Puzzle 004

[tapshoetomove]

[While up in his room one Saturday afternoon, Luke takes a break from his usual routine of kid things (his life was more and more mundane very quickly, he didn't like it at all) to revisit that sketchbook Rin had given him. The one that was used by the previous him before he was brainwashed and made to forget everything about Mayfield.

It starts out

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[likescats]

[Hanging out in the house. There is a kitten sitting on his shoulder and looking over at Luke after the phone call.]

ARE YOU ALRIGHT?

[tapshoetomove]

[He nearly jumps back at the sight of Death, he's never going to get used to...

...is that a kitten?]

A-ah, it's nothing!

[He's not too keen on showing anyone those pictures, not until he can find out he was the one who actually drew them.]

[likescats]

[Yes. Yes it is a kitten. Also he's very used to that reaction so he just pretends not to notice it.]

YOU'RE CERTAIN?

[tapshoetomove]

[Luke manages to resist the urge to pet the kitten. That might not last though.]

U-uhm, yes...no...I'm not sure.

[motheringnation]

[Blinks....wait, she knows that voice.]

Luke! I didn't know you were back!

[tapshoetomove]

[Oh, someone else knows about him too?]

Ah...hello! Who is this?

[motheringnation]

Ah...t-this is Ukraine....

[Oh....he might not remember after all.]

I knew you the last time you were here. You were living with a friend of mine.

[tapshoetomove]

[Sadly, he does not. But she definitely has his interest, considering the drawings he found!]

Ukraine? ...I'm sorry, miss, I've forgotten a lot since I've come back here.

Might I ask who this friend of yours is?

[getsciencedone]

[You have her interest.]

Puzzles? That sounds like it might be interesting.

[tapshoetomove]

Great! We could get a group together. Uhm, I'm not too sure how miss Susan and Mr. Nigma feel about guests in the house, but I suppose we could find somewhere to do this. It'd be an awful lot of fun!

[getsciencedone]

Well I'm a science teacher here, we could use my classroom.

[tapshoetomove]

We could? That's fantastic! Although I was sort of hoping for a treehouse. A classroom does sound more reasonable!

[miss_enma_ai]

[There is suddenly a creepy girl with red eyes standing next to you. Oh...wait you're not Slugger.]

[tapshoetomove]

[He turns around quickly.]

Ah!

[GEEZ WHAT IS WITH THIS HOUSE AND RANDOM PEOPLE POPPING UP IN IT.]

H-hello there...who are you?

[miss_enma_ai]

My name is Ai.

[Looking at him.]

Who are you?

[tapshoetomove]

I'm Luke. It's nice to meet you, Ai.

[I think.]

[crayonbullets]

I think it's maybe because people don't like puzzles. They're hard. And sometimes they don't make sense.

[tapshoetomove]

They're not always hard, you just have to learn to think outside the box to solve them.

[crayonbullets]

But I'm not by any boxes.

[tapshoetomove]

Uh...I don't mean literal boxes. I mean, you have to think creatively to solve them.