Role: K-9

[becomemod]

K-9

Today, when Hung is alone, they will receive a text message from Cobalt Ox.

Hey, meet me at the arcade? We need to talk in private. Come to the back by the pinball machines.

Linger for too long, and they will find Ox's own prinny at their side, ushering them toward the The Arcade. There aren't many people in here now as the arcade has just opened for the day, so navigating to the back where the pinball machines are isn't as hectic as it would be in the evening. There they will find Cobalt Ox, who gives them a little wave before nodding their head in the direction of a nearby door labeled 'STAFF ONLY'.

This room is a storage closet full of supplies for the arcade, but there is a table and two chairs for Hung to sit down at if they choose. Once the door is closed behind them, Cobalt Ox will lean against it as they talk.

"Okay, this is going to sound kinda rude, but I promise I didn't choose the name for this. Think you can do a little extra work for me from now on?"

On their phone, Hung will find a new app available to them: K-9. In the app, they will find a set of rules that they must accept in order to continue:

RULES

1. On Fridays after investigations, the K-9 will pick one of the victims.
2. During the subsequent trial, the K-9 can choose to use their role, which will notify them of any evidence found that relates to that victim's death. The K-9 can only use their role once per trial, and it must be used at least 30 minutes or more before the end of the trial.
3. The K-9 will not know the exact amount of evidence to be found, nor will they know if they still need to find more evidence. All they will learn is if evidence that has been found at the moment they use their role is related to their chosen victim's death or not.
4. Forged evidence will still be considered as related to the case.
5. If there is only one death in a given week, then the K-9 will not be able to use their role.
6. The K-9 must keep this role a secret.

After reading the rules and accepting, Hung will be greeted with a new screen saying "SEE YOU SATURDAY!". Once they close the app, they will not be able to open it again until Saturday during the trial, nor will anyone else will be able to see or access the app or the information within.

After Hung closes out of the app, Cobalt Ox sighs and runs a hand through their hair. "With any luck you won't really have to do any work, but it's here if it's needed. We'll meet again every Friday, but if you have any questions now then I can answer them."

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Comments

[tongshi]

It's - people die, all the time, back on Terra. In a lot of awful ways. Oripathy taking them with no cure, constant fighting between groups and countries, the natural disasters...

[ happy go lucky and friendly as he is, his world exists in a terrible dystopia. ]

I'm okay. [ he looks back at her, seriously, covering her hands with his. ] At least with that. But I - I promised Whisper I'd look out for her while we were here. And the captain... I was just getting to really know her. It's that... the fact that we're knocked out and locked up, and we can't do a goddamn thing, except be expected to kill each other for a messed up competition some jackoff in white is probably spearheading.

[becomemod]

[She nods.]

I'm still hoping that someday we'll get the last paper we need to put this all together and finally beat whoever is doing this to us. Because until then, all we can do is tread water and try to stay alive.

My power never works right on Thursday nights, but I wish I had it this week. And I wish I had anything more to offer you than this role.

[tongshi]

But having this is something, at least. It gives me a chance to try and figure it out... [ though, he looked away from what reigen had done and went to try and solve the other case. the complicated feelings he has with that are still very present at the moment. he wants justice for both of them - but what's going to happen, at trial? ]

I'll keep looking for those papers. I've gotten to see all of the ones we've received so far, including the random ones. So it's piece by piece coming together. I just...

[ he bonks their foreheads together, careful of his horn. ]

Ugh.

[becomemod]

[Their foreheads bonk together, and she doesn't get hurt by horn.]

You know, I don't get why he wrote everything down like that. If he's all powerful and can affect our worlds, why does he need to keep a journal?

[tongshi]

[ he will pull back afterwards, pulling her hands down from his face and just holding them to find some. comfort. in the grief of the day. their janeway. his whisper. ]

... one of the newspapers mentioned a book. The one that talked about Silver Horse, trying to get it. [ my conspiracy theory is that the moon is from promise of wizard and silver horse is nero, and the book is the wizard tamer's book. ] This guy thinks journals and books are important, I guess.

[becomemod]

It did, didn't it?

[Hmm...thinky think.]

Finding that book would be nice, then we could compare the papers we've been finding to it. At least then we would know what's to come.

[tongshi]

[ maybe if he thinks about this he won't break down into tears ]

Instead we're just getting scraps of stuff. Do you know who posted that newspaper article and the note to the dorm door..? [ for starters. but, also - ] Wait, I told Temenos I'd ask you about it. Did you go on one of those trips? Before we all got here. Like the one to the moon, or the, uh, Underworld?

[becomemod]

I didn't put anything on the dorm door, no.

[For the second part though, she pauses and thinks.]

We did, yeah. Me, Mouse, Fox, and Goat. We were...I forget the name, but we all had a task we were given by the gods of that place, and we had to finish our tasks before we could leave. Mouse seemed to understand the world but I had no idea what was going on.

[tongshi]

That's different from the ones I've heard about, from Nico... the moon and wherever the prinnies came from. [ which was when he finally learned they were called prinnies. ]

Did you find a note, afterwards..? Or any information that stuck out as weird, that maybe even Mouse thought was weird, if they knew the world? [ type-0 npc cyoa? ]

[becomemod]

That might be the other ones. Snake, Tiger, Phoenix, and Rabbit. I think they went on one too.

And no, we found the note after beating up the guy in white.