Rookie Undercover (Firehead)

[Soru]

"Alright good, I'll see you after your run." He said before you started your lap. By the time you finished the coach had the other students doing some more exercises, this time bending down to touch their toes. You see the coach standing behind a female student, helping her reach down and you couldn't help but think he seemed a bit too close to her. "Catherine, just mimic these exercises to start." He tells you before moving away from the student and checking the others.

Soon enough it's the end of class and everyone but you and the coach leave for the locker room. "Alright Cath, let's go over some basic exercises. Give me some pushups and then some sit ups. I'll tell you if you need improvement anywhere." He has you start with pushups and tells you to straighten your body out before having you do some sit ups. He kneels down in front of you and holds your feet down. "Doing good, Catherine." He said as he holds your feet down and you couldn't help but feel like your feet were spreading out a bit.

[Firehead]

Catherine finished with her run and noticed the rest of the class stretching to touch their toes. The coach was currently helping one girl stretch a little more, but she couldn't help notice he seemed to be standing a little closer than necessary. Was she just being too sensitive to such things with the disappearances, or was something more serious going on? She nodded and got started with her own stretches.

Once everyone else has left she got started with her push-ups adjusting her pose as he told her to. When it came time to do sit-ups, he got before her and helped hold her feet down, but as she continued from there, she couldn't help but notice her feet had been moved apart a little. Catherine found herself feeling a bit nervous again as she found herself in a situation similar to that with the doctor earlier. She tried to push her feet down a little harder trying her best to keep them from being moved any further as she continued with the exercise.

[Soru]

Putting more pressure on your feet your feel your feet no longer parting from each other and soon enough the couch lets you up. "Alright, now lets try some squat exercises. Take a good stance on your feet, hold your hands out straight in front of you and flat, and then squat down and the go back up like this." He instructs to you while doing the squat exercise himself to show you how to do it.

As you try your first few squats you feel a pair of hands on your hips. "Keep your body more steady, a smooth motion going up and down." He says from behind you. You feel him move up a bit closer, reminding you of how he was helping that other female student so closely. You couldn't have swore you felt his hips brush against your rear for a moment on one squat. "That's better. Now keep it up." He said though he would put his hands on your hips whenever he needed to correct you, though you could have swore that some of the ones he corrected were completely fine.

[Firehead]

Catherine was glad she was able to keep her feet from spreading anymore directly in front of the teacher's face. Why had it happened, though? Had he been carefully pulling her feet apart? If he had, then why'd he allowed her to keep them steady? She really didn't have any way of calling him out on it when she wasn't really sure he'd done anything in the first place. Maybe the floor was just more slippery than she'd thought.

As she began the squats, she felt a bit embarrassed to feel his hands on her waist guiding her into the correct form. It could be seen as inappropriate, but he was supposed to be helping her with this and actually guiding her was probably more effective than just telling her how to do it. She did her best to follow his guidance to keep the touching to a minimum, but he still found things to correct even if she was reasonably sure one or two of those corrections were unnecessary. She slowly took a few short steps forward hoping to avoid his hips coming into contact with her rear as much as possible.

[Soru]

"Keep your form, you tend to lose it a bit after several squats." The PE teacher said as he let you do a few on your own before moving up behind you to correct you again. This time though he pressed right up against you and guided your next squat and you felt your rear right in his lap for a that squat but before you could react after the squat he backed away. "Okay, try a few more and I think we'll be done for the day. You'll get the hang of it soon enough." He says letting you go off on your day now.

With classes now done for the day you had the rest of the day off, though as far as your mission here went you still didn't have much in leads.

[Firehead]

Catherine did her best to do as instructed, but it seemed the teacher still wasn't done with the hands-on instruction. This time he pressed in so close that it was almost like she was giving him a lap dance even if he was standing up. Before she could make any comment, he pulled away as if nothing had happened. She finished up the exercises quickly and made her way back to the locker room without another word. Getting herself cleaned up she considered what to do. She still didn't have any leads, so it was probably best to meet a few more students and get to know them. She decided to check out the library this time.

