Shannon sets what appears to be another meal aside. (Maybe she hasn’t had anything to eat yet… Poor girl.) Hearing @HeliosAlpha’s question, she replies.
【Shannon】「Hachijo-sama was not planning anything like that to my knowledge. She does have a few places she likes to go to think and relax, however. Maybe you found one of her places?」
Shannon smiles as she says that.
Battler quietly thanks his dear old papa Peeps for sticking up for him. Hearing @Funyarinpa’s question, he responds.
【Battler】「Hmm. Well, as @Aulin pointed out there was an email on her computer screen that seemed interesting. It said something to the effect of “Come to the tree if you want to get it back.” We had checked the email address but neither of us recognized it. Seemed that the sender had sent quite a few emails to her. That email is still open in her office. We didn’t touch it. Aside from that, there wasn’t really anything there.」
Battler seems to be wondering about something, but doesn’t voice it.
Next, he hears @Karifean’s question and responds as follows:
【Battler】「Oh, @Bowiie and me left together. She was still in her office when we left.」
Shannon, noticing that nobody else is addressing her, grabs the food she prepared earlier and begins to walk out. As she takes her third or fourth step, the sound of a door opening loudly is heard. (The backdoor?)
Two people are talking in the distance. Their voices are unfamiliar to any of the guests.
She thinks she has whispered it, but everyone can plainly hear Shannon muttering to herself, “Kanon… -kun?”
It appears Shannon has recognized at least one of the voices. The other voice apparently belongs to a man as well. Shannon then leaves the room.
It’s unclear what’s being said in the other room, but one blurb comes through clearly:
【？？？】「Ah, hey! That was supposed to be my breakfast, Kumasawa!」
A short while later, Shannon walks into the room again, with two people behind her.
【Shannon】「I’m sorry for the disturbance everyone.」
She looks down as though embarrassed by all of this, but quickly regains her composure.
【Shannon】「I don’t believe anybody has had a chance to meet him. This is Kanon, the gardener. He’s often in his private dwelling, in the forest.」
【Kanon】「…」
Kanon bows.
【Shannon】「And this man here is…」
【？？？】「Hello! I’m Sabakichi Kumasawa. You can call me Sabakichi.」
Sabakichi responds, while holding a bento box. (Kanon looks displeased…)
【Kanon】「I found him walking around earlier this morning.」
【Sabakichi】「I happened to drift ashore! I’m a fisherman you see. Haven’t been doing well on catches recently… Hahaha. So I stayed out longer than I should have and got caught up in the storm.」
Shannon seems baffled by all of this, but goes back into the kitchen and starts preparing another box.
【Kanon】「Shannon, where’s Hachijo?」
【Shannon】「…」
Kanon approaches Shannon, noticing her being unusually quiet. Shannon whispers to him. After a moment Kanon looks shocked.
【Sabakichi】「Somethin’ happen?」 (addressing the room in general)
Hey everybody! MetaNotKyon here. Enjoying the ride so far? This development is interesting, huh? Sorry if I’m not portraying the characters tolerably here. Anyway, if I left any PMs or posts unaddressed please let me know, I might have just missed them.
I meant to have this out three hours ago, by the way. I got distracted all on my own though, sorry for that. If it looks like we’re not able to wrap up soon enough, I may extend the discussion by a few hours if it seems like it’ll make a difference.
Okay! Regarding teams, now is a good time to begin forming alliances! If you do form an alliance, be sure to post a list of your team members (with yourself included!) here.
Guess that’s it for now. Sorry for this text-wall of a post! I included pictures this time to make up for all the text! (Though I guess some of you may be used to things like this from me by now.)