The Secret Room [Great Charade]

[Kama the Popcorn Kage]

A very small room hidden in the biggest room of the mansion, it was with no doubt the place where "The Five" kept their secrets and valuable things.

The very small room which consisted on a brown room surrounded by shelfs and with a desk on the middle of it did not seemed to be a very special one, but the fact that it was in the last room and that Akuyama had just came out of it was what made it special.

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Choose One:

1.- Check the shelf in the right.
2.- Check the Desk
3.- Check the papers scattered all around the floor.

[Mikuru Uchiha [~Miko]]

Listening to Akuyama who yelled "NOW", it was clear it was an order for the boy to retreat. Thus Mikuru would abide by the leader's commands. Entering into the room this would be the last secret room of the mansion. There was much to explore but the priority for Mikuru was the papers strewn about the room. Before she would examine anything, her eyes glanced around the room. Just to reveal any hidden secrets or the possibility of traps. Once everything was clear, the papers were collected and read.

What sort of information about The Five would be presented to the President-Elect?

[Kama the Popcorn Kage]

The disguised MBIS agent managed to get into the secret room, however her duty was not over yet, the first action made by her by entering the room was a clever one, she would inspect the room looking for traps or any other hidden secrets, a good thing and a bad thing at the same time, she would find herself with no traps or hidden secrets aside from those that were spread all over the room, the scattered papers, the books on the bookshelf, etc., that was the good thing and the bad thing was that the inspection was no more than a waste of time, precious time that would be dangerous, not for her but for her teammates.

The papers scattared all around the floor seemed to be just trash, however by looking at them carefully one could notice that those were newspapers, very old ones, and all of them had different but similar titles.

"The Five save the Sound", "The Five defeated the Infernal Beast" were only some of them, tons of other titles that seemed to look like those, in the very deep bottom of the bunch of newspaper there was the oldest one, one so old that can barely be read, on it a big title and a picture of five people, they all enjoying and celebrating as if they were happy about something.

"Five new Chuunins of Sound" was the title and by reading the small description next to the picture one could say that that was the very first time "The Five" met each other and how their friendship started. By looking at the picture one could see that they looked different from now, especially Akuyama who seemed to have "The Light" on her eyes, "The Light" that appears on someone that have achieved one of his life goals, the light of hapiness.

How was it possible, how five normal shinobis who became the most powerful and famous shinobis of all the Sound Country were able to do things like this? That was a very common question that most of the people would ask to themselves by looking at the picture.

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Choose One:

1.- Look Carefully among the Newspapers
2.- Look in the Shelf
3.- Look on the Desk

[Mikuru Uchiha [~Miko]]

Cautious eyes scanned each and every newspaper headline and subtext. Naturally the MBIS agent looked apalled. How could the heroes of Sound, "The Five" turn from good to bad? Well, despite reading the scattered newspapers, she also organized them into a pile for better access and easy reading. She then proceeded to scan the shelf carefully. Finally there was the desk which seemed to call the disguised agents attention. Moving over to the desk, 'Kuma' proceeded to examine the desk, particular what was ontop of it and inside any drawers the desk contained.

OOC: Sorry for the short post, I just want to compile a nicer post towards the end of the examining ^^;

[Kama the Popcorn Kage]

[Sorry for the delay. XD You know I was not around]

Once the girl finished to organize the newspaper she decided to go straight and look for what's on the desk, finding a photography on top of it, one of a tall man, around his forty, black short hair, white skin and beautiful green eyes, the background seemed the one of a park, nothing much aside from that, despite being physically gorgeous there was something on his face, some kind of evil grin, as if he would be hiding something. His large black coat had something on it, some kind of draw, looking at it carefully one could figure out that the emblem drawn on his coat was nothing else than the one of a village, one that had several vertical lines but not possible to know what village for sure.

The desk had two drawers, one of the right and one on the left, both of them were locked, however using a little bit of strenght would be more than enough to break the lock and open it. The one in the left contained a blue notebook, a very common one, nothing special on it, while the right one contained a pink one, one that had a name written on it, "Akuyama" no doubt of it, it was a girl's diary.




