Shsl Storyteller

This is the RP blogging that is belong to Lydinyk Nox, SHSL Storyteller. Currently still kicking.

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Phoenix || Mari || Ch. 3 Start || Open

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Mari moved to sit cross-legged, alighting upon the table. She had to learn to get used to these mechanics in roughly five seconds, lest she embarrass herself again, or at least make an attempt to stay perfectly stationary. At least the storyteller didn’t seem to want to insult her because of it. Pressing her mouth into a thin line, she simply held his gaze as he spoke. Slowly, ever so slowly, it turned into an expression of surprise, and she grasped for just the right thing to use as a response.

“Fine. You were doing the right thing, and bam, I’m dead. End of story. Well, not really, but I digress.”

There were several things over the trial she wasn’t quite over, but those could wait. There were much more important things to deal with, such as the airborne grinning menace in front of her.

“No. I deserved my execution, which I will describe in excruciating detail to you if the urge hits, but flicking me? How. Please, I implore of you, tell me what that accomplishes.”

Knowing that she was likely at risk for being on the receiving end of another flick, she backed up slightly, not taking her gaze off of his face the entire time. Aaaand… the frown was back on her face.

“I still stand by that statement. Well, sort of, but… Death sort of changes your perspective. And for the record, I didn’t associate with you, you associated with me. I’m only being polite, Nox.”

And the staring continued. How did she manage to get herself into this mess in the first place? Well, she knew how, but that was irrelevant given the current situation. 

“Nox. Yes, Nox, that’s your name. It’s much simpler than fuckboy is all. Or would you prefer for me to call you Fuckboy? I can do that easily, you know.”

Finally blinking, Mari attempted to sigh with a slight amount of success.

“Why are you so interested in me, anyways? Or rather, why are you so intent on bothering me?”

[lydinyk2]

Lydinyk seemed to shake his head quickly in response to Mari’s offer.

“No, No, that won’t be necessary. I don’t particularly care much for the details of your death...”

Good. At least there’s one thing he’s not going to pester about.

“That’s all just semantics, Yanagi-san. I may have started this conversation, but you’re the one continuing it. That’s still associating. Whether it be out of politeness or not- So for what it matters, I win.”

“The flick though, Hmm... For now, let’s just say it’s for letting me win so easily. Okay?~ Seriously. I didn’t expect my victory against you to feel so hollow.”

There actually does seem to be a hint of sadness in his voice as he says the last part. But his tone quickly returns to normal.

“Also, I’d honestly prefer just Lyd, if that’s easy enough? But you can call me whatever you want.”

He shrugs. Turning his back to her and pacing forward a couple of steps.  

“As for why I’m bothering you... Who knows? It could be any number of reasons for what it matters. I mean, you did challenge me, saying you wouldn’t acknowledge me, and I think that’s grounds enough. Don’t you agree?”

Lyd turns around and smiles. For once, for a brief moment, it seems almost genuine, but quickly changes as his gaze drifts curiously towards the ceiling.

“So, enough about me for now. What do you plan to do? About making yourself a better person, that is.”

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Phoenix || Mari || Ch. 3 Start || Open

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The journalist’s thoughts kept on swirling through her head, and the memories of the execution finally made their way to the surface. That was definitely something she could do without, and Mari rubbed at her temples, ever-oblivious to the approaching interloper.

She began nibbling at her lip, a habit that seemed to only show up with more frequency as of late. Nervous tics that actually showed up when she was nervous. Who knew. And, right now, her nerves were definitely on-edge and raw, coupled with the desire to keep at least six feet of distance between her and the remaining students.

So when Lyd alerted her to his presence, she did the only reasonable thing she could have done. Mari Yanagi let out a cry and rocketed straight up in the air, hovering a good two yards above her previous position. At least she was sticking to her promise, even if she didn’t consider the dead in her equation.

Her expression quickly changed from surprise to blank neutrality, or at least an attempt at it, as she looked down at her assailant.

