see right through your beautiful lies ( semi-open )

[dolosa]

[ When you awaken, you're in what seems to be an abandoned warehouse; it looks like the place hasn't been used for its original intent in ages, though the smell of copper permeates the area. The carcasses of corpses lie around here and there - some dismembered, some completely intact - along with creepy, oversized masks of rabbits.

The warehouse itself isn't that big -- there's two floors, and many doors. However, each door is locked, and the only way through is to find a key.

However, you're not alone. There's a girl who seems to be panicking nervously, fiddling with her skirt anxiously as she sits on her wheelchair, glancing every now and again at you, not all that certain as what to do. At least, that's before you awaken, which is when she gasps in sheer surprise. ]

You're-- you're finally awake.

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[wright_idea]

[This would probably be a bad time to make a last name joke, huh?]

Let's check the right for now. I mean, we don't have to go all the way in, right?

[dolosa]

Right sounds fine by me.

[ And on the right is actually a library! However, all of the books are in actuality, documents on all of the dead people along with people Phoenix may or may not know. ]

[wright_idea]

...A library?

[He frowns, pulling a book off the shelf.]

[dolosa]

It looks like it...

[ But the book he took in particular has information on a particular clan of people. More specifically the Fey clan. ]

What's that book about?

[wright_idea]

...N...nothing important.

[What... why is this even here? Why would there be a book on Maya's family here? Who else is on this shelf...?]

[He reaches for another book, his brow furrowing.]

[dolosa]

Okay. If... it's nothing important, I'll trust you.

[ The other book the he picked out has files on the families of the corpses that they found outside, if he recognizes the pictures and matches them. ]

[wright_idea]

[What is all this? There's so much personal data. Why does anybody even need all of this? What's going on around here?

...and now that I think about it...]

Hey. For some reason, there's a lot of files on people here... maybe there's something on the "liar" from the first room?

[dolosa]

You think that might be a clue to get us out? ... I'll go check on this side, then.

[ She pauses for a second before wheeling herself over to the left side of the room, picking out a file at seemingly random and opens it.

But just as she opens it, she gasps in surprise, clearly in shock before dropping it on the floor, her body shivering in fear. ]

What's this... doing... here...?

[wright_idea]

Wh...what? What is it?

[He rushes over to her side.]

Are you okay?! What did you see?

[dolosa]

Ah, it's...

[ On the floor, so she can't exactly hide it. But what it entails is definitely an article about a family of three attempting a group suicide and only one known survivor. Names aren't listed, though it does state that the known survivor was a TV celebrity. ]

It's... a horrible thing that happened.

[wright_idea]

A...ah. So I see.

[That's odd, though. Why would she have such a strong reaction to this? It's odd that I haven't heard about this, either, although I guess I'm not always on top of celebrity stuff.]

Were you affected by this somehow? A friend, maybe?

[dolosa]

No... it wasn't a friend.

[wright_idea]

I see. You just reacted so strongly... I guess it's not really any of my business.

[He frowns, then picks the file up.]

Shall I just put it back for now?

[dolosa]

I'm sorry. Thank you, Wright-san... for not asking.

[ Rei furrows her brow as her head lowers, biting her lower lip rather anxiously before nodding. ]

Maybe you should... see if you can find anything about that man in the files.

[wright_idea]

Heh. Everybody's gotta have their secrets, right?

[And a place like this, seems like the ability to keep that secret is at a premium.]

Yeah. It might give us some insight on who's behind all of this. Let's keep looking.

[dolosa]

It's not that I was trying to keep it a secret, I just...

[ She doesn't finish that sentence. She doesn't really like talking about it. But she will continue on searching aimlessly; the bottom half of the shelves don't contain any clues about their mystery "liar".

But maybe Phoenix will find something on the upper shelves. In fact, there is one article about our mystery man, a young man around Rei's age named Yu Aikawa. It also mentions a cellphone game called Rabbit Doubt, a game similar to mafia where there is one wolf selected at random and everyone has to guess who that is every single day until either they find the wolf or the "rabbits" win. The article says that he participated in a real life Rabbit Doubt and that he was murdered in the hospital. The murderer's name is supposedly written out in the file but is obscured on purpose for some reason. ]

[wright_idea]

[Wh...what? What kind of sick individual would play this sort of game in real life? And a murder in a hospital! That should've been big news for certain, so why...?

I'm not sure what we've been drawn into, but it's even more serious than I could have imagined.]

Hey... do you know anything about a game called Rabbit Doubt?

[dolosa]

... Huh?

[ She flinches visibly before nodding. ]

It was a really popular game in Japan. A lot of people played it because it was a good mystery game. Lots of people even had meet-ups. I heard that the game got cancelled, but I'm not sure why... I'm sorry.

[wright_idea]

[He frowns, looking at the file.]

Looks like somebody didn't get the message. Or, maybe, a lot of people. Did these real life games usually involve people actually getting killed?

[dolosa]

I wouldn't know about the real life games... I've never been to a real life one, since they never actually held those.

[ Basically, they were "unofficial". ]

B-- but if I were to guess, I'd say yes.

[wright_idea]

[Disgusting... people turning murder into a... a game! How can people like that exist?]

From the looks of things, at least one real-life game did take place -- and our "liar" back there was one of the victims.

[dolosa]

Who--

[ She finds herself reeling, almost unable to speak as her words are caught in her throat. ]

W- Who would do such a thing?

[wright_idea]

[He shakes his head.]

I don't know for certain. But based on the fact the body is here, I wouldn't be surprised if our kidnappers are involved in that sort of thing.

[Which means our lives could be in danger the longer we stick around here.]

[dolosa]

[ A shiver runs down her spine as she finds herself hugging her shoulders. ]

That means... we should probably get out of here before our kidnappers find us. Was there anything else in that file? [ There isn't, but Rei decides to ask anyway. ]

[wright_idea]

Nothing useful. And there's too much here to waste time trying to go file by file to find more useful information. We should get moving. As soon as we get out, we can look into the issue more.