1.- Read the Blue One
2.- Read the Pink One

[Mikuru Uchiha [~Miko]]

With the might of a Tai specialist of her level, the right lock would be forced opened. Thus the drawer would reveal itself to her, sliding out relatively easy. It contained a pink notebook which had the band leader's name. Fancy that, more info on Miss Popular. Soon 'Kuma' would begin to go through the notebook, reading everything documented so as to piece together how the leader's life changed from a simple rockstar to the leader of a band of thieves.

Once the book was read, it'd be stored on her person as evidence against the Five before attempting to go through the other drawer, repeating the same process on the lock as necessary.

[Kama the Popcorn Kage]

"Dear Diary,

Well, I guess this is my first time writing here... let's think what should I write... hmmm... Yeah, I remember, today I just got promoted, I'm not a genin anymore, I'm a Chuunin, that's the reason why I bought you Mr. Diary (hearts)

Anyway, it seems I'm not the only of Sound promoted, it seems that there are others as well, four to be precise, one girl, one though guy, a very handsome one and a little kid, the people started to call us "The Five" something odd, I really don't like that name, I know it's a miracle that only sound ninjas had passed the exam, but hey it's not our fault to be so strong, don't you think?

I wonder if the Kage has some plans for us...

xoxo Akuyama"

That was the first page, a very normal one, no more info was displayed on it other than Akuyama was just a normal and common shinobi, quite interesting coming from her. On the following pages some more about her and her adventures. There were some pages written in blue, as if those pages would be the good ones, the interesting ones.

"Dear Diary,

Hi there, it's me again, I think that's not a surprise, anyway, guess what I decided to write in blue the important things, like this, I'm on a new team, remember that I told you that I hated that nickname, well... not anymore, Tricu is on my new team, I hope I will have a date with him one day...

Anyway, the real reason I'm writting in blue is becase now that I'm a jounin I'm allowed to check the village's secret documents and that stuff, and well not very good at all, I mean, it seems we are one of the weakest village all around the shinobi world, quite dissapointing.

Today we were discussing the village's status and we came up with a conclusion that we are not only the weakest but that we won't even be able to withstand an attack from anoter village, I guess we better start doing some alliances, don't you think?

I have to go now, I have a very important mission... SHOPPING!!!

xoxo Akuyama"

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In the following pages only moreof her and her adventures, along with some other pages in blue that revealed information about some enemies that she had gained and how worried she was aout the village's status.

"Dear Diary,

I'm afraid to tell you this, but according to our spying team, we are in danger, it seems some villages are getting ready to attack us, but don't worry I think I can fix this, I'm gonna see a man from the Village Hidden in the Rain, and no it's not a date, it is more like a business meeting... I think...

Wish me luck and hopefully when I came back all this would end once and for all, I don't really want our village to be attacked, that would be awful...

Akuyama

Being that the last page the diary ended, no more information revealed though, only an important date, the last entrance on the diary was October 10th, just a few months before today and a few days before the band called "The Five" began to rock and roll.

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1.- Begin to read the blue notebook.
2.- Read the pink one carefully.

[Mikuru Uchiha [~Miko]]

"What...in...the...world?" Mikuru had pondered moments after completing the diary entries. Important ones were written in blue so those were read first and foremost. From Mikuru's understanding, Akuyama went from a sweet chuunin to a matured (somewhat) Jounin. Her concern for the Hidden Sound was evident. Withdrawing a simple notebook from her person; she'd begin to inscribe important notes concerning the written information.

"Just a moment..."

Mikuru whispered; imitating the young lad's voice. Of particular notice was the last passage. Akuyama said she was going to meet a man from rain, a business...trip? More information was necessary. Were any additional details concerning the meeting in Hidden Rain revealed? Her eyes carefully analyzed the pages. Her first read was for simple knowledge and passing pleasure. Her next time was for understanding. Gentle fingertips traced the pages, attempting to find anything hidden. Often times different ink left traces depending on how they dried. The devil's eyes carefully looked at each line, should there be invisible ink.

