June 14, 1999 -- After Club

[all_onis_are_true]

[Another day, another bout of messing around. Hiroshi can't shake the feeling that everybody seemed more on edge than usual today, though. Must be more spooked from that silly ceremony than they wanted to let on. How foolish. They were all still alive, right?

Well, okay, Maria could believe what she wants. She's young. She'll learn.

The mail is sitting at the foot of the door when he gets back to his house. His parents are out for now; Father, no doubt, is still working at the lab, and Mother must be out shopping. Well, never mind. He sorts through the mail, and stops.

There's an envelope in here, marked to him. No return address, though. He frowns. Well, he IS expecting a letter one way or another from that school in the city, but he can't imagine they'd send him something without any sort of letterhead. He puts the other mail on the table and opens up the envelope.

The only thing inside was the following letter:]

UNBELIEVER
THE NINTH IS DEAD
YOU WILL DIE SOON TOO
SHIGETSUNA-SAMA DEMANDS IT



[He furrows his brow. The Ninth? Who's the Ninth? There were only eight! Where'd this note come from? Who could have...

Shaken, he tears it up into several pieces, his breathing shallow and tight. Whoever from the club sent that, it's not funny. He needs a walk to clear his head.

Which is, of course, where you might run into him. He seems on edge, either way.]

Comments

[itwasfeyt]

Dunno! It's a conversation starter, as well as a patented secret-finder tool.

[all_onis_are_true]

"Secret-finder," you say? You wouldn't honestly expect me to answer in that case, would you?

[itwasfeyt]

Maaaaaaybe.

[Probably not.]

[all_onis_are_true]

I am afraid I am simply going to have to disappoint. Unless you happen to be sending around letters yourself.

[Like, you know, death threats.]

[itwasfeyt]

I don't know. Maybe I am~

[She winks at him. Whether it was playfully or not was the question.]

[all_onis_are_true]

[DID SHE OR DIDN'T SHE. And she would know about the night in the woods, too. What was she up to?]

You seem awfully elusive about it.

[itwasfeyt]

[Wouldn't you like to know~]

Yup. I have to keep some secrets from the rest of you!

[all_onis_are_true]

[What sort of secrets? What are you hiding, Maya?]

You do not have to keep THAT many secrets.