scp r4 🦋 blue butterflies catch-all 💙

[dereban]

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week one: THURSDAY NIGHT OF TERROR!

[oceanicbutterfly]

[So that was a fun party. Entertaining and embarrassing Truth or Dare, and video gaming that maybe we won't talk about again. But now it's over and really late, surely close to midnight, and Karen has tied herself to a bundle of garden tools.]

...and hopefully, this was completely pointless because nobody was going to kill anyway.

[allmyfriendsaredead]

[Saki's yawning, sitting in her bed and using her pillow to cushion her as she leans her back against the wall. It's pretty clear she's not used to staying up nearly so late.]

It's still a good idea to keep them out of people's hands for now.

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Well now Karen's yawning too. Good job.]

I'm just worried about whether I can keep doing this in the long term.

[allmyfriendsaredead]

[She can't help it! Normally she'd be asleep hours ago!]

Maybe we can switch off? One of us can tie everything to ourselves while someone else keeps watch. The other two can sleep.

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Excuses, excuses.]

That's a good idea, but I meant more in the sense that eventually someone's going to get mad about not having access to the tools.

[allmyfriendsaredead]

I think we can all agree that if Thursday nights are the dangerous ones, one day without gardening tools won't hurt.

[And then she remembers Giriko.]

Most of us, at least.

[oceanicbutterfly]

[isn't giriko herself a gardening tool in a sense]

That's true. Though if we keep that up too long, they might find a way to make it happen earlier...

[allmyfriendsaredead]

...Asking people not to kill each other shouldn't be this difficult.

[oceanicbutterfly]

It's hard to know who will or won't do it, is the problem.

[But oops, this is happening now.]

[dereban]

I sure hope so.

[ Inaba sounds pretty exhausted, not going to lie, bags under her eyes. Has she been sleeping at all, actually? ]

[oceanicbutterfly]

[...hm. Bad.]

Inaba-san, you should try to get some rest.

[dereban]

I'll try, if the usual midnight shenanigans happen.

[oceanicbutterfly]

You'll do more than try in that case, but I meant generally. You look like you haven't been getting enough sleep to begin with.

[dereban]

Kind of hard in this situation, you know.

[oceanicbutterfly]

[. . . . . . . .]

Inaba-san.

How long have you been awake?

[dereban]

Since this morning.

[ that


isn't entirely a lie ]

[oceanicbutterfly]

What time this morning?

[dereban]

Early?

I don't know, I haven't been. . . keeping track.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Now that I think about it, I can't remember ever seeing you asleep at all.

[Which doesn't actually prove anything, of course.]

[dereban]

[ shrugs ]

1/2

[oceanicbutterfly]

Inaba-san, go to sleep. It's--

[She checks the time.]

2/2

[oceanicbutterfly]

It's past midnight.

[dereban]

Wait, what?

[oceanicbutterfly]

[here look at the ${TIMEPIECE}, it's like 12:03 AM]

It's past midnight and we're awake. We're both awake.

[dereban]

I. . .

Again? This soon?