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So!

I bet everybody's really depressed with the whole murder thing, which means now is totally the right time for the Mayfield Branch of the Hinamizawa After-School Games Club to start meeting again. We kinda stopped after I... got sick for a bit there, but dark times like these are where we prove our mettle!

I think I've said this before, but some of you are new, so I'll say it again. We're a badass games club that'll meet after school on weekdays and hang out. Boys and girls of all ages are welcome to show up and chill with the coolest kids in Mayfield! Which, with the drones and everything, isn't really saying much. But hey, at least it actually gives us a reason to look forward to school!

Dunno about you guys, but I'm not about to let Grady keep me down forever. Let's piss him off by showing him we can have fun even in this crappy place!

( [private;hackable] )

[Following her confrontation with Reisen, Mion awakens the next morning in her bed. Fifteen minutes later, she manages to make her way to the phone and speak into it- her voice shaking, but firm.]

I, uh...

Guys, I'm not... I'm not sure what happened to me. The past few weeks are kind of a blur, but I remember- I remember hurting a lot of you, and saying a lot of things I didn't mean. I think I'm okay now, but you guys should probably stay away from me... just in case.

But I- I heard about what else has been happening in town. No matter what the list says, Keiichi didn't murder... H-Hanyuu, or Coquelicot, or anyone else. I'm not saying that because he's my friend, or... or anything else. He just wouldn't do that, and that's the truth.

If any one of us did kill them, it was probably me. I don't remember doing it, but there aren't many other options. If anyone wants to... put me down, I understand.

[filtered to Reisen, hackable]

Are you okay? I'm- I'm so sorry. I don't know what you did, but...

Thank you.

[A teenage girl's giggle lilts from the phone.]

Ahahahahahahahahahahaha~

We were lucky, we were lucky, nobody touched our house, nope~ Nothing bad can happen to me and Keiichi, never again, we're going to be just

fine.

Hehe. Is that why you killed them, Minatsuki~? I told you you were jealous. It's just like I said, you'll never find anyone, not like I have.

He's mine, mine, mine, you can't have him, so if you were planning on coming here, you'd better just stay away, because you have no idea what I can do to you, no idea at all.

He loves me. He told me so. No one's going to take that away from me. I won't let them.

I won't let you.

You don't believe me? Fine. Fine. I'll show you.

Hehe. Man, I've been really stupid, you know? This place is dangerous, any of us could be hurt or even killed tomorrow, and I'm still worrying about what my family and friends back home think of my stupid crush...

Well, not anymore. There's no reason to hide it here, you know? Yeah, I like cute stuff, and wearing dresses, and being a girl. Nothing wrong with that. No reason to hide that. So now I won't anymore. But more importantly, I'm not hiding my feelings anymore.

Keiichi... Can we talk? I have something important to tell you...

[Following her date with Keiichi, Mion can be found sitting on the front porch brushing her hair. She is, rather uncharacteristically, clad in one of the girliest dresses her Mayfield wardrobe has to offer.

She is humming happily to herself while she brushes. Though you'd have to be watching her for a while to notice, she's been like this for quite some time. There is nothing suspicious about her behavior whatsoever.]

[private; unhackable unless you're close enough to hear her muttering to herself]

Hehe... Keiichi likes me... He really likes me! He took me out to dinner... He called me a girl...

Maybe I was wrong. Mayfield's not so bad... is it?

I'm happier now...

Hmhmhmmmm~

What a stupid way to celebrate Christmas. I may not know much about America, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that time travel isn't exactly standard holiday tradition for you guys. Way to fail at spreading Christmas cheer, Mayfield.

...What kind of jerk acts like that to her friends, anyway? Not me, that's for sure. Maybe I should thank the town. Now I know I just need to try really hard to make sure that mean old lady never becomes a reality. Good riddance, I say.

On the plus side, she totally left behind this awesome katana! Now I'm even more deadly than before! Pshing, shing, hiya! Take that, Mayfield! Now, you die by my hand! Hoho! Feel the wrath of the Sonozaki clan! Whoo-

-owwwww. I cut myself. Stupid sword. Maybe I should be more careful with this thing...

[filtered to Keiichi, hackable]

Hey, um...

Can we talk?

Ten years, and this town hasn't changed a bit. We certainly have.

I suppose there's no harm in trying to make each other a little happier. Does anyone want anything in particular for Christmas? I'm sure most of you will answer "to go home", but I'd like to think we're all above such jokes at this point.

Keiichi, I'm... going for a walk. I may not be home for an hour or two. Don't wait up, okay?

[Replies will be from badend_memories. WHAT BAD HTML.]

Um.

I dunno what's going on, but this is really, really dumb, an' I want my mom an' I wanna go home an' Shion if this is one of your dumb pranks I'm gonna punch you in your face.