“What the fuck.”

The initial shock wore off, and she simply floated there in midair, staring at Lyd. Terrific, now the dead also had some sort of a vendetta against her. Slowly bringing her hand down, she crossed her arms and snorted.

“Nox. So, you wanted to know if I was happy with my decision? Was it what I really wanted? Yes. I’m a criminal and I paid for it, with my life apparently. Virtual life, whatever. And I’m also trying to figure out how to be a better person.”

And with that, Mari floated downwards until she was in the air over the table, directly facing the storyteller.

“Well? You must have bothered me for a reason, so out with it.”

[lydinyk2]

Her reaction was- Well, not quite what he expected, but being a ghost himself he understood it was physically possible. To be completely honest, he was expecting more of a natural reaction. Perhaps seeing her fall out of her seat backwards. That would have been humorous, but no. He wasn’t here just to mess with her. He shook his head slowly.

“No, I don’t care for that answer any more, for what it matters, I only asked you earlier because I wanted to make sure I was doing the right thing...“

He looked up at her with a dumb grin on his face.

“There could be any number of reasons as to why I’m bothering you right now! For one, you deserved that.”

He makes a flicking motion in her direction, making doubly sure that she understood that was what he was talking about.

“Secondly, I believe you made a comment the last time you spoke to me... Oh, what was it now... Something along the lines of: ‘I refuse to associate with you. Au revoir, fuckboy.‘”

He really didn’t need to add on the last part. But he found it humorous, so he did. It was important to remember that last thing Mari Yanagi called him before just now was fuckboy. Pointing at her, he continued.

“What would you say you’re doing right now?”

What a cheeky little shit. There’s no way this is all he wanted to do. 

“Besides, you called me Nox just now. That has to be an improvement.“

Stop. Lyd please.

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Phoenix || Mari || Ch. 3 Start || Open

The execution had ended. It was about time, and as Mari awoke, she found that the pain was, at least, gone. She also didn’t need a wand or any other device to know exactly what had happened to her, even without looking down at her now-transparent hand. And that, as they say, was that.

Blinking at her surroundings, the realization that she was in the Great Hall dawned, and she picked herself up off of the floor. Well, floated was more like it, and the ex-phantom thief began testing this strange new ability of hers. Two backflips later, she simply floated in midair, her characteristic frown back on her face. Apparently, not everything’s changed.

Mari slowly came back down to the floor, looking around. Had anyone seen her? She certainly hoped not, after all, she still had unfinished matters to attend to. Perhaps that was truly why she came back again, who knew at this point.

So, now the ghost of Mari Yanagi was walking around like a normal individual. The journalist was, however, wearing a saddened expression, and she appeared to be deep in thought. A few minutes of pacing later, she wandered over to a bench and sat down, pulling her knees up to her chest.

"Fool."

She muttered a solitary word to herself before she found her thoughts wandering to Frog. The care of the beast hadn’t even been entrusted to anyone else. Throw another regret onto the pile.

The journalist began biting at an ethereal nail, so incredibly deep in thought that she didn’t notice the presence of another individual, and, if fact, wouldn’t even realize that they were there unless they did something.

[lydinyk2]

Well, that trial had certainly been a thing. Lyd had almost been convinced that Eri was the culprit. The execution was, well, needless to say, he didn’t care much for the over the top execution. At least his had been mostly quick. It most definitely wasn’t painless though. He could only hope to imagine how bad hers had been. 

But now what was he to do? Well, there was only one thing to do. He was gonna go find a ghost, and not the one that didn’t attend the trial. He would pester her when he got around to it. No. There was something more important to attend to, and that involved finding the ghost of Mari Yanagi.

Luckily, he didn’t have to go too far, as she hadn’t gone too far off. Finding her on the bench, he walked up to her, standing directly in front of her for a couple of seconds before-

*Flick*

He flicked her right in the forehead. Ouch. What the fuck Lyd.

