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EXPLORING THE OFFICE

It was an opportunity that couldn't be passed up. After the key-thieving events that ended his most recent detention, Thackery had fished a plain notebook out of his stash to occasionally keep tabs on the secretary. Because this is the kind of s**t that he does when he's not occupied with a significant other, someone hook up with him for the sake of everyone. The notes he'd gathered thus far were brief and generally meaningless thus far, but there were several pages depicting some sort of weird schematics for key retrieval devices and very loosely planned ideas for some sort of key protection organization. A few of the margins had some crude doodles of ice demons with mustaches and derpy eyes.

If the keys weren't safe...then who was?!

Nobody. He was very sure of that.

With the door ajar and nobody in sight, he took a tentative step inside, sniffing the air to be sure that Arel wasn't sneakily hiding somewhere. When he seemed satisfied that he was not going to ambush him, he made his way towards the piles of papers, eyes narrowed suspiciously.

He kept his notebook at the ready as he began to sift through some of the papers, looking for any evidence regarding nefarious key schemes.

Mitsu had simply been passing by when she noticed the mess that the secretaries office was currently in. Eyes wide she peeked inside spotting another student.

"W...what happened?"

She moved slowly into the office, her eyes focused on the mess strewn about. Her foot tapped against a cider bottle sending it rolling across the floor. It was then that she kept a better mind of her footing looking out for things on the floor.

Thackery may not have been the best to ask, but he certainly did have an answer. With his hands (and mouth) full of papers, he began to answer her, paused, took the paper out of his mouth, and tried again.

"Arel has been stealing important keys," he bitterly responded. "He's probably off...meeting with someone terrible or finding all sorts of treasure and keeping it to himself. So we have to figure out what's going on."

When that didn't feel sufficiently urgent to him, he added: "Before it's too late."

"Mr. Arel is....stealing keys?" Though the sound of treasure made her ears stand high with curiosity, even more so as more students entered the office to check it out. One of which had asked them a question.

"W..well, I'm not sure." Mitsu admitted. "Apparently something about stolen keys and treasure and meeting terrible people." And now Mitsu was part of the phone tree.

FOLLOWING THE TRAIL

Meixiang had just been innocently passing by when she'd over head the bustling about in the office. Ever the curious she tip toed on over to a corner across the hall from the office, listening to the sound of voices quietly.

Out of the corner of her eye she had spotted Shehk leaving and heading towards the bathroom.

That horrible bathroom that no one ever went in.

She followed the other ghoul, stopping a few feet away from her and another who was there as well. Quirking an eyebrow, she pondered as to why the door was locked in the first place. And why exactly they were both listening at the door.

Was someone in there?

Clearing her throat, she crossed her arms over her chest casually. "Can you hear anything? Is someone in there?" Inquiring minds wanted to know.

Shun soon noticed he wasn't alone at the door. Glancing to the side, he saw Shehk joining him here. She must have been lured by the same strange trail left behind. Looking towards her, he soon looked over as another student came by. He didn't recognize her, but when she asked them if they could hear anything, he furrowed his brow and simply put a finger to his lips, requesting her to be quiet.

It would be hard to hear much of anything if the three of them spoke. Not to mention it could potentially alert whoever was inside that there were those listening in.

And then another girl came by. As with the other one, he shook his head and tried to motion her to remain quiet. That... and to deny her phasing through. That would definitely alert whoever was inside.

EXPLORING THE OFFICE

There was no particular reason why Tybalt was here. It was by coincidence that he took this route through the school and that he found the office to be in such a state. Not that it made any difference to the black dog. After all, for someone who's room could relate to the office in cleanliness, it wasn't like he could say anything. Not that that stopped him.

Without any reluctance, the black dog entered through the door way and let out a soft whistle through serrated teeth; grinning.

"Wow, Arel really let this place go to hell. What happened here? Someone launch a Fear attack or something?" He asked, moving in closer to observe the scattered papers and belongings, with mild interest. But made no move to pick them up.