More so, she was looking for patterns within the text. Strings of words which held a hidden message. There were many ways to do this and from her experiences... Should the President-Elect find out anything, she'd proceed to document it within her notebook but regardless the entry pertaining to her visit with a man from rain was written in her notebook, copying the writting style exactly. After which, it'd finally be time to go over the pages of the next book. Was this one a diary as well?

SPOILER: Click to show

Sharingan Written Copy used

[Kama the Popcorn Kage]

Once more the girl would read the diary however she would find nothing else than the fact that Akuyama instead of using "." uses "hearts" each time she wrote an "I". Something quite dissapointing, even though she would try to find anything else, something else like a clue or something that would be useless, after all this was a girl's diary, and even though it was a Jounin's diary, in the end a girl's diary, one that was supposed to not be read by anyone.

As all this happened the lights of the room began to turn on and off, as if it would be some kind of subway's station. It was indeed the battle in the other was affecting this as well. Should the girl continue with her investigation or go and help the others?




1.- Read Blue notebook
2.- Check the bookshelf
3.- Leave the room (Won't be able to return to this room)

[Mikuru Uchiha [~Miko]]

Carefully hiding the blue diary on her person she'd then proceed to finally search the bookshelf. Though she had gained insight on Akuyama, the case itself was still vague. It encompassed much more than meets the eye and if the bookshelf didn't reveal much then what else could the President-Elect do? Well...there was always the remaining goods the 5 had stolen. Claiming them and returning them to their rightful owners would serve to boost MBIS' reputation and likewise Moyoushi's. Of course as she searched the bookshelf, she'd look high and low. Though it may have been sterotypical she was looking for some sort of hidden switch that would reveal further secrets. Be it a special book in the shelf or just something behind a book.

How would her search go?

SPOILER: Click to show

-Pocketed Blue diary

[Kama the Popcorn Kage]

By looking at the shelf the girl would found nothing but useless bokks on it, however behind it she would be able to find some kind of steel door, a very small one as if it would be some kind of secret place to store important documents, even the door was made of steel it would be possible for her to break the lock or maybe she would look for the combination somewhere, by looking carefully she would be able to notice that the books in the middle part of the shelf had letters written on them, "R" "V" "R" "I" "L" "IV" "R" "III" "L" "I". However the door had a numerical code, something the girl would have to decipher.

There she would be able to find another picture of "The Five" the same picture as in the newspaper, the one that was taken when they just became Chuunins. And aside from that there was some kind of blue folder, one that would contain several heets of paper, some of them that would reveal important information about what's happening and what's about to happen.

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1.- Open the steel cage and read the blue enbelow.
2.- Exit the room

Inside the

[Mikuru Uchiha [~Miko]]

"Just as I suspected."

Mikuru couldn't help but mutter this line to herself in the empty room. Her eyes had discovered a steel door behind the guise of books. It gave her the impression of a safe(the word you're looking for Kama ^.~) and sure enough an steel lock featuring an input system was found. Naturally locks didn't amuse the would-be Detective. "Well, a smart group of thieves would most likely keep the code tucked away somewhere else. However cocky thieves may leave the code in plain sight; a challenge." Mikuru reasoned carefully. Her fingertips trailed the various book spines. Considering her search went high and low, no sooner would her eyes meet at the middle portion of the shelf. Several books contained a letter written on them. Taking out her notepad she'd write them all down exactly as written. Now here was a tricky situation admittedly. These letters may or may not mean anything at all, this much was certain.

Attempting to spell anything with them wasn't working so well. Yet her goal of writing them down was if they needed to be used here and now or later, possibly both! Looking towards the lock, she considered simply using brute strength to open it. However doing such may trigger a trap and give away her stealth. Thus she'd end up playing around with the lock, attempting to gain the right code. After several attempts (this is a long code), the door would open. It'd reveal a picture of the Five. "The same picture from the newspaper...something's not right..." the President-Elect mused as she grasped the picture. She examined it back and front just in case something was written on it. The most important thing though was the blue folder. Within it's hold was several sheets of paper. Grasping the folder she'd unwravel the secrets contained within. Each page in the folder was carefully analyzed; what would MBIS' leader find?

