Role: Power Sensor

[becomemod]

power

 

sensor

Today, when Will is alone, they will receive a text message from Aquamarine Fox.

Hey hey! Can you come to the cafe ASAP? I know it's a rough morning, but we've got some stuff to talk about.

Linger for too long, and they will find Fox's own prinny at their side, ushering them toward the Storybook Cafe. Upon arrival, it leads them toward the back and out into the courtyard, where Aquamarine Fox waits at a table with two cups of tea, a small plate of pastries, and a wan smile.

"Thanks for coming. You've got an important job to do from now on."

On their phone, Will will find a new app available to them: POWER SENSOR. In the app, they will find a set of rules that they must accept in order to continue:

RULES

1. Once a week, the Power Sensor will be given a list of powers and items that have been used from Monday to Friday morning of that week.
2. From this list, the Power Sensor may choose one power or item to gain more information on.
3. The Power Sensor must keep this role a secret.

After reading the rules and accepting, Will will be greeted with a new screen containing the aforementioned list. Once they've made their choice for the week and closed the app, they will not be able to open it again, nor will anyone else will be able to see or access the app or the information within.

"With any luck," says Fox, still wearing that small smile, "this will be able to help you tomorrow. If you have any questions, I'm here to help."

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[stunwhistle]

[will is just kind of staring into the void as he looks at this list]

...people were busy this week.

[becomemod]

[ laughs awkwardly ] They sure were...

[stunwhistle]

[who is using all of these powers and items. why. how is he supposed to ID something that might've been used in murder with all of this.]

Mm... you mentioned you guys had your powers swapped around too, right? Would powers the eight of you use be in this list? Like, since this week you all would technically have been "borrowing" from each other?

[becomemod]

Hmm... I don't think so? It doesn't show anyone's personal powers here, and it doesn't look like powers we share with you guys are on this list, either. Those haven't changed this week, for some reason. Like, I can still teleport and do illusions and stuff? [ to prove his point, kazunari's appearance melts into that a young royal woman. he'll change back soon. can you imagine the mess if we changed team powers on you, too? good grief. ]

[stunwhistle]

[ ? ]

Oh - so it was a personal power of yours that Tiger ended up with?

[THE WAY I READ YOUR TAG IN THE DORM POST AND THOUGHT IT MEANT THE TEAM LEADS HAD SWAPPED TEAM POWERS WITH EACH OTHER HELP. anyway. okay. he taps his chin, thinking.]

...seems a little strange that so many of these "Fate" powers got used this week. There's gotta be some reason for that, right?

[becomemod]

Mmhm. They got my drawing power, but not any of the ones you guys can use. That would make sense. Fate's a pretty big thing, right? And they all say something different about it.

[stunwhistle]

Yeah.

[hmm. thinking, thinking...]

I guess I'll pick one of them, then - see if I can figure it out from that.

[becomemod]

[ i'm tired so i'm not embedding icons. anyway. ]

Well? What do you think?

[stunwhistle]

[you're so valid. i have to drive soon and you're tired so i will try to wrap this thread quickly.

he's staring at the phone and frowning deeply.]

...this, uh. Probably wasn't Janeway's power, was it?

[because it very much seems like she did not avoid a fatal strike]

Unless she used it and someone caught up to her two hours later...

[becomemod]

Mm, probably not... Two hours is a long time for a fight, isn't it? That's what the others have said. Whoever was following would've been really tired after all that.

But even if it's not hers... I think you can get a lot out of that answer, don't you?

[stunwhistle]

Yeah. It kind of says a lot.

[thinking about rita's burnt crispy body at the cyoa returns...]

...probably wasn't Rita's either. [...] So if it was used on a Thursday... it probably belonged to someone who was alive at the end of whatever happened.

[DID ADLET OR HUNG KILL WHISPER? I AM LOSING MY MIND]

[becomemod]

[ tilts head. ]

Why do you say that?

That's a good guess, though. Someone who used it to survive the night?

[stunwhistle]

Because from the look of things, she uh. Also did not avoid a fatal strike? She was kind of a ghost. I don't know, it was a whole thing.

