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[sengokus]

Maybe if we can actually get an idea of real numbers this week...?

I don't care about sharing mine. Ah - and if you have someone you think I should put an extra vote in for, just text me during trial using the same code.

[he's just

giving his extra vote to takeru]

[dotcom]

[ ... ]

I'll let you know.

[ he

pats mineo ]

[sengokus]

[???????

he accepts the pat easily enough, leaning into it]

Did I say something good....?

[dotcom]

Ah.

No, I wanted to flick you.

[sengokus]

[wh]

Why?!

[WHAT DID HE DO WRONG]

[dotcom]

No reason.

[ he looks at his phone. ]

Is that all you had to report?

[sengokus]

Hmm.... The common room was cold last night, and Queen Medb had trouble moving her fingers this morning?

I don't really know how to put it all together...

[dotcom]

Well, we've never figured it out on a Friday.

[sengokus]

[he pouts]

No... But it wouldn't hurt to start thinking of leads, right...

[his workaholic tendencies manifest differently from takeru's - in the sense that mineo works so hard on fridays that he forgets to eat or sleep until someone headlocks him into it]

[dotcom]

I'm just saying that we likely aren't going to figure out what exactly it means until we start searching.

Most of the time we can't pinpoint locations exactly, we just narrow them down.

[sengokus]

[hmmmmmm

he nods]

Yeah. It seems like stuff's pretty concentrated on the fifth floor so far, right?

But based on the medbay, we'll probably have to find a clue with water. So that's... what, the hot tub, the showers in the rooms, the kitchen sink?

[dotcom]

Maybe...

We know where Eleanor started, so I wonder if she just went straight to the fifth floor or what...? It's a long way to go.

[sengokus]

It is.

[he frowns]

And I don't think Eleanor-san was stupid, really... She wouldn't just wander around cluelessly or wait for someone to attack her if she realized she was awake.

[they won't have to have the omi 'did you eat something after midnight' question]

[dotcom]

[ he thinks eleanor was stupid but it's fine ]

Maybe she was hoping to lose whoever up there? [ ... ] At least we have more of an idea of her path than we did for previous murders.

[sengokus]

[takeru is so fucking rude but it's nice week]

... maybe. The fifth floor rooms are pretty freaky. Like - they feel really big?

[dotcom]

I was hoping we wouldn't have to go through them while investigating...

[ because they seem like a pain ]

[sengokus]

Investigators can't be choosers?

[he says this but he also looks similarly tired about it]

[dotcom]

... well, we'll just have to be careful with who we send to the house if it's on fire.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he just sighs.]

If I get the gear for it, I'm fine with going...

[he can get set on fire]

We'd have to be fast to make sure that more evidence doesn't burn, right?

[dotcom]

I fucking knew you were going to volunteer.

[sengokus]

If you knew then why don't you just tell me to do it since we'll reach the same conclusion?

[dotcom]

Maybe I don't want my [ pack mule ] friend to walk into a burning building?

Ugh.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . . . . . .

softly:]

Friend.....

[wow!]

Erm - well, you know we have a job to do... Better if I go than someone with no experience who's more likely to get hurt and not get it done right?

[maybe one day mineo won't charge headfirst into danger if it means sparing other people from getting hurt but that's not today or tomorrow]

[dotcom]

[ he sighs. ]

I know. White didn't want you to volunteer when I said you would have an idea of what to do.

[sengokus]

[he just laughs a bit]

I think I get worried over a bit too much... [he almost boiled his own blood?] I can handle some burns - but I think I can also avoid them better than most? [he's not a fireman or anything, galo's the designated firefighting weeb, but he thinks he can handle some investigating]

If I end up getting sent, I'll be careful so you don't have to scold me too much.