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That's fine with me.

I heard that Endorsi was told that we didn't catch Eleanor's killer.

[ he knew the weird glitch was weird. ]

[sengokus]

[nodding]

That was what she told me last night, yeah.

[AND THEN SHE FUCKED??? WHO GETS KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY CONDEMNED SOMEONE TO DEATH AND THEN GOES TO FUCK??????

anyway]

I've been thinking about it and I figure that it's the only way some stuff makes sense - if you can only have two curses at a time, then how did Harrow-san get cursed by Misa and I still got hit twice?

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Plus, there's the dish rack. It had to have been moved either by someone strong or someone with a power, which means that Misa would be taken out of consideration because of the amount of curses there too.

[ and also because she is like 40 pounds ]

[sengokus]

[nodding]

But that means there's at least - what, three powers at play there if superstrength was one? Two for distracting me and Lenore-san, one for moving the dishrack? So it's not impossible we're looking at accomplices.

I think that if anything we should probably keep an eye on people who've been quiet about their powers, and who could probably cover for each other.

[dotcom]

I really doubt Misa had anyone helping her. I believe her when she said she had nothing to do with Eleanor.

But I think the possibility of an accomplice in Eleanor's murder is possible.

[sengokus]

[nodding]

That's what I mean - that maybe it was two people after Eleanor-san, or at least one person who did it and another person who knew and would willingly throw out curses to cover for them.

And I think the list of people who'd mess with me isn't short exactly [people here are such assholes] ... but I think it does take out some people who just wouldn't curse me.

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Well. What's the list?

[ he's waiting for mineo to list names. ]

[sengokus]

Of the people who didn't report their powers this week - it was Grace, Harrow-san, Mahito-san, Queen Medb, Meg-san, Yi-kun, Molly, Childe-san, Vira-san, and Yuel. There are people who I'd take out based on the general idea that they wouldn't mess with me like that - leaving Mahito-san, Queen Medb, Meg-san maybe, and Childe-san. I think maybe Yi-kun would use me as a distraction... but that'd piss me off.

[it's the borderline of trust where mineo isn't sure if he'd give it out]

Do you know what Sheila's power does? 'What Are Those'? Gu-san's theory is that at least one of the curses flung at me this week were ones we got recently. I think I got a check on the other powers that were named but not explained, and none of them could've been used on me.

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Oh, her power is the one that got you-- not hers specifically, but someone who shares it.

[ he just. points at the spot on his own neck where mineo had left the hickey. ]

[sengokus]

[hE ALREADY LOOKS EMBARRASSED AND TURNS AWAY QUICKLY AAAAAAA]

C-Cool! Then it's someone who didn't name theirs or can't prove what it does.

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[ he grins. ]

Right. [ ... ] I think we probably should have smelled people. If evidence is preserved, then someone probably smelled like the sauce.

[sengokus]

[please no bully

he just grumbles a little bit at that]

No one had a pain response or anything off when I checked their heads... I mean, they might've healed up? Mahito-san had a forehead bruise but so did Satoru - so I think they must've fought each other earlier. They are so exhausting.

But I still thinking working off those four or five - Mahito-san, Childe-san, Queen Medb, Meg-san, and Yi-kun would be our best bet. I think we can take Meg-san out for motive and dishrack moving. So... four?

[dotcom]

Why would Megara be taken out for motive?

[ he barely talks to her, so. ]

[sengokus]

She's not the bloodthirsty type - I don't think she'd be able to kill someone for her wish. Especially not since - uhh, she looks like she's figured out how to indulge another way.

[hmmm]

... and I don't even know how much she wants her original wish anymore.

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... well, I'll take your word for it.

[ not for the meg has been slutting thing. he is aware of that one. ]

The only person I speak to from the rest of those listed is Medb.

[sengokus]

[nodding]

Maybe you can ask Queen Medb what her power is? To be honest, I kinda wanna take her out from the considerations because of the dishrack thing again, but she also feels like the type of person who can accomplish anything she puts her mind to.

[this is so complimentary-sounding but also please understand he's just scared of her]

Hmm.... Sheila-san's power - what's the extent of its specificity? Would it remove all injuries from specific body parts? Or could she remove just one bruise but not others?

[once again we leave mineo to take care of strip check so he and i both have to go off memory of who he checked]

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I'll see what I can do with Medb. I apparently have a date with her tomorrow.

[ it'll be terrible. ]

But her power is literally just to give someone hickeys.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]

What?

[he was literally in a burning building while medb was collecting dates]

There was a murder trial and you got a date?

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Is that what you're focusing on?

[ mineo also unfortunately missed how fucking passive aggressive it was. ]

[sengokus]

Oh. I thought we might've had a lead if it was injury transfer instead of just - giving someone bites out of nowhere. [like if some people's legs didn't have marks but others did] But if it's totally just creating new ones then I'm out of ideas!

So I jumped to the other part! What the hell? [he sighs as he looks out at the park] She's really pretty even if she's super scary sometimes.... Lucky Takeru....

[please get back on track]

[dotcom]

If you want to go on a date with her then just ask her out.

[ he would say 'idiot' but he cannot ]

[sengokus]

[????? he tilts his head]

You know I can't do that....

[a pause as he seems to think of something else and flusters a little before just shoving his face into his hand. back to walking more around central park!!]

Anyway - we'll follow those leads, I guess? My money's on Mahito-san, but that's probably just 'cause of what Satoru said....

[dotcom]

I'll see if any of the others talk to him regularly. Maybe someone has noticed something...

[ mineo truly attracts the fucking weirdos. ]

[sengokus]

[stop]

Hmm.... maybe? But - he plays it pretty peaceful. Sometimes he pauses a little weirdly when we're talking, so I feel like he holds back what he actually wants to say to me. If I didn't talk to Satoru, I wouldn't know that Mahito-san was all that dangerous.

I wonder if we can get another lie detector power... I know that Endorsi's close to him, but I'm pretty sure she has a lot of faith in him, so it'd probably just make her mad at me if I dug around too much.

[and he's pretty sure endorsi is also the only reason why the flea plays nice with him]

[dotcom]

... maybe. We think the powers are probably being recycled, since the memory alteration was a power that someone had before, but it had already run out.

[ he taps his chin. ]

Does Endorsi know what he's really like?