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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.

[dotcom]

It would just be a shame if you did something stupid while I couldn't even properly tell you to-- settle down.

[ he wasn't going to say that ]

[sengokus]

[ . . . . ]

I will try even harder so I don't get scolded. I feel like you'd hold it over my head until Monday.... because you are a caring friend.

[he didn't want to add the last part

he's so unreasonably scared of takeru]

[dotcom]

I will.

[ he just flat out confirms ]

[sengokus]

[he refrains from rolling his eyes at that but he'll reach out to put a hand on takeru's arm]

Then that leaves no room for me to fuck it up, right? I'll avoid it as much as I can.

[kindness is talking around takeru being concerned, even if mineo thinks it's nice of him]

[dotcom]

[ he shoos him off ]

Fine.

Is there anything else?

[sengokus]

[hmmmm]

Ah - Endorsi and Mahito-san were in the woods on fifth floor last night. Animals howling before they went to bed, woke up smelling like dogs.

So I think Eleanor-san's dog is probably involved one way or another. I'll keep looking today just in case anyway [because he can't just abandon a dog? he's not heartless] but I wouldn't be surprised if we won't be able to find him until tomorrow.

[dotcom]

If the dog is considered evidence, then we most likely won't see it until tomorrow.

Are you going to keep looking now?

[sengokus]

Probably.... I just feel bad not trying a little harder for a dog!

[THE BABY MIGHT BE OUT THERE]

And I feel better being on my feet and moving on Fridays anyway. I think that's just what Field Ops beat into me.

[dotcom]

[ he looks back down at his phone. ]

If you want to keep moving then I won't keep you any longer.