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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]

[dotcom]

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?

[dotcom]

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?

[sengokus]

[nodding]

Got it. Then let's see if we can figure out where the lie detecting one went? Or if there's any other way to clear innocence or not.

.... I don't think so. When I said that Mahito-san gave us bad info, she jumped to his defense pretty fast - even to me.

[and he really does think endorsi is pretty fond of him? so that makes it all the more worrying that he might be in a situation where she would choose between them and. not pick him.]

[dotcom]

... well.

In that case, you should probably keep an eye on her as well.

[sengokus]

[ . . . he looks to the simulated sky at that]

... she's pretty resistant every time I try to worry over her. But - yeah, I'm doing my best.

[that's his roommate? complicated as it may be]

[dotcom]

[ ... well, it's still nice week, so he'll hold his tongue since anything he'd say would piss mineo off. ]

Okay. I stopped talking to her pretty early on, so everything I know comes from you.

[sengokus]

[he nods]

Then I'll share anything that I find relevant - but she tends to ask me about stuff, and offers her help if I need anything. [she did text him pretty fast last night after her chat with wrath so] But I'll let you know.

[he'll glance over to takeru then]

Anything else we can cover today? Or do I get an actual tour of - wherever we are?

[THIS IS NEW YORK? IT'S SO GREEN]

[dotcom]

I haven't really spoken to anyone today.

[ because francy took a break

but he looks around. ]

Central Park.

[sengokus]

[well that answers that and mineo just looks even more shocked]

A park?! It's huge! We've already been walking for forever and there's still more to go!

[dotcom]

It's just in the middle of the city.

[ he frowns. ]

There's not much else green here.

[sengokus]

Whoa... The Big - .... Pear...? Peach...? No, that's not it.

[he gives up fast]

Did you wander around here a lot when you lived here? It feels really different from Japan!

[he's so amazed that they're here at all?]

[dotcom]

Apple.

[ you can tell he's suffering that it's still nice week ]

I guess. I worked nearby at one point.

[sengokus]

Oh, Apple!

[just one more day takeru]

Was it more hacking stuff?

[he literally doesn't know more details than this. he knows nothing about tech. it's foolish and dumb]

[dotcom]

Not that particular one...

[ he trails off, not really walking in a particular direction. ]

We can go somewhere else.

[sengokus]

[following after!!]

Huh? Why?

[dotcom]

I've decided I'm not really in the mood for New York.

[ he looks at mineo. ]

Also, it's not a real date.