Day 5, afternoon

[pandatreasure]

[SO HEY, THIS MORNING WAS SUPER COOL, HUH??? EASTER EGG HUNT, BODY PARTS, TOO MANY LEGS, SUPER FUN, RIGHT????

and the fun don't stop here at Nope's Peak Academy, because once that announcement has gone off and everyone's had a couple of minutes to...pretend to catch their bearings and deal with the fact that all of the body parts are gone except for the major award leg lamp Ichigo's stuck holding, there are more announcements to come.]

As of now, you have the rest of today and tomorrow to figure out who to punish for the murder of Sigma Klim! You should double check your rules page if you forget what that entails. Or if you didn't! Nyehehehe.

[And there's something new on that rules page, too, for those who take a minute to check.]

You can vote whenever you want, but make sure to do it, okay? It's going to be a problem if you refuse to vote at all, nyehehehehe!

[When the characters open up their tablet again, laborious instructions will guide them through getting to the voting app and using it; both names and pictures are showcased. Votes can be changed at any time, and there's a countdown at the top of the app for how long until votes are due.]

Good luck, everyone, nyehehe!

Comments

[purrtagonist]

[coolly, easily, completely unruffled and with the slightest quirk of a grin]

My point about automatically assuming your seals are infallible still stands, Great Detective.

[very_good_end]

Shut up. What happens tomorrow is tomorrow. What happens today is you have a very Good reason to get down on your knees and thank whatever circumstances sent you I, Great Detective, Furudo Erika, to help investigate this stupid murder mystery.

Or does the possibility of an innocent young scientist losing her life due to unwarranted suspicion weigh so small on you, Suspect Number One?

[purrtagonist]

[U WANNA GO ERIKA!!]

[stands up a little straighter, hands dipping into his pockets, grin widening]

Ha. Nice try, but I bow before no man, woman, demon or god, Detective.

[he rocks back on one heel, kicking at the ground idly]

You can't guilt trip me for suspicion I never had. Not once did I say I thought she was guilty, and not once did I suggest we vote for her. Merely that your seals weren't an automatic reason to give her an alibi, without confirmation that they hadn't been tampered with.

You're blinded by your own arrogance. You know what they say. Pride goeth before, and all that.

[very_good_end]

Is that so? Are you familiar with the term, "it takes one to know one?" You could stand to be knocked off your own pedestal, Suspect Number One. We shall see whose head remains high by the time this incident reaches its end.

1/2

[purrtagonist]

[WHAT DID HE SAY ABOUT IT NOT BEING A COMPETITION!!]

[heh. though. he just smiles]

For what it's worth, I already know what it feels like to fall.

[purrtagonist]

[WAVES A HAND]

Let's focus. If Caius and Minako state they were together last night, we'll have to start from the beginning.

[very_good_end]

...Don't give them ideas.

[purrtagonist]

[TOO LATE]

[he doesn't seem too upset about it though, just. thoughtful, as he lifts a hand to his chin]

Someone's lying.

[very_good_end]

--Well, no shit, idiot! That's what happens when you feed someone an alibi!

Just do their job for them, why don't you!

[suppressthedark]

That's fucking rich, coming from you, the girl who only cares about having a good mystery to solve.

[Ichigo is just hanging out near Akira constantly now okay okay]

[cw_suicide]

You guys do know you're picking an argument with someone who likely gets off on arguments for argumentative sake, right?

[purrtagonist]

[shut up and let him be cool]

[cw_suicide]

[it's not cool if you're just feeding a possible troll tho?]

[purrtagonist]

[SHHHHHHHH >8(]

[suppressthedark]

Dazai, Please.

[NOT NOW]

[cw_suicide]

[but this is a stupid argument?]

[very_good_end]

Very astute of you: I'm indicting you both on behalf of your own morality being out-weighed against trying to score a petty victory over me, and your failure to do so. Is it working?

[just, this face]

[cw_suicide]

That's a very silly reason to indict someone.

[very_good_end]

Please. No comments from the peanut gallery, Dazai-san.

[cw_suicide]

If I had peanuts, I'd boo and throw them at the all of the performers on stage for this petty dispute.

[very_good_end]

I believe you are of the disposition you would throw them regardless of the quality of the, shall we say, performance.

[suppressthedark]

[He was trying so hard not to give her the reaction she wanted, but...well, it was ultimately futile.]

For the last goddamn time - I didn't suspect her in the first place! I was trying to keep every possibility open!

[very_good_end]

Ah, but you refused to believe. If only for a moment. You had to cry 'no, her innocence demands more proof!' and therefore you were willing to entertain the notion of finding her guilty.

...Really, if anything, I'm proud of your commitment to not trusting others without evidence, Kurosaki-san. That's where all investigation begins, when you get down to it.

[suppressthedark]

I don't want to consider people potentially guilty. But in order to get the truth of what happened, I'll go from every angle I can.

[He's still not happy with her, honestly - because having to suspect people of murder is already a draining task, and there are people here that he doesn't want to see go down. But at the same time, he also doesn't want to vote for someone innocent.]

[very_good_end]

If you're going to pursue the truth, you need to be prepared to receive it.

...Understand?