[...he nods.]

Right. But if that means it was used to survive the night, then one of the culprits is on Cobalt Ox's team. [his brow furrows.] ...are you sure I can't talk about this with Nico? He'd seriously never tell anyone else, and he's better at this sort of thing than I am.

[becomemod]

Well, these powers do depend on you guys activating them first. If someone with that power was caught off guard...

[ he shrugs. ]

...You can't. I'm sorry. I think if you try, you'll lose access to the app and everything it tells you, and I don't know if it would, like, go to someone else or not.

[stunwhistle]

...then they wouldn't be able to use it. Right. [...hm. he's frowning at the implications of that, then.] For it to be activated on a Thursday means whoever used it wasn't caught off guard.

Did they go into it planning to go after someone, but wanted insurance that they'd survive it...?

[...

he shakes his head.]

No use guessing motives now. We've been wrong about the reasons before, I'm gonna wait until we see the rest of the evidence before going down that path.

[a sigh, then.]

...I get it. Well. I'll still - I'll still send another text tomorrow. Maybe considering that the power was used will help us figure something out if the evidence doesn't make sense.

[becomemod]

Probably a good plan - checking everything else first. And maybe keep in mind the other things on the list, just in case? There was a lot this week, so maybe something else is relevant, too, and we just don't know for sure.

If you keep sending the texts, maybe they'll start trusting them more. It gave you all something to work with last week, didn't it?

[stunwhistle]

Yeah, it did. Let's just hope Phoenix doesn't think it's too weird that I'm gonna be having them hold onto a second phone for me.

...

Is there anything stopping me from just texting all of the items that were used during the week, actually? Even if I don't know what all they do. Others who have gotten the wonderballs and do know can help fill in the blanks.

[becomemod]

Mm... They like to see the good in people, so maybe they'll just trust what you have to say.

[ he sounds a little unsure, because none of team B are as open as he or the rest of team A. but hopeful, nonetheless. ]

I don't see why you couldn't? You know the items, just not what they do. [ ... ] Maybe don't out all the powers, though? Since those are meant to be secret in the first place. Just keep them in mind, maybe.

[stunwhistle]

I hope so. It's really not murder evidence!

[he's sure he could come up with alternative explanations for having a burner phone but i, britt, am too tired to come up with any, so. better to just keep it out of sight.]

Yeah, I'll leave the powers off. But tomorrow I'll send a message like, these items were all used at some point between Monday and Friday. I don't know what all of them do and I can't account for when they were all used. However, I do have more specific information about something that was used on Thursday.

And then copy over the information about the power without saying which team it belonged to, like last time. The people on that team can field that one, if they feel like sharing. And we might be able to get some idea based on their reactions to seeing it, too.

[becomemod]

[ nodding, nodding. ]

That sounds like a good plan. And then anyone who knows those items could speak up, if they want to.

Mmhm... If they know who had that power to begin with, they could help solve it from there. I don't expect them to say it out loud, but they could try to steer the trial in the right direction.

[stunwhistle]

[don't tag this you're on break i'm just clearing my inbox before i take a nap before we return to trial]

...yeah. Hopefully getting us all talking will give us something to work with. [he sighs.] I just, you know - I want to help.

[becomemod]

I know. And I believe you're doing your best with what you can. Thinking of the phone and texting everyone? That was a really good idea!

[stunwhistle]

I hope so. It kind of felt like it was just muddying the waters before, but... maybe it'll work out al ittle better if I give the whole list of items this time.

[ME WHEEZING BECAUSE I GENUINELY THOUGHT KING CARD WAS AN AMAZOOM ITEM AND NOT A CYOA ITEM UNTIL NICO SPOKE UP AT TRIAL HELP]

[becomemod]

It does give them all a chance to own up to something if they didn't use it on Thursday night. It might be hard to, but it's better than nothing, right?

[stunwhistle]

Yeah. Like... it may not cover everything, but also, maybe knowing they'll get put on blast might get people to cool it during the week?

...

Which increases the chances I'll be able to find something that's relevant to what keeps happening.