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[sengokus]

Late mail....

[well. mineo will wander over then and he's - calmer now? than he was the day before. though he does a quick scan to make sure no one else is in the common room before he goes to sit down with takeru

and then with a flare of anger - ]

Endorsi killed Luca-san.

[dotcom]

[ oh

well. there's surprise, because he was not expecting that. ]

She confessed to you?

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he just sighs then and - to say that he's Feeling a Way about it is an understatement. there's a lot going on in his emotions, hard to parse out, but he just reaches up to fuss with his ponytail if only to give him something to do.]

Yeah.

Yesterday. [a beat] Sorry, I had to take a little while to work through it.

[so he didn't explain what made him so angry, and didn't get around to telling takeru after he had some time to wrestle with it]

[dotcom]

[ he tries to think about that murder. it really feels like so long ago? ]

Did she say why?

[ they didn't consider her as a suspect at all, wow. ]

[sengokus]

[ . . . . the anger gets. worse. just so much worse.]

... she thought it was necessary for her wish, or to get ahead in the race. Which is bullshit, because she's the one who got a magnifying glass from someone else and still needs an item. [apparently! if you make him mad enough! he'll just doxx you!]

So when someone else - probably Mahito or Childe - invited her to act, she went along with it. And she knew that they'd act again, and didn't say anything about it. She really just—

[oh he's so mad and he cuts himself off then, purposefully biting his tongue. he's furious again, so who can say how much time apart has really helped him figure it out]

.... anyway, it'd just... cause more division if people knew. So I'm only telling you. But.... fuck.

[dotcom]

Ah. Thought so.

[ about the glass. it was a stupid thing to lie about, so it had to have been someone who was less willing to share than others, but would also admit it to mineo specifically.

but he nods his head. ]

Someone would likely go after her, yeah.

[sengokus]

[and that - still manages to spark some protectiveness from mineo? even when he's angry? it's complicated. he just scowls a little bit at the storm of his own emotions before he looks away]

... I just didn't want to hide it from you.

[there's so many murderers running around]

Anyway, we're not supposed to trust Avatars apparently? Their wishes are dependent on the rest of us getting wiped out?

[according to the messages]

[dotcom]

[ he doesn't understand what mineo sees in endorsi, especially considering her taste in people is horrible enough that takeru thinks it reflects her character, but he'll let the subject drop. anyway. ]

It sounds like it. Since they can spy on us, they most likely know we know, so we'll discuss this as a group soon.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he just sighs.]

.... I've been telling Greed-san I want to help them, and I want to see what I can do for them too, because I don't really believe in leaving people behind. Every time I did... they said that I might not like the price that comes with it.

Makes some more sense now.

[dotcom]

How much they lied to us over the weeks makes more sense too, I think. If their intentions with us weren't entirely pure.

[ hm... ]

But we'll see. We need to also keep in mind we don't know how the dead got this information, or if the Avatars might have changed their mind on certain things.

[sengokus]

[ . . . he nods.]

One of the messages suggested that Lust and... Wrath...? Might've?

[and he looks more confused]

Weird to me to think of Sloth-san lying to me that much to be honest....

[dotcom]

On the other hand, Gluttony selling us out makes perfect sense.

[sengokus]

Yeah. Pride-san too though...?

[he seems

a little disappointed by that even if not entirely surprised]

[dotcom]

... must be a very important wish.

[ he sounds a little torn about it, but moves on. ]

We'll try to get more info.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . mineo quiets down a little bit at that, because. well.

he gets it. important wishes and all. he rubs the back of his neck for a second, mood turning melancholy.]

... sure.

Do you want me to talk to them about this? I was going to drop by and see Sloth-san and Greed-san today so...

[dotcom]

[ it is clear that he is very uh. unsure about that. ]

I don't know. I want to say not yet, to be safe.

[sengokus]

Okay.

[ . . . ]

I'm sorry if they overhear this conversation.

[but he at least won't be the one to broach it!]

[dotcom]

No, it's expected they probably might.

[ can't stop them from snooping ]

[sengokus]

[nods]

Well, it's not what I want to talk about yet anyway - not until we figure out more. So I'll hold off.

Are we going to have to wait until next weekend to get more information from the departed then...? We'll have to start sharing information out loud again.

[dotcom]

... maybe.

But, I think we're almost done here, so I'm not sure if that'll be enough time.

[sengokus]

... I've been thinking that too... It's just one last floor.

[and then

what? a little bit of uncertainty sits in his chest before he tries to swipe it away]

[dotcom]

... we'll get it to work.

[ somehow.

he refuses to think about if they don't. ]

[sengokus]

[ . . . . ah, he wonders what kind of face he was making. he puts on a smile, a little bit sheepish]

Yeah, of course we will. We can't really think of alternatives, right?

I was serious about not giving up anymore, after all.

[dotcom]

I know.

[ ... ]

And at this point, I'd be really pissed if we didn't get what we wanted.

[sengokus]

Tell me about it. Even besides my wish and yours, there's a ton of others that need to be granted.

[bitterly]

After all this hellish stuff, it's the least we could get.