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This is an outrage, I'm a potato | Lydinyk | Chapter 2 | [Closed for Monodore/Mascot Characters]

And that was it. He was dead. Done for. Gone. Time to rip and piece and go off to whichever afterlife waits for him…. Which apparently, was back in the game. Turns out if you die in a game you revive in a game. Strange, isn’t it? How did he feel about it, giving away his secrets and dying only to be greeted again by the same group that sent him to his death- Well, to be fair, he sent himself to his death.

He laughed. This situation couldn’t get any funnier to the storyteller. Man, when he said they wouldn’t be forgetting about him any time soon, this wasn’t what he had in mind, but he’d take it! And that was all for now. Nobody heard anything more from the ghosty Lydinyk for a good while… At least until motive was announced.

"Now you see, I might have killed for this one if it weren’t my plan from the get go to reveal my secret~"

He chimed in from amidst the students. Thanks Lyd. Everyone really needed that input. But as he floated there only a couple of inches off the ground, he tilted his head. It seemed like the ghost had an idea and floated off silently. Straight up. Literally. Without moving a muscle. There he go.

AAAAAAAAAAnd then he was back again! Probably only a couple hours later, and this time, with the goal in mind of pestering a specific person… Or… Entity. He floated up behind him and phased right through him before turning around to face him.

"Hey~! Headmaster Monodore! It’s me! Your favorite dead person, Lydinyk Nox, and I just wanted you to know, I had a great idea!"

Oh dear god. What now?

"You. Should make me. A teacher."

Straight to the point. What on earth is he thinking.

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Devil's Snare Is Deadly Fun...

As soon as the trap door opened beneath him, Lydinyk found himself shrouded in darkness falling. Not that he was falling for too long though, as he landed on a strange plant-like bed beneath him. Plant-like was probably the only way he could describe it, he wasn’t sure where he was. He reached out and around to see if he could figure out what he was laying on, but plant-like seemed to be the only description. Vines, tendrils… He soon found himself feeling as though he was sinking. And not just that sinking feeling, he felt it quite literally.

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I used to want you dead, but now | Lydinyk | Chapter 1 | [Final words]

He listened to the people around him. It was pretty much a universal decision that he was going to die. Good. He wanted it to be that way. But to say it didn’t hurt was a lie. He decided to take his answers in turn. First was Hideo.

"You don’t understand anything… And that’s probably for the best. But no- The world would not have been based off murder. It would have been based off my ideals, My deepest desires… This was just a means to an end."

He didn’t sound happy to say that. Not one bit. He didn’t like it. He didn’t like what he felt like he had to do. To say he felt regret though… Even he wasn’t sure. He did what he felt was right for his goals- What was necessary.

"Also, Gingham. I did promise I’d tell you a story once we left, and I’ll be sure to keep true to that- I never lied about being a storyteller, if anything, it’s more true than anything! But I don’t have a story for you right now- Not one that I could tell in the amount of time we have left at least… I never once wrote down a story I told, but I do have one written story. It’s in my inner pocket outside."

He patted his had over his chest, where the pocket would be located.

"If I’m not alive, you can have that… I’m sorry."

And that much was done. There was at least one person who wanted to know the rest of the murder though, so that came next.

"Travis was your name, correct? You wanted to know how it happened? Let’s see. After I angered her, I used the Flipindo spell to knock a desk in her way and ran. There was never a struggle in the sense you all seemed to be looking for. And I guess she climbed over the desk losing her shoe in the process- It only makes sense, I didn’t actually see it- I only needed my distance. After rounding a couple of corners and making it to the stairs, I used the Aguamenti charm to make a slick spot, but that was when she caught up and threw her shoe at me."

He gave a half-hearted laugh.

