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

[countermeasures]

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

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[aitou]

[...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.]

[ktiseos]

...what power?

[aitou]

...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.]

[ktiseos]

...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.

[countermeasures]

...is that enough to justify using your power on him?

[ktiseos]

...mayhap so.

However, the problem would lie in willingness to speak with me. I do not know whether he would agree, should we decide this is a worthy effort.

If any of you have objections, do say so-- but if not, then it is possible I will require assistance to arrange this.

[pura]

Wait, what would you need to use your power? You said a little about it before, but...

[ktiseos]

Just to see him. But I would need to ensure I could, with reliability, and to use the gum subtly.

[pura]

Well, we share an apartment. If you decide to go through with it, I could invite you over when I next see him there.

[ktiseos]

That, or I will simply stay a while so I ensure I am there when he arrives. If the door opens, it will be him or he will be letting someone in. We've only to arrange a signal so I may use the gum the moment I hear the door... then when you indicate it, I shall simply look up.

Mayhap if you say one thing if he enters, and another if a visitor enters first.

[pura]

I can just greet them by name. It's what I would normally do, anyway.

[countermeasures]

He's usually pretty willing to talk to me, so if I can help at all...

[aitou]

[Yasusada looks conflicted.]

I would offer too, but... I think he'd probably be suspicious. He already knows I put the sign up, a couple of weeks ago.

[So it's probably best, between that and his inexplicable nighttime excursion last week, that he doesn't draw Damien's attention to himself more than he already has.]

[aitou]

[He shrugs, a little helplessly.]

Then--it's worth checking, I think. I can't think of anyone else, since... we don't know the colors of the missing gumball, right?

[countermeasures]

His... power?

[aitou]

[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.]

[countermeasures]

[she nods...]

I see...