Post by Brianna Keegan on Nov 16, 2016 15:29:46 GMT
”Good point. Still, at least it’ll eliminate a whole lot of other suspects from the list.” Brianna returned. Going through the Academy’s entire student roster would’ve been time consuming and probably pointless. Knowing or at least suspecting the power used here made that list of suspects a whole lot smaller.
Since Brianna couldn’t find much from the current room she was in, she followed Friday out and waited while the girl checked. One room was clear, but the other one got a pause. Brianna was instantly concerned that this room had been hit too, but it turned out to be Friday’s room. She didn’t really want to check, and Brianna couldn't blame her (especially after seeing how the first room was). “It’s okay.” Brianna assured her with a smile before heading for Friday’s door. She steeled herself for a moment before actually opening and looking inside.
Another mess was what awaited them.
Granted it wasn’t as bad as the first girl’s room, but drawers had been ripped open and things were strewn around on the ground. Brianna grimaced at the sight and turned her head back to Friday. “I’m sorry but it looks like they were here too.” She informed her sadly. Whether she liked it or not though, Brianna headed further in to carefully observe the damage here. “Friday, could you please look at what’s here and see if anything isn’t yours?” Brianna asked as calmly as she could.
Post by Friday Morning on Nov 17, 2016 0:08:26 GMT
Limiting suspects; that definitely sounded good to Friday. Get the list smaller, figure out who did this. she felt that slight pang about her power again, but who knows? Maybe some day her power would develop and she'd get some better control over the memories and how her brain processes it and all that sort of thing. For now, she'd have to settle for this and try to work with it.
Only she couldn't; not when it came to her room. When it came to her room, Friday just mostly stood in front of the door feeling scared, trying to garner up enough trust in the good of the world and humanity and---
"Really?" Friday spat out as she entered. her clothing had been tossed higgedly-piggedly throughout the room, draping around furniture and in piles (besides the few piles that Friday had just sort of in general). Plus, there had obviously been some movement in areas Friday didn't care to think about. She flushed as she realized that her journal was now open for everyone to see.
"Um, er," she was looking around, trying to figure something out. "I don't... see anything?" she was actually fighting the urge to cry and trying to mentally reassure herself. It was just underwear after all; no big deal, right?
Post by Brianna Keegan on Nov 17, 2016 1:16:23 GMT
Brianna felt her heart go out to the girl when she saw the mess that had been made of her room. Maybe it had already been dirty before, but this was clearly the work of someone else. Maybe there was supposed to be some sort of professional distance here, but Brianna really felt terrible for both of the girls going through this. She gave Friday credit she actually tried helping Brianna search. At least the other roommate had time to collect herself; Friday was just seeing this mess.
The poor girl sounded like she was on the verge of tears.
Gently, Brianna put a hand on Friday’s shoulder and gave it what she hoped would be a reassuring squeeze. “Hey, we’re going to catch whoever did this okay? And we’re going to get all your stuff back and make sure this doesn’t happen again. I promise.” A promise was a dangerous thing to make for certain, but Brianna really wanted to give this girl some support. She had no idea if she should hug her or something, since that might come off as weird. Maybe Friday’s roommates would be better for that.
“I’m going to head back and check out the security feeds. See who I can find from there, and then run it through the list of suspects with the powers that would work. We’ll find this jerk before the week’s up, I guarantee.” She said with a bit of a smile, dropping her hand from Friday’s shoulder.
Post by Friday Morning on Nov 17, 2016 1:31:38 GMT
"I don't care too much about the stuff, not really," Friday insisted, shaking her head. "It's just... I sometimes don't get why people would want to be so... cruel," she wrinkled her nose. It struck her as being all kinds of wrong in general. Just thinking about doing something like that made her stomach twist up. How did that not happen for other people.
"But if you say you can get it, then you're probably right. I mean, you wouldn't promise otherwise, right?" Friday said, shrugging. she turned to look around her room again. "This doesn't look too much worse than normal, really," she added, including another slight shrug to go along with it.
