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

[respendent]

Once that is through, we can start going through and thinking of who has behaved suspiciously so far! However, when I began with that, no one was willing to voice their thoughts, yes! So I resorted to fact-checking, which everyone has now taken issue with instead, ahahah! ☆

[ does that. annoy him? if it does, he's certainly not letting on in his ever-peppy voice or behavior, but why would he say that if he wasn't annoyed. ]

[purrtagonist]

[YOU'RE SO PEPPY HIYORI]

[Akira flashes him a lopsided smile, either way. he might be a little amused]

No, I think you're doing it right. I just didn't want the accomplice theory to be overlooked.

[ya feel]

[respendent]

[ he is SO peppy

and maybe somewhat appeased at the acknowledgement? maybe??? who knows ]

Everyone has been quick to remind me of it, so I guarantee there is no chance of that happening, yes!

[purrtagonist]

[DO U THRIVE ON ATTENTION HIYORI-SAN]

. . .

Has anyone ever told you you're extremely energetic, by the way?

[this is irrelevant]

[respendent]

Of course! And that my voice is loud! And that it's surprising I haven't been stabbed before, not even a single time I've deserved it!

[ Hiyori fucking calm down maybe. ]

[purrtagonist]

[ONE OF THESE THINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER]

. . . congratulations on not being stabbed even when you deserved it.

[that's something worthy of a gold sticker, right?]

[respendent]

[ Raises his hands like he's accepting applause on a stage. ]

Yes, congratulations to me! After all, no one would dare raise their hand against the elite no matter how we behave, ahaha! ☆

[purrtagonist]

[THE ELITE. . .]

[okay positive impressions immediately gone]

Uh huh.

[well now he sounds skeptical]

[respendent]

[ Doesn't seem to care to correct that skepticism, like this fucker is used to being hated. No wonder he commented on not being stabbed when he deserves it. ]

Yes. In any case, we've narrowed it down quite a bit now. And of those it's been narrowed down to, I do have a suspect!

[purrtagonist]

[NO HATRED, JUST. SUDDENLY WARY]

[they're back on topic though, and Akira perks up, skepticism fading]

Who?

[respendent]

Ulaz.

[purrtagonist]

[slllowly arches a brow]

Why?

1/2

[respendent]

He jumped in with my conversation with Ichigo-kun unprompted, when I was saying it could be anyone left on the list, and it was better to narrow them down now. You and Ichigo-kun and Ulaz all had the same complaint about my current method of finding the criminal, but only Ulaz attempted to shift blame before we've even exhausted this line of reasoning!

Furthermore, he attempted to shift blame to people who knew people from before here, making me a target— in other words, the kind of maneuver intended to distract me into defending myself rather than paying attention to my current line of reasoning! If he's innocent, there's no reason to not want to complete this exercise, especially since I'm willing to look into other alternatives, I simply wanted to complete this one before getting distracted!

2/2

[respendent]

I'm not wrong to find him suspicious, yes?

[purrtagonist]

[. . . not unsound reasoning. he turns this over in his head, processing, before he responds slowly]

No, I don't think so.

But I'd like to hear what Lux-san has to say before making any concrete conclusions.

[respendent]

Of course, I'll change my conclusion if there's proof otherwise! But yes, in the absence of other proof that's where my vote is going!