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Common room

[sengokus]

[well it takes mineo a while to show up and we're going to have to fucking finagle a weird timeloop reason for that but we'll get back to it in a second. mostly because when he shows up -

well for once, he looks upset. perhaps worse than previous weeks but at least he seems like a focused type of upset.

and he glances to the tv in the common room, expression growing tired for a moment before he looks back]

Let me guess. You don't see anything playing, right Takeru?

[dotcom]

No.

[ he glances at the tv. ]

What do you see?

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . . . . . . . .

he looks to the sky.

he pinches the bridge of his nose - but at least he looks way more annoyed than anything else]

A couple getting it on in a hot tub.

[it might be a little strong to say that he wishes he was dead but it's a near thing.]

So can we talk somewhere else now that we've confirmed only a few of us are in this weirdly specific hell?

[dotcom]

[ he glances at the tv again

and then just walks out of the room. ]

Anything else?

[sengokus]

When I walked in earlier, Ashiya-san was kicking the hot tub.

[so that's something.]

Then he kicked the couch after I said we had to check out the hot tub. Apparently he's currently cursed with just kicking whatever's in sight. Or he's lying and the hot tub was to tie him to one of the murders given the way that it seems like it's a pretty intense compulsion.

[so! that's something!]

[dotcom]

Well, it should be easy enough to verify with witnesses, I think...

[ he trails off, frowning. ]

But we can keep an eye on him.

[sengokus]

[a nod.

. . . . well. time to keep walking. mineo will admittedly fall half a step behind takeru, just following him to wherever he wants to go. he doesn't feel strongly about a location as long as it's not the common room on the sheer fact that it's uncomfortable.]

.... what were the rest of your questions? [he thinks for a moment before he just pulls out his phone]

Jail Cell with White-kun, Vira-san, and Gojou-san. When we got locked in - the air sorta... changed. It felt more suffocating. If we were quiet, we could hear the sound of someone... praying, I guess.

And there were toblerones on the floor.

[dotcom]

[ he clicks his tongue. ]

It really goes for the low blows.

[ but he's mostly just wandering now, but will eventually turn to the rec room to have a seat. ]

[sengokus]

It does... but I wonder if the toblerones are because Kaan-san's killer is attacking again and that's a clue. The rest of it seemed in line with... well, either the cave thing or the church we saw when we had that weird illusion.

[he'll also go to sit though, even if he's still mostly on the edge of his seat.]

When we woke up this morning, the plastic food was melted.

Was staying in the room the same as the first week?

[dotcom]

It was, nothing happened.

[ he looks at mineo, and is quiet for a moment, before moving onto something else. ]

I apparently passed Greed's test. I can check to see if one statement said is a lie.

[sengokus]

Congrats. And... that sounds actually useful.

[so much better than Wet Dream but here we are]

No expiration date?

[dotcom]

No, it runs out in two weeks.

I also have some clarification on what the shitty robot said. No one ordered him to kill, like people thought he was implying. He went and asked if he could, but the Avatars aren't allowed to really interfere with what's happening here, so they couldn't say no.

They did, however, apparently limit how many people he could go after. So it could have been worse.

[sengokus]

[ . . . .

he closes his eyes when he hears that, and takes a moment to just let his head fall into his hands. could've been worse, huh. and now they're here with one body more each week anyway, even after the killer robot's gone. got it.

one breath in, one breath out, and then he taps his foot on the ground as if that's a place to send his agitation.]

Got it.

[dotcom]

[ it's obvious that mineo is upset.

he's upset, and takeru is doing mental gymnastics to come up with any topic of conversation besides asking him if he's okay. ]

Is there anything else you heard?

[sengokus]

[takeru will never ask him if he's okay even if he's bleeding out on the ground and that's just life.

it's fine, he can still work.]

... now that I think about it, before I left the jail cell, everything tasted like salt.

[he didn't think much of it at the time because also he was too distracted by three bodies, but at least he's trying to jog his own memory now.]

Harrow-san could hear brass orchestra from the music room. "The type for pretentious people" - she said.

[dotcom]

Did she stay in the music room or was that something she discovered this morning after we all woke up?

[ the fact that they have to try to differentiate these things. ]

[sengokus]

Latter, I think. I'm still trying to gather info about where everybody was last night.

[most of the people he immediately checks on stay in their rooms]

[dotcom]

Well, either way we'll find out tomorrow.

So that's an orchestra, the kitchen sink, and porn... it probably would make more sense if they relate to different deaths.

[sengokus]

[he twitches just a little bit at it being called porn even though that's exactly what it is and i hate this.

but he's just going to pause and.

press the heel of his hand against his forehead]

... Tomorrow's just gonna be a shit show again.

[dotcom]

It will be, especially depending on how long it takes us to get all the bodies. There's only so much we can do without them.

[ and there's three this time... ]

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he opens his mouth, pauses, and then frowns.]

.... there's not a way to prioritize, huh. We just have to follow after we get everyone's testimonies and try every location we can, since it's not like we'll even know which evidence goes with which body.

[ . . . ]

And there should at least - be an attempt for all of them.

[like the barest modicum of respect]

[dotcom]

Well, Greed said they're watching how we do again...

[ and he refuses to do poorly if he's being evaluated. ]

We'll see how we can. Someone had previously suggested going into groups to investigate each murder, but that would only work if we know right away how to separate them.

[sengokus]

[he nods...]

We have to look at evidence first - maybe if we make enough progress gathering information halfway through we can talk about it.

Let's get talking about today's rewards out of the way. I got a new one - it's kinda less Sloth-like than last week. It's something about a battle cry that'll make someone's blood boil for thirty seconds.

It sounds... literal?

[dotcom]

Hm.

I can blind someone for twenty-four hours.