Day 15

[pandatrash]

[There are really only two important things to note about Day 15:

One, your tablet informs you that there's a killing night tonight! Tonight we're back to normal; only one murder, please!

And two, there is shitty prepackaged deli sushi in kitchen. So uh, y'know. Enjoy that.]


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Comments

[afailedmurder]

[looking at the list]

I don't mean to judge, Okumura-kun, but aren't you a bit young for McGonagall-sensei?

[flamingprick]

And yet she's still beating you. Funny how that works.

[afailedmurder]

I can live with that. It's actually rather embarrassing to always be on those lists!

By the way, have you ever considered working on your penmanship?

[flamingprick]

[WAVING AKECHI OFF]

It's fine. I can read it, so it works.

Dunno why you don't want to be on a cool person list though.

[afailedmurder]

Is that what it is? I don't think I'd have guessed it.

[flamingprick]

Why not? Akira's a cool guy, that should be really obvious.

[afailedmurder]

Ah, no. It's more along the lines that I wouldn't have guessed someone would make a list of "cool guys" to begin with...?

[flamingprick]

...why do I get the feeling you mean that in a bad way?

[afailedmurder]

I'm not trying to insult you.

[well, not this specific time]

It's just the sort of thing that wouldn't occur to me, personally.

[flamingprick]

What, did you never do anything like that in school before?

[afailedmurder]

I suppose the other boys might have. I was busy studying.

[and having no friends at all]

[flamingprick]

Well, you don't gotta study here!

[HERE HAVE SOME PAPER AKECHI]

[afailedmurder]

[takes it???]

You want me to make some kind of list...?

[flamingprick]

Nah, we gotta go deeper than just lists. We have to do one of the classics: Angel-san.

[afailedmurder]

Angel-san?

[???]

[flamingprick]

It's great! First you write all the hiragana on a paper, plus 'yes' and 'no'. Then everyone involved holds onto the pen with one hand and they ask 'the spirit' questions. The pen moves and it's like a spirit is talking to you!

[Poor-man's Ouija, basically.]

[afailedmurder]

And you're the one moving the pen.

[flamingprick]

Technically everyone's moving the pen, since they're all holding it. It works because if everyone expects a 'yes' answer to a question then they all move the pen towards 'yes' without realizing it.

[afailedmurder]

I don't disagree with the psychology behind that premise.

However, cynically speaking, someone in the group is inevitably going to cheat and guide the pen.

[flamingprick]

Probably, yeah. But it's hard to tell someone's doing that with a big group.

[afailedmurder]

Now, perhaps it's the detective in me, but I can't help but want to ask, who among this hypothetical group is moving the pen?

Could it be... the one who suggested the game in the first place? Yes, I think that's the likeliest culprit.

[flamingprick]

[Akechi u shit]

N-not always! Besides, it's just a game.

[afailedmurder]

Perhaps I will write a list. I'm thinking, 'Top Demons of Nope's Peak.'

[flamingprick]

[Annoyed tail-flipping! Because he knows Akechi is teasing him now.]

W-well I never tried to hide it anyway!

[afailedmurder]

1. Okumura
2. Kurusu

Because, you know. Satan.

[taps his temple in demonstration]