(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?

[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,]

[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]

[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]

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

[pura]

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

[aitou]

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

[ktiseos]

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

[pura]

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

[countermeasures]

[she nods]

That's right.

[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...

[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]

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.

[georeject]

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

[pura]

It didn't help that I couldn't speak, either...

You made a good call with the sign. You and— [A beat.] ... The horse.

[ktiseos]

The dreams are mine-- the ones with the rose tattoos. I work with Bass to send them.

[a slight pause.]

The pig ones are not mine, nor do I expect he has two individuals working with him as well, seeing as they manifest differently. I've yet to have the chance to speak with him of it, but I suspect they may have something to do with him regardless.

[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.