"A military trained officer in a world with magic and she fights by throwing her shoe at me… But no, she hit me in the knee… I still have a bruise there- If you had listened to Popiko-san you would have found me out! But that knocked me over, and as I fell, she cast Petrificus Totalus. She could have ended it all right there, but she didn’t have the conviction to kill me. She took the floo powder and slipped- Like I said, and you said earlier. Nobody pushed her, she slipped down the stairs. She must have hit her head on the first step and rolled the rest of the way- I’m not too sure, I couldn’t move or see her. But when the curse was broken I knew she was dead."

"It was dark, and I didn’t see the dying message… As for her spellbook… If I had to make a guess as to where it was it’s likely in my trunk. If anybody had checked there, this would have all been over immediately… Or maybe not! You may all have thought it too obvious, thought that someone else in the Slytherin house stuck it in there. Maybe you did better not finding it! Who knows."

And with that, Lydinyk gave a heavy sigh. He still had one thing to say, and if he was going to say it, he would say it now.

"It’s funny though, isn’t it? Even in death, I’ll still be changing the world- Or should I say, I’d start turning the gears towards new world order. After all…"

"I don’t think you’ll all be forgetting me any time soon!~"

V for Victory. What a little shit.

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That's what I'm counting on | Lydinyk | Chapter 1 | [Re: Remi, Travis]

Lydinyk found himself being strangled by Remy, but didn’t bother struggling against it. He knew it was bound to happen, in fact. He figured it’d be much worse than that. In fact, he the one thing he didn’t count on was someone saving him… That was a pleasant surprise… Some people were just too innocent for this world… That was why-

"You think I simply killed her because she was part of the military?"

He coughs out when he finally is able to breath again.

"No. If you failed you all died anyway- It wouldn’t have mattered who I killed. I chose her because we were similar. We were both ready to die for our cause. She understood that. Otherwise, when I told her what I saw in the mirror she wouldn’t have reacted the way she did…"

He pauses.

"You all seem to have forgotten, this motive wasn’t kill and escape. It was kill and have your deepest desire granted… You all may have seen something petty and small, but I saw something I was ready to sacrifice you all for:"

"New world order."

"My deepest desire is to change the world, to make the world a better place. I told Kawayanagi-san that in the Charms classroom that night. I asked her, if you could sacrifice less than 1% of the population, even if they were innocent people, to make the world a better place, would you?"

He took a deep breath.

"She said yes. Never would I have expected her to say yes. That wasn’t part of the plan… I told her I was going to kill one of her classmates using the floo powder to break into her common room… She wouldn’t stand for that. Isn’t it strange how one person can claim to be ready to make sacrifices but when the opportunity is given, stand against it? Well, I guess it’s not too strange."

"From here though, most of your theories are wrong… If you care to hear what actually happened, I’ll tell you… But it might be better if that remained a mystery."

After that, his composure changed. He went back to more how he was normally.

"Well, there is one more thing that I want to say before I die regardless, but I think there’s time left for that still~"

He waited. He was going to give ample time to respond to that. He could’ve tried redeeming himself. He could have lied. But no. He was going to tell everything how it was. That was his duty as a Storyteller.

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You want your freedom? Take it | Lydinyk | Chapter 1 | [ATTN]

Lydinyk began to slowly applaud. It almost seemed like it was for no reason, but to him, he knew he was doing it to get everyone’s attention. A sarcastic behavior like that in a situation like this? Of course, that’s just what he wanted. He wouldn’t know it would work until it did, and even if it didn’t, he would have everyone’s attention soon anyway. A storyteller always has ways to keep their audience’s attention, and Popiko’s most recent comment was the perfect time to do so.

"You never cease to amaze me. And I do mean that seriously! I’m quite impressed- Although, I probably shouldn’t be, seeing as I didn’t do anything to tamper with the evidence at all."

Wait what?

"I bet I know what some of you are thinking… Why did you do it, Why did you choose her…"

He looked around the room briefly before continuing.

"To explain that hmm… I guess I should probably start with reintroducing myself…"

Once again, like the majority of his other introductions, Lydinyk dramatically bowed.

