Day 6 - Final discussion before the second execution

[pandatrash]

[This morning, a video of Tycoon auto-plays on everyone's tablets. He is in a dimly lit room, and seems to be eating pudding out of a bicycle horn...? Whatever, the raccoons are weird.]

Today’s the day! Are you pumped up? Psyched out? Pissed off? Done in? Hehehehe!

Everybody better vote today for who you want to be PUNISHED! If you don't vote by the time the timer reaches zero, your vote will be randomized! Just like it now says in the rules!

I, Tycoon (only Tycoon), will still answer one question per person if you haven’t cashed yours in yet! Rule clarifications are free, by the way! Also, quit freaking out about the people who are off crying in their rooms or whatever! You already have all the alibis you need to solve the mystery!

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[purrtagonist]

Tsumugi--

[a flicker of guilt, but he shoves it aside as quickly as he can]

. . .

Truthfully, it's. . . a theory I considered, but I'm not sure it's correct. Yours and Hiyori's story is much stronger than Niles's.

[fineprinted]

I-I'm not sure if that's a good thing anymore!! Hiyori-kun just can't be the one...! Didn't you say that other people have done the same thing too to have an alibi?!

[purrtagonist]

[Akira Kurusu is officially a MONSTER. KEEPING CALM, KEEPING COMPOSED. . .]

Mmm. Yeah. A lot of us did-- Akechi and I brought back medical supplies, Ichigo brought back a sign, Ulaz brought back keys, Caius brought back a weapon-- that kind of thing. But none of us have been pushing a theory as hard as Hiyori has been pushing his. And it's hard not to begin to think that it's some kind of distraction technique.

[WHICH. . . IS WHAT MADE AKIRA SUSPICIOUS, I'M SORRY]

. . . sorry, Tsumugi.

[fineprinted]

[ yeah akira HOW DARE YOU BREAK THIS SOFTBOY'S HEART ]

It wasn't a distraction technique... You can even ask Will about it, if you want! Hiyori-kun said that the both of them went down to the cellars to get the alcohol! I just-- It can't be...

[purrtagonist]

[HE IS GOING TO SUFFER GREATLY FOR THIS!!!]

Tsumugi.

[takes him by the shoulders! gently]

It'll be okay, all right? [SAYS. . . THE GUY WHO BROUGHT UP TSUMUGI'S FRIEND AS A SUSPECT] Just keep your story straight. It's like I said-- Niles is the one with the weakest alibi out of all of us.

[fineprinted]

[ good, perish

he's shaken at the sudden hands on his shoulders but he sniffles, blinking back the tears that threaten to leak out of his eyes ]

I-I will. I should have better faith in him... I'm sorry.

[purrtagonist]

[TSUMUGI??]

Don't apologize. This isn't your fault.

[fineprinted]

It feels like it is, though.

[ complete emptiness in his voice. ]

[purrtagonist]

[no???]

It isn't.

[saying that firmly!! with feeling!! his grip on Tsumugi's shouldesr tightening slightly]

[fineprinted]

[ WOW OKAY THAT'S TOO TIGHT - ]

O-Okay! Okay... If you insist.

[purrtagonist]

[SORRY TSUMUGI HE JUST DOESN'T WANT YOU TO FEEL GUILTY B/C HE AND ICHIGO HAD A THEORY??]

Don't feel guilty because of something I said. I know the consequences of my words.

[so if anything, this is HIS fault, and he knows it]

[fineprinted]

[ YOU GODDAMN PROTAGS ]

It's all right, I don't blame you for grilling him at all. You're all just doing this to reach the truth, right?

It's just that... Hiyori-kun really isn't that kind of person. He may say a lot of horrible things and try to get under your skin as much as possible, but he'd never do something like that. You have my word.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . he cracks a smile. confident, but still lopsided. like he's trying his best to be positive, but something is still holding him back]

Yeah.

[that's exactly right. they're trying to reach the truth]

If that's the case, then for now? I'll trust your word. All right?

[his suspicions have shifted to Corrin and Niles, anyway]

[fineprinted]

[ tsumugi knows that look all too well, which is why he's not going to push it. he's already assuming that akira's too annoyed to deal with his melodramatics anyway. ]

All right. Thank you so much for everything you've done so far.

[purrtagonist]

[no, he's just tired from lack of sleep and also calling people out as killers knowing that they're going to die]

I don't-- think it's worthy of gratitude. But I am doing my best.