That's all.

DO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE BEST CLUB EVER

YOU KNOW YOU DO

Then if that's the case, you should join the Games Club and not the stupid SOS Brigade. Aside from the fact that we're obviously superior in every way imaginable, there's also the part where the "Stupid Oblivious Suckers" Brigade does absolutely nothing except run around looking for ghosts and aliens and other things that we all know don't exist. The Games Club, meanwhile, devotes every second of every day to being amazing and having tons of fun, all the time.

Membership is free and easy! We'll be playing tag in the park all afternoon, so feel free to join in and see how great things can be when you side with the right team!

Except you, Keiichi. You have work to do!

[HI, MAYFIELD. Following this thread, an extremely jubilant Mion and a somewhat less enthusiastic Minatsuki can be found walking back to the latter's house. Minatsuki is decked out in the same Angel Mort outfit Mion was wearing in the last entry, and is slightly less than happy about it.]

BOY, Mina, that outfit really looks good on you! I guess getting it back was a good thing after all, huh? I might even use it for a punishment game later!

It's pretty quiet since last week, huh? I WONDER IF WE'LL RUN INTO ANYONE WE KNOW ON THE WAY HOME?

[private; hackable]

Y-You've got to be kidding me.

Arrgh, stupid perverted Mayfield! It's no better than the idiots who run Angel Mort in the first place. They don't really expect me to wear this, do they? What a hoot!

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Alright maybe I'll just make sure it still fits.

[Mion can be found trying on her Angel Mort outfit in her room.]

Geez! What's wrong with this place? First the town hall catches on fire, now it's like we're living in a tsunami! And where did the lights go?

I don't think it's a smart idea for us to be playing games right now, guys. Games club is canceled for now. In fact, it might not be a good idea to leave the house at all.

Rika, Hanyuu, if you guys need anything, just let me or Keiichi know. We'll be right over, storm or not storm.

[filtered to Keiichi. EXCEPT NOT.]

Hey, uh... Okay, look, this is gonna sound really weird, but would you mind sleeping in the same room until this lets up?

It's not like I'm scared or anything- just worried. We don't know what could happen next, and it might be smart to stick together right now.

...Okay, maybe I'm a little scared. But it's Mayfield! I think I have a right to be! And if you laugh at me, I swear I'll punch you.

Oh Keiiiiiiiiichiiiiiiiiii~

It's almost Halloween~ You know what that means! It's time to pick out costumes.

I've already got yours ready.

You. Me. Super special holiday challenge game. Winner picks loser's costume. Witnesses welcome.

I'll be waiting.

Since receiving the satvia plant from Mina, Mion naively took her advice to heart and dried the leaves before burning them.

She can currently be found in the living room, high off her ass.]

D... Dude. Mina was right. She was like...like so right! I can't even believe how right she was, oh man.

Plants are awesome.

Guys, you know what we need, guyyyyyys? [giggle] Everyone's so dooown, all the tiiiime, we need to cheer up, we need to be awesome like all the time.

Do you guys know if they sell piñatas here? 'cuz that would be so cool. I wanna piñata made outta plants, then we can ride this feeling all night long, you dig me? All night loooooonnnnnnngggggg.

[giggle]

Okay, so that pretty much sucked. But, despite all the horrible disease and suffering and dying, I think I'm actually starting to get used to it here! No point in moping around, right?

Now, I can't really speak for the adults, but as for you kids, I know just the thing to get everyone's mind off of last week. You're all now being treated to a wonderful opportunity! Back home, me and my friends were part of a games club that hung out after school and played games and stuff. It's a lot of fun, really! And given the circumstances, I'm opening up membership to everybody.

Which, uh, takes me to my next point: some heinous jerk has apparently started up the club without me. We'll just see about that!


KEIICHI MAEBARA!

I hereby challenge you to the leadership of the Hinamizawa After-School Game's Club, Mayfield Branch! Meet me on the lawn outside our house. We'll settle things once and for all!

[[ooc: for those interested in having their character join the games club, info can be found over here.]]

H-Hey, if this is some kind of joke, I'm not laughing! What kind of pervert kidnaps a girl in the middle of the night and dresses her up like some American schoolgirl!? Somebody who stole my punishment game idea for Keiichi next week, is who.

If you think you're gonna get away with this, think again! My family would come down on you like a ton of bricks- except they won't get the chance, because there won't be anything left to punish when I get through with you. Club President Mion Sonozaki is here to kick ass and take names, so somebody start talking or I bring out the pain train!

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Well, that was about as useful as I thought it would be. Don't freak out, don't freak out. There's got to be an explanation for this. Weirder things have happened! This is totally normal.

Yeah.

Okay, first things first, I gotta get out of this dress. I'm sure whoever's room this is will understand if I take their pants. Just gotta unhook the strap here...