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[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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You mean Greg, right?

[ as usual, roland sounds pretty casual about this. better than that panicking over an acquaintance disappearing. boy, verg isn't gonna like this either way... ]

I don't doubt that there's been people other than him that just went up and disappeared since then; I remember talking to some people like, once or twice during the past month only to find out that they just vanished. I talked to Don after hearing the news and apparently you can't even call their phones anymore. Someone ought to look into that.

[ omfw ]

What extraordinary avians thou hath drawn, Junpei!!!!!! I adore their rounded forms -- they are exquisito!

[ and like

the worst part?

she is soooooo utterly sincere. also, she's lifting her own picture, freshly painted it would look like. ]

Though it is only a quick paint, I do believe thine are far better than mine! Full of character and charm!

[ but hers is soooooo cute too actually she's sooooooo putting this on the fridge oh my wiiiiiiiiing what other part is necessary, none, she's. dealt with her grief in a totally normal and non-dis-associative manner. yup. ]

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?

Wishful thinking, I know, but you think they could have found a way out of here?

Of course, that may not necessarily mean back wherever home is. Could be an 'out of the frying pan' situation.

Also what's the deal with the birds...?

youre gonna have to fill me in on the birds thing my guy

[ also? this, after giving badou shit about his own drawing?? oh he will not forget this. ]

[Loki is sitting on a bench in the gardens, admiring the view but missing the sounds of birds and other wildlife when he decides to answer the message sent out. He hasn’t yet experienced anyone he knows going missing. Or at least he didn’t think so. He admits he hasn’t seen a few people since he first arrived, but he hasn’t really been keeping track of most people either.]

I suppose you mean some sort of roll call? We would need a roll to call first, of course. I suppose it is a bit of a shame that this was not something thought of right away. As such, we can only start with who is here now, which would not include those who have gone missing, as you say. But, better late than never.

As for your second question, I am no artist, but I am curious, do you often use beer as payment? And what exactly are normal gummies?

( He's not going to comment on the quality of the drawings, but... )

What exactly are these birds mean to warn us about?

[ did someone say art club— ]

I used to be an animator in the past. If you need help with any drawings, I can offer my assistance.

[ as for the other bit..... ]

I don't think having some sort of buddy system would be a bad idea, either, though it could pose a problem if both people in the pair go missing. Unless you were intending to set up something more akin to a chain rather than strict pairs.

[ One Canary ]

Yours is probably easier for transferring to places honestly but you asked for artists.

Also I think I remember which box Gregor put his item back into so if we can find the key maybe we can see if that reset too?
He was putting it back when I took mine out and he was really good about it so if I can help find out what happened I’d like to.

There may be a pattern here. Do the missing people share any obvious commonalities?

first: or maybe you could just mind your own fucking business. maybe some people don't want to be found, ever think of that?

（ tiny angry teen is hurt and lashing out. it's a whole thing. ）

second: why would literally anyone agree to work for shit they can get themselves for free from the city???

[ oh no dear lord. kaveh looks, with some measure of horror, at the masterpieces on display. a part of his heart sinks to the bottom of his shoes. ]

Those birds are... [ wait, quick, before your mouth gets you into trouble! kaveh, say something nice!!! ] Well, they... they certainly have shape.

[ #nailed it.

... anyway, he's rushing ahead: ] The idea is an excellent one, however. I think we ought to have warnings of some kind up, and a list of individuals too. I've tested leaving a few of my drafts here and there in the city to see if the writing gets erased, or if details are changed from what I remember, but they seem to remain intact. Of course, if both the changes are happening in reality and in my memory, that would invalidate my tests - but, well, by then we'd have bigger issues, do we not?

Edited 2023-08-08 05:42 (UTC)

[Hi Junpei, hi. She's definitely been keeping tabs on the progress here but, you know— recent events, mysterious items belonging to dead relatives...]

Hello, Junpei. My name is Shinobu.

[Now that's out of the way—]

Could you tell me more about this 'buddy system'?

[She knows he literally said maybe not that but it really did stick out to her!]

so. casually late to the party. has the idea of tracking people who go missing just to keep a running list of shit been brought up?

nice bird btw (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

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