What does it say about this group if Mikami's the first one to go outside?

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[Mikami's route after talking to Light online consists of heading from the office which he's decided will be his bedroom though he's left nothing there to claim it as such, back to the laundry room and changing into L's spare clothes, then heading outside to explore the outside area. He has a notebook and several pencils with him for sketching out a rough map, using his watch and counting his steps to try to estimate distances.

Once the sky starts turning pink and purple and darkness is on the horizon he'll head back, sure to be back before it's anywhere near fully dark. His first stop once inside will be to the office to put down his things, then to the laundry room to fetch his suit, then to bathroom #2 to shower, then back to the laundry room to drop off L's clothing, then back to the office.

Mikami's not trying to be particularly covert, or if he is, he's bloody terrible at it. Feel free to run into him outside, see him through a window, or catch him coming or going through the front door at any point during the above log of activities.]




((OOC: And here's a link to the map since I find myself wanting it a lot in posts. It's also been added to the community sidebar by player request.

Speaking of player requests, don't forget to give approval/denial on *both* the general time expansion and the first week double extension here.))

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[It may be more than an hour later, but it's likely while Light is still at the task since it's quite a bit to do alone that Mikami comes back from the docks with two wet buckets of fish. While that's surely seen as a good thing, in line with what Light himself is doing, as soon as Mikami spots him--either in the kitchen or in the garden since he's coming from the north beach---he realizes he's in the outfit they both saw him leave in the laundry room earlier as not his.

Maybe that's the reason he frowns when he sees Light, again staring silently at the man he was supposed to check for a message from, to determine a meeting time later. Maybe it's because Light now knows his reason for saying he'd check for messages around sunset was because he planned to do the opposite of what Light suggested he not do--go out.]

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[He had his sleeves rolled up, though dirt had soiled the once-white shirt, probably something that didn't happen often for him. It doesn't take long of lifting watermelons to work up a sweat either, so he wasn't in the best of state to be seen.

He wouldn't hear a visitor.]

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[After a brief stare, he builds up the nerve to tote the buckets with fish swimming about in and sets them on the counter.

Maybe they can just say nothing. The kitchen's big enough to not really have to acknowledge each other.

Yes, that will be the least awkward.]

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[At the counter furthest from the sink, he leaves that much open for Mikami. It seems to catch him by surprise to see someone else come in, but he goes back to trying to remove the fruits from the sheet.]

You've been out collecting too?

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Fish. [He says as if it's not obvious what he has. He'll stay away from the sink and favor the island so that Light can wash the fruits appropriately.]

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[For now, he stays where he's at.]

I've not been past the garden. Did you find anything interesting?

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I still need to do mapping. But seeing Haneoka-san doing this much alone...

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She's outside alone? [He frowns.] She really does seem determined, but I wish she would be more careful.

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You probably don't approve of my intent to map the location either.

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No, I don't. In fact, I actively advise against it and ask that you get others to help should you go.

[He sighs, standing up away from the fruit.] But that's all I can do.

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[Rather than do much more with the fish, he actually has no idea what to do with live fish in fact, he turns to face Light, staring, considering.]

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[He notices the look, though he assumes it has to do with his previous statements.]

Hm?

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I'll at least have something worth saying at the meeting, if we're still having it.

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If there's something worth reporting, you can tell me now. We shouldn't sacrifice practicality for formality.

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I don't know enough about aquamarine life to analyze where we are based on the catch.

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Ah...It was never my area of study, either. If we could have access to the internet it wouldn't matter but as it is, we only have access to our personal knowledge.

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There are other complicating factors... [His lips press into a thin line until he closes his eyes as if forcing himself to stop thinking too deeply about it for now.] We'll go over them when there's more information. We've probably reached the limits of dry speculation already.

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[He looks back down at the fruit.]

Probably, but clues don't seem to be plentiful. We'll regroup tonight to see if there was anything worth finding.

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Haneoka-san is at the docks. We're here. Do you know where the other two are?

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Only one. We could meet now if we could get as many of them together as possible.

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Then only one's unaccounted for. If I don't make it back, suspect them. [He doesn't sound very sincerely worried about it.]

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We should collaborate which one you're going after.

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It's not a person I'm looking for. It's an opening in where the real enemy's set us.

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I'll still need to know who to blame if you don't come back.

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Four out of five are known, if you know one more beyond you, myself, and Haneoka-san. Only the fifth is unknown. It's possible they're hiding, which in itself is suspicious.