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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Comments

[insurgeont]

Which names are Japanese?

[ the fuck's a japan ]

[flamingprick]

Remember that apology letter I wrote you? I wrote my name in Japanese on it.

[As if that would explain anything.]

[insurgeont]

The elaborate symbol? I have not seen other symbols like that here, except for in the Recyclr feed today.

[flamingprick]

Everyone who's Japanese has them for their name. It's not just a name, but it's also a word. Like mine is read as 'Rin', but it also means 'phosphorus'.

The symbols are important because names with different meanings can be said the same way. Like 'ichigo' usually means 'strawberry', but I'm pretty sure that's not what Ichigo's name means.

[suppressthedark]

'Ichi' and 'Go'.

[WHERE DID HE COME FROM]

As in 'one' and 'protect.'

[insurgeont]

How interesting. Is this commonplace on Earth?

[ guys

there's a murder you're supposed to be solving

guys ]

[flamingprick]

[DETAILS]

I think names everywhere have meanings? But like, it's a big thing in Japan, because of how we write stuff.

[insurgeont]

...Do you happen to know what "Shiro" means?

[ Rin cannot actually give Ulaz the correct answer on this one because Ulaz doesn't know that's actually short for Shirogane, but OH WELL, he doesn't know that. ]

[loveandwillpower]

Kaiba, Hiyori, and Shuichi!

Minako is also Japanese.

[ V. important to know ]

[afailedmurder]

Saihara, Tomoe, and Kaiba are the three who are Japanese.

[insurgeont]

I see. Who else here has a Japanese name?

[ Not that he especially suspects it's someone with an alibi, it just seems like a good thing to know for future reference. ]

[afailedmurder]

Kurosaki, Okumura, Kurusu, Aino, and myself.

[insurgeont]

[ ...You know, while they're on the topic... ]

Is there a reason you are using their second names?

[afailedmurder]

In our culture, it's more polite to refer to one another by using family names.

[insurgeont]

That seems as though it could get confusing.

[loveandwillpower]

Oh, and Illya is German. That's where they make doctors and vampires, you'd like Germany.

[worldcup]

Vampires aren't exclusively made in Germany, you know.

[loveandwillpower]

Yeah, in Transylvania.

...Is Transylvania real, too?

[worldcup]

It's a place in Romania... but, there's Japanese vampires, too.

[loveandwillpower]

Don't they all come out of Draculas?

[ Let's not open up the can of worms that is the musicals ]

[worldcup]

They definitely don't. They're born from nature like any other natural spirit.

[insurgeont]

...Vampires?

[ He kind of feels like he's going to regret asking but, y'know. Knowledge or death, etc., etc. ]

[loveandwillpower]

You know, with the pointy widow's peak and the pointy ears and the pointy teeth and they swish about at night going bluuuuuh.

[insurgeont]

I do not know.

[ but he kind of feels like he should be a little insulted? ]

[loveandwillpower]

They drink blood and hate garlic, and crosses.