Communications Room
"Anything will do, Aloysius, as long as you speak into it." Katsurou clarifies. He then smiles at the enthomologist's last comment in regards to how he worded the request.
"I could be hypnotizing you to subconsciously follow my orders. I
did take a particular interest in hypnotism when I was a child. For all you know you could already be under my spell, ready to do as say without any control over your own actions or ever realizing that you have been hypnotized." he puts his hand on Aloysius' shoulder and grabs it in a friendly kind of manner, like a friend to a friend.
"I'm not the Super High School Mentalist for nothing, Aloysius." Katsurou says, winking. He pats Aloysius' arm and goes out of the door.
"I'll be back as soon as I'm able!"
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Third Floor - Hallway
The door shuts behind him and Katsurou gazes upon the obstacle before him. There it was, the great beast that stands in the way of him and progress. The shadow that looms over the stairway to knowledge. The puppetmaster who is the mastermind behind one of this ship's greatest mysteries. She whose soul is masked by an ample amount of keratin...
Or in other words just Teruko Wada.
He calmly observes her movements for awhile. Katsurou had no idea how to get past her without attracting attention to himself, so he might as well get straight to the point. If he could not get through her, then he'd have to think outside of the box.
Now he's had a few stupid plans, despite his intellect, but this may just be his stupidest one yet.
He takes a deep breath and recites something in his mind.
Pain is temporary.
Katsurou throws himself over the staircase's railing and falls down to the second floor.
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*thud*
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Painful. A sharp and lasting feeling throbbed throughout the area of impact. Fortunately, he had not broken any bones (none that were immediately noticeable, at the very least) but he was sure he was going to feel that tomorrow and the day after.
"A-alright... pull yourself up... and..." he struggles to pick himself up on the floor, steadying himself with the help of the wall. Nothing felt too wrong, given the fact that he just threw himself over the railing. He definitely wasn't going to that any time soon, for fear that it would be the end of him.
"Gah... off to your room now... Katsu." he says to himself, slowly walking down the rest of the stairs to the crew berthing.
Katsurou enters his room.