"Lydinyk Nox, Super High School Level Revolutionary, at your service."

But did that really explain anything? Who knows. One thing is for certain. Remy isn’t going to like this.

[lydinyk2]

gdi oscar

Ay yes, someone who understands!

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I've been shockingly nice | Lydinyk | Chapter 1 | [Re: Eri, Popiko]

Lydinyk… Wasn’t too sure what he had just witnessed to be completely honest. Eri, had come to the logical conclusion that he had access to the aguamenti charm. And a certain, slightly undressed individual was telling him to take off his pants. Those were the important things directed at him, and those were what he was going to respond to.

"Aha! That’s a good observation, Yamamoto-san. I’m almost surprised. Yes, I do have access to the aquamenti charm. There’s no point in hiding it, and my other spells I have access to are Flipendo and Alohomora- Which, might I say, doesn’t work on the rooms we don’t have access to. Here."

He pulled out his spellbook, setting it on the ledge of the podium facing Eri.

"If you want to check, that’s fine, but seeing as I’ve confirmed your suspicions without that, I doubt you’ll need to. Regardless, let’s remember that multiple people in this room, and multiple Slytherins have access to that charm."

With that, he figured he had addressed all of Eri’s concerns, and instead turned to the girl.

"As for your request, I’m going to have to politely decline. I hope you understand, but I don’t particularly want to show off my choice in undergarments to the rest of the room- If you have any other method of testing your theory, please, go ahead. But, once again, I promise you, you won’t find signs of a struggle as you’re looking for them."

Now that that was dealt with, there was in fact a third topic he had to discuss. Especially now that the spells available to everyone were now public.

"Petrificus Totalus. Of all the spells on that list, that’s the only one I can think of worth holding out as long as possible with. But if that’s the case… That doesn’t make much sense, right? That would imply that the culprit was unable to move as Kawayanagi-san died."

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Under the circumstances | Lydinyk | Chapter 1 | [Re: Mari, Hideo, others]

It wasn’t a surprise that others still found him suspicious. But either way.

"Fine fine, I’ll do you one better than rolling up my sleeves and take off my shirt if that will prove my innocence, but I guarantee you, there won’t be anything there- I’d know, it’s my body after all."

Somehow retaining his composure through all of this Lyd unbuttoned his shirt and- after dropping his robe to the floor yet again, removed his shirt revealing his upper body. There wasn’t a scratch or blemish on him, and like earlier, he turned around to show his back too. Nothing. And after he was done he put his shirt and robe back on.

"See? Nothing! Besides- I don’t think you’ll find anything because I don’t think the struggle you were thinking of ever existed! I mean, consider this: Sonoe Kawayanagi fell down the stairs. It’s entirely possible that her arms and legs took the brunt of the damage before hitting the floor!"

After that little exposition he turned his attention to Hideo. Hideo brought up a good point, and he figured that he’d address it.

"No, Nakano-san, I can confirm that she wasn’t casting Aguamenti. I mean, You saw Yanagi-san cast it earlier right? The water is produced from the wand. If that were the spell she was trying to maintain then the water would also be on the floor near the body, correct? This is why I think we should use the process of elimination! We need to find out what other spells are out there!"

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Except I wasn't laughing | Lydinyk | Chapter 1 | [Re: Eri]

It seeemed that nobody was suspecting him. At least for a little bit. Even then, after that, Eri seemed to suspect him next. Not that he was shocked. His accusation was a logical jump that, quite frankly, he was more surprised nobody took when he introduced himself.

"Ah… Yes, that’s right, Yamamoto-san! My last name is in fact Nox, and does, by extension, begin with the letters N and O."

There’s no point in denying that much. What would he have said instead? Sorry, I lied, my last name is actually Yagami- Who would even have believed that?

"And while I do believe those letters being a name is the logical jump to make here, I hate to be a disappointment- I didn’t kill her."

