Consulting the Oracle

[ex_fatalist246]

[Satoshi, believe it or not, is a cop. And you know what cops do? That's right: they collate data. It's instinct. So the blue-haired cool kid is going to get collating that data.]

In several universes, graffiti has appeared where subjects of the experiment would find it. In all cases, there has been no signs of break-in except the message.

If anyone else found graffiti similar in nature, I'd like whatever data you have. Photographs of the graffiti and paint samples if possible. We need as much information as we can gather.

Comments

[bowtied.livejournal.com]

Oh. Are we investigating things today? I haven't done that in a while. So what sort of graffiti-i-y things have we got so far?

[explains]

I'd be interested in what others found as well.

[eyesofafemsnake.livejournal.com]

[She eyes him a bit incredulously. What can this kid do? Buuuuut she'll humor him. She hands him a photo of the graffiti from her world. The graffiti appears to be spray painted in red on a ghostly image of a building. The paint is clearly real and solid, but what it's painted onto... Not so much. Her graffiti says "Must not sleep. Must warn others."]

What do you make of this, mate?

[grip_on_reality]

[Menzies is also a cop, so she's eager to get in on the investigating. unfortunately, she's used to running this sort of operation. sorry in advance, Satoshi]

How many people do you know of that this happened to?

[ex_fatalist246]

[oh, it's YOU] There was one on a car: "a big boy did it and ran away." Black paint. The second one was on the wall of a house, "Stay calm." The writing wasn't the same hand.

[ex_fatalist246]

I don't mind sharing what I find. [So apathetic] I have two examples now.

[ex_fatalist246]

[He frowns and looks back at her.] What is the building supposed to be made of?

[ex_fatalist246]

There have been four who came forward. Since it's the Plane, I've probably missed others. [Policing on the Plane is impossible.]

[explains]

I can tell you a third if you like.

[bonnypiperlad]

Hey? [Jamie's not entirely sure what Satoshi's talking about, but a recent appearance in his universe is enough to make him wonder if it's something similar.]

Is that graphy-thing some sort of words, then?

[promisedsomeone.livejournal.com]

[He could take this directly to Jade... but that would initiate a conversation and he doesn't want to deal with that right now, so soon after the episode with God General!Guy. So neutral party is go.]

I have a sample.

[ex_fatalist246]

[Satoshi nods, indicating that Guy should go ahead.]

[ex_fatalist246]

It's images or letters marked on property, usually without permission.

[ex_fatalist246]

I'll take it. [Satoshi is, like some other people, not precisely social, and he performs his inquiry with business-like efficiency.]

[guyexplains.livejournal.com]

A tiny opening that wasn't there before, with the words "dare you, dare you, double dare" written in red, and arrows pointing to it.

[ex_fatalist246]

[Satoshi writes this down in his trusty notebook.] Did anything come out of the hole? [Satoshi assumes that Guy wouldn't have entered the hole. He has never played RPGs.]

[guyexplains.livejournal.com]

[Satoshi just doesn't understand the need to explore every crack and crevice that being an RPG character.]

Not exactly. I never got to the bottom of it, but it felt like there might have been something down there.

[eyesofafemsnake.livejournal.com]

Brick and mortar. But it's not really there. Not yet, at least. You see the rubble on the ground there? That's the same building.

[ex_fatalist246]

[Satoshi decides to ask a clarifying question.] How large was the hole?

[bonnypiperlad]

Oh! Aye, I've just seen something like that, where we are. Thought it was funny that it turned up there at all, but...

[He shrugs. He's seen odder.] Are ye in a hurry? I can go back and get whatever it is ye need.

[explains]

Just barely big enough for me to fit in.

[ex_fatalist246]

If it's still there, I want to see it.

[ex_fatalist246]

I can wait.

[explains]

You sure? I don't mind taking you to where it was but...

[Do you always want to go places with strange men, kid?]

[ex_fatalist246]

First-hand evidence is better.