[ yeah. he just drops his head back over the top of the couch he's sitting on now and closes his eyes. ]
...yeah. I think we got it. Byleth was a little weird, but... she probably...
[ ... he lolls his head over and looks at taichi. is he serious about this probably not but also after that incredibly difficult nine hours: ] Dude, please tell me it wasn't you. Please. My heart can't take any more stress or I'm gonna die. No cap.
it does seem like he did mean it though, and he reaches over and thwaps his hand gently against whatever uninjured body part is the nearest to him. ] Dude, I feel like I grew a new gray hair. Everyone else on the list for her partner is bad. What does that even mean?
[he has a shoulder that isn't too burned so taichi grins faintly and swats back.]
My stress levels haven't been this high for at least a couple of weeks. [joking.] ...it means that if they really do have to keep killing until they're caught then we're looking at a bunch of people from my dorm. Luxanna, Ichinose-san, and Caleb.
[ mood ] I mean, we did almost die this week. And sat through that. Makes me miss killer rap battles, a little bit.
[ yamato is missing from this list he absolutely notices that you gay ass but also it's not surprising so he just lets it be, grinning back a little and then rolling his head back over to stare at the ceiling. ]
... I guess I don't know Ichinose-san that well. The other three... any of those would suck.
I kinda wish I'd actually bought some powers from Luke on Wednesday when I was talking to him. I was still trying to decide.
[god. kingdom hearts nightmare...but he hums a little.]
...it would suck no matter what because it just means they're doing it against their will. But I can't imagine what they'd have against Crow to pick him in the first place, you know?
Yeah, well...usually Agumon's the one using all the power he has. I'm just helping him by being there. [powers were definitely the last thing on his mind. it's fine.]
...maybe. Maybe it doesn't have to be two kills in a row? Because that would mean Byleth skipped last week, or she's responsible for Sieghart but I don't think we ever figured out a connection for his case.
[ pokemon (no). thinking about agumon does remind him of that memory from this week, though, and he rubs at his chest, absently. ] Yeah. I guess I'm used to yelling about mine, not touching something on a phone.
[ sometimes you rap.
but anyway. ] I still kinda think Caiman killed Sieghart, man. I'm not gonna lie. The similarities were too much. I dunno if he had any help, but... it would make sense if he had weird memory loss if he didn't turn in his extra credit. I found out that it was "frame someone else".
[ and. gestures at denji. ] But you might be onto something.
[haha. yeah. ichiro is free to ask but otherwise taichi's not saying anything about it. he's vaguely aware of things in ichiro's world based on things people have told him, but that's a wild concept still, too.]
I do, too, if I'm honest. But saying that around my dorm seems kind of like a really bad idea right now. Would he even need the help? That's the thing.
[he frowns though because. he does like denji even if the dude's a little wild.]
So either Byleth's going to kill again because we haven't voted for her and she has to, we're going to have a brand new set of killers probably from summer or spring, or someone's going to kill Byleth because she confessed.
[ they're stupid teenage boys why would either of them actually talk about their feelings. ]
...yeah. I bet it's gotta be rough in there right now, huh. [ taichi your falls, ]
I think you're right, though. I guess that'll make the suspect pool easier to narrow down. [ it sucks to just talk about these things casually, but, what can you do. he lifts his hands up for a second, and then drops them in his lap, a sort of collapsing moment. ]
...This shit can't keep going on forever, though. We gotta figure out how to make it stop. I don't wanna just ride it out.
I doubt Caleb's coming back tonight. Futaba-chan keeps crying. Everybody else is slowly losing their minds. I have no idea what I'm supposed to do for them.
[it's...difficult.]
Supposedly we'll get to leave in another four weeks, but I don't know how bad it's gonna get before then. Or if that's even true. It doesn't feel like we're closer but we have to be somehow. [a beat.] If it's been like any other week, the dorm heads might have more documents delivered to them we can buy.
[ mmm... his brows pinch, sympathetic. ] ...That was us, last week. Just - I did my best to be there for everybody. We sat around together like a big pile after we were done talking to Rupert and Kon and I cooked. Half of us didn't say anything to each other, but we just hung out. It helped. I can't give that good of advice, but they'll be glad to have you around.
[ for the second part, though! ] I can help with the new info, though, cause I know the answer. There will be. Vi told me - I got to talk to Iris for a little bit, the other day. Every new week, we can get another piece, but it has to be requested by a different person in the dorm, each time.
That's what we did Thursday night when we got back. Everybody slept down in the common room. Luke, too. I don't know if the mood's the same for tonight but I'll just have to try to as many of them as I can.
[he perks up slightly.] That's how? I wasn't sure how it all worked. I bought the first documents from Chad right before I switched, and Yamato had bought them from Luke before I could even tell him I knew they existed. I'll have to talk to Fall to see who's buying this week.
[...hm.] Did you get anything else out of Iris when you spoke to her?
Always gotta try, yeah? Sometimes that's all you can do.
[ is try your best. he has a feeling taichi'll get that. protagonists be like.
but, yeah. the info bit has him nodding. ] Yeah. We gotta collaborate, in case the info we get is different. She told me to make sure we're verifying everything we can, and... most importantly, that our enemy here isn't each other. It's whatever bigger powers are in play. I'm tryin to keep that in mind, even when I get pissed and I find out the dude I play baseball with murdered someone who really fucking matters to a lot of people.
[ .... ugh. he's close to beau, close to caleb; molly's loss hurt. ichiro shakes his head. ]
I didn't use a mind control spell or anything to talk to her - it just happened when I traded some vouchers, and I got lucky. It was only for maybe half a minute. Have you gotten to talk to any of the others?
