EVERYONE'S TRUTH - BEGINNING

[vivariummods]

Since the second group's first Calhoun Hour, the mouse in question hasn't appeared in the warehouse for longer than 30 minutes at a time. He only arrives during the early mornings to tape a random fruit of the day (apples, oranges, and pears so far) before scurrying off with his wagon. He refuses to provide any sort of medical relief for any of the test subjects, and does nothing more but providing the bare minimum to survive. So, when Day 9 rolls around, three days since that faithful finger breaking/eye blinding experience, it's no different; Calhoun comes in, tapes up some bananas, then promptly leaves afterwards, all without a word. An hour after he leaves, though... The screen in the Greenhouse, up against the wall besides the entrance, finally comes to life for the first time. It flickers on and on, flashing brightly. At first, there's nothing but static. Soon enough, though, it stays a consistent green tint. A blinking cursor hovers at the bottom and stays there for a few seconds, before it begins to type. DO NOT DRAW ATTENTION TO YOURSELVES COME TO THE LOBBY AND GO THROUGH THE NEWLY OPENED DOOR I WILL MEET YOU THERE....... And it ends there...

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[toybombs]

[She shakes her head no. Without a word, she begins to hesitantly walk towards it, looking at Ellie meaningfully.

That... had to be the thing they were supposed to look for, right?]

[elliexir]

[ It looks like it, but she gently grabs onto Rio's shoulder, just to try and stop her. ]

Wait, before we go. What about Kaidou did you want to talk about?

[ Because who knows what's beyond that door, and besides, she kind of wants to hear it now. ]

[toybombs]

[Oh, Ellie. She shifts in place uneasily, like a guilty kid who got caught with her hand in the cookie jar.]

...I lied. I'm sorry.

[It comes out as a tiny whisper. You'd think she was apologizing for killing a guy, with how sorry she sounds.]

I-it was the best thing I could think of... he's the scariest looking one here. [Especially with Hisoka gone.] I j-just thought we should...

[She trails off, looking over at the door again.]

[elliexir]

[ Oh, well... Ellie doesn't look too upset about the lie. She just catches onto what Rio's plan might have been, with the door and all, so she lets go of her shoulder. ]

Well... you got that right about that. He looks like a gargoyle with that face.

[ Joking around will help, right? Also going over to the door. ]

[toybombs]

I-I don't know if I would say that...

[She would be scared of him punching her, except for real. But she does begin to follow, taking up her usual place in hovering anxiously behind Ellie.]

[elliexir]

Then maybe like the devil?

[ Did Rio mean that him being called a gargoyle isn't that bad? Does Ellie need to find something worse?? Then she will. ]

[toybombs]

W-well... he isn't really evil, either...

[elliexir]

He's no angel, that's for sure, though, uuuunless you think that he is.

[ Honestly, Ellie doesn't really mind Kaidou that much. She just has a lot of fun making fun of him. 8) ]

[toybombs]

...

He punched me really lightly. It was barely a tap...

[She brushes her good hand lightly over her cheek at the memory.]

[elliexir]

You mean back from that "game"?

[ Since she can't really recall any other time he would punch someone...... or at least she hopes that he wouldn't be going around randomly punching people. ]

[toybombs]

Mhmm. Even though I punched him seriously...

[She still feels bad about that. But given it's Rio, obviously it wouldn't have been a very bad punch, right?

Totally.]

[elliexir]

[ That does sound nice of him... Ellie doesn't think he's a bad guy, per say, just that he's really stubborn and blunt... That doesn't she can't tease him and all with this situation right now. ]

Maybe he likes you.

[ Totally said with a grin hehehe ]

[toybombs]

[Now both her hands are on her cheeks as she blushes.]

Eh-- N-no way!

[elliexir]

It'd make a lot of sense! I think somebody's got a cruuuush on you.

[toybombs]

[Awawawa.]

But... we hardly even know each other...

[elliexir]

Maybe it's like one of those really cheesy movies? Like love at first sight?

[toybombs]

I-I don't know... besides, we don't even know how old he is.

[Especially with a face like that.]

[elliexir]

That's true... That might get really creepy really fast, actually.

[ Ewwww, maybe Ellie shouldn't have said anything at all. But hmm... ]

Now that you mention it though, none of us even know how old we are. It's pretty weird.

[toybombs]

[Hmm...]

Can you at least think of what age you might be?

[elliexir]

Me? Uhhh, I don't know, maybe like 15? I don't think I'm any older than that, but not super younger.

[ Like maybe from the 13 to 15 range, but really, she's 14, which... is okay. That doesn't make her a little kid but it also gives her lots of time to grow. She totally wants to get talller. ]

What about you? I think we're around the same age.

[toybombs]

Huh...? Really? You think we are?

[Odd how that answer seems to be a surprise to her.]

[elliexir]

Maybe? You don't think so?

[ She's surprised that Rio doesn't agree with her. ]

[toybombs]

Well... fifteen is pretty young, isn't it...?

[elliexir]

Yeah, but isn't that a good thing? Being younger is better than being older.

[toybombs]

[Wh--]

Y-you think so?

[Oops, now she's fretting.]