But if that's true, there's still a chance that she'll act again. They could kill someone again. And maybe we could work out something to stop By, but - we don't know who she was with, that night. Just that there was someone else.
[ that she wouldn't even admit to, no less. so byleth herself won't be of much help, either. ]
[ he sounds miserable adding a name to the list. ]
All from Fall. It makes me wonder if they've just been going to By for help with it, or something. She seems like the type who'd want to lend a hand, especially for something like this.
[ especially with how she tried so hard to deflect from the third person involved. ]
...and Taichi. I don't think it's him, though. At least - not this week. I could be wrong.
[ yeah. he looks equally miserable, honestly, because taichi is his bro. though... just thinking about his own injuries makes him tired so maybe not? who knows.]
I don't think I have any idea otherwise. But... it checked out with my theory, too, that it had to be fall. It makes me think that there might be one more person out there who's gonna get forced to kill beyond Byleth and those suspects, and I bet it's someone from Spring.
If you're counting them on based on what happened this week, shouldn't Yamato be off the list, too?
[ DIDN'T HE LOSE AN EYE OR SOMETHING?
the theory gets a curious look from leo, though. ]
Because Spring probably hasn't killed yet? What, do you think there's some kind of quota? Each dorm kills someone at least once for this whole - messed up script thing?
Yeah, I just haven't talked to him yet. [ he laughs a little, waving his hand. ] I already talked to Taichi about it.
[ sometimes you just bonk heads with a fellow protagonist and try and solve murders together and become bros. it be like that. ]
But...yeah. That's what I'm thinkin. [ thoughtfully, hand on his chin. ] If we've had these teams so far, we had... Rupert and Byleth. Winter, Summer. Then Rupert got caught - so then we got Byleth, Summer, and someone from Fall we don't know yet. That just leaves Spring behind.
[ ichiro tilts his head. ] Patterns, you know? The same kind we were tracking before.
[ the "cool" gets him to snort? it's a little humorless, but, yeah. that's the whole mood. ]
...yeah. I think so too. Sucks, man. I don't know how to stop any of this shit.
That's why I've been trying to figure out these patterns. I got to talk to Iris this week, for a little bit. I'm tryin' to keep that in mind - she said our enemy was the people behind this, not each other, and I think that's really important.
Like, hell. If I can work with Samatoki on something [ does he make a face here? yeah you know he does. ] then I can work with people who got compelled into murdering to try and make it stop all together.
[ mind control canons are really the worst thing to have in common ]
I dunno. We gotta keep up on these scripts, or whatever, and try and figure out what those shitty field trips we get taken on on Thursdays have in common, too. Mine was about Luke - Riku's life.
I volunteered to this week. [ nod.. he hasn't done it yet, so. ] I think Kon'll probably grab it next.
[ just to keep their pattern going. he does not say "so long as we are both alive" because yikes even if some part of him considers it. ]
...And, I think we probably can. We should. I think we at least need to have a group meeting or something next week so people can get information out. I've got a contact in all the dorms that I trust, for the most part. Maybe need a little more for Summer, but, even then I dunno how much info they're sharing with each other. I don't know if everyone's as united as we are.
Well, if the trial today is anything to go by, they aren't. It's not like we can really blame them for that, though; no one trusts people just because they were given the same place to sleep by a bear in a top hat.
I do think it would help, but it also just... depends on how much they want to talk about what's been going on. Or we can do what they did earlier this week and use the lockers, but I don't know if that's as reliable as just... talking it out for everyone.
I think... right now, I think Caleb-san said it really well during the trial. I don't really give a shit about people's hurt feelings when we've got stuff to do. If they don't want to talk about it, too bad. We're not gonna get anywhere if we don't communicate.
[ this is a little rich when you think about ichiro and his complete and utter communication breakdown with samatoki but you know? he's not angry at everyone in this place right now so therefore he can think with a clear head. ]
I was saving my vouchers up to get the Blessing of Hephaestus back, so I'd have a way to fight back if someone targeted me, you know? But my friend Piper - daughter of Aphrodite - has this ability called "charmspeak." It's... not perfect, I guess, but it's pretty powerful. She's stole a BMW with it, and - she might have brought our friend back to life with it once?
[ details unclear. ]
It's like the power of persuasion. She could tell you to do something, and you would just want to do it. Maybe something like that could help us here.
...Find out if you can get it. When we do our usual info meeting - bring it up, and I bet people will pool for it. Winter's generous.
[ because if it's gonna help, they've all shown they're willing to help each other. ] I didn't do my stupid extra credit this week, so I doubt I'm gonna get many, but I'll help if I can.
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You could at least try not to get the blood on the communal furniture, bro.
[ there is no heat to it. he's just going to go collapse in a chair too. ]
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[ he will!!! because he is a good boy. god. ]
...What a fucking night, huh.
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[ uuuuuugh. ]
I just - I don't understand why Byleth would...
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I dunno, man. It's just like Rupert. I don't... I don't think they have a choice.
