mineo.

[enfangs]

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[sengokus]

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I think Ashiya-san might've been the one to kill Kaan-san and Starphase-san.

[ . . . and he keeps his eyes trained on the book, tries to peel pages with blood apart from each other.]

If someone else thought what I did, I wouldn't be surprised if they took it into their own hands.

... but why Omi-san?

[enfangs]

... What makes you say that?

[though he doesn't sound surprised by the idea.

at the mention of omi, he frowns.]

Maybe they thought Omi would be reluctant to fight back. Not that the guy was a pushover, but...

[sengokus]

The toblerones as a hint could've been about Kaan-san, they also could've been about Ashiya-san eating them the week before. If the hint about Yi-kun's shoes and shovel were about someone being bigger than him, it pretty much only left Ashiya-san. For motive too, when it comes to Starphase-san.

[he had a whole thought process and now... he won't know]

.... you don't think Omi-san was a pushover?

[a beat]

.... he just felt entirely like a civilian to me.

[enfangs]

[he's quiet for a bit, before he shrugs.]

... He used to be part of a gang. He told me that after it got his partner killed, he took revenge and then walked away from that life.

Plus, I think he was pretty determined to win here.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . his brow furrows at that, a bit more confused.]

.... and he still hesitated that much to kill Fukuda-san?

[what does that mean? is that what it means to be reformed? mineo tries to wrap his head around it, and he lets the heel of his hand press against his brow irritably]

.... I guess he was. But if you don't know how to fight or aren't prepared to take a life to save your own....

[enfangs]

... If we want to get cynical, he could've been deliberate about presenting himself that way. Hard to say for sure—maybe we'll hear more from people who knew him better.

[white liked omi, but. people can lie.]

Harrow's dealing with a compulsion today, by the way.

[sengokus]

[ . . . he just shakes his head.]

He was an actor, but I don't think he was that kind of guy. It didn't work to his advantage either way, after all.

[but his brow furrows at that]

A compulsion...? What kind?

[enfangs]

She keeps examining people's hands. Like, fully looking 'em over and stuff.

[sengokus]

[mineo blinks at that]

Huh... Is that a compulsion? Takeru did that too - he's looking for ink.

[enfangs]

She said it was? She had no idea why she was doing it, and hoped it'd be explained tomorrow.

[sengokus]

[he tilts his head at that]

Do you know where she was staying last night?

[enfangs]

Medbay.

[sengokus]

[THAT MOMENT WHEN I GOT FURTHER IN ANOTHER THREAD AND NEED TO GENTLY ADJUST THE COURSE OF THIS THREAD]

.... ah, right.

[ . . . . ]

Mm, can you do me a favor and not mention the ink thing to anyone else? I think I know what's going on, but I can't give extra details.

I'll explain after trial.

[enfangs]

[he squints.]

This constant vagueness thing is pissing me off, but sure.

[sengokus]

[he raises both of his hands in surrender]

I don't like it either but I'll be in big trouble if you don't agree...!

[enfangs]

Yeah, yeah, I got it.

[sengokus]

Thanks...

[he sighs]

But I think we can at least start making a list of possible places to look, and then see if any of the hints we get might point to suspects.

[enfangs]

Endorsi's seeing something off in the tea room, but that's all I got.

[sengokus]

[a nod...]

Yeah.

I think there's that, and the planetarium 'cause of another effect I heard of... And Mahito-san said that when he walks it sounds like he's walking on broken glass? So that's...

[terrible]

[enfangs]

Geez. You really make the rounds, huh?

[sengokus]

[he snorts at that - the sound a mixture of amusement and bitterness]

I'd work faster if I could see everything, you know?

[mineo has no doubts about his own abilities when it comes to investigating and his heart's in it, at least]

Never thought I'd hate magic this much.

[enfangs]

When powers get thrown into the mix, it's usually not in the interest of making things fair, yeah. General universal rules.

[sengokus]

[he just shakes his head at that before running a hand through his hair in agitation]

Hmph...

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We should try to remember what powers Ashiya-san and Omi-san had too. I know that Ashiya-san and I shared the one about making blood boil...

[enfangs]

[THINKING REALLY HARD even though white is

pretty terrible at remembering things]

I think Omi's was about driving someone mad with insatiability or something...?

[sengokus]

[white is doing his best but at least that manages to jog mineo's memory]

Ah - right. To be fixated on something for twenty four hours... So if he used it, then it's probably in effect today.