I have to use the lie detector power this week. So, if there's anyone in particular during the trial you're suspicious of, just find a way to let me know so I can keep an eye on what they say.
. . . That it's Douman and Omi is what worries me. Knowing the state those four returned in, and knowing Douman and Omi are close to one another. [It's hard not to think they're related.]
Ah. Something else. On Monday, I had a conversation with Douman. I told them openly that I suspected they had committed at least one of the murders, and they ought not to create further unnecessary distractions at trial lest I vote on my suspicions.
[This was. Probably a very stupid thing to do? And she knows it.]
It was frankly an idiotic thing to do for a number of reasons, and I suspect arose out of a compulsion brought on by this week's effects. I just thought I ought to let you know, in case they mentioned it to anyone else. Douman denied everything, of course. And I'm not even certain whether they were lying, though I can't shake the suspicion that the Toblerone nonsense was an intentional diversion.
Well, a few other people suspected them for that same reason, at least. It's hard to ignore that if they didn't eat evidence, we most likely wouldn't have spiraled as much as we did.
[ every time someone does something really stupid with evidence, sasazuka dies a little more on the inside. ]
Apparently they gave their item to Mineo, by the way. No idea why.
Well... if we have to focus on motive, then we should probably approach the people who spoke to the two of them the most, right? Whoever might have the clearest idea of who Douman and Omi are as people, or what their relationship was to each other.
I didn't really talk to either of them, so I can't even begin to guess why someone would target them except for very surface level reasons.
The motive to kill Douman is fairly evident. As you say - I'm not the only person who suspected them.
Omi is difficult. He was just. . . kind, to a fault. [She kind of says this like she means it as a criticism.] But didn't the group from yesterday have some quarrel with him?
I doubt it was enough to kill him. It sounds like it had to do with the illusions they saw? So their reaction might had just been that they were still riding on adrenaline from what happened to them.
I have a pet theory. I wonder if you'll agree. Molly felt that their compulsion to kill was born out of a sense that they wanted to "get what they wanted," and everyone else was out to get them or to get in their way.
In other words, a base and murderous form of Greed, I think. Just as we were compelled by the basest form of Gluttony. But whereas all four of us refused the compulsion, in the other group only Molly did. And it seems that, though they threatened him with death, unlike with our group they didn't follow through.
Mm... I wonder if the other three got something that Mollymauk didn't? He might have gotten punished like we were, but Grace didn't want to talk about it so I didn't push her.
I'm not sure he was punished, other than how he already had been, once he was impaled through with a club.
In fact, I'm wondering if we misunderstood in assuming we'd failed a test at all. Perhaps the meaning was never that there was a correct answer, only to inform us of a type of decision that must be made - behave brutally through overindulgence, or else forfeit our lives.
Maybe... although it's still true that we lost a memory from it, even if you were unsure.
I guess the problem then is if this group lost something after, or have some sort of effect, there's a chance they might not notice until afterwards. The only reason I was able to is because the memory I lost had to do with my wish.
True, but - what I mean to say is, how do we know we wouldn't have also been punished in some other way if we had done that awful thing? Besides the punishment of having done it.
We ought to check in with them a week after, and see if there was anything.
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I don't know what the stars could mean. Planetarium?
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[Good to know, bud.]
. . . That it's Douman and Omi is what worries me. Knowing the state those four returned in, and knowing Douman and Omi are close to one another. [It's hard not to think they're related.]
Ah. Something else. On Monday, I had a conversation with Douman. I told them openly that I suspected they had committed at least one of the murders, and they ought not to create further unnecessary distractions at trial lest I vote on my suspicions.
[This was. Probably a very stupid thing to do? And she knows it.]
It was frankly an idiotic thing to do for a number of reasons, and I suspect arose out of a compulsion brought on by this week's effects. I just thought I ought to let you know, in case they mentioned it to anyone else. Douman denied everything, of course. And I'm not even certain whether they were lying, though I can't shake the suspicion that the Toblerone nonsense was an intentional diversion.
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[ every time someone does something really stupid with evidence, sasazuka dies a little more on the inside. ]
Apparently they gave their item to Mineo, by the way. No idea why.
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Still - I wonder if they knew to expect an attack?
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[ but the clown is dead now so they won't get to know. ]
Even if they didn't flat out know they'd be targeted, the fact that they had the second highest amount of votes might have been concerning.
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[Just admitting she blew it - character development.]
Have you heard the same? Twice was enough to seem like a hint rather than general advice to me, but I wondered if it was more even than that.
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I didn't really talk to either of them, so I can't even begin to guess why someone would target them except for very surface level reasons.
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Omi is difficult. He was just. . . kind, to a fault. [She kind of says this like she means it as a criticism.] But didn't the group from yesterday have some quarrel with him?
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[Hmm.]
I have a pet theory. I wonder if you'll agree. Molly felt that their compulsion to kill was born out of a sense that they wanted to "get what they wanted," and everyone else was out to get them or to get in their way.
In other words, a base and murderous form of Greed, I think. Just as we were compelled by the basest form of Gluttony. But whereas all four of us refused the compulsion, in the other group only Molly did. And it seems that, though they threatened him with death, unlike with our group they didn't follow through.
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In fact, I'm wondering if we misunderstood in assuming we'd failed a test at all. Perhaps the meaning was never that there was a correct answer, only to inform us of a type of decision that must be made - behave brutally through overindulgence, or else forfeit our lives.
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I guess the problem then is if this group lost something after, or have some sort of effect, there's a chance they might not notice until afterwards. The only reason I was able to is because the memory I lost had to do with my wish.
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We ought to check in with them a week after, and see if there was anything.
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[ since they went ride or die. ]
But alright, we'll likely know for sure based on these guys.
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