[Soru]

Entering the library you see many students about reading books, studying, and hanging out at the computers in the computer rooms. Seemed like a club of sorts was going on in one of the computer rooms by the sound coming from there. Behind a counter was a man wearing glasses and you assumed he is the librarian since he was checking a pile of books and writing something down after each book. You then see a student check out a book and you make a mental note to get a library card in case you needed to check out any books here.

Looking around you don't see anyone you recognize from yesterday, and the few that seem familiar are probably just people you met in your classes but didn't actually talk to. You might just need to find a random person and start a conversation if you didn't want to look around for a bit longer.

[Firehead]

Looking around the library, Catherine tried to decide who to approach. She decided not to bother anyone that appeared to be doing actual studying, and it shouldn't be too hard to pick up a library card whenever she first needs to check something out. She didn't recognize anyone, but she didn't know many people yet, so she should probably try and meet someone new. She decided to check out what appeared to be some sort of club meeting that was going on back in the computer lab for now. Walking back to the room, she stepped inside getting a look around before calling attention to herself.

[Soru]

Getting closer to the computer room you hear some shouts and what sound like call outs and you soon find out why; it seemed that the club was some sort of gaming club as you see several people playing games on the computers. Some of them glance up at you when you walk in but they don't stop playing their game and quickly turn their attention back to the game. "Hello there. Sorry, but we're using this room right now." Someone said. Turning to the voice you see its a young man wearing glasses though he didn't look unattractive for the geek type. "We reserve this room on Monday afternoons for a couple hours...Hey wait, aren't you the new girl? Catherine, right? I was in your history class."

[Firehead]

Catherine stepped into the room getting a look at the occupants. She could see everyone here were playing some games. They turned to look at her but didn't pay her much mind before turning back to their games. Someone finally approached her explaining that they had the entire room reserved before recognizing her. "Oh yes, that's me. Sorry for the intrusion, I was just a little curious what was happening back here." She couldn't help but notice he didn't look half bad for the geeky type, but she wasn't really here to be checking out teenage boys. "You have me at a bit of a disadvantage. I was never really introduced to anyone in the class."

[Soru]

"It's fine, we get some people walking in to either join or just watch." He explains to you. "Oh right, I should probably tell you my name. I'm Timothy, or just Tim if you prefer. And yeah, I guess introductions were never given when you joined so I guess you got to learn everyone's names then. I'm kind of surprised that you joined our school considering the...recent rumors." He said, referring to the kidnappings obviously. "What made you decided to enroll here? We're an expensive school but that doesn't really mean the best."

[Firehead]

She nodded as Tim introduced himself. "Good to meet you, Tim." She listened carefully when he mentioned the rumors hoping he might say something new about them, but instead, he questioned why they hadn't dissuaded her from coming to the school. She quickly tried to recover her composure when he asked the pointed question laughing it off. "Well, daddy never really put much weight into rumors." Thankfully, he'd also said something of interest she could use to change the conversation. "Now when you say expensive schools aren't really the best were you talking about in general, or something specific to this school?"

[Soru]

"Well yes to both..." Tim scratches the back of his head. "I mean more expensive doesn't always mean your chances of getting into a college of your choice is better. As for this school... I mean we got a lot of things here but it seems they spend more money on trying to look nice than teach us better than any other school. I mean we got nice dorms, rooms filled computers like this, and the gym looks like its more for a college campus than a high school one. It's almost like they spend more on the school then they make from tuition." He said, you picking up on a few key things he said, especially that last comment. "Of course I wouldn't know; not like I know how much these things cost or how much they make."

[Firehead]

Tim's story was intriguing, to say the least. Implying the school was more interested in outward appearances than academic excellence, but the most interesting part was the mention of the school seeming to spend more than it made. Though it brought up questions about Tim too. Even if he backed off and claimed he really didn't know what the school was spending or made he still made the comment with more certainty than would be expected of someone just making wild claims with no basis. She made sure to remember his appearance. On top of seeing what they can dig up on the school's finances, it would be worth mentioning him in her first report and having her superiors do a background check on the boy to see what pops up. The boy could be a valuable source of information if he's been digging around where he doesn't belong. "Well then, you said people come in just to watch. Do you mind if I look over a few people's shoulders?"

[Soru]

Making a note to dig up the school's finances you make a note that you might need to infiltrate the main offices and get the records yourself but there was little chance of succeeding without some kind of way of not raising suspicion. "Go ahead, though a fair warning; some of these guys don't invest as much time as they should into personal hygiene." He said before going to one of the computers in the room.

