testing

[blue_ice]

[A note appears on all the dormitory bulletin boards. The handwriting is excessively tidy and on the small side, as if the writer had spent hours upon hours perfecting it.]

I'm testing the capabilities of this...spell system. I'd appreciate it if you'd sign your answers with your name and house while verifying that you read this message, though of course I don't know the particulars of any of your handwriting. A glaring flaw in the design, so I may have to follow up in person later.

In theory the structure of this 'spell' should be similar to the internet: an image is uploaded, then transferred and downloaded in a peer to peer sharing system. In practice, it looks to be as nonsensical as anything else in this school. Let's test this, shall we?

-S. Kaiba, Purifeul

[As he finishes the note and affixes it to the board, he has the fleeting thought that he will probably regret this. Too late.]

Comments

[outofyourshadow]

[Kaiba left pretty specific instructions. So naturally, Lena ignores them in her answer.]

What spell is this?

[puzzlers]

👀 👀 👀 👀
new spell, who dis?

[blue_ice]

I didn't cast it, the enchanted paper was already on the wall. I'm currently trying to determine its properties.

[Why are they writing to each other when they're in the same dorm? Well, research. And he doesn't actually know who this is.]

[blue_ice]

I already answered that. Read better next time.

[puzzlers]

S. Kaiba?
Hm 😕 unhelpful.
i need a full name plz&thx!
i can't just given out my own information willy nilly

[puzzlers]

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[blue_ice]

Fine. Seto.

['Don't' appears on the paper before it's scribbled out.]

Satisfied? Can we proceed now?

[puzzlers]

＿ﾉ乙(､ﾝ､)＿
not even mine, kaiba!
(ಥ﹏ಥ) i'm hurt
~ yugi

[puzzlers]

seto, huh, 🤗
i like it!
🙁 don't?
don't what☹️??
and sure 👍 let's proceed

[blue_ice]

...what?

[blue_ice]

[He pinches the bridge of his nose. This is rapidly spiraling out of his control. Ugh.]

Don't call me that. Kaiba is fine.

Now who am I writing to?

[blue_ice]

[He knows this is likely a losing proposition, but...]

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[puzzlers]

i would have thought you'd know my handwriting
(っ´ω｀c) we went to school together
and participated in how many duel tournaments...
come on, kaiba (ﾟヘﾟ)

[puzzlers]

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[puzzlers]

[ fff, he's sure kaiba's half passed pissed at this point, and he's not there to see. he stifles a chuckle as he slaps down another note. ]

ok, i get it,
👏👏👏 kaiba it is
call me kog 👋

[puzzlers]

🚨 🚨 🚨
DON'T FEED THE TROLLS!!!
🚨 🚨 🚨

i'm so sorry, kaiba. truly, i am.

[puzzlers]

has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

[blue_ice]

[He reviews the notes above with dawning horror.]

I haven't attended school for a year. And I hoped to never do so again.

But believe me, your handwriting is burned in my memory by now.

[blue_ice]

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[blue_ice]

[Kog. K.O.G. He sounds that out...and something about it is familiar to him.]

You remind me of someone.

[puzzlers]

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[puzzlers]

[ crap! he knew he should have thought of something else. ]

oh yeah 🙃?

[puzzlers]

i know,
but still...
i guess i didn't make much of an impact
╥﹏╥

[ he's been doing his best to make all the different posts look different, so it might be a bit difficult to discern them all as him, but this is kaiba we're talking about, and he's got a keen eye for this sort of thing. ]

(＾＾；) yeah?

[blue_ice]

A pint-sized someone who's always pestered me.

[blue_ice]

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