He rests his elbow on his podium and leans to rest his chin on his hand, turned facing the podium next to him where Eri was.

"There’s many other possibilities- I mean, Kawayanagi-san was Japanese, correct? Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the katakana for no only one stroke? It’s possible that the message is simply her trying to reject death, and hold on to life. The grip on her wand was tight, right? Is it possible that she was trying to maintain a spell as she died? If so- what spell would she be trying to maintain?"

Standing back up straight, Lydinyk stretched his arms up and cracked his neck.

"While I do appriciate you thinking this through fully, Yamamoto-san, I think we should try to analyze everything first before jumping to conclusions… Lest we set her off on an innocent.”

He tilts his head and points, indicating Remington.

"But speaking of spells, I believe someone brought up her missing tome? Does anybody know what spell Kawayanagi-san may have been trying to maintain? I’ve noticed some overlap between our spells, so using that we should be able to narrow it down, even if we don’t know exactly what spells she has."

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Oh how we laughed and laughed | Lydinyk | Chapter 1 | [Re: Trial things]

And here he was, in the trial room for the case of Sonoe Kawayanagi. To be quite honest, Lyd wasn’t fully ready for this. He had information, of course, but he wanted to wait to see what everybody else laid out on the metaphorical table first. Of course, that immediately lead to Who has floo powder on them? And the culprit must be Slytherin… One of which applied to him.

"Perhaps I can be of help!"

He chimed up, deciding that his input would be useful.

"My name is Lydinyk Nox, and some of you may have met me before- As for my title and house, I am a Storyteller, and I currently reside in the Slytherin dorms… So I guess that makes me a suspect, right?"

He pauses for a moment, making sure that at least someone was paying attention to him before continuing

"But- Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t the pouch found on the floor near Kawayanagi-san’s body? I don’t think looking for Floo Powder on somebody will actually help much… Regardless however, if it will clear my name."

Lydinyk reached into his pockets, emptying them onto his podium producing a feather and fifty-three bronze knuts. For good measure, he removes his wand from his belt and spellbook from inside his robe, setting them too on his podium before proceeding to turn his pockets inside out and removing his robe and turning around for everybody to see.

"With the pouch accounted for, if you’re looking for residue, it would either be in the culprit’s pockets or on their clothes, right? I don’t think there’s much use in completely stripping for this…"

After being sure that enough people had seen his act, he tucked his pockets back in and slipped his robe on before stuffing his pockets with his money, the feather, and hiding away his wand and spellbook again.

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Twice | Lydinyk | Chapter 1 | [Body Reaction]

With the sounds of the others waking up around him, Lydinyk couldn’t help but rouse himself. If everyone else was going to be moving around, he’d wake up anyway, and likely have difficulty falling back asleep. He wasn’t a very heavy sleeper after all- But still managed to wake up with his normal energy. Amazing. What kind of monster was this kid, being able to get out of bed when woken up in the mornings.

He got out of bed, wobbling a bit as he suddenly jumped to his legs and lost his balance, but quickly regaining it. And after getting his uniform back fully on, it was out into the entrance hall only to be caught in the gathering.

"Oh… Right…"

The game of mutual killing had been announced a couple of days ago, and as of last night, it had officially kickstarted. And now everyone around him was going to begin focusing on investigating the murder… Lydinyk could only let out a small sigh.

"Welp. There’s no helping it."

He seemed to be completely unphased by the body.

"I’m sorry, Kawayanagi-san. I can only hope your killer is given the justice they deserve…"

And now he would play his part in this: The story of the murder of Sonoe Kawayanagi…

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To kill me | Lydinyk | Chapter 1 | [Re: Motive] [Closed for Sonoe]

[shslintelligence-blog]

Thank goodness. Maybe that meant he would believe her when she said—

"Of course. I’m a military trained officer, it would take more than someone coming at me with a weapon to kill me. Though I would hope that won’t be an issue."