Brianna was already talking about feeds, which had Friday nodding. "Sounds good. Oh, did you, like, need one of us to tag along? To maybe identify something or something? Or are there reports to fill out or something like that? I don't, like, want people thinking they can just do this or for the guy or girl I guess who did this to, like, go out and do it some more?" Friday tried squaring her shoulders, feeling more confident now that there was some sort of set goal in the near future.
Post by Brianna Keegan on Nov 17, 2016 2:07:33 GMT
”People can definitely be cruel. It’s a shame, really.” Brianna said with a frown. She really didn’t understand why people did things like these; didn’t they consider how it would affect the other person? However, Brianna didn’t want to get stuck in a cycle of thought about the evil of the world. Staying positive would be a lot better for this situation.
“I wouldn’t promise otherwise.” Brianna confirmed with a smile. It was impressive how well she appeared to be handling it so far. of course, Brianna couldn’t read minds so there was no telling what was actually going on in that head of hers. Still, she could give props for someone who was at least trying to maintain a brave face.
Friday’s comments actually reminded Brianna of something. She snapped her fingers with the realization. “Actually yeah, you could tag along. I’d need you to write down what happened from your perspective and what you guys found and all when you first discovered this before getting me.” She answered. it was clear to see Friday was trying to gather up some confidence. A smile forming on her lips, Brianna nodded to her and headed out. “We definitely don’t want them thinking that. Come on, let’s go catch us a bad guy. You can have another cookie while we’re there too.” She offered while heading out and sending a nod to Friday’s roommate. “We’ll be back. Thanks for your help and I’m sorry this happened."
Post by Friday Morning on Nov 17, 2016 2:46:08 GMT
"Well, we'll just have to be good to balance them out," Friday said, nodding and gathering yet more confidence. That confidence soared further still as Brianna's fingers snapped and she realized more or less what Friday had figured all along. The girl grinned at that, the confidence and joy infectious.
"Exactly!" Friday agreed. "Yeah, and I'll totally take you up on that cookie offer," Friday paused for a moment, her brow furrowing. "You should probably check and see what all they took," Friday said, looking back at her roommate. "I've totally got the whole checking thing, and you can totes show up and do the report thing later."
Before leaving, however, Friday turned and pulled up her camera, snapping a quick picture or two (or four) of her room. Nodding, she slipped her phone back into her pocket and took off out the door, nearly strutting with confidence now.
Post by Brianna Keegan on Nov 17, 2016 3:50:16 GMT
There was that return of confidence that made Brianna smile all the more. It was like looking at a whole different person than the nervous girl she’d met at the door to the security lounge. “Sounds like a plan.” She decided with a short little nod. That positive way of thinking was a much better thing to hear.
Brianna could chuckle a little at that. “Maybe you can bring one back to your roommate too, if you think you won’t eat it before.” It was a gentle tease, but it felt better than being solely serious this whole time. The situation was being treated seriously, but Brianna didn’t think acting stoic and only professional was going to work well. She nodded at Friday’s suggestion to her roommate. “I was going to mention that once we came back. both of you need to write down everything that was taken, so when we catch the intruder we can get it all back.” It was directed to both of them.
When Brianna caught Friday taking pictures, she nodded approvingly. “Good idea. Honestly I should’ve advised you to do that first thing.” She admitted with just hint of sheepishness. “At least you’re smart enough to pick up on it though.” With that she headed off for the lounge. The system for the cameras in the dorm was located in an office there, so it would just take a moment of locating the right feed and then watching for a while.
“You can come in this time.” Brianna assured Friday when they reached the lounge and headed in. She held the door open for the girl before first making a beeline for the treats still on the table. No one had come by yet to steal any. Brianna took a brownie while offering one of the cookies to Friday. “You’ll find paper and pens over there.” She said, pointing before making her way to the tiny office to the side.
It wouldn’t be Disney, but at least it would be more helpful.
