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[sengokus]

Huh
Pools of water appeared randomly in medbay last night
This morning the walls have this weird condensation to them?
I heard something else but let me explain in person
Meet you on the main floor by the elevator when you're done?

[dotcom]

Right
See you soon.

[ it won't be right away, but he'll text mineo when he's at the elevator ]

[sengokus]

[this is such a nice text.... this week is so fucking weird. but mineo will meet takeru there shortly afterward. he will still regardless look him over just out of habit.]

Hand check, please.

[this is a fucking formality

but he will hold his hands out for takeru's anyway]

[dotcom]

[ he'll hold his hands out wordlessly

they are clean! no marks or anything. ]

[sengokus]

[honestly:]

If you were awake and didn't just tell me, I'd be so mad. But you're good.

[and he'll let go easily enough]

White used a power last night in order to get a hint about what happened. It explained a little bit about the table, I think.

[dotcom]

So you want to know about my potential murder plans?

[ he drops his hands back to his side. ]

Mm. I ran into him on my way down here. He said he assumed you would have told me anyway.

[sengokus]

I'm already looped into one, why bother hiding the rest? [a pause] Feels so weird to joke about that... but I am serious.

[if takeru left him out of murder plans he'd just be mad

and he pauses at the mention of white]

.... well it's not like he's wrong.

[mineo would, in fact, outsource thinking to takeru]

[dotcom]

[ ... ]

Well, I didn't kill anyone, so you don't have to be mad about that.

[ he just rolls his eyes at the white thing though ]

[sengokus]

[nodding!]

I've figured you haven't.

[like

mineo genuinely thinks that takeru would have sooner confessed to a murder during confession week rather than say anything about how he feels or his past.]

I haven't either.

[literally no one suspected that he has]

[dotcom]

I know you haven't.

[ he wants to say "moron" so bad ]

[sengokus]

It just felt worth saying....

[wow.]

Anyway, White's dream is kinda weird, right? I wonder if it meant that Eleanor-san ran into a house that was already on fire? Harrow-san mentioned something about a dog too...

[dotcom]

[ he frowns ]

She brought a dog with her last night and it wasn't there when we woke up. If that fucking idiot brought a dog with her while she was getting murdered...

[sengokus]

[oh my god]

She's dead, Takeru, lay off a little!

[dotcom]

[ he just shrugs ]

[sengokus]

[takeru is such a rude bitch and mineo just sighs about it]

.... but I was thinking if maybe the dog got away from her, she probably would've freaked out and start looking. But I also don't think a dog would've run toward fire, so it seems pretty weird to me.

Do you know what breed the dog was? Or if he had a name?

[dotcom]

A pomeranian, and not that I know of.

But that would be a really long way for the dog to run on its own if it was in the city? So she had to have taken it with her.

[sengokus]

That's true, a dog can't use an elevator.

[please don't say this like it's something that needs to be said]

.... but who would take a dog that far....

[he won't say it as rudely as takeru but he is slowly understanding the sentiment now]

[dotcom]

... well, we'll see what happens tomorrow.

Who was with you, by the way?

[sengokus]

White, Grace-san, and Lenore-san. Lenore-san texted me a little later yesterday and I think that she didn't have anyone else to stay with, so I told her to come with us just to be safe.

[dotcom]

[ he just nods his head. ]

Right... well, we'll see where else everyone was tomorrow.

[sengokus]

[also nodding]

.... I'm kinda pissed it was Eleanor-san. We keep losing civilians.

[people who are just trying to vibe? it makes him frown]

But... I guess I'm also glad we're only dealing with one.

[dotcom]

Civilians are the easiest choice to go for. Less likely to fight back, right?

[ so he's not really surprised.

he also has like, another mean thought, but he chooses not to voice it. ]

Just one should help... we won't confuse evidence with each other.

[sengokus]

[it's not like he's surprised but the thought still manages to get mineo to scowl]

It just means it's someone who doesn't care about flaunting power around and being a shitty opportunist.

[LIKE THE FLEA IS STILL ALIVE? THINK ABOUT THAT. WE KILLED ELEANOR SHELLSTROP AND AN A3 BEFORE THE FUCKING FLEA.]

Right... We'll have to gather our evidence, I guess. I haven't heard of any other colors involved so far... but I figure you all got tired last night 'cause Eleanor-san was on Sloth.

[dotcom]

Maybe...

[ a pause ]

Really funny how we get those before anyone is even dead.

[sengokus]

Grace-san said the same thing, after I slipped on one of the puddles.

It's like this place knows something even before we do.

[ . . . . ]

This might not matter, but I got a power - from the arts and crafts and snakes. I can cast an extra vote at trial. It sounded kinda gluttonous, saying that 'no one can stop me from getting seconds'.

[this is such a power to give to mineo who doesn't even want to cast one vote]