She smiles with pride. It looks like it’s pretty easy to win her over. Nice.

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"Ahh~ I see! That actually gives me a good idea!"

Lydinyk holds one finger up, indicating, obviously, one idea. one finger. One idea.

"You know- not everyone will take what they saw in the mirror the same way. What if somebody actually saw it and it drove them to consider murder? Regardless of whether or not it was a good idea, they'd still try to do it, right?"

He takes a brief pause here to let that idea set in before continuing.

"And you know- nobody's going to consider murdering in broad daylight, especially with 24 of us walking around- there's no way they'd not get caught... I was thinking that if somebody planned on murdering that they'd do it at night..."

Lydinyk sighs and shakes his head slowly.

"Even though there's a curfew, I'm sure there's a couple of us who would consider breaking the rules- It'd be too easy for someone to get away with murder at night! So I was thinking- What if someone volunteered to do a night watch for us?"

There he goes with his brilliant ideas. Hell. That'll probably just end up landing whoever agrees to do it in detention- But it would be worth it if it prevented the other students from murdering, right?

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To kill me | Lydinyk | Chapter 1 | [Re: Motive] [Closed for Sonoe]

[shslwarfare]

"Kawayanagi." 

She doesn’t miss a beat in correcting him with a stern and blunt force. Ah, well. He seemed polite enough, so it was hard to sound too harsh about it. Besides, Sonoe would gladly welcome any opportunity to brag about her achievements. 

"I’m sure you understand I can’t delve into much detail…but I’m training to become an official intelligence officer for the JGSDF next year. I mostly work with the tacticians and strategists, but I’ve recently dabbled in combat training."

Don’t brag about that, pretty much everyone saw you got beat up on your first day here, Sonoe! She could have gone on for much longer, but maybe now is a good time to change the subject.

"…What do you do?"

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Lydinyk nods a couple of times in understanding.

"I see, I see. Intelligence division, huh? That's pretty impressive for someone of our age! As for me? I'm nothing special, just a story teller who travels the world telling his stories~"

Lydinyk pauses after that before continuing the conversation.

"So... You have nothing to worry about with this situation, do you? I mean, with your training, you could easily anybody who would try to attack, right?"

And Lydinyk was not one of those who witnessed Sonoe getting beaten up on the train, so he wouldn't know.

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To kill me | Lydinyk | Chapter 1 | [Re: Motive] [Closed for Sonoe]

[shslwarfare]

Sonoe turned to face the blonde boy well before he started speaking. She’d been watching everyone as they approached the mirror. The variation in reactions to it were…both interesting and concerning. Ah well. Someone was approaching her now, and that was enough to set the issue aside. 

A curious name from a curious fellow. Something about it felt familiar. Maybe from a book or something? Regardless, he seemed like a respectable sort! That alone is enough to warrant Sonoe’s attention and interest. First impressions are an important thing, aren’t they?

"In a situation like this, it’s best to acquaint ourselves with one another, wouldn’t you agree? My name is Officer Sonoe Kawayanagi. A pleasure, Nox-san."

Sonoe gave the boy an acknowledging nod and a small smile. Good. He seemed relatively calm about the whole situation—which was quite honestly a welcome sight. Hopefully he would prove for pleasant conversation.

[lydinyk2]

Ah! Well that definitely explained it!

"An officer huh? Who would have thought that there'd be a military officer among our ranks~"

Yep. That definitely explained why he felt the way he did when he saw her, and quite frankly, knowing did nothing to soothe him. If anything, it worried him further.

"Well, that definitely helps me feel safer in this situation!"

He smiles, hiding his concern.

"So, You're an officer..."

Now he seems to be openly pondering it.

"Tell me- What exactly does that mean? As an officer, what exactly do you do? I'm curious, Yawakanagi-san."

There he goes, intentionally and casually butchering her name. He doesn't think twice about it, and acts like he didn't notice at all.