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... no.

[ now that he no longer has a cupcake to hide his expression, he just looks-- angry. completely livid. ]

It's not helping.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he just takes a bite of his own thoughtfully

and then quietly - ]

You think we were set up to fail? Or did we miss shit on the way?

[dotcom]

I don't know.

[ it is so frustrating to not know. ]

But the staff was hers.

[sengokus]

Yeah. She said she lost it.

[ . . . ]

.... did you vote?

[dotcom]

No.

But I should have, considering it was partly my fault she was so suspicious in the first place.

[sengokus]

[ . . . he just

manages a soft, bitter laugh]

.... so what - we both set her up and didn't even vote for her?

[he didn't think

he'd ever end up in the same situation as takeru like this]

[dotcom]

Adonis would love us.

[ isn't this the exact kind of behavior they want retribution against?

there's a pause, and he'll gesture for mineo to follow him. ]

My room.

[ somewhere private. ]

[sengokus]

[ah.

he flinches at that.

. . . but he'll quietly move to follow after takeru anyway]

[dotcom]

[ he'll lead the way there. and once they reach his room, he'll double check to make sure grace isn't inside before closing the door behind them. ]

[sengokus]

[ . . . he doesn't like the silence or the increasing feeling like he's in trouble

but he'll just cross his arms and wait for takeru to speak first since he's the one who brought them here]

[dotcom]

Give me your opinions on what happened. Like you're giving me a report.

[ what are your views on this fuck up. ]

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . ]

Everything was matching up at the end - it took a while to get anywhere, but it was. Even if there's other parts that still don't make sense.

There's a weird supernatural side to it all - like the fact that we could find evidence, but only in the nine hours, aside from random things that got through yesterday like the sound of the treadmill or the heart-shaped splatters. But once we found the indent in the simulation room, we were able to at least get an idea of who might've punched the wall - and we assumed they were awake for it. So we started narrowing down the suspects based on that indent, and the idea that they could've beaten up Suoh-san that bad. The evidence lined up with Beauregard-san, from the hand match, to the profile saying she can punch, and then finally her staff. I think Molly-san started defending her earlier on because he thought that it was her too, so he freaked out and tried to get us to suspect him instead.

But some things still don't make sense. What happened to Suoh-san's hands is bothering me - what made them raw? How did someone know that Beauregard-san's hands will be messed up - did they do that to her while she was asleep? I don't even know where to start on the shit with the skull or the teeth.

But Beauregard-san wasn't guilty - which the Avatars should've told us if they knew it all along. So how the hell is this justice? It was just a test that we failed.

[this is too emotional for a real report - but he does think he hit all the main points]

And now we don't know what's gonna happen.

[dotcom]

[ he listens to it all, nodding along at points, but his expression generally neutral as mineo goes on.

he waits until the other is done before commenting. ]

Typically, murders aren't expected to be solved in just a day. And I think it's safe to say that the majority of the people here haven't had any experience with this kind of thing.

[ like. they seem to be more familiar with committing murders than solving them, going by how talk during trial went. ]

That was thoroughly exploited here.

[sengokus]

[god there were so many fucking criminals]

It was.

It's why calling any of this shit 'justice' is stupid.

[he's

he's so fucking mad at steven oh my god]

It's pretty much rigging it so we couldn't have a chance at catching whoever it was - and it doesn't even make sense.

[dotcom]

[ ... ]

I don't think someone injured her hands as she slept. Wouldn't she just say so herself it that was the case? Instead she just looked suspicious, since it looked like she and Molly were covering for each other with their answers.

I don't know if maybe she had previous bruises on her hands, and the killer knew about them beforehand? If she did, they could have gotten covered up by the new ones.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he just

looks confused then, but he's trying so hard to focus and start thinking again.]

.... so - what? She and Molly-san both thought that it was each other, and they covered for one another? But it still doesn't explain her hands... And you checked everybody else's, right?

Unless someone got a power on Friday that made it so that they could cover up their injuries today?

[dotcom]

[ he opens his mouth

and closes it. ]

Did anyone mention the rewards we got?

[sengokus]

No.

[and he

starts to feel awkward for thinking about this so late. fuck.]

... shit.

Mine can just be used on another person, so I didn't even think about it.

[dotcom]

Mine as well.

[ well, now he's mad all over again. ]

But... if someone had one that could get rid of their injuries? Or maybe transfer it to another person? If Beauregard's hands were already messed up, would she have noticed if they got slightly more bruised?

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he pauses at that.]

.... not impossible, I guess. I... I can talk to Molly-san about it, maybe.

What's yours, Takeru? [a beat] I can - keep it a secret, if that's what you need.

[dotcom]

[ me, sleepily at 7am: what IS my item

but there's a second of silence, before, ]

I can increase the size of someone's body part.

[1/2]

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . ]

K...

[kinky]

[sengokus]

[no, he knows better]

I can keep someone from moving for an hour.

[dotcom]

[ squints suspiciously

but he moves on. ]

My, that's useful.

[sengokus]

Yeah.

[ . . . he looks off to the side]

... I just don't want to have to use it.

[because it seems wrong, given that he has an armed gun on him]