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Are you sure? I can help. [Two people is better than one, except when one of those people is tipsy and probably close to falling asleep.

But he has to offer anyway.]

[ Yeah, Yuya looks close to falling asleep on his feet, and he's already done a lot tonight too, in between dancing with everybody and making sure they had a good time, and joining the battle to fight off the daemons... Everything Kano wishes he could have done half a well, but this'll be his chance to make up for that, even if just a little. ]

You can help by staying in here! I need somebody to be a lookout in case he comes back, right? Otherwise, I'll be running around all night for no reason, like a fool. If you hear him come back, just send me a text. Can you do that for me?

[He's got a point about that, so Yuya nods and gives Kano a mock salute, pulling his phone out of his pocket after.] I can do that! And I'll leave the door unlocked so you two can get in if Toki isn't back yet.

[ Why do people keep leaving their doors unlocked, that so trusting??

Tsuyukusa should have a set of keys on him, if Kano remembers correctly, but then there's Toki who's purposely going to get smashed tonight and if he gets back first and the door is locked, he would probably give up on unlocking the door and just sleep outside in the hallway........ He would do that. It's sad how easily Kano can imagine that. ]

Alright~! It's a plan then! I'll bring him home as soon as I find him!

[Yuya normally doesn't, but honestly that hasn't prevented his room from being broken into anyway.] Sure, sure. Do your best!

[Yuya waves Kano off before he sits at his desk, turning his phone off mute to listen for alerts. And then he waits,, either until he hears from Kano, Tsuyukusa, or falls asleep.]

Yuya?
Yuya, are you awake?
If not, I'm going to call you.

[ But also, like. He only gives Yuya three seconds to read and respond before dialing his number, it's faster and more importantly, louder. ]

[Yuya definitely dozed off, but his phone ringing right in his ear shakes him back to awareness.

He blearily swipes the call to answer, holding it to his ear.] What's up?

It's Kano.

[ since he's pretty sure Yuya answered the phone without looking to see who the caller id is

but before anything else, it's best Kano doesn't jump to conclusions, so... ]

Just checking in. Any news for me? Is he back yet?

No. Toki's not back, either.

[Which is only kind of a relief if only because Toki's mental state is just always mildly worrying for Yuya.]

[ There's a long sigh to be heard on the other side of the receiver, but it's honestly relief and not exasperation. If Toki's not back, it should be better. ...maybe. ]

Alright, alright. Hmm... Are you sitting or lying down?

I'm sitting at my desk. [There's a pause.] Kano, what is it?

[ ...Right, there's really no beating about the bush, is there? ]

I found his axe thing, all bent out of shape. There was a lot of blood... I don't think anybody could lose that much and survive. Haven't found a body yet, though.

[There's a long pause.

Then the loud clattering of Yuya's chair as it falls over, and he's practically running out the door.] Where are you.

[ Oh geez, even though he'd made sure Yuya was sitting- ]

I'm making my way back... Meet me at the auditorium? If you have a flashlight somewhere handy, that'd be great. A bottle of water if there's one lying around. I dunno if you keep painkillers in your room?

I'll have a flashlight, and water. I'll be there soon!

[He's less sure about the painkillers, but his phone has a light and he can circle back for a bottle of water in his dorm.]

[ That'll have to do. Kano hangs up then, and focuses on making sure he knows how to find his way back to that spot in the woods, his sense of direction normally decent, but after seeing all that blood? It's the worst, this is the worst...

He's close enough that he gets to the auditorium first, hanging out by the front door with his phone on and screen shining on his face, to make up for the empty building and lack of lights around. ]

[Yuya comes running, still in his suit grom the dance with his tie off and the collar undone. Onr hand has his phone, flashlight shining, and the other has a water bottle.]

I'm here. [He starts, breathless.] We have to find him.

[ He's about to suggest that Yuya take a swig of water and calm down, but Tsuyukusa might be more dire need of it, so Kano simply starts off towards the forest, a beeline for the abandoned weapon first. There's not enough time for Yuya to catch his breath, but they aren't sprinting, as much as Kano really wants to. ]

I didn't think he'd fight anybody that's not me. Did you see him around the fight? Did he talk to anybody else? I should've kept a closer eye on him...

[Yuya doesn't even ask to pause, immediately keeping up with Kano and shining his flashlight out to navigate the path as it gets darker. He should have let Odd-Eyes know, but maybe he deserves a rest.]

No--I mean, I saw him when the daemons attacked. But I didn't see any of them leave the auditorium. [He worries over his lip.] Maybe it was one of those ghosts running around? Or the daemon controlling them...

[Yuya didn't hear if it was dealt with, only his few encounters and what he found looking up. Maybe it's related?]

[ He really thought Tsuyukusa had gone home back to the dorms after storming out on that conversation between the three of them, but that was a grave miscalculation. Stupid, stupid. Didn't he request Michael's help specifically so he could focus on looking after just Tsuyukusa and Maverick? So stupid. He couldn't even manage that. ]

No way any of the daemons could've given the faculty the slip, but they didn't immediately smite down those monsters from before, you're right. Something like that... it'd target him, wouldn't it? I wonder if he got eaten?

[ Is that what hollows do to their victims...? It's lucky that Kano escaped twice and didn't find out. ]

[Yuya shudders. Maybe. Maybe it just mauled him. Or dragged him off to be eaten by the daemon for power.]

Maybe he killed what he was fighting with. [It's a vain hope. Yuya can feel himself getting more anxious.] Was it... far?

[ Tsuyukusa's a tree/jellyfish spirit, though, can he even fight? All those opportunities to throw Kano to the ground, and he'd never done it. Kano runs a hand through his hair, shaking unnecessary thoughts out of his head, because they can speculate all they want but that won't help them figure things out as much as actually finding evidence will.

It's not very far from here, and evidenced by signs of struggle on both the ground and the surrounding trees, all of which Kano stays silent about until he comes to a stop two meters away from the bent halligan.

He throws a glance over to his side. What do you think, Yuya? Daemon? ]

[Yuya purses his lips. He's seen plenty of carnage today, but it's still unsettling seeing the weapon bent like that--last of all until they get to the blood.

Yuya glances to Kano before approaching it, flashing his light around for any other clues.]

[ This is about as far as Kano had got before turning right around and calling Yuya before he gets way in over his head, so this will have to be the start of his investigation too, gaze following the light that Yuya shines around. ]

...Those footprints are mine, straight here and then I turned around to get you, see? But it's all a mess out there, I dunno how many people there were. Was Tsuyukusa wearing your shoes, do you know? What's your shoe size?

I only have one pair of dress shoes. [The ones on his feet right now, so they must have been Toki's. He's searching desperately for anything that proves an untimely end, or a direction of where they went.] Otherwise it's just your tracks, right? So the others must be...

[Well, there was a tussle so a lot of it is just dragged around.]

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