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[sengokus]

You guys really like your secret keeping, huh. [but regardless he nods] I won't mention it. Do you want me to look for ink or should I leave it to you?

[just in case it gets overly suspicious to have so many people looking at hands]

.... the first one, I guessed that it was Ashiya-san or Omi-san who might've been involved. Or Aoi-san, if you take it more liberally with good ends or bad ends in video games. [THE META]

I haven't figured out about this morning. The stars you see when you close your eyes... Probably a sign for the planetarium though, right?

[dotcom]

Well, there's not much point in setting a trap if everyone knows. You don't have to keep a look out though, unless it's really obvious. Chances are they'll just wash their hands.

[ but an attempt was made. ]

Probably. We'll see if any of yours match with other people had. [ ... ] Still weird that we didn't get anything last night.

[sengokus]

Probably. [a beat]. You think I'd be awake at night and not tell you about it?

[takeru,]

But yeah, that's pretty weird... That hasn't happened yet, right?

[dotcom]

Doesn't hurt to double check.

... but as far as I know, yeah. This is the first time.

[sengokus]

Nah, I'd tell you. So you can hit me if I don't.

[he's too honest?]

... maybe it's because there's so many locations...? [his brow furrows] You sure it wasn't just hidden? It took us a while to find ours in the library since we had to open a bunch of books to realize the trend...

[dotcom]

[ he just shrugs. ]

If there was, it was hidden really, really well.

[sengokus]

I wonder if... not finding anything is a hint...?

[what would that hint be, mineo]

[dotcom]

Well... we'll see what everyone else saw tomorrow.

[ so no point in fussing too much now. ]

It being both Omi and Douman feels too much like a coincidence, but I also don't want to just assume they're connected...

[sengokus]

[ . . . he looks thoughtful about that.]

I mean... I can see not thinking that Omi-san would be able to hold his own enough to take a life to protect his own. After the whole thing with Fukuda-san.

And Ashiya-san... His eye was actually still kinda messed up yesterday. He couldn't see all that well. So I guess if anyone felt like taking advantage of that, or suspected him like we did...

[dotcom]

So, both potential easy targets. Do you know if Douman used the healing pods?

[ since that may change things ]

[sengokus]

A little - I caught them after they stumbled out for initial healing to stop the bleeding. One eye was healed, the other wasn't... so they seemed a little dizzy and disoriented.

I don't know if they stayed there, or if they went back to the pod after we were done talking.

I don't know if either of them got new powers either. I know that Ashiya-san had one that could make someone's blood boil for thirty seconds, and Omi-san had.... [fuck] He could make someone super fixated on something for twenty-four hours? A person, idea, or object.... So we should be on the lookout today.

[dotcom]

... well, if he used that, hopefully he chose something that would be obvious to notice.

[ it won't do much good if they can't tell a difference. there are so many weirdos here. ]

[sengokus]

... I'm admitting to you now I haven't seen anything, but I'll keep looking.

[why

do people fail to use their fucking powers in meaningful ways]

[dotcom]

Do you know what the time limit on those were?

[sengokus]

Blood boiling was thirty seconds.

Omi-san's should be all day though - twenty four hours.

[dotcom]

... so if we don't catch it today, it'll be useless.

[ he rubs his temple. ]

Well, hopefully someone does.

[sengokus]

Do you know anyone who was particularly attached to Ashiya-san or Omi-san...? I mean - I was kinda close to Ashiya-san, but I wouldn't say that we were that close...

I don't know if they got extra powers from Avatars.

[dotcom]

No idea. I didn't really talk to either of them.

[ they're not lesbians. ]

[sengokus]

[TAKERU IS TRULY JUST HANGING OUT WITH LESBIANS AND MINEO]

Hmm.... Medb was Ashiya-san's Master at least...? It's some weird thing from their world...

[dotcom]

They're both Servants, but... they didn't know each other back home. And Medb was pretty sure Douman was lying about a lot of stuff to her.

[sengokus]

[ . . . ]

This sounds even more complicated than I first anticipated? And it was already pretty complicated.

And I thought we had problems.

[dotcom]

Mm. She said that there were things Douman told her that didn't actually make sense with how things worked, and that I shouldn't be surprised if they turned on her.

[ he looks at mineo. ]

You're not going to turn on me, right?

[sengokus]

[his brow furrows at even the suggestion??? he knows the conversation is pretty light but the idea really pisses him off.]

No. I'd never.

[dotcom]

Hm...

[ he pats mineo on the cheek. he can't reach the top of his head without effort so this is a compromise. good boy. ]

Anyway, I confirmed with Despair that they didn't tell Mahito that. They said that Mahito should probably go back and clarify things with them, but they didn't expect him to.

[1/2]

[sengokus]

[i hate that even that much stuns him for a second and even when takeru pulls away it's almost like mineo is going to follow his hand because he likes attention]