Post by Friday Morning on Nov 17, 2016 4:12:33 GMT
"Oh, I so should!" Friday agreed. She already made a mental note to manage to do just that, and she generally remembered notes like that, at least when they involved other people and all. Friday did hesitate for a moment, wondering if she should take stock and write down everything of hers that had been taken but, well, Friday was already taking pictures and heading out as it was.
Right all the way back to the security room. Friday stopped outside again, leaning forward and peeking into the room, more curious than anything else. When she realized that Brianna was holding it open for her and obviously trying to get her to go inside, Friday flushed and then headed in, mumbling an apology.
"right, ah, paper and... stuff," Friday chewed her lip while she studied the implements closely. There was one thing that Friday had started to pick up on since getting her power: what a used, well, anything looked like. In this case, she looked for little signs, eventually taking the most battered pen among the lot before plunking down. Her hand started moving and she got wrapped up on it, forgetting the cookie and everything else while she submitted to the muscle memory at work.
Post by Brianna Keegan on Nov 17, 2016 19:24:34 GMT
Brianna only smiled when Friday hesitated before realizing that yes, she should go inside. Rather than talk, she waved off the apology, got the treats for them both, and then left Friday to her own devices once she seemed to find the paper. Then it was time for Brianna to snoop through some video.
Picking the right camera wasn’t so hard when Brianna knew which dorm and hallway she needed. It was the timing that she needed to get right. “When did you say you and your friends went out and came back to find your rooms like this?” Brianna called out, hoping she was getting her details right. “I need a time frame, otherwise I’ll have to watch something like two hours worth. Do you know exactly when you left your dorm?” Brianna doubted the girl would want this to last so long. Still, she searched back by at least two hours. If she found the girls leaving that would be a perfect place to start.
Post by Friday Morning on Nov 18, 2016 0:04:45 GMT
As was usual for Friday, she didn't quite realize that someone was talking to her until a few seconds after Brianna started. It took the girl a few moments to break free from writing and a few seconds more to start to think about the question and figure out how to properly respond. "We weren't out too long?" Friday's brow crinkled and she looked back down at the sheet where she'd already written the answer, more or less.
"It was... maybe an hour or two ago? Not much more than that, because I was in there to send off some stuff for homework," Friday chewed her lip, "and then she'd called me to go... so, yeah, about..." Friday closed an eye, "two hours? Hour and, like, forty five minutes? Something like that?"
She looked back at Brianna, hoping that was enough to at least get started.
Post by Brianna Keegan on Nov 18, 2016 19:01:21 GMT
They weren't out for very long, and Brianna was actually pretty close with the two hour mark. After a bit of reversing and fast-forwarding, she finally found when the girls left the dorms. “Found it. Thanks! Oh, and feel free to eat some more of those snacks as long as you don’t eat them all.” Brianna could definitely afford to be generous right now to the younger girl considering the night she was currently having. Other than catching the panty raider, it was the least she could do.
Now Brianna got to sit back, relax, and play through the footage at increased speed until she found something. Some small part of her wanted popcorn to go along with it, but she managed without. A few others walked through the halls after the girls left, but none of them went into the girls’ specific dorm. However it didn’t take too long before Brianna spotted the suspect.
“Wait, wait, go back.” She muttered to herself while reversing the video. “There you are.” It was a boy who looked like he was on the younger side. Definitely not an older college student; he was probably still in high school. Though he did a pretty good job of going through the door with a phasing ability.
Looks like they found their culprit after all.
She couldn’t get his full face, but there was a pretty good shot of the side of it. Thankfully the cameras in the school weren’t like the cameras in movies where every detail was horrifically fuzzy to drag the investigation on for a while. Now all she’d need to do was go through the school roster and find herself a pretty good match. “Friday! I found your panty thief.” She called out with a somewhat triumphant smile that she just couldn’t hide.
Post by Friday Morning on Nov 18, 2016 22:26:58 GMT
"Gotcha!" Friday said. She turned back to her report, hand again moving on automatic to finish filling it out; hard to resist the muscle memories and all. But Friday's gaze did drift over to the snack pile, while she considered. She definitely didn't want to take too many, after all, for more reasons than just Brianna saying so.
