randangonpa | Day 15

Day 15

[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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Was I? [laughs] I was just trying to put your thinking in the right mindset.

A mystery novel is an intellectual challenge from the author to the reader. If you knew to be aware of the conventions, such as Knox's 4th: "no unknown drugs, poisons, or difficult to comprehend scientific devices are to be used", then you would have picked up on the reference to wasps and poison immediately. --Or at least a mite quicker.

But you managed to identify the culprit and the accomplice. You avoided the trap so many fall into... the fantasy that there must be an eleventh person on the island who is conducting the killings.

Edited 2018-01-17 08:21 (UTC)

Mm, I guess I didn't even really consider it could have been someone else. I'm probably too used to believing the mastermind is among the people present...

Indeed. ...That's Knox's 1st, by the way.

Well? Did you get a new appreciation out of this? Be honest, now. At the very least, you must admit Dame Christie is a spectacularly gifted author.

Ah, yes. It was a really well-crafted story.

Yes, it's a classic for a reason. Moreover, it's so well-known, most people are aware of the ending, even if they haven't read it.

Watching you puzzle it out as we went along, completely unaware, and come so close to reaching the right conclusion... I admit, I felt a bit of a vicarious excitement for you as you did so.

Perhaps we'll do this again? We can move on to The Murder of Roger Ackroyd... no, on second thought, Murder on the Orient Express is a much better work to introduce you to monsieur Poirot.

Edited 2018-01-17 08:47 (UTC)

Ah... if you have the time. And you don’t mind straining your voice that much... I would probably enjoy that.

[at least somewhat because she seems to be enjoying it, which is still surprising but he finds himself happy about]

My voice will endure. Trust me, it always does.

[smiles, looking like she might actually be looking forward to it.]

Then, the next day we are free... likely after the next execution. Assuming, of course, we are both still alive.