Looking over some shoulders you see they are all playing the same game, some kind of game where they control one character that moves along side a smaller characters. Seemed to be a competitive team game as well by the looks of it. Most of them seemed to be too invested into the game to pay you much mind.

[Firehead]

The idea of sneaking into the main office and getting a peek at the school financial records seemed like a plan fraught with a lot of risk, but it might be necessary to find out how the schools doing financially. If Tim's right, they could be swimming in debt or have another income source which could explain their desire to avoid any kind of scrutiny whether it was linked to the disappearances or not.

Taking a look around, she was a bit surprised to find that so many people seemed to be playing the exact same game. It must be something new that's caught a lot of people's attention. She decided to stay behind someone, making sure to avoid anyone who was lacking in hygiene, and get a better look at what the game was about to sate her curiosity before deciding whether or not it was worth it to hang around watching people play until dinner.

[Soru]

It seemed that some of the gamers were playing with each other, giving call outs that you didn't quite understand and seemed like gibberish to you. You couldn't really understand much of the game since you never played that many video games in the past. Some of them looked at you, wondering why someone who didn't look like the geek or nerd type was interested in their game. Walking past Tim you find he isn't playing a game but it looked like he was writing code instead; seems like he's a programmer of sorts.

With the game not really catching you and the players too busy to really talk to you without reason you find yourself a bit bored. You could ask some of them about the game, talk to Tim some more, or maybe go explore else where and maybe try looking for a lead. Being around the computers though reminded that you do have some case files safely encrypted on your laptop incase you needed more info, the files having been encrypted by the best of the police department and only the password you memorized can unlock them.

[Firehead]

Catherine couldn't make heads or tails of what was going on in the game other than some of the people were playing together and shouting across the room to communicate. Their strategies were full of lingo that made no sense to a nongamer, so it wasn't helpful in understanding any of it either. She noticed Tim wasn't playing a game though. Seemed like he was writing code. A programmer huh? It was just conjecture for now, but she wondered if he knew how to use those skills to access school records electronically. Just another reason to have his background looked into. Would certainly be safer, if she could get his help instead of sneaking into the office to look at the physical records.

Still, there was little she could do about that for now, and she was hesitant to distract anyone to have their game explained to her. The coding reminded her that she had some encrypted case files she could look over. She went ahead and left without a word letting everyone go about their business without interruption. Once she was on her laptop, the first thing she'd do is see if she could add files. If she could she'd make a word document for some personal notes, so she doesn't forget anything before her first report without risking someone finding a notebook full of incriminating notes about her investigation.

[Soru]

Once back inside of your room you open your computer and accessing the encrypted files on your laptop. Luckily for you there is an option to make a new file, mostly for notes and case leads that you find. Once you had written down everything that you thought was noteworthy you look over the case files. While you have already read these before you find a few things on the files that you didn't think much about at first. Looking at the pictures of the kidnapped victims you find that all of them looked rather attractive and bodies that you wouldn't think most high school girls would have yet they all do. Another thing you note as you look over the files on the high school is that several months before the kidnappings the school had undergone several renovations such as the large gymnasium but there's nothing in your files about them getting more money. Looking at a list of the school faculty it seemed that several new people on the staff were hired around the same time as the renovations, one person on the list being the doctor but this could be a coincidence.

[Firehead]

Catherine took a few brief notes. The gym teachers 'hands-on approach' that was bordering on sexual assault and the times the doctor seemed to be touching a little more than necessary. They weren't really connected to the disappearances, but if she caught enough evidence of sexual predation by the faculty it could launch an investigation by itself anyway. She also wrote about Tim. She hadn't caught his last name but she knew he was in her history class, and roll call would solve that issue easily enough.

With that done, she got down to reading up on the files she had. There was some evidence of the school spending quite a bit on renovations despite no indication of where they got the money making it seem like Tim might really have known about what he was talking about. There were also a couple new hires including the new doctor. She tried to see if there was any indication of who the doctor or nurse was before this guy was brought on. Once she either did or didn't find her answer she looked up at the clock. Depending on the time, she'd either get herself some dinner or do a little studying until dinner time came around.