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Cairn Orias
Hallway ~ Outside Mr. Yano's Office
Hallway ~ Outside Mr. Yano's Office
"Let me take care of this."
He turned around towards the voice, and saw the owner of that voice quickly tampering with the lock on Mr. Yano's door. Oh no. Although the faculty was lax, if there was anything they could get in real trouble for, it would be something like this. He stared for a few seconds at him, then at the other group members who seemed too content to get into the office this way.
"Uh, don't-- Don't do that." He resisted the urge to look up towards the ceiling and search for a camera. "It's not worth the risk. Seriously, there's probably a teacher just around the corner." He whipped back around, hoping that would maybe scare Samuel into stopping.
"Nono, don't worry! I'll just..."
Cairn certainly didn't expect anyone to take issue with him finding a teacher, much less to be physically blocked from doing so. He leaned back in surprise, trying to make sense of what Rin was doing. He noticed her line of sight looking past him, but a glance back only showed closed classroom doors with little signs of teaching activity. "Yeah, just give a minute." He craned his head forward, trying to read her expression, but he couldn't figure it out. His right eye twitched.
"What?" he retorted, staring blankly at her. He couldn't understand the crooked line of actions she was taking. Why was she so hesitant to letting him find a teacher? What exactly did she seem to be waiting for? Before he had time to theorize, a stern new voice suddenly came from his left, between him and Rin, echoing a bit. A teacher, whose face he recognized but couldn't put a name to, appeared from the hallway perpendicular to the one they were currently in. He wondered how he missed the sound of footsteps, but he noticed the teacher's gaze looking past him, and without looking back himself he could tell her eyes were on Samuel.
Strangely though, the teacher seemed mostly unbothered, and returned from where they came. He blinked slowly. What, did they need to kill someone in order to get staff to stomp their foot down? There were many odd aspects to the current situation, but he was relieved they got away scot-free, at least for the time being. Still, he couldn't shake what the teacher had said to Rin. It sounded like she had already asked a teacher to open the room for them, but then why had she spun it as some spontaneous search in the classroom? At the same time, couldn't she just have asked the teacher about his whereabouts when she did so?
Halfway through sorting through his thoughts, he noticed that the group had already started filing into the office. He had little hesitation in following them this time. After all, they had a teacher's approval.
Mr. Yano's Office
The room was in a sorry state. Items thrown onto the floor, documents in disarray... clearly someone had been rummaging through it with complete disregard, trying to... find something. To think that Rin's escapade would have taken this kind of turn. If there was anything of interest, whoever was responsible took it already. All that seemed to be left were worksheets of various subjects and a number of papers marked with a large red oval near their tops. Thankfully, none had Cairn's name.
To label this as a kidnapping seemed a bit hasty, though. If there was some kind of struggle here, surely someone in the school would have noticed something happening. But if it was some regular break-in, wouldn't that have been noticed too? As depressing as it was, it didn't seem like the other staff members were concerned about Mr. Yano's disappearance. Hell, maybe they already knew he was gone and didn't care enough to investigate.
...Maybe they already knew?
"Kidnapped? I thought this was how all offices here looked."
"Well, truth be told it is a possibility... Someone certainly wanted something Mr Yano had.... However, what would be of interest to anyone in the room of a teacher in the worst school in the city? Certainly they did not want test answers."
"How did they get in if the door was locked... From the window... or did they have a key...."
The person who did this wasn't trying to hide their act, that was for sure.
Who would know what there was of interest in Mr. Yano's office?
Someone going through the window, or picking the lock on the door would draw too much attention. They would need a key.
While thinking about what Veronica had mused, he was staring in her direction, eyes unfocused. Eventually, he came upon a conclusion. It sounded insane, but the more he pondered it, the more intrigued he became by the possibility. He said it aloud without thinking of how the others might see it.
"What if Mr. Yano left his room like this?"
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