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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Comments

[very_good_end]

[Erika has adopted her calm ladylike demeanor for this conversation.]

What an elegant piece of puzzle solving, Kurusu-san.

[purrtagonist]

[taken aback, both by her praise and her using his name]

. . . I'm not trying to solve a puzzle. Just find the truth.

[and then, he tilts his head at her]

You figured it out.

[the name, he means]

[very_good_end]

Whenever one seeks to expose the truth, Furudo Erika is their ally.

Yes, although there are several other possibilities.

Or do you mean your name? Of course. I've known your name for some time.

...However, calling you now what I was calling you then just seems undignified.

[purrtagonist]

I meant my name. But I'm interested in hearing those other possibilities.

[because he'd rather leave no stone un-turned, to make sure they don't condemn the wrong person]

[he lets out a small "hm," and for the first time, he feels no sense of animosity or annoyance towards her]

So you do have a sense of fair play.

[very_good_end]

Well, for example: "catnip hooka," or "a hack option," "China oak pot," or even the variation "chain oak pot." ...All much less indicative of a person's attributes and more nonsensical than what you've proposed, though.

Whatever do you mean, Kurusu-san?

[purrtagonist]

[CATNIP HOOKA. . .]

And none of them invoke the identity of a single person here as well as Captain Hook does.

[he tilts his head back, and shrugs]

I just didn't think you were capable of showing other people respect. That's all.

[very_good_end]

Kurusu-san, I always show everyone the exact amount of respect they deserve.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . he barks out a laugh, short and gruff]

I don't know if I should be honored to have earned yours or not, then.

[very_good_end]

[laughs a soft ladylike laugh]

It goes without saying one does not earn respect by refusing to even say their name during their introduction.

[purrtagonist]

Fortunately for me, back then I was just being spiteful.

[he says. so bluntly]

[very_good_end]

[shrugs] I'd ask why... if I cared.

[giggles]

So? You've made your decision? This Niles is the culprit behind Sigma Klim's death?

[purrtagonist]

. . . I haven't put in my vote yet.

[he's gonna be a last-minute voter]

[very_good_end]

That's not what I asked, Kurusu-san.

Are you confident in your reasoning and the conclusion of Niles being the culprit, or are you not? There is no other part to my question.

[purrtagonist]

[he knows it isn't what she asked, and he lets out a breath]

Yeah. I'm confident.