[ AUDIENCE: TAICHI YAGAMI ]

[dormheads]

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[goalsides]

You said the principal gave you guys a summary. Can I ask exactly what he told you?

[dormheads]

[he pauses, recalling.]

Nothing detailed. I got more info from Mollymauk.

But the summary stated that Hiyori died, and so a trial was held according to school tradition, based off an incident in the far past. Kaoruko was confirmed to be his killer, so expulsion commenced. Otome was chosen as the other party involved.

[goalsides]

That about summarizes it, yeah. Has anyone ever explained why it's school tradition for a bunch of random people to solve a murder and execute someone?

[dormheads]

No. Then again, any incident that involved bloodshed isn't one that any school would want to be made public info. If it's been buried with time, I doubt it'd be easy to find details.

[goalsides]

...if someone wanted to try to find those details though, where would you suggest they look? Library's not giving me much.

[dormheads]

Why would a school library have that kind of info...? You'd have better luck with archives that don't belong to the school.

[goalsides]

Because libraries should have information...? [but he frowns instead.] But fine. Where would you find those kind of archives?

[dormheads]

I wouldn't know. Ask someone who specializes in journalism, or something to that effect.

[goalsides]

Have you ever tried talking to people around here? It's not always effective. [frowns.] ...there isn't any way to use our vouchers for that kind of thing, right? Like to summon information or something.

[dormheads]

[he pauses, as if thinking.]

There's probably certain kinds of information that you can exchange vouchers for. I'd have to check, though.

[goalsides]

If you wouldn't mind? [he perks up a little.] I get that it's a lot to ask but I have a lot of vouchers. So I want to make sure I'm using them for things that might be useful.

[and, selfishly, have enough for his digivice that doesn't even work.]

[dormheads]

All right.

For what it's worth, though, I suspect this case would be a waste of your vouchers. People sometimes kill for ridiculous reasons, and the school probably just reacted dramatically. So don't blame me if it turns out that the past incident was just a student killing someone over relationship problems or something equally stupid.

[goalsides]

You say that like what Hanayagi did wasn't stupid, Chad. [just...gently pointing that out.] Or at least it seems that way.

[and then here's a fun question:] Fine then. What would you spend vouchers on if you were me?

[dormheads]

I can't answer that in a broad sense. I can only suggest what I think would be a waste.

[goalsides]

[:unamused:]

...then my digivice. The thing I had on me before I woke up here. What do you think?

[it doesn't entirely matter since he's mostly made up his mind, but curious. also, he doesn't explain what that is.]

[dormheads]

[...]

Sentimental items have value, but it's up to the person themselves if it's worth it.

[goalsides]

[there's a slow nod.]

I'd rather have it to make sure it isn't lost. [...] But what about powers that aren't mine? That's possible, isn't it?

[dormheads]

It's possible, although they'll likely be one use only, per exchange.

[goalsides]

That's fine. [...and then he thinks about something someone else mentioned to him.]

What about something to protect someone else? Are those kinds of things possible?

[dormheads]

You'll have to be more specific about what you mean by protecting someone else.

[goalsides]

Let's pretend someone goes insane and decides to murder somebody else again. Is there something I can do to prevent that and stop someone from dying?

[dormheads]

How, exactly? Describe the sequence of events you're picturing.

[goalsides]

Uh. [meanwhile, taichi is one of my protags who doesn't always think this shit through so he's holding a new book and blinking in confusion. right. a plan.]

I don't know, like maybe if someone was going to hurt someone I wanted to protect, I could...[do...what. he doesn't have powers and he can't really fight on his own, so now he's just staring into the void trying to figure this out.]

...I don't know, I guess.

[dormheads]

... Well, let me know if you figure something out. [...] If you talk with others, you might get an idea. A lot of people have been asking about what they can exchange for.

[goalsides]

Yeah. Beau told me a few ideas she had, and Yamato and I have been trying to decide what to do. [he's making an attempt.] But if I have a plan then...I'll figure out a price.

[a pause.] How does bartering with you work? [you specifically, chad.]