KILLING NIGHT 1: hawt teacher-student exploration

[flamingprick]

[Well, maybe not so much exploration, since they already know where they're going. But at least one person in this group is going to find out something distressing.]

Okay, I gotta warn you: the library's not like it was the last time you saw it.

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[piertotumlocomotor]

[That's not a comment people usually make]

Are you trying to prepare me for the possibility you left books lying around again?

[Was that a joke? Her face is like usual, but there's something about her voice that hints she's not being serious.

When she gets to the entrance of the library she freezes. If she had books in her hands she'd have dropped them]

...I see. This is what you meant.

[...]

May I ask why it looks like someone set fire to the library?

[This is it. It took a day or so, but Minerva McGonagall is so done now]

[flamingprick]

Probably because someone set fire to the library.

And before you ask, no, it wasn't me.

[He does have an affinity for fire, but this wasn't his handiwork.]

It was that quiet kid, Akechi?

[piertotumlocomotor]

...he better have a good reason for having risked the building burning down. What'd we all have done if the fire had gotten out of control?

[flamingprick]

[Rin shrugs.]

No point in worrying, we stopped him. I think he was just frustrated.

[piertotumlocomotor]

So careless...

[Shaking her head, McGonagall enters and surveys the place. It sure looks rather burned, and other than that it doesn't seem like anything has changed, but...]

We should investigate the burned places. Sometimes in destruction something valuable can be found. It's not likely, but it's worth a try.

[Too bad that search will be for naught]

[flamingprick]

Yeah, I guess it's not a bad idea. Maybe it'll be like one of those puzzles, and there's a key here or something.

[He will go ahead and investigate the burned books though, this time taking care to only look at one book at a time and put it back before moving on to the next one. That way he can remember where they go!]

I still don't get what he was trying to do either. He said he wasn't trying to kill us, but what else would this have done?

[piertotumlocomotor]

Perhaps he was trying to get the raccoons to open a window in this floor? It'd be a way to escape. That said, there has to be less risky plans.

[Silly Akechi, thinking the raccoons could take off a plate from a window just because of a fire]

If we play by our captors' rules, we'd be spending a couple weeks at most in this place. I cannot speak for everyone, but personally I can afford to spend time here. My absence will be noted but I trust my deputy to take care of the school while I'm here.

[She sounds rather confident she's not going to die in here, at least]

[flamingprick]

Yeah, same. I mean, Yukio will probably freak out a bit, and everyone might be mad that I missed the wedding, but I can explain it when I get back.

[Really laid back, this one is.]

'sides, if you got all that responsibility and you can wait, the rest of us can too.

[piertotumlocomotor]

Do you think people will believe you when you say you were brought here?

[She sounds rather skeptical]

[flamingprick]

Sure. I mean, half of my friends have been kidnapped or forced to go somewhere because of stupid family stuff. They'd believe that it's my turn.

[He is not exaggerating at all.]

[piertotumlocomotor]

[McGonagall stops digging through the ashes and pushing aside porn. That was a worrying statement, Rin]

...don't tell me you're one of those kids who get in all kinds of trouble all the time.

[Like kidnappings and way too much deadly danger around them. McGonagall sounds like she has a lot of experience with those]

[flamingprick]

Okay, I won't tell you that.

[But it doesn't make it any less true lol]

[piertotumlocomotor]

That's almost certainly the same than outright admitting it!

[It's like this is an universal constant for teenagers]

[flamingprick]

Well you said not to say it! It's not my fault my world is dangerous!

[His tail is flicking back and forth in irritation now.]

We always saved everyone anyway, so it's okay!

[piertotumlocomotor]

I hope so. [Well you're here, and you have never said you died before coming to this school, so...yeah. Maybe you do know what you're doing] I used to think it was rather unusual to encounter students who managed to get in trouble all the time, but it seems it's rather common nowadays.

[flamingprick]

[Rin shrugs at that.]

It's not so weird. I mean, we're basically almost-adults being taught how to actually be adults. It makes sense trouble would find us.

And my situation's kinda weird anyway.

[piertotumlocomotor]

Have you ever wished you had a calmer life?

[flamingprick]

Sure, I guess. I'd love to not have to fight monsters every week and worry about crazy-strong demons taking over the world or whatever. But that's now how things are. There's stuff only I can do. So if I don't do it, then who will?

[HMM SOUND FAMILIAR MCGONAGALL?]

[piertotumlocomotor]

[Definitely, hah! McGonagall stares at him for a moment before commenting]

At this point I have to wonder if having messy black hair at your age is a sign you're destined to that kind of adventures.

[First Harry Potter, then Akira, then you...yeah, it seems to be an universal constant]

[flamingprick]

What, is one of your students a kid with messy black hair who gets into trouble all the time?

[piertotumlocomotor]

Yes. I was always fond of him, and then he saved us all from a major threat.

[She does sound proud of Harry Potter]