"Go what?" Friday repeated a few moments later. There was only a bit more to add to the report by then, and Friday wasn't sure she hadn't been too thorough (whoever used this pen most frequently really liked to be detailed about their writing, apparently). She looked over to Brianna, watching as the older girl messed with footage and whatnot. Curiosity drew Friday over, and she looked up at the screen as someone appeared.
"He doesn't look familiar,' she said, wrinkling her nose. "And he looks kinda young. That's kinda sad," she pursed her lips. "I mean, he should definitely be punished, but maybe he's all young and didn't know better? Like, less chopping off his hands or..." Friday gestured a little, "other things, and more, like, lecturing him and having him put in in some volunteer work or something? Maybe?"
Post by Brianna Keegan on Nov 18, 2016 23:16:17 GMT
Brianna only sort of heard Friday while she was fiddling with the footage. It wasn’t until she looked up to make the announcement that she realized Friday was right there. It startled her a little but the worst she did was flinch her head back. “The guy. Sort of.” Brianna explained, taking a screenshot of the boy before switching to the roster. This would take a little longer probably.
“Chopping off his hands?” Brianna repeated, smirking a little at the notion. “Uh, don’t worry about that. I’m pretty sure they outlawed that. At least, they won’t allow me to do it this year.” She said it with a disappointed sigh, but she was definitely joking. On a more serious note though, Brianna actually listened to what Friday was saying. She was being a lot nicer to the kid who’d stolen her and her friend’s things than Brianna expected. It was actually pretty impressive. “Volunteer work though, huh? That could work.” She considered. “Although first of all, I’m making him return everything and apologize for doing this to you all. After that his punishment will be decided. Maybe having him help out the groundskeepers during the winter would be good.”
Post by Friday Morning on Nov 19, 2016 1:45:47 GMT
Friday took another long look at the boy but, well, he still didn't look familiar to her. She supposed that was probably for the best: she wouldn't want to see anyone she knew doing something like this to her and her roommate. Then again, maybe she'd have been better able to help someone she knew? Or was she supposed to take this as some kind of flattery?
At least it didn't sound like Brianna was going to do anything too major to the guy, which definitely served as some relief to Friday. She nodded along with the idea of volunteer work. "Or you could have him scrub the toilets in a girl's bathroom or something. I mean, it seems kinda fitting for the crime and all?" Friday shrugged, then wrinkled up her nose and pulled back slightly.
"I still don't get why anybody would even do something like that. It just seems... kinda gross? Plus, I probably would've just given him some underwear if he was that desperate for it..." Friday's brow crinkled while she yet again tried to figure out what a guy would want girl's underwear for. Maybe that was just his thing?
Post by Brianna Keegan on Nov 19, 2016 22:03:29 GMT
Scrubbing toilets was a good idea too. Brianna nodded with Friday’s suggestion, though her attention was momentarily split between the girl and the roster she was going through. “That really would, wouldn’t it? Or we could make him do half and half.” Really, it would be decided based on what needed the boy the most. With winter coming up, working with the groundskeepers to maintain the campus would definitely be useful. Though there was something ironically satisfying about the bathroom situation. Brianna would likely discuss this with the other security members.
“I…don’t know either.” Brianna admitted with a scrunched up expression of minor disgust. “Maybe it’s part of some initiation hazing or some kind of challenge. I don’t really see the point either, but I’ve heard of that sort of thing happening for that reason.” The kid could also be a straight up pervert with some weird fixation, but Brianna wasn’t going to go into that.
The next few minutes were spent by Brianna seriously narrowing down the roster to a few select kids with the type of power she’d seen displayed in the video. It took a while, but at last she thought she really had it down. She even drew the other image she’d taken out just to double check. “Alright, looks like I’ve got everything I need from this end, so let’s head back to your dorm and get your roommate to fill out one of those papers. Oh and I’d need those pictures you took too as evidence.” Brianna said while getting up.