risk innocent lives. There is a reason that the police don't use citizen as bait.