Meanwhile with the information read, she'd begin to look around for the remaining artifacts. Hopefully they were within this safe also.

[Kama the Popcorn Kage]

OOC: Oh yeah safe... XD. Anyway, I made such a huge mistake, remember when I told stated things about a Rain man, well it's a mist man. XD Sorry, so forget anything about the Rain Village and think about Mist village. XD

BTW the code was: "Right - 5, Right - 1, Left - 4, Right - 3, Left - 1"

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Important information about what was going on was hidden in there, however it seemed that none of them dealed with "The Five" but with the Village Hidden in the Mist, quite strange, but more strange was the name of Theodore Ramphson, according to the papers in there, the man was the one behind "The Five" he was the man manipulating them. Although the information there was not vast it was really useful, the papers could only throw several names and places, "Akuyama, Theodore Ramphson, Mist, Feudal Lord" but still not concrete information, among the papers just a few diary's notes in there.

"Those stupid kids already have three of the artifacts, I should be a genius, I managed to make those stupid jounins to work for me"

"Today is the last concert, they think I'm gonna help them after this but they are so stupid"

"Today is my first meeting with Akuyama, I'm pretty sure I will be able to control her, after all her village is in danger"

This last entry was made in October 10th.

There were still some questions without answers.

Who is Theodore Ramphson?

Why is his name appearing among this papers?

What happened in that meeting between Akuyama and Theodore?

Maybe the girl would need someone to explain this to her, because up to now, the information gotten in here despite being useful without the needed tools it would be useless.

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1.- Check the room once again just in case.
2.- Leave the room.

[Mikuru Uchiha [~Miko]]

OOC: Well I mean, I kinda figured someone was playing behind the scenes but...this could lead to something awesome between Moyoushi and Mist!

IC:

"Kirigakure..."

As the name of the place was uttered, the tone oozed with dislike. For such a child to dislike her mother's village...to dislike her birth country, it said something. The fact that a man from that nation, a feudal lord no less, was pulling the strings. They'd need more information, from the soruce if possible. The man even had a name, to which she made sure to pull out her notebook and write it down. As she did so, her eyes scanned the safe once more. Was there anything else inside this safe, well one thing she was definitely looking for was the remaining artifacts. It's safe to say she'd explore the safe throughly, looking for any traces of them. She was also looking for any remaining leads on Theodore. They needed to compile evidence so the folder was definitely tucked away for safe keeping. Several key lines that seemed to be spoken by Theodore were copied into her notebook exactly as written. They were then copied onto a stray piece of paper.

"Please don't be dead yet Akuyama...not just yet."

Was she going to be able to save the lead singer?

After searching she'd proceed to exit and once more she'd be on the hunt for those remaining artifacts. They had to be in this room, yes?

[Kama the Popcorn Kage]

One more piece of paper would be found in the cage, a little one that had the names of the member's band and next to it another weird name.

Kuma - The Necklace of Ubara (Moyoushi)
Tricu - Ring of Cabana (Snow)
Sakura - Crown of Jhysta (The City of Dante)
Kateinma - The Key of Abathys, the King of the Doomed (Grass)
Akuyama - None

Aside from that nothing else would be found in there, nothing aside old photos and ancient books, the room was explored and cleared, no more reason to stay in.

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1.- Exit the room.

[Mikuru Uchiha [~Miko]]

The final piece of paper was indeed very useful. She'd retrieve it and place it on her person. At long last the room had been thoroughly searched. Evidence against the five was built but even now there was more information that was needed. She realized there was a need for techniques the shinobi world didn't provide in these cases. Wether it be detrimental to shinobi or not that such jutsu could be potentially made wasn't of Mikuru's concern. No, right now the most important thing was Akuyama's immediate capture.

Carefully a flute was withdrawn and an interesting melody was played. Considering Akuyama thought the person inside was her commrade, she'd have no idea what was in store for her. Each note was carefully held longer than a normal to emphasize tone. Simply put they were beautiful, yet the beat itself became eerie and foreboding.

[Exit to Room 6]