MAKOTO NAEGI ◎ 苗木 誠 (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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smash_logs2014-03-15 01:44 pm
luckedout) wrote in smash_logs2014-03-15 01:44 pm
Another Horrible Intro: No, officer, I wasn't trying to sneak in, honest!
Who: Makoto Naegi, anyone who happens to be passing by
What: Delivery
Where: Somewhere outside on campus grounds
When: Morning
Warnings: Probable harm to boxes
Good morning, Smash Academy! Today, anyone taking a walk outside may see a strange box sealed with pink masking tape just sitting there. Not that it stays still for long! People can observe how every now and then, it starts...moving. Not by much and never far in one direction, but yes, the box definitely moves about. (Frankly, it looks a bit disturbing.)
If anyone's still around after that, they'd hear some knocking sounds and a voice saying "Um...is anyone there?"
Looks like someone's not having a great start to a day.
What: Delivery
Where: Somewhere outside on campus grounds
When: Morning
Warnings: Probable harm to boxes
Good morning, Smash Academy! Today, anyone taking a walk outside may see a strange box sealed with pink masking tape just sitting there. Not that it stays still for long! People can observe how every now and then, it starts...moving. Not by much and never far in one direction, but yes, the box definitely moves about. (Frankly, it looks a bit disturbing.)
If anyone's still around after that, they'd hear some knocking sounds and a voice saying "Um...is anyone there?"
Looks like someone's not having a great start to a day.
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So she almost doesn't stop when she sees the box, until she notices that it's moving.
Pausing, she watches it try to scoot around, mostly unsuccessfully. Curiosity is burning, but she's going to be late to class-
The box speaks, and she hurries closer.
"Hello? Is someone in this box?"
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And once he finally hears a voice, he optimistically adds another reason to that mental list of things to be thankful for. Then he stops knocking on the box and responds to...whoever it is outside.
"Um, yes, there is. I'm not sure how I got here though."
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She puts her bag on the ground, then hurries over, looking the box over. It's taped pretty well, and there doesn't seem to be a weak spot. Hmm...
There has to be a scientific way to get him out!
After circling the box and giving it some thought, she finally comes to a conclusion, and-
grabs the top of the box and rips as hard as she can!!
She's not very strong, but a little pulls back. Enough that she can peek in and see him.
"I've almost got it!"
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"Ah, thank you! I think I can take it over from here..."
Keyword: think.
"Okay, here goes!"
At that, he tries to pull what she opened back even further... But while he does manage to open it up a little more, it doesn't budge as much as he'd like it to. Unfortunately, he can't really put his weight on it and pull when he's sitting. And it's not like he could stand to try.
...Yeah, no, he can't get a good grip on it. What a semi-gloomy turn of events.
"This is the part where I reconsider not carrying scissors around..."
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And so saying, she climbs up on the box, the idea being to pull the top back with the proper leverage from above.
The only thing is, the box isn't that sturdy, and the top sags under her weight.
She grabs where they've ripped. "Okay, one, two... three!"
She pulls a little back!
...And then it breaks and she falls through the lid on top of him.
"Aah!"
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Unfortunately, by the time he realizes exactly what she means, he's too late to stop her. All he can manage is a short "Wait a minute, that might--" before she falls. On him. Owwww. (He might have said that out loud too.)
He'd move right away, but he's still recovering from, you know, having the wind knocked out of him.
Why is he Super High School Level Good Luck again...?
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Ema tries to get up off him (probably managing to step on him a few times in the process) and gives him and apologetic smile.
"You're free from the box now! So just look on the bright side."
She looks at the sides curiously. "Why were you in here, anyway?"
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"Thanks for helping me out there. Frankly, I was scared I was going to be stuck there for a long time..."
But there's no need to dwell on that now that he's free.
"Why I was in the box? No idea... When I woke up, I was already in trapped in there."
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She turns and looks at the box, as though it might suddenly divulge its secrets.
"If even you don't know, that makes it a mystery!" She looks very excited about that. "We should look for clues."
She reaches into her bag and starts digging through it.
"Luckily, I bring my fingerprinting powder with me everywhere. I'll have to get your prints, of course, so I can rule those out..."
She's lost in her own world now.
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He's not sure whether or not to ask about why she carries around fingerprinting powder... Either way, she did help him out of the box, so cooperating is the least he can do for now. Plus, he wants to know the culprit's identity, and if fingerprinting helps with that, all the better!
"...Yeah, I really haven't seen this box before." Still trying to process what's going on, Naegi crouches down next to the box to get a better look.
The design looks really familiar... Well, more than familiar actually. The logo makes it clear that the box was inspired by the appearance of that bear. Even with that blatant clue though, he can't say he knows the reason why he'd be shipped here...wherever here was. Nor does he feel like bringing it up at the moment to avoid accusations of insanity.
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She notices him staring at the logo, but doesn't read too much into it. She's brushing fingerprinting dust around the lid of the box, where the culprit would most likely touch the box to close it.
"And you have no idea who would have it out for you to put you in the box in the first place?"
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As he says that, he points at said logo. But he doesn't try to step closer so he doesn't disturb her work or anything like that.
"But I don't see how he could have stuffed me into this box and shipped me here."
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She bends down to look at the logo curiously. It looks like a teddy bear.
"He looks cute! Surely he couldn't have done something like that."
She pulls out her notebook and writes it down. "But it's definitely a lead."
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Which is the understatement of the century.
"But there's only one other person I'd think would try to put me in a box...and I'm pretty sure he wouldn't do that. Probably."
Even if that person did ask him to sell his organs so he could pay off his debtors, he wouldn't do it against a friend's will! Right? ...Right?
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The people you associate with, Naegi..."You seem to know a lot of people who probably wouldn't put you in a box. That's going to widen our suspect list."
She taps her chin, then the obvious question occurs to her.
"What were you doing and where were you before you woke up in the box? Do you remember?"
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They're all nice people! ...Usually."Um, well..." Naegi trails off for a moment there, trying to figure out how he should answer that question. While he does want it to be detailed, it'd take too long to explain all the topsy-turvy stuff that went on at Hope's Peak.
"I was in a school and about to head outside with my classmates. And...that's it. I don't even remember what was on the other side of the door."
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She writes that down on her pad, too, in case that's a clue.
"The most likely subjects in that case seem to be the bear or one of your classmates." She taps her chin. "We can rule out your classmates if we can find them, but I don't know how to get the fingerprints of a bear."
That sounds hard.
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"I wonder if he'd even have pawprints? I know he has claws, but I've never actually got a good look at his han—paws before."
Because that's totally the part to comment on here.
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Even though she still thinks such a cute bear couldn't have done such a thing.
"I'll keep looking."
And she keep spreading the powder around, but she's not finding anything.
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"Um... I guess this means the culprit wore gloves? Or didn't have fingerprints in the first place."
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She sighs, moving back from the box. "I think we've gotten all we will out of this box. I guess it's up to what you can remember now."
She looks up at him. "I'm sorry I can't help more now. But I'll keep an eye out for the teddy bear guy!"
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And he's so lucky it was someone nice, too! Let's just say it might not have ended so well if someone hostile freed him from the box.
"Anyway, thank you so much for opening the box! I definitely owe you one."
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She's about to head to class again, when she remembers something important!
"Oh. I'm Ema Skye, by the way! Um, welcome to Smash Academy!"
She holds up her arms in a welcoming motion.