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[coolerjunpei]

[Good day city-zens, it's User Name Junpei here with another paranoid rant about god only knows what. Just kidding, he's laser focused his paranoia these days, so, ahem:]

Hi, uh, I'm Junpei, if you didn't know. [A brief pause, while he internally laments that he will never get his goddamn codename, but okay. He's made peace with it. He holds up two fingers.] Two things.

[He leans forward and his head and shoulders go out of frame for a moment, while the rustling of papers can be heard somewhere beyond the camera. Should he have gathered his materials beforehand? Yes, for sure, but such is life. Enjoy this view of his t-shirt while he swears and drops something back there...

When he leans back into frame he doesn't hold anything up just yet.]

First, since it looks like people are going missing now, do you guys think we should have... I don't know, a system? To keep track of each other? I don't mean something like the buddy system— [Although he doesn't NOT mean the buddy system, always investigate mysterious liminal cities with a friend!!--] —But... something. Besides running around looking for signs every time. We need to figure out where they're going.

[He's convinced they're still in the city but Taken Somewhere, you see. Where, though... mmm. Workshopping that. He sits there looking grim for a beat, then sighs himself out of it and lifts up one of his papers.

It has beautiful birds drawn on it. Some people may recall his canary symbol idea from Setsuna's meeting, ahem...]

Second is... this. Somebody out there's gotta be better at drawing a bird than me. If you see these hung up anywhere... be careful of whatever's around. [Another beat.] And, uh, if anyone wants to contribute to the cause, I'll pay you in beer and gummies? Normal gummies.

[sorry, he has no edibles. also never mind that one can get beer and gummies without joining his danger birds cause. sign up for art club!!!]

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audio; un: loveless

[limbical]

Missing people now. Unfortunate. I don't think we can force people to enact in a system, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to figure something out.

Who is currently missing among us?

[coolerjunpei]

Oh, hey Doc. At least you're still here.

[Let him consult the notes he took in a fugue state while staring at his message backlog, hmhm...]

Uh, Gregor's gone, as far as we know—but Hackerman already told everyone that. From what I've got, a guy named Tyler and a girl named Arashi have been missing for... I don't know how long. I've got a third without a name, and Roland said he remembers some people from a while back, too.

[limbical]

Fortunately even if I wasn't, Shinobu can be consulted with.

[Not that he really wants to stay, but he isn't keen to abandon people here either. That's assuming people leaving are doing it by choice, though.]

I see. And I assume with no traces to indicate how they vanished?

[coolerjunpei]

Kind of feels like these are the things someone should be keeping track of. Like a phonebook.

[Maybe not exactly like a phonebook, but close enough.]

And we only looked into Gregor's place, so far, but it's more like no traces of anything at all. His stuff's gone. It's like the stores... his place reset.

[limbical]

Would there be a way to add that sort of thing to these phones? I'm not familiar enough with the technology, personally.

Hm. So if someone vanishes... then their lodgings may end up reset. That's... not ideal. If I were to disappear, the office would be reset as well, wiping away the work I've done. Should we have a back-up location, I wonder?

[coolerjunpei]

Uh, maybe? The tech guys'd know.

[Another thing he'll bother Wrench about, in due time. Sounds good.]

And shit, I didn't even think of that. Sorry for suggesting an apartment for your office that other time. Where can we shove a back-up office?

[limbical]

I'll leave that part in your hands to communicate with others with those skills. I'm not overly familiar who might be best.

Not your fault. We had no idea of this potentially happening until someone disappeared. However, as for getting a back-up office... I'm not sure. The other locations reset, after all. Maybe we should try to think of a more communal space for basic first aid? I might talk to Shinobu about that so we can think of something appropriate.

[coolerjunpei]

Uh huh, I'm putting it on the list. [possibly literally, he already started a list for uses for Don's artwork.]

And uh, I guess I'll leave that part to you two. Maybe a new place will open that's easier to handle? Whatever the hell is out there, anyway...

[limbical]

That's the hope. If we're fortunate, maybe a hospital will be up next.

Anyway. We'll see, and if we get a better location that works for other people then I'll ensure an announcement.

[coolerjunpei]

Yeah, maybe. And if I miraculously find a closet full of scalpels or whatever somewhere, I'll send them your way.