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This...

[she holds her phone out to them so they can see the text it's open to.]

It showed up on my phone as I was about to use one of the pods...

[it's dated to just a few minutes after curfew!

from: @ usernotfound
to: @ doctorsu

im sorry for breaking my promise
wish i could have kept it to the end
your trust is important to me since you gave it to me, of all people
i need to go but
i hope i get to see you tomorrow, jiu-chan
and i hope you're alive
feels selfish to keep asking for you to hang in there but
please do, okay?
see you soon]

...it won't let me reply to it...

'User not found'... then was this from-?

[he doesn't know itsuki well enough to say whether it sounds like him but he really doubts this would be estinien either so,,]

From Itsuki...

...there is yet time. I've no suspects in mind, myself, but-- we ought to locate them.

...how are we supposed to save them without...?

There are other ways. Gumballs such as your previous one may be rare, but 'tis not impossible that someone may obtain one. Do not give up on this too easily, Jiuqing.

Edited 2022-04-03 01:59 (UTC)

I tried to get one again, and it would not take my tokens until I tried for something else.

We really don't have any choice but to leave it up to chance...?

You already owned one before. Mayhap you simply could not receive it again.

But, as it stands... I believe so, as we do not even know if he will be replaced. Had I not used mine this week, I would have three tokens and amber in the new week, but--

[he just huffs a frustrated sigh that turns into a cough.]

...even if I earn another token next week, it won't be in time...

[uuuuuuugh she hates this so much]

We... have to talk to the others about this. We have to try and get something that can help, as a group.

So we do. But we must also identify them, before they are out of time.

I still have my ability for the weekend. If any of you find any leads-- come to the rest of us so we may discuss. Should we locate a suitable suspect in time, I shall use it.

Edited 2022-04-03 02:08 (UTC)

...identifying them...

[ughhhh.]

A three-token gumball was used in Itsuki's case, and it's most likely what compelled him to... [she shudders] ...hurt himself...

Then either an orange one, obtained by someone who could utilize amber, or a regained ability from a tri-colored gumball.

...Vin's vision about someone hiding a three-color gumball... the ones that were found on the mountain, they weren't particularly... hidden, were they?

So it was probably the one used in Itsuki's case. And they wouldn't have hidden it if it wasn't especially identifying... would they?

We have narrowed the list before using the colors-- it means they would be one of three.

...in that case, mayhap one fewer have.

...the ones with the fewest of us are... scarlet, metallic, and amber, I think...?

[...Ugh. He absolutely hates to say this, but.]

It couldn't have been Damien's, could it? His power... I don't know if he was able to get it back or not. Or if he tried.

[Nothing really seemed to point at him, as far as Yasusada knew, or else he would've checked more closely.]

...what power?

...I don't know exactly, but... it's not so different from that "imprinting" we were able to do, in Riff and Himawari's world. I think the gumball he got while we were there lets him do that, but he still had that with him, right? So I didn't really think much of it, but... he might have gotten something from home that lets him do something similar, too.

[But most of Yasusada's attention was on making sure Kashuu didn't keel over from fury and exertion, so like.]

...he said that he had three gumballs, and having been on two ventures, then if they are unused it accounts for two of the three. If one has participated every week, I believe they would have had six tokens in total, not allowing for the possibility of extra tokens gained. Thus, the capability to have bought two three-token gumballs thus far.

So- yes, he could have owned one.

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His... power?

[gestures above]

I saw it in a memory, but I think he lost it before we came here. I haven't really talked to him about it since that week.

[Since yams likes Damien and respects his privacy for the most part.]

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[...

She closes her eyes, clutching her phone to her chest.]

He sent me one, too. What a horribly frustrating man.

...he should have protected himself, instead of...!

[she doubles over, coughing]

Instead of...?

[A flicker of an expression crosses her face when she watches her double over, but... It's gone just as quickly.]

Jiuqing, you... [...] You should sit down and take it easy for a while.

Stupid... sentimental...

[she glares at her phone]