MISSING [Open]

A soft voice slips through my lips. Into the air around me.

"In my arms close to me, your body broke y-..Huh?"

...Missing?

"Hmmm..."

I don't know what to make of such a thing. I just stand there.

Hmm...I guess I should ask someone if they need someone to walk home with.

I myself am okay, but I should make sure if anyone else needs it.

*Type type t-type*

(Mass Text) 'Anyone need a buddy to go back with?'

I attach a picture of the notice and hit send.

Sumiko picks up her phone and reads the message
Missing!!?
she Immediately texts Veach back
*If you would Veach-san could you be my walking back partner? Senapi has been busy lately and I don't want to bother him*

Yuuji phone rings during his study session
Who could it be? Veach...
He quickly skims the message
...Missing? Some crazy things re starting to happen around here
He text him back saying
*Thank for the offer but I think I'll pass*

Wade stops walking as soon as he sees the announcement on the wall. He turns towards it and starts reading. "Oh yeah, I remember Sakui... She was hot, but kinda insane - just my type of girl. And Hikari... Wait a second..." His eyes suddenly open wide as he starts staring at the picture. "He can't be one of THOSE Hikaris, can he? I've never heard of him... Then again, I wasn't particularly close to them in the first place. I should ask Sis about this... " the boy thinks when he hears his phone beep. He takes it out and opens it, then reads the mass text from Satoshi... who is sitting right there next to him. Wade's lips curve into a mischievous smile as he quickly types something on his phone and sends out another mass text.

Code:

I have another idea - why don't we just find them?

Izumi also passes by the announcement and considers assisting whoever decides to help search by using his skills as a scout, might not be of too much use in the urban areas but this is most certainly applicable in the various parks, forests and natural outlying areas outside the school. Most missing people end up in these places if those investigative shows are anything to go by. Suddenly the blasted cell phone starts ringing, that's strange, he never uses the thing. He reads some of the texts that were sent to him and after some deliberation and a hard time typing he etches out one of his own. He then looks back at the announcement a bit forlorn. Knowing that it's been quite a while since anyone's last heard of them. Izumi then shakes his head to try to shake out some of the cobwebs so to speak. Get a hold of it man, you've been watching one too many of those crime investigation documentaries.

Code:

I believe I could help look for them if we decide on it, I have a particular set of skills that may help.

*Missing huh?



( A voice barely heard in the last few weeks heard from somewhere. )

This is school is getting interresting at the very last.

*vtvvvvt*

'Sure, thing Sumiko.'

I send another.

'I don't know. I'm pretty sure investigators are already but I could join I suppose.'

A chilled voice enters my ears like a winter breeze.

'Missing huh? This school is getting interesting to say the least.'

I recognize that voice from somewhere...

My head goes on a swivel and I notice Wade.

"What d-..."

That couldn't of been him, that's for sure.

"..n-Nevermind."

Instead I look around some more.

'Dude, just think about it!' Wade grins. 'If students are disappearing, it's only fit that we, as fellow students, will be able to find out more than some outside investigator! And besides, if they had any leads about where those people are, they wouldn't have put up a Missing poster for them! They had their chance and they blew it, now it's our turn!' the boy finishes talking, once again demonstrating his impeccable logic. When Satoshi speaks out to him, Wade simply tilts his head to the side a bit. 'Hey, is everything alright, bro?'

"Iye~...thought I heard something."

That was weird...

A breath fills my lungs and then empties.

"Yeah-yeah. Anyway, I suppose it's worth a try."

That grin of mine slants the right corner of my lips upward..

"You don't like admitting defeat even if chances are slim, do you?"

'Not in the slightest, my friend!' Wade grins back at him. 'As long as Mr. Wilson here can find some entertainment in his otherwise boring high school life, it doesn't matter if the odds are against him - he'll accomplish his task no matter what!'

(Chris reads the bulletin board with concerned eyes.) {If I happen to be ambushed when I'm alone, I 'm certain that I can tear out most assailants throats. But Sumiko and my sister...} (Chris gulps and tightens his grip on the piece of paper in his right hand.) {I may have to take to the streets late at night to get to the bottom of this.}

Hawke walks along the corridor, and notices the large gathering of people around a notice.

He joins Satoshi and gives his shoulder a squeeze and muttering a "Hello."

He scans the poster, and a dark scowl crosses his face, and vigilante-Hawke makes an appearance.

"Mother-..... Satoshi we need to do something about this."

*Squeeze*

*E*"Duh F-.."

I now notice who is assaulting my arm and give the appropriate responce.

"Salve."

...

'Satoshi, we need-.'

A finger goes up near Tiberius' lips.

"Spspspspssssssss."

And then is removed. Accompanied by a chuckle.

"I already know what you're gonna say since you're only the third person to say it and I'll go along with it even if I have my own doubts."

Hawke simply nods in approval.

"What's the plan?"

