[2.] video | un: 2cool | february 19th

[glitterpants]

_{[ The feed clicks on and shows not one, but two-almost-Karamatsus. The difference between them is easy to see once you find it: Karamatsu’s confident posture and Ichimatsu’s slouch— Karamatsu’s bold eyebrows and Ichimatsu’s stubby ones. Yes, this is one out of the five other identical brothers that Karamatsu has. Some of you have met them both and maybe have noticed the difference right away, others may still be struggling to tell them apart. Here they are, side by side, though, and it may be hard to make out good details of them in the dim light. Karamatsu clears his throat, looking rather serious for a change. It takes him awhile to speak, running one hand down his face and curving it around his chin, obviously distressed by all of this. Ichimatsu? Not so much. ]}

Ah, good evening, everyone. It’s I, Karamatsu.
It’s been.. awhile since I have spoken with you all, but I come baring some tragic news. Yesterday, me and my brother took a walk through the atrium to find better sources of light. What we found was something else. In the trees, we found the gruesome display of organs thrown over the vegetation in a horrific showcase. A—ah, that’s.. not all that we have found..

_{[ He looks a little pale just talking about this and for a moment he has to pardon himself out of the camera. ]}

...You’re still sick about that? Pansy.

[Ah, there’s another difference. While they both speak in deeper voices than one might expect from their looks, Ichimatsu speaks much less clearly, barely opening his mouth and mumbling as opposed to Karamatsu’s clear enunciation. Nevermind the fact that Ichimatsu looks approximately like he’s not used a hairbrush in a week. He rolls his shoulders and takes over, scrunching his face at his brother off-screen.]

There was a boot in the trail, dunno what happened to the other one. The viscera was all up in the trees, like he said, but it was too dark to really tell what was where and if any of them was still intact. There was also a heart in a gold box-- we surrendered it to find out who it belonged to, so I guess there’s not really anything for a burial.

_{[ Karamatsu returns to the feed, wiping his lips across his sleeve. ]}
….For those of you who are friends and family of a passenger named “Rey” … my condolences go out to you. Please keep close to those people you love. Thank you.

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[ichimyatsu]

[He leans against Karamatsu with a vague sort of roll of his eyes, shrugging.]

He's my brother, it's literally my job to give him shit when he's being a pansy. Which is always. [True, but you also take it entirely too far, Ichimatsu.]

[glitterpants]

_{[ Karamatsu doesn't push Ichimatsu off of him, but he doesn't look too happy either way. ]}

I—It doesn't matter how either of us reacted, actually. What matters is that there is something intelligent out there that is hurting others and we should take all caution. To my knowledge, it hasn't been captured, or taken as seriously as it should by the other crewmen.

[yokunaru]

[The frown on Yuuri's face only deepens at each word from Ichimatsu.] Your brother's not a pansy for being upset about this.

[It's not an argument he wants to linger on when Karamatsu's right, though--they should really be discussing the killer instead.]

Really? What did they crew say to you when you approached them?

[ichimyatsu]

[He rolls his eyes some at that-- he's not used to people standing up against his behavior toward Karamatsu, so it's both surprising and irritating that it keeps happening on the Eluvio. Is it making him question his actions? Not yet, but it might eventually. He stays silent regardless, letting Karamatsu handle the conversation from there since he's the one that actually submitted the information to the Med Bay.]

[glitterpants]

_{[ Karamatsu keeps quiet as they talk, honestly used to Ichimatsu's shitty behavior to pay too much mind to it. ]}

They didn't say much. They took what we had and just sent us a text message, but.. as I have tried to look, I don't have the message on my communicator anymore..

[yokunaru]

[Yuuri frowns at that immediately.]

Wait. They deleted the message from your device without you knowing?

[That sounds honestly alarming in so many ways.]

[glitterpants]

I don't know if they deleted it or if it was a glitch, but it is the only message that is missing from my communicator.

[yokunaru]

There was another body found before this one. [This time, he can't quite suppress the shudder at the reminder, despite only knowing the details through text. He pauses.] I wonder... hold on, let me check something.

[Before the brothers can protest, Yuuri's already cut off the video on his end. A few minutes later, though, he comes back, still frowning and looking just as queasy as before.]

I just checked the other announcement. It looks like that message from the lab disappeared, too.

[glitterpants]

_{[ Karamatsu isn't a very investigating type, nor is he pretty smart to begin with, so he hadn't even thought of that. ]}

Are you certain it isn't just a coincidence...?
_{[ always giving people the benefit of the doubt.. ]}

[yokunaru]

[Yuuri sighs, rubbing at his face tiredly.]

I...I don't really know. I've never dealt with anything like this back home before--it's all just guesswork for me. [Honestly, he hadn't really expected to find anything in the other post. But now that he has, he doesn't know what to do about it.]

You're right, though. It could all be a coincidence. I guess...I can't help feeling a little suspicious of everything after what happened on Oros.

[glitterpants]

_{[ You should probably feel suspicious— Karamatsu is just dumbly optimistic and also just.. dumb. ]}

A more thorough investigation should be conducted before any conclusions. Don't they have a police force around here that should be looking into it?
_{[ that's how he thought it would be, at least. ]}

[yokunaru]

[Yuuri pauses, frowning in thought.]

I don't know if there's a police force, but there has to be some way they deal with trouble on the ship.

[Grimacing--] I'll see if I can get a hold of anyone to ask about it. One of the crew members, maybe, if they're not too busy. I'd feel better knowing that they're looking into this.

[glitterpants]

They should be looking into it, I would imagine, but they haven't communicated with us about it.
It just seems like common sense, doesn't it? In any case, it might not be wise to get too involved unless the captain asks us to.
_{[ the captain seems to be fond of "volunteers" ... ]}