text, un: daylight.

[sunborne]

[ in the mid-afternoon, after trying and failing to get in contact with the others and with suspicions growing by the hour, daylight finally sends out a message to the network at large: ]

It looks like people are going missing.

Two of my friends, Okuyasu and Kiara, haven't been responding to any of my messages or calls since yesterday.

I've gone around th town to see if I can get a glimpse of them and nothing. Nada. Zip. Jackshit.

Coupled with other faces not being seen around town anymore - Have you guys noticed anyone else not popping up? Or noticed your friends not responding to messages?

Let me know so we can keep a track of everyone's status.

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[peninhand]

Huh. So when someone here disappears usually, it's as if they'd never existed in the first place. They're deleted out of existence.

[ Okay that sounded a tad too familiar. Hopefully there isn't a crazy club president somewhere out there. Regardless... Using real life logic and video game logic, two conclusions can be reached. ]

You're right, it sounds as though it's something else.

I think we should investigate the HHA and the luncheon they "invited" us to. The two events are too close together for it to be a coincidence.

Furthermore, it's Valentine's Day soon. Considering what kind of place this is, it's not impossible the disappearances are somehow related.

[sunborne]

[ ... fuck. his skin crawls when she points out that valentine's day is around the corner. he and papyrus talked about how eventful december was and wasn't christmas, a major holiday, tied to that? ] Yeah. That's a really good point to make. Do you think we should keep our eyes open for any popups? Back in December, we had this Christmas village that had a lot of weird shit in it. Murderous reindeer and everything.

[ he has no idea if this valentine's day is like the big celebrations of saint valentine the beloved back home but it must be a big enough holiday for the town - he hasn't missed the special offers at the groceries or the flower shops during his bike around.

he scratches the back of his head, trying to figure out a pattern between the people missing and the luncheon. that's when he gets a few more messages from the others, he frowns and takes note of the names that are being mentioned. ]

I know a few more names of people who haven't been seen in a while. Anduin, Papyrus, and Sayori are part of the group. I don't know if they all went to the luncheon but they're all part of our little group of stranded people here.

[peninhand]

Sayori is gone?

[ She had met Papyrus too but that's the one name that sticks out. Why her of all people? ]

I wasn't there back then but I heard about Christmas. That was two months ago now... And in two months it's Easter. Perhaps there is a pattern with this place and major holidays.

There is someone who may know what's going on. Rosemary Craven, the woman who organized the luncheon and is head of the HHA. She's not one of us but... I think she can feel something is wrong. When I talked to her she was uneasy about certain things. I'm going to try contacting her.

[sunborne]

Yeah. Sans confirmed it to me in a chat here. You should be able to respond to it if you want. I don’t mind because we need to connect on this fast as possible

[ he wants to add something to that — maybe an assurance or a promise — but daylight finds it difficult to write down the right words. maybe it’s because lilmonix3 seems close to sayori and realising this makes his stomach churn.

daylight feels bad for adding distress to lilmonix3 but maybe it’s for the best they know now instead of later. at least sans and the others could help or, at the very least, lean in and show solidarity for what’s going on. thankfully, lilmonix3 is focusing on the other angles and she brings up an interesting one— ]

Mrs. Craven? Yeah, I talked to her briefly at the luncheon. [ it’s how he found out she’s a ‘mrs.’ in the first place. ] If you do reach out to her and get into contact, try to be careful, okay? I’d like you to have someone by your side if you try and look for her but keeping us updated is probably the most realistic thing to ask here.

[ hmm... it isn’t long before daylight sends another message. this time around it’s a simple question: ]

Can I ask where you are right now?

[peninhand]

[ It takes some time for Monika's reply to come in as she's literally on the hunt for Mrs Craven. When she replies, she does it in a radically different way from before. A far cry from her properly typed and well thought out messages from earlier. Probably because she doesn't want to waste time. ]

im looking 4 her

ill be fine dont worry

[sunborne]

[ that is the second most ominous reply to a question he's ever gotten.

he stops biking altogether, parking near a hydrant - yes, police officer giving him a funny look, he'll move soon - so he can focus his attention on this conversation: ]

Did you let anyone else know about this? Just in case? [ or is he the only one who knows about this? who does he throw up an alarm to in case something happens to them? ]

[peninhand]

[ No reply come to this. At least not for a while. The next reply from Monika comes literally more than a day later and is as concise as can be. ]

found her

[ She then also sends the location where they can be found, in case he wants to join in the interrogation. ]

[sunborne]

[ oh, that is the second most ominous reply he's ever gotten after he sent a message to someone.

daylight curses under his breath when he gets it. he's on the hunt for harding, personally, and thinks he's picked up his trail after talking to a very excitable book club.

he doesn't want to lose the chance to speak with harding about what's going on but the idea of lilmonix3 by themselves does not sit well with him.

in the and, after a lot of cursing at himself, daylight decides that he needs to find the chief of police down. lilmonix3 can cover the angle of rosemary. but it never hurts to try and coordinate- ]

Please meet up with me soon when you're doing speaking with Mrs. Craven. Wherever you want and whenever you want.

Hope you're safe.