(animal noises) ............... 3!

[countermeasures]

shitpost to come once you know who our new buddy is......

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week five, sunday

[countermeasures]

[the group that's gathered in the office will hear footsteps and jiuqing's voice as she approaches the office door!]

They should be in here already...

[the door slowly opens so that the newcomer can see inside and see who's already gathered there...]

[aitou]

[Hewwo]

Su-sensei?

[ktiseos]

Well? Go on, then.

[he's reclining here somewhere... today his wings look a lot more birdlike, kept curled close so they don't get in the way.]

[georeject]

[clarte is sitting somewhere, trying not to look a tad sick still. they wait patiently!]

[pura]

[She looks at the group gathered here today, in the Office-slash-Animal Kingdom. Hello.]

... So this is everyone, huh? All five of us.

[countermeasures]

[she smiles!]

All five of us, yes.

[jiuqing pulls the door shut behind them once they're in.]

I believe this accounts for every animal that's been spotted, now.

[georeject]

[they blink.]

Oh, does that make you the other cat I met, Nogiku?

[ktiseos]

For that matter, just who is it that you work with? I'd more or less expected our number to remain at four.

[local man definitely just kept thinking someone was impersonating one of them...]

[pura]

I work with Riff-san. If it's the same for one of you, I expect it to be Jiuqing.

[ktiseos]

...how strange. Do you two perform the same duty, then?

[pura]

I'm responsible for some of the special deliveries, but not others, so I think that's the case.

What about the rest of you? I know nothing about your tasks.

[countermeasures]

[she nods]

That's right.

[georeject]

How did the two of you find each other, anyway?

[pura]

[Ah. She looks embarrassed, just a little.]

You're the panda?

[georeject]

Yes, that's me. I'm sorry, I really wasn't sure what you were trying to tell me...

[pura]

No, it's alright. I didn't realize you were probably just trying to say "hi" until our time ran out, so...

[georeject]

... Ah, I probably could've been clearer on that. Unfortunately, it's not very easy to spell things out with paws...

[aitou]

Oh, Nogiku. [He waves a little, leaning against the desk.] Eh--wait, the... other cat? Or the shark?

[OR THE POLAR BEAR? I don't know if he knows about the polar bear,]

[pura]

Cat, actually. I think the shark that was spotted the other week belongs to the Prism.

[aitou]

Oh, I see. [Huh.] What is it you do?

[pura]

I pick an icon, and three people to potentially receive whatever the hell that icon meant.

I was the one who gave Jiuqing her fingerprinting kit... and Kiyomitsu-san his luminol, I think.

[pura]

Right. So... What have you all been doing so far?

[georeject]

My position allows me to cure the refracted, though it requires some guessing on my part and doesn't necessarily activate fast enough to stop them from killing.

[pura]

[... She pauses, thinking.]

Have you been successful before?

[georeject]

I think it worked successfully on Percival and Hot Pants...? There aren't any signs of someone refracting before Thursday, so... I've really only pinpointed them after the first kill, with everyone's help.