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"Katsuki Bakugo. Make it fast or hang the fuck up."

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i'm dog sitting a family pet and he's staring mournfully at me bc i'm not my sibling lol

[defendure]

[ Izuku nods with a half distracted sort of look. The other door might have an alphanumeric lock?

He finally decides to input the code based on where the same student is in each picture. ]

We can do it!

get some pepperoni and make a new friend

[blastedass]

[Katsuki starts running through options, going from the first letter of each spine to which letter's most common to the last letter or number of words.]

Less cheering, more working.

[And goes to check on the second door for its type of lock.]

LOL he loves me bc i take him on walks and bribe him he's just been without his owner for a week

[defendure]

[ He can multitask being cheerful and working! Izuku's lock comes undone (...on his second combo try) and he beams. ]

Now we're tied for doors!

bribing love. what a wholesome way to relationship with doggo!

[blastedass]

[Katsuki scowls at the door in front of him. Big ass combination lock. Well... not the worst thing, but... hm... he has an idea. Back to the books.]

Gimme a fucking second...

[To break that fucking tie.]

he's really easy to bribe lol

[defendure]

[ So competitive, Kacchan. Izuku glances into his room, but pauses to wait and see Katsuki's moment of triumph because he figures the other boy wants to gloat a bit. ]

[blastedass]

[On the good news, Katsuki does indeed land a right combination. Taking the first letters of each title gets a pool of five letters. ("T" is there a lot.) Turning those into numbers via their placement in the alphabet gets a 5 number combo, which when entered into the lock, pops the door open once the final turn lifts the tumbler.

On the bad news, he's too intent on winning to waste time gloating, so pushes into the next room with determined focus.]

Next.

[defendure]

[ Izuku follows, simply figuring it'll be more fun to explore the rooms together than separately. ]

Good job, Kacchan!

[blastedass]

[Despite his loner status, Katsuki also thinks it's better to explore together than alone, especially in these puzzle situations.]

No sweat.

[defendure]

[ It is a date after all...

Looks like they've come out into...an entertaining room, but old fashioned. Lots of seating and still the same spooky lighting and decor. There's a telephone, lots of things to move around... ]

[blastedass]

[Despite his previous reluctance, at least Katsuki can admit they make a good team now. So he's into this.

Oh look, a grand foyer. He makes a face cause it reminds him of the rare times his mother's dragged him to a social party.

He's going for the telephone.]

Check under the chairs.

[defendure]

Got it! [ He's going to check under the cushions too.

The telephone will ring before Katsuki gets there...a prerecorded message with more of the story. ]

[blastedass]

[Does he find any change? Cushions are notorious for pulling things from people's pockets.

Katsuki blinks at the phone, a quiet "eh?" and freeze for a second occurring. But almost immediately chills and picks up the phone.]

Huh...

[More story.]

[defendure]

[ I should have written down a plot but really I'm just wildly making things up instead, as I sometimes do...

Remember, Katsuki: the employees have to watch so they can give hints if asked and trigger anything important.

Anyway - it's one of the party guests, and if he's careful to catch the names and information he'll be able to put down who arrived in what order at least? ]

[blastedass]

[Oh decisions decisions. I'm just following along watching, haha.

Fuck off! He's not going to ask for help! He's doggedly determined to do this on his own! Besides, asking for help disqualifies you from getting slotted for a high score.

Katsuki does pay attention to the names and writes them down, then sets the order numerically behind them.]

Got a list of names, what order they arrived, and another set of numbers.

[defendure]

[ I have no plans is the secret.

Izuku has no intention of asking for help either - though he's busily looking under things still. ]

Maybe there's a secret safe? I found a wallet.

[blastedass]

[The clue was under the unmentioned turkey the entire time.

Katsuki blinks at the information.]

Where the hell'd you find a wallet?

[Oh right. Chairs.]

[defendure]

What were the names of the guests again? It might be theirs.

[ He's reasonably sure it's not "real". ]

[blastedass]

[He's about to, then stops.]

Do you see a name on the wallet, initials, anything inside it? There's no point reading the names if that thing's got no identification.

[Slowly Katsuki's desire to win best time is being eaten by a desire to solve the puzzle, so at least there's that.]

[defendure]

Mm, it's "S.K."

[ Other than that... ]

There's some fake credits and a few pictures, but no one I recognize yet.

[blastedass]

[Katsuki starts reading out the names from his list. All the guests and when they arrived. Would the real S.K. please stand up?]

If the people in the pictures are similar, maybe this was some class reunion or school reunion.

[defendure]

Ah...! That could make sense. If so, maybe we should check the latest grad picture...?

[ Sounds like there's two S.K. names. Both sound vaguely not Japanese. ]

[blastedass]

[A foreigner! Whoa. Katsuki heads for the graduation pictures again, trying to get the best light to study them. Anyone there who doesn't look of Japanese descent? Or at least obviously foreign.

He's also looking for anyone who... you know... looks like Deku in their school pictures. Like there's some "you don't belong" aura around them.]

[defendure]

[ Well, they are in a place where a lot of the natives seem not to be Japanese. But besides the guy who's some kind of not human...

There's definitely someone being left out of the fun in most of the pics. A different person in each, but a similar set of circumstances. Weird! ]

[blastedass]

[Katsuki's noticed that as well. It's strange that so many of them seem to have a similarity. Plus so many of them come from some alternate Earth. It's weird.

So they have vampire ghost boy. And then a singled out person, but not the same person each time. Hm... It's likely impossible to tell names in the pictures...]

You notice anything weird about these people?

[And points out the loners.]

[defendure]

[ Izuku glances at the pictures, stopping his search to gnaw at his lip.

They look... ]

Um, it looks like no one else really likes them.