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[hippocarnival]

YUYA SAKAKI UN: FUNDIRECTION

STATUS: Student Grade 9

ACCOLADES: (Here is a list of leading roles Yuya's has in school theater performances over the past two years, plus a glowing review of his familiar Odd-Eyes)

BIO: Hello! You can call me Yuya. I'm from Sendai, Japan. This is my second year in Daybreak Academy. I'm a Tamer, and Odd-Eyes is my familiar. He's the big red dragon that hangs out in the courtyards. He's friendly but he tries to steal food sometimes. I speak Japanese and English but not very good French. I'm also in the theater club. I'm in Lumiere 203. Let's be friends!

© TESSISAMESS

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[suddenlybees]

[ Congrats of having eyes!! Nekano chirps from underneath the bed. Honestly, it's more than what Maverick's figuring out, so this is hopeful. ]

[hippocarnival]

So... it's only half finished? [He shoves a handful of gummies in his mouth.] Mmph--what's it make? A map?

[yokeye]

I don't know!? But it's something!

[Looking back at the paper, the extra lines have faded and he's feeling sick. Maybe he shouldn't have done that.]

If it's a map, maybe there's a treasure! There is an x!

[suddenlybees]

[ Meow meow I'm not contributing anything substantial to this thread but here's a tag about Nekano meowing encouragingly again. He also gets out from underneath the bed to hop over towards the door and scratch at it. A plea to let him out, maybe, or perhaps urging the two of them to get out of the room and go find that treasure. ]

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya watches the cat scratch at the door, chewing gummies slowly and for a solid minute making exactly zero effort to actually let Kano out.

Finally he gets up and goes to the door to open it.] But it's not good if it's not finished, right? Is it torn or just incomplete?

[yokeye]

Incomplete! Like it's drawn somewhere else! Even one of the symbols is cut off!

[Yuya doesn't seem to be excited about this mystery.]

Don't you want to go looking for the rest of it!? I mean, the cat probably didn't bring it far! It's probably in Lumiere somewhere!

[suddenlybees]

[ Nekano makes sure he gets out of the door into the hallway first, before looking back over his shoulder to see whether Toki or Yuya would follow, which would be both convenient but also a pain and a disappointment if they're going to have to rely on following the cat. ]

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya looks back at Toki, then Nekano. He does kind of wonder where this cat came from...]

So let's follow it. [He steps out of the room to do just that. This is absolutely what he's relying on.]

[yokeye]

Okay!

[Toki's happy to follow the cat too. Maybe it will lead them to the second piece of the map. He grabs his phone to take a picture of the paper just in case it gets lost somewhere along the way. He hands the original to Yuya in the hallway. It's safer with him.]

[suddenlybees]

[ SO THIS IS HOW WE'RE DOING IT..... Time to flee down the hall and up the stairs and if he's lucky, Mav and Akechi haven't left yet and they could put their collective two braincells together and solve this together. ]

[hippocarnival]

[In their defense, they have significantly less context in regards to the Weirdly Smart Black Cat and Kano having weird ciphers to this point.

But also they're just fucking stupid.] Ah--wait!

[Yuya barely grabs the paper before he runs after Nekano fast enough to keep him in sight.]

[yokeye]

[Toki has seen one picture of Nekano before; one that Mav sent, but he has completely forgotten it. He's had an encounter with Nekano in New York, but also forgot most of that and certainly would never put it together that "weird map cat" and "new york elevator cat" are one in the same. He follows the cat and Yuya up to the third floor.]

[suddenlybees]

[ Honestly, them being fucking stupid is a blessing sometimes, especially with Toki not being able to tell one cat apart from another. Where to go from here... It doesn't matter, right? He puts on a burst of speed and immediately after turning the corner into the hallway—- he's gone. No cat. Bye. ]

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya hops up, up--and then skis to a halt on the third floot when the cat is just gone.

Well damn.] Uh.

[deuteranope]

[Now that Akechi's had time to read up on codes and Mav's had time to be a little less depressed, and it's time to go out and climb on shit because ~romance~

here come The Other Boys, Mav complaining as he automatically turns to lock the door behind him.]

I mean, if you're gonna fucking use a code, you should fucking give some kinda fucking indication of which goddamn code it is unless you're just some dick that doesn't give a shit if someone solves it or not. You brought the paper, right?

[foolishjustice]

Yes, I have it.

[He reaches into a pocket and pulls out the paper.]

We're just lucky I've had reason to be curious about America, I never would have guessed the code otherwise.

[yokeye]

Where did it go!?

[There's no sign of the cat once they get into the hallway, but Maverick and Akechi are leaving, so maybe the cat's in there.]

Maverick~! Hello~! Uhh.. I forgot you name, Princess~! Do you have a cat!?

[Toki waves to them absently. The mention of codes goes unnoticed.]

[deuteranope]

[grumble grumble...He takes the paper back to glare it until his attention is caught.

...toki what the fuck]

You know I have a cat, you said she tried to eat you once. Why the fuck are you asking?

[hippocarnival]

Hi Akechi! [Yuya offers a smile and a wave.] ... Hi. [Dude he doesn't know.

His gaze wanders to the paper.] Is she a black cat, with no name on the collar?

[yokeye]

[Toki glares at Maverick.]

I know you have a cat! I was asking if Princess had one! Because we followed a cat up here and it's not Ricktoria! I thought maybe it went into your room because you just came out! It's a logical question that makes perfect sense!

[foolishjustice]

My actual name is Goro Akechi.

[He doesn't seem to mind the nickname, though, and just waves at Yuya.]

I don't have a cat, but...that sounds like the one that was in our room while we were trying to figure out that piece of paper.

[hippocarnival]

[He turns his own sheet of paper around and holds it between both hands for then to see.] Did it look something like this?

[deuteranope]

[jeez fine okay]

Yeah, that's not a pet cat, that's a friend cat.

[Even now... He really needs to examine his life choices. At Yuya's prompting, he lifts his own paper -- only his is actually complete, thanks to cheating.]

Yep. Guess we were supposed to team up for this shit. It was sending us to the second floor where your room is, but it ain't like we could've known that without both fucking halves... Either of you know anything about some hobo picture code? I'm struggling to find a way this plan wasn't fucking stupid as hell.

[yokeye]

Hey! I was right! They connect!

[He doesn't know anything about a hobo picture code, though.]

I could try looking at it again; the whole thing this time and let it just reveal itself~!

[hippocarnival]

Is it a code? We were thinking it was a map. [Yuya reaches to absently pat Toki's shoulder. He did a good job.]

Friend cat... you mean like a familiar?