scp r4 🦋 blue butterflies catch-all 💙

[dereban]

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[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?

[oceanicbutterfly]

I'm not planning to kill anyone. You aren't, either, right?

[dereban]

Do you think I would have thrown a meeting on Tuesday if I was?

[oceanicbutterfly]

...I might have.

[gotta throw off suspicion, theoretically!]

But then...

[Oh hey guess who's staring at the door now.]

[dereban]

. . . I'm going to keep that in mind in the off chance you attempt to murder someone.

[ She frowns and glances at the door. ]

You know we should have found out if the house has tape, but--

[ war flashbacks to r3 ]

[oceanicbutterfly]

Please don't mention tape.

[She's just gonna

try to wedge her bundle of tools under the doorknob]

[dereban]

Right.

And the doors can't lock either, so hopefully having heavy stuff against them works. . .

[oceanicbutterfly]

Could someone be planning to kill multiple people for this? Or...

[allmyfriendsaredead]

[Saki's watching them wearily, but clearly confused.]

What's wrong?

[oceanicbutterfly]

The way it worked before, everyone would lose consciousness at midnight, unless either they were planning to kill... or someone was targeting them.

[allmyfriendsaredead]

[Oh.

Now she's awake, her gaze fixed on the door.]

...I can block the door with my cantus. But I can't keep it up forever. If it starts to open, though...