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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[liveronhersleeve]

Not at all. [Well, she does sigh, but she's not too upset by the request. Resigned, maybe.] I assume this is because I didn't manage to spend last night with anyone?

[truthstranger]

Yes, I'm sorry. I'd like to talk to you a bit about what you were doing, and your relationship with Furudo Erika.

[liveronhersleeve]

Yeah, sure, why not. There's not an awful lot to say about either, though.

[truthstranger]

Nevertheless, it might be helpful.

[liveronhersleeve]

Ok, well, I don't know you can say I had a relationship with Erika? I mean, I knew who she was, she was kind of hard to miss. But I don't think we ever spoke.

[truthstranger]

I see. Was that deliberate at all? Did you have any particular impression of her?

[liveronhersleeve]

[A shrug.] I wasn't avoiding her or anything. I just didn't get the impression that we had much in common, and she seemed pretty confident she could take care of herself. I didn't have any reason to seek her out.

Plus I wasn't talking to anyone much for a while there. I liked Niska and I liked Lux, I needed some time to get my head on straight after... you know. Various raccoon-related things.

[truthstranger]

...I'm sorry. That makes sense.

Then, on the night in question...?

[liveronhersleeve]

Nothing you need to be sorry for. Anyone with half a liver's lost someone they liked around here, I think.

I was out for a little while, but I didn't find anyone before I ran into the raccoons and they forced me back to my room? They were pretty insistent about it, and it wasn't very late.

[truthstranger]

Mm. That's straightforward enough.

I don't think I have any other questions for now... I might have more later.

[liveronhersleeve]

Mmm. Any time.

[She crosses her arms, cocks her head a little to one side.] What about you?

[truthstranger]

Ah, if you have any questions for me, please ask them as well.

[liveronhersleeve]

Last time I checked, you had a blank space next to your name on the chart, too. How well did you know Erika?

[truthstranger]

...I'm not sure I actually knew her that well, but... I had hoped we were becoming friends. I was actually looking for her last night, but I couldn't find her anywhere, and then the raccoons forced me back to my room.

[liveronhersleeve]

How long would you say you were out?

[truthstranger]

Less than an hour, I'd imagine.

[liveronhersleeve]

Fair enough.

Any leads yet?

[truthstranger]

It's hard to have "leads" when there's barely any evidence. I have some hunches... but nothing I can talk about yet.