Day 17 - WHODUNNIT?

[pandatrash]

[It's that time again! The Great Detective has been killed, so put those little grey cells to work and find the culprit!]

[Most of the flooding has been stopped as well, though it's uncomfortably damp just about everywhere. Looks like the raccoons only half-assed their cleanup.]

[Speaking of half-assed, where's Tycoon? I mean, broken ones, sure, but has anybody seen him up and about? Looks like you guys might be flying blind this time around...]

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[truthstranger]

[ Shuichi shows up to the alibi session looking extremely unhappy and honestly a little sick. ]

I was worried about Furudo-san last night, so I went looking for her right away. But... I couldn't find her anywhere, and eventually the raccoons made me go back to my room.

[ Though he edges into 'angry' near the end there. ]

[worldcup]

... Did you think that she was going to get killed?

[ Illya's just a little bit curious and it shows in her voice but she doesn't seem all that bothered overall. ]

[truthstranger]

Not... for sure. It was just my intuition that something was going to happen.

[ Do you know who hates being right. Shuichi Saihara. ]

And... that she probably could have used someone with her, either way.

[worldcup]

I see. Well, I didn't like her, but that doesn't mean that she deserved to die.

[truthstranger]

She didn't. We have to figure out what happened.

[suppressthedark]

[Ichigo was not the fondest of Erika, and that's putting it mildly - but he knows when someone's extremely unhappy when he sees it.]

She must've left as soon as night came - Akira tried looking for her, too.

[Well. Before Akechi grounded him.]

...You doing alright?

[Probably not, but he feels like he should at least ask.]

[truthstranger]

No. I'm...

[ Something slightly more than his usual misery level, actually. What is it? ]

Angry...?

We... had plans, for the next day. I tried to find her and make sure she was safe. Why did none of that matter...?

[suppressthedark]

[Ah....

...Anger's a little better than sorrow, he supposes. But he knows that anger of being unable to prevent someone's death.]

...I'm sorry. I know she and I didn't get along, but - she didn't deserve to die.

All we can do is try and find her killer.

[A small, quiet laugh, though it's empty of mirth.]

...She'd want us to, anyway. To solve the mystery, right?

[truthstranger]

[ It is better to feel like he did everything he possibly could have and it still didn't help than his normal feeling that if he'd done things differently he could have prevented it. In some ways, at least. ]

Yeah, of course she would. Though, I'm not sure this mystery is going to be up to her standards.

[suppressthedark]

[Fair enough - if Ichigo had cared much for Erika, he'd be blaming himself either way. But...well, what's done is done.]

Hah - I'm pretty sure she'd be saying that it's not interesting enough to be a proper mystery.

[He lapses into silence, before -]

So far, there's six people who don't have alibis - including you, but...I think we can safely rule you out.

[You know - considering that Shuichi was probably one of the few people there that somewhat liked Erika.]

[truthstranger]

...I appreciate it, but if you're going to reason this through properly, please consider that it could have been me. We have to consider all possibilities.

[suppressthedark]

[....God, he's right.]

...Alright. I will.

...But I don't think the clues we've gotten point to you.

[truthstranger]

Mm.

Let me know... if I can help with anything. Or if you learn anything important.

[suppressthedark]

Of course. I'll let you know as soon as I uncover anything.

[truthstranger]

...Thank you.

[ That sounds a little more genuine. ]