Private Conversation with abought for parasomnic

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Week 1- Tuesday, late morning

[ After having sighted some of the security camera footage in the mail room, Mikami moves through the halls rather thoughtfully. It had been known and apparent before that they were video-taped, but it leaves a different feeling to have seen the tapes himself and know they are accessible not only to their kidnappers but also every fellow kidnapp-ee. Musing about this, Mikami's on his way up the stairs and from then to the restaurant as he spots Aki, whom he acknowledges with a nod. ]

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[abought]

[Aki is leaning against the hole in the first story, snapping pictures of any people milling about on the ground floor below. When Mikami nods at her, she straightens up and returns his sentiment of greeting as a wave.]

Hello, Mr. Mikami! Are you having a not totally terrible day?

[She puts the camera into her bag and takes a few steps towards him in a Girly Run.]

I took some pictures of the girl's locker room if you want.

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[ While Mikami doesn't particularly care whether or not anyone is in good spirits, it's still good to see Aki looking healthy and motivated. ]

"Not totally terrible" is... a way to put it, yes.

[ So far there is only one person dead and it's not him. That's about the only thing constituting for the 'not' here. ]

And yes, that would be much appreciated. They made the security footage from last week available, but there are no details in regards to inventory to be gotten from that.

[ He does feel shady to be asking pictures of girls only spaces from a child, but emergencies call for emergency methods. And the security footage lays everything out in the open for either gender anyway. ]

[abought]

Yeah, it's kind of hard to make out the individual locker numbers or whatever. The layout is really different when you look at it from that angle... Well, I hope my pictures help.

[She hefts the book out of the bag and holds it open. She was obviously a lot more bored than the last time that she was taking pictures; she has at the very least two for each wall of the room, and one of each pair was taken while standing on the bench.]

Do you think you need to borrow it or anything?

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[ Mikami takes the book from her hands so he can actually give it a closer look at eye level. For a moment he looks through the pictures in silence, but nothing about them sticks out as very unusual to him. He shakes his head. ]

The basic get-up seems identical to the men's lockers, so I don't think I need to borrow it right now. I might get back to you if I ever do need the references though.

[ He hands the book back. ]

Though... is there anything that stuck out to you as you took these or other pictures?

[abought]

Um...

[She does start blinking as she thinks. She uses the time period of putting away the book, to gather her thoughts, because he has reminded her of something that was on her mind.]

I thought the PIN system on the lockers was kinda weird and cheap. Have you used it, sir? You put into the keypad, 1234, and then it locks, and then if you put 1234 again, it'll open, but after that you could use another keycode on the same locker, 5678, and it'll be the same way, you put in 5678 and then it's totally unlocked.

I mean, it works okay, but if we can have our own tablets and keycards and everything, why not just assign everyone their own locker and their own password to use all the time?

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[ He thinks this over for a moment, but the answer that comes to mind immediately isn't one that is particularly pleasing. ]

Since this place is designed to invite us to commit crimes, Chavez likely planned in 'appealing' spots to hide evidence.

Until we crack a locker code, valuable time may have passed, and even if we do it will be hard to confirm who has used the locker last. Having such a cheap trick available is possibly meant to encourage potential criminals and make them feel they have options to get away with their deeds.

[ Ooor it was just because Sandra doesn't care one way or another, but considering how carefully constructed this hotel is to not give them a way out, Mikami is willing to believe there is thought behind this as well. ]

[abought]

Oh!

[Her eyebrows go way up.]

It's true that a culprit could just dump lots of evidence in the locker. There are a lot of lockers, haha... I guess that there could even be more than one culprit. But if we each had our own locker and refused to open it, that'd be pretty obvious, right?

[Dismayed at the thought of so many people going for a motive, Aki scrambles for an alternative solution. Some way to make herself feel validated for her ingenuity.] Maybe we should pick out our own lockers so they can't hide stuff without looking suspicious, then!