"I'm no detective but I can infer what would be the correct course of action."

"First, we need to find out who they were-or are. That might give us some clues."

"Second, we need to find out any relationships they had with people."

"Third, officially start searching."

"Fourth, anything that I think of to do that can go inbetween those last three somewhere."

My head tilts left and my torso makes a waving motion to follow.

With my feet planted on the tile floor, I am not effectively leaning around Tiberius. Looking at Wade.

"Anything for you to add that might be of assistance?"

'Hmm...' Wade strokes his chin and starts thinking. 'Well, as me and Setsuna deduced in an earlier conversation, the kidnapper is probably using the victims for cybernetic experiments! Thus, as your glorious leader, I think we should focus our efforts on stalking everyone and anyone with cybernetic limbs - starting with and primarily focusing on Ichiko Asari!' he explains his "deductions" proudly.

...

*Slap*

My hand is suddenly drawn toward my face rather hard.

I speak more to myself than anyone else.

"Something tells me it was more you that deduced it."

If he were smart I'm pretty sure, with that confidence, all of the world's terminal illnesses would be cured by now.

"Um.... How exactly did you reach that conclusion..?"

Hawke slides over to Satoshi and says in English, "Dude, this guy is crazy."

*Ehem!*

*E*"Wade Wilson, this is Tiberius Hawke."

*"You two already have something in common. You both are from English speaking countries."

I look upward at Tiberius and point toward my eyes.

One is normal while the other I am holding back to look like a foreigner doing an impression of an Asian. Then I point over to Wade's face.

"...Oh. H-hey, Wade." Hawke says, and puts on his.. best.. smile.

"Isn't that discrimination, and anyways, where's your evidence, do you have anything, anything at all to base your claim on?

Izumi wasn't much of a speaker usually, but the leader mentality within him started to spark and saw Wade as a challenge, there wasn't much of a challenge to be found here most of the time, but there was the lighter that started the fire.

"Com'on out with it, tell us how you reached this conclusion. I want to know, I am very good at observation but I wish not to discriminate on idle claims just because you said so. You need to have some basis for what you're accusing them of."

Wade simply stares at Hawke for a few seconds before grinning widely. "Yep, crazy is my middle name!" he responds in English and gives a thumbs-up. "Glad to see everyone here can speak English! Well, everyone but you, Inaba. Sorry, but you'll have to keep up somehow, I can't translate everything for just one guy, you know what I mean? Anyway, deductions, right. So..." Wade pulls out a marker and quickly starts drawing some charts on the bulletin board. "First off, we need to figure out the motive of the kidnapper? Is it a serial killer? Nope, no bodies have been found! Is it for ransom? Nope, no requests have been made! Is it to acquire sex slaves? Nope, two of the three kidnapped are guys! Is it to acquire a cheap workforce? Nope, they're all cripples! Really, the only possible conclusion is that the kidnapper is using them for cybernetic research! Think about it - imagine you have a bionic arm, right? But it's an older model, it's not like the sleeker, newer, advanced versions, like they show in those fancy commercials, what were they called... Tuh... Tah... T-- Whatever, it doesn't matter. SO! Imagine now that you have somehow acquired the new arm, but it requires modifications, calibrations, all that good stuff. Now, you could use yourself as a test subject, OR you can kidnap people you know nobody would miss, aka cripples, and use them as test subjects until you make sure the arm works perfectly! Then you can safely attach it in the place of your old arm, and voila, you've upgraded yourself! And the only person in the entire school that's a cyborg? ICHIKO ASARI!" he writes down her name and circles it a few times before taking a few deep breaths. "God, I hope that's not a permanent marker..."

Izumi mutters to himself. This is Japan damn it, Nippon.... In broken English he decides to respond dejectedly. "I can understand enough, I just can't... speak it well enough." Anyways, at this stage it would be better just to stand down and just go along with it, English wasn't his strong suit and it doesn't seem like he's going to win against a man with an idea. Not an idea that sounds like a correct answer to a logic puzzle by any means but still, an idea nonetheless. This alone, causes Izumi to rue the day. He does have at least one point he can get off Wade, in his hand was indeed a permanent marker.

"I concede that you at least have a reason behind your claims. However, how are you going to get that off? That's a Sharpie. Not the easily cleanable one either."

That was the only point Izumi can win here, that the marker was permanent. Good Game Inaba. Good Game.

Why do i tend to trust people?


Seriously now, you just took my logic and throw it in a bin didnt you?


*HE walks calmly in that direction*

Dude the whole school can hear you, but luckily not everyone udnerstands english,besides.

Didnt we etablish that we both are leaders? YOu of the practical and me of the logistical appartment?


By the way,this is a permanent marker

*
he comes close and just looks calmly into the round*

As mr Wislon tried to explain, baisicly, he suspects asari,i do not. Because i am sure that you need to be a experienced criminal to pull that off.