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[ that she wouldn't even admit to, no less. so byleth herself won't be of much help, either. ]
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...well. We've got a pretty short list. Based on Dimitri's item: [ counting on his fingers. ] Lux-chan. Ichinose. Yamato. Caleb-san.
It had to be one of those four.
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[ he sounds miserable adding a name to the list. ]
All from Fall. It makes me wonder if they've just been going to By for help with it, or something. She seems like the type who'd want to lend a hand, especially for something like this.
[ especially with how she tried so hard to deflect from the third person involved. ]
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[ yeah. he looks equally miserable, honestly, because taichi is his bro. though... just thinking about his own injuries makes him tired so maybe not? who knows.]
I don't think I have any idea otherwise. But... it checked out with my theory, too, that it had to be fall. It makes me think that there might be one more person out there who's gonna get forced to kill beyond Byleth and those suspects, and I bet it's someone from Spring.
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[ DIDN'T HE LOSE AN EYE OR SOMETHING?
the theory gets a curious look from leo, though. ]
Because Spring probably hasn't killed yet? What, do you think there's some kind of quota? Each dorm kills someone at least once for this whole - messed up script thing?
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[ sometimes you just bonk heads with a fellow protagonist and try and solve murders together and become bros. it be like that. ]
But...yeah. That's what I'm thinkin. [ thoughtfully, hand on his chin. ] If we've had these teams so far, we had... Rupert and Byleth. Winter, Summer. Then Rupert got caught - so then we got Byleth, Summer, and someone from Fall we don't know yet. That just leaves Spring behind.
[ ichiro tilts his head. ] Patterns, you know? The same kind we were tracking before.
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[ he sinks into the chair a little more with a sigh. ]
Cool. They don't even have that many people left. And neither does Summer, but I get the feeling that Byleth will be the obvious target next week.
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...yeah. I think so too. Sucks, man. I don't know how to stop any of this shit.
That's why I've been trying to figure out these patterns. I got to talk to Iris this week, for a little bit. I'm tryin' to keep that in mind - she said our enemy was the people behind this, not each other, and I think that's really important.
Like, hell. If I can work with Samatoki on something [ does he make a face here? yeah you know he does. ] then I can work with people who got compelled into murdering to try and make it stop all together.
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[ believing that would make leo a hypocrite. ]
Question is - how do we figure out who is behind it all? And how do we reach them so we can actually stop them?
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I dunno. We gotta keep up on these scripts, or whatever, and try and figure out what those shitty field trips we get taken on on Thursdays have in common, too. Mine was about Luke - Riku's life.
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Can we not just - pull everyone together to talk about it? Or would that be too obvious, or whatever?
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[ just to keep their pattern going. he does not say "so long as we are both alive" because yikes even if some part of him considers it. ]
...And, I think we probably can. We should. I think we at least need to have a group meeting or something next week so people can get information out. I've got a contact in all the dorms that I trust, for the most part. Maybe need a little more for Summer, but, even then I dunno how much info they're sharing with each other. I don't know if everyone's as united as we are.
[ winter dorm supremacy!!! ]
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Well, if the trial today is anything to go by, they aren't. It's not like we can really blame them for that, though; no one trusts people just because they were given the same place to sleep by a bear in a top hat.
I do think it would help, but it also just... depends on how much they want to talk about what's been going on. Or we can do what they did earlier this week and use the lockers, but I don't know if that's as reliable as just... talking it out for everyone.
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[ this is a little rich when you think about ichiro and his complete and utter communication breakdown with samatoki but you know? he's not angry at everyone in this place right now so therefore he can think with a clear head. ]
We're all stronger together. That's fact.
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[ he stops suddenly, blinking. ]
...Hey. Do you know if Vi can get us powers that we didn't have before, if we have enough vouchers?
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[ thinking... ] I mean, probably. I don't have any, and I still was able to get my item for trial. Why, what're you thinking?
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I was saving my vouchers up to get the Blessing of Hephaestus back, so I'd have a way to fight back if someone targeted me, you know? But my friend Piper - daughter of Aphrodite - has this ability called "charmspeak." It's... not perfect, I guess, but it's pretty powerful. She's stole a BMW with it, and - she might have brought our friend back to life with it once?
[ details unclear. ]
It's like the power of persuasion. She could tell you to do something, and you would just want to do it. Maybe something like that could help us here.
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he looks a little surprised, but nods... it's not like, unheard of in fiction to do something like that? he doesn't know. ]
...It'd mess with somebody's mind, so it would probably be expensive. But it's worth a shot, right?
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...Probably. I don't have a lot of vouchers, either, so it would take some time to get it, but... we need all the help we can get, right?
[ gods, he wishes piper was here. she'd have probably gotten it back already, she'd have gotten the details out of caiman or byleth way earlier. ]
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[ because if it's gonna help, they've all shown they're willing to help each other. ] I didn't do my stupid extra credit this week, so I doubt I'm gonna get many, but I'll help if I can.
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[ frustrating... ]
But - yeah, it won't hurt to ask, anyway. If nothing else, maybe I can get the magic for my tool belt back and build a polygraph, or something.