...that sounds a lot like what our culprits have been trying to tell us without really being able to say. [so yes. sometimes all you can do is try and then run in circles screaming.] It's hard to verify things when we don't have people who can verify the truth. What happened to Caiman though just kind of confirms that we really are having our hands forced here.
[there's a slow nod.]
Lalli told us that Luke--Riku--was able to regain control of himself a little bit, but on Wednesday our dorm used a mind control thing and also a potion I think to keep him around longer. We weren't able to learn much, but just having him back was nice.
[a pause.] I'm pretty sure the place we went on Thursday was directly related to him though. I recognized those weird white monsters, plus that was the same boy we saw in another memory. And our swords are similar to the one he has in his room.
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I know.
[there's just so much internal screaming? but...] ...the pattern still fit. Kinda crazy, right?
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...yeah. I think we got it. Byleth was a little weird, but... she probably...
[ ... he lolls his head over and looks at taichi. is he serious about this probably not but also after that incredibly difficult nine hours: ] Dude, please tell me it wasn't you. Please. My heart can't take any more stress or I'm gonna die. No cap.
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You of all people should know how much I can't actually fight. I wouldn't have have been able to hold my own against either of them.
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[ wheeze
it does seem like he did mean it though, and he reaches over and thwaps his hand gently against whatever uninjured body part is the nearest to him. ] Dude, I feel like I grew a new gray hair. Everyone else on the list for her partner is bad. What does that even mean?
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My stress levels haven't been this high for at least a couple of weeks. [joking.] ...it means that if they really do have to keep killing until they're caught then we're looking at a bunch of people from my dorm. Luxanna, Ichinose-san, and Caleb.
[aren't you forgetting someone, taichi?]
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[ yamato is missing from this list he absolutely notices that you gay ass but also it's not surprising so he just lets it be, grinning back a little and then rolling his head back over to stare at the ceiling. ]
... I guess I don't know Ichinose-san that well. The other three... any of those would suck.
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[god. kingdom hearts nightmare...but he hums a little.]
...it would suck no matter what because it just means they're doing it against their will. But I can't imagine what they'd have against Crow to pick him in the first place, you know?
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[ sometimes... you are just two morons cut from the same cloth...
but, yeah. he sighs. ]
I dunno either, dude. Crow was a nice guy. So was Lan Wangji. I wonder if they've gotta do one with a partner, and one on their own, or something....
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...maybe. Maybe it doesn't have to be two kills in a row? Because that would mean Byleth skipped last week, or she's responsible for Sieghart but I don't think we ever figured out a connection for his case.
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[ sometimes you rap.
but anyway. ] I still kinda think Caiman killed Sieghart, man. I'm not gonna lie. The similarities were too much. I dunno if he had any help, but... it would make sense if he had weird memory loss if he didn't turn in his extra credit. I found out that it was "frame someone else".
[ and. gestures at denji. ] But you might be onto something.
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I do, too, if I'm honest. But saying that around my dorm seems kind of like a really bad idea right now. Would he even need the help? That's the thing.
[he frowns though because. he does like denji even if the dude's a little wild.]
So either Byleth's going to kill again because we haven't voted for her and she has to, we're going to have a brand new set of killers probably from summer or spring, or someone's going to kill Byleth because she confessed.
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...yeah. I bet it's gotta be rough in there right now, huh. [ taichi your falls, ]
I think you're right, though. I guess that'll make the suspect pool easier to narrow down. [ it sucks to just talk about these things casually, but, what can you do. he lifts his hands up for a second, and then drops them in his lap, a sort of collapsing moment. ]
...This shit can't keep going on forever, though. We gotta figure out how to make it stop. I don't wanna just ride it out.
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[it's...difficult.]
Supposedly we'll get to leave in another four weeks, but I don't know how bad it's gonna get before then. Or if that's even true. It doesn't feel like we're closer but we have to be somehow. [a beat.] If it's been like any other week, the dorm heads might have more documents delivered to them we can buy.
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[ for the second part, though! ] I can help with the new info, though, cause I know the answer. There will be. Vi told me - I got to talk to Iris for a little bit, the other day. Every new week, we can get another piece, but it has to be requested by a different person in the dorm, each time.
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That's what we did Thursday night when we got back. Everybody slept down in the common room. Luke, too. I don't know if the mood's the same for tonight but I'll just have to try to as many of them as I can.
[he perks up slightly.] That's how? I wasn't sure how it all worked. I bought the first documents from Chad right before I switched, and Yamato had bought them from Luke before I could even tell him I knew they existed. I'll have to talk to Fall to see who's buying this week.
[...hm.] Did you get anything else out of Iris when you spoke to her?
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[ is try your best. he has a feeling taichi'll get that. protagonists be like.
but, yeah. the info bit has him nodding. ] Yeah. We gotta collaborate, in case the info we get is different. She told me to make sure we're verifying everything we can, and... most importantly, that our enemy here isn't each other. It's whatever bigger powers are in play. I'm tryin to keep that in mind, even when I get pissed and I find out the dude I play baseball with murdered someone who really fucking matters to a lot of people.
[ .... ugh. he's close to beau, close to caleb; molly's loss hurt. ichiro shakes his head. ]
I didn't use a mind control spell or anything to talk to her - it just happened when I traded some vouchers, and I got lucky. It was only for maybe half a minute. Have you gotten to talk to any of the others?
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[there's a slow nod.]
Lalli told us that Luke--Riku--was able to regain control of himself a little bit, but on Wednesday our dorm used a mind control thing and also a potion I think to keep him around longer. We weren't able to learn much, but just having him back was nice.
[a pause.] I'm pretty sure the place we went on Thursday was directly related to him though. I recognized those weird white monsters, plus that was the same boy we saw in another memory. And our swords are similar to the one he has in his room.