I was given the same impression from Steel and Bass. To not act, but to try to find something else-- Bass thought there ought to be something, but did not know what.
...Bass also insisted killing would contribute to the imbalance, here, and asked me not to do so on purpose. If we are to find aught else we must do so soon.
...Shale did say that even when Kazuma realized what happened, when we voted for him, or whatever, it didn't fix it entirely. They described it as "his colors were still off", even after, but they said the vote helped.
[a huff of a sigh, a little frustrated. this is difficult to deal with, but at least with what percy says--]
I do not know that they are necessarily related, but I do have a suspicion they come from one of us. The message I received mentioned the third being an outlier, and we assumed this referred to the dreams... but there were in fact four. Ruby simply did not mention her dream the previous week. Were this from an external influence, surely it would have known-- but instead the message came from what we believed to be true.
[ percy rubs at his jaw slowly. ] Kazunari... and Kumon are rather attached at the hip, wouldn't you say? I seldom see one without the other or tending to the other in need.
I don't want to spout nonsense, but it does track. Not to mention... Kumon and Ruby did find the used clothing, didn't they?
[ oooooh vax doesn't like that and it's clear on his face.]
...poor kid. [ if that is the case. ] It might've taken two of them. To deal with 9S. I mean - he was a swordfighter, it's not as if he was unskilled, and weight a thousand fucking pounds.
True, but I feel as if we would have seen some sign of this. There was naught else to indicate two people.
[his brow furrows, as he thinks.]
Given the way the footprints went together to the grave-- Kazunari may well have seemed nonthreatening, up until the point where he proved otherwise. Lured him to a location where it would be easy to get him into the grave alone afterward. All that aside, if you were assisting someone in murder why would only one of you bother to wear different clothes? Kumon could have avoided finding more, but then why help find any at all?
Just because Kazunari was influence, doesn't mean Kumon was... it may have just been the guilt. He's a gentle one. Perhaps in a way he thought he had no choice but to bring the clothing back to us as Ruby was with him.
[ a frown ] Though I admit, you're certainly right. To only use one costume. Granted, oil's a terrible thing to get on your clothing to begin with. Maybe it was to make certain not a trace was left on the one that had to do the dirty work.
...I don't feel like either of them would be that good at murder.
[ just
saying. ] Plus, they're both - actors, or something, aren't they? Costumes and stuff'd be easy.
When I talked to Kazunari after it all, he told me he was fine, but way more worried about Kumon. Can't say I got the chance to talk to him or anything, but I can try. Does it even really matter, if only one of them was - Charmed, or whatever the fuck this place does?
It matters, I think, in the sense that we ought to know if one is willing to assist even if the other is influenced.
[it's unfortunate, but-- they can't have it. they just can't.]
But if you wish to still consider others who would be more accomplished with murder, then keep an eye on Marceline. I would think her capable, out of the group we narrowed to. I just do not know that she would use one of these guns.
[ he nods at that. it can't be unaccounted for, skill or motive or not. kazunari and kumon are tied at the hip... it wouldn't surprise him, but... to know kumon is as gentle as he is makes it harder to believe. ]
Though I do wonder about this week. If... Kazunari will act out again or if we'll have another kill coerced from the Prism. If that's the case, how do we act?
We'll have no reason to act on Kazunari if another makes themselves known. Others will wants to solve that particular case if we have another. [ though the way percy says "if" implies that there isn't really a doubt in his mind. this place has proven dependable in the worst ways. ]
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...Bass also insisted killing would contribute to the imbalance, here, and asked me not to do so on purpose. If we are to find aught else we must do so soon.
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Is there a way to factor in these weekly tattoos that people have been getting? Perhaps there lies at least part of the answer.
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[ so.
there's that, i guess. ]
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I do not know that they are necessarily related, but I do have a suspicion they come from one of us. The message I received mentioned the third being an outlier, and we assumed this referred to the dreams... but there were in fact four. Ruby simply did not mention her dream the previous week. Were this from an external influence, surely it would have known-- but instead the message came from what we believed to be true.
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[ wait hang on. ] There were two separate types, before. Yeah? The one Percy had, and the one Itsuki had. And then... Cashew's was the pig.
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[ ...
oh
wait ]
Kashuu's. It was on his hand. He's a fucking sword.
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So these at the very least may be a clue to us if we see them roaming around on others. It'd be an enormous leg up.
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Bu got hit with a gun, and Nines got shot. [ ... so ]
...'s only two people, though. Why would there be three with a gun, then? Unless somebody else was involved...?
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I don't want to spout nonsense, but it does track. Not to mention... Kumon and Ruby did find the used clothing, didn't they?
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...poor kid. [ if that is the case. ] It might've taken two of them. To deal with 9S. I mean - he was a swordfighter, it's not as if he was unskilled, and weight a thousand fucking pounds.
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[his brow furrows, as he thinks.]
Given the way the footprints went together to the grave-- Kazunari may well have seemed nonthreatening, up until the point where he proved otherwise. Lured him to a location where it would be easy to get him into the grave alone afterward. All that aside, if you were assisting someone in murder why would only one of you bother to wear different clothes? Kumon could have avoided finding more, but then why help find any at all?
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[ a frown ] Though I admit, you're certainly right. To only use one costume. Granted, oil's a terrible thing to get on your clothing to begin with. Maybe it was to make certain not a trace was left on the one that had to do the dirty work.
Do you think Kumon could stomach burying 9S?
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[ just
saying. ] Plus, they're both - actors, or something, aren't they? Costumes and stuff'd be easy.
When I talked to Kazunari after it all, he told me he was fine, but way more worried about Kumon. Can't say I got the chance to talk to him or anything, but I can try. Does it even really matter, if only one of them was - Charmed, or whatever the fuck this place does?
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[it's unfortunate, but-- they can't have it. they just can't.]
But if you wish to still consider others who would be more accomplished with murder, then keep an eye on Marceline. I would think her capable, out of the group we narrowed to. I just do not know that she would use one of these guns.
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Though I do wonder about this week. If... Kazunari will act out again or if we'll have another kill coerced from the Prism. If that's the case, how do we act?
We'll have no reason to act on Kazunari if another makes themselves known. Others will wants to solve that particular case if we have another. [ though the way percy says "if" implies that there isn't really a doubt in his mind. this place has proven dependable in the worst ways. ]