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[damp]

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[sixam]

[ he is here making coffee... but he nods in greeting. or he's bobbing his head to the music, one of the two. ]

Hey, glad you guys are here actually. Did you know Todomatsu probably wasn't actually possessed?

[ conveniently totty is not in the lounge. ]

[damp]

What?

[sixam]

Keep this to yourselves, we don't need to cause problems. But if we're to go off of what Rosamund said about possessed people not being able to grab items, then we can only assume since the guy's got the ink.

[damp]

[ DAMN... HE THOUGHT THAT GUY WAS NORMAL ]

What makes you think that?

[sixam]

Kate told me last night. I wasn't... I mean it's fine, whatever, we know people are doing this. But why lie about it?

[rosebleed]

[goes very still.]

...What.

[sixam]

People tell thirteen year olds everything. [ he doesn't look too thrilled, but. ] I got a letter from Yoru that basically said she'd kill us all if anybody else expressed condolences for what Todomatsu said, but I thought she was just embarrassed. Which, I guess she is, but for a totally different reason.

Todomatsu has the storyteller's ink, and Scaramouche grabbed the chao. So... Roxana must have the mask? It's the best I can figure. Not that it matters much now, what's done is done, but it gives us an idea of how to track things.

[rosebleed]

[she is inhaling so thinly. Her cheeks are flushing. Mouth thinning.]

I can't believe him. I can't believe him!

[sixam]

[ immediately grabs her face like an idiot sandwich. ]

I know, I know. But let's not freak, at least we know. I mean it's annoying he lied about it and it's stupid and I don't know why, but Kate trusts him. So we need to trust her.

[obdure]

I'm not that surprised. Lying somehow made it onto his passport as being a major skill worth listing.

[ WHOO COFFEE. ]

Where did you hear this?

[sixam]

And yet! None of us thought about it! [ AHHHH. ]

Kate told me. She was going to clarify with the hosts about possessed people nabbing items, it came up when we were talking about Maya. I didn't have the heart to tell her that it was Ryo. I wasn't completely clear last night, but... we know that now.

Kate still thinks he was possessed, and I wasn't gonna be the one to break the news to her either.

[obdure]

[ OOF.... OH GOD..... OH NO... ]

Christ's sake. If you're going to lie about it don't even come forward with a whole spiel! She's going to figure it out soon.

[ OH ERIC YOU ARE SO FUNNY ]

... Kate did suspect Ryo, but this was based off of my own conversation with her on Saturday. I think she's holding it together, but...

[ HAHAHAHAHAHAH ]

[sixam]

That's sort of where I'm at. Maybe we're wrong and possessed people can get an item but based on Yoru's letter and what we know from Rosamund I'm gonna guess no. I just hope he can deal with it when other people put the pieces together.

[ ... ]

Holding it together's good, but she was pretty upset about Maya. So this isn't gonna go well.

[squirt]

[ he looks annoyed, but it's always been a possibility. sips a coffee. ]

I tried to ask him recently when he was allowed to confess, and he talked around it. So yeah...

The math is weird though. Why didn't Shouki get two then?

[sixam]

Might not've thought anything else was worth it. I'm just going off of what Kate mentioned, how he could've gotten two and just didn't. It's entirely possible she was also lied to, but... [ shrug. ]

Anyway, it's just stuff to keep in mind. Decide if it matters to you.

[squirt]

I'm not going to retaliate, I just think he's unlikable if it's true.

[ stirs his drink like damn this is why i usually only keep a few friends around ]

[squirt]

[ separately, as he gets milk and sugar ]

...Word's probably traveled, but Asuka did tell us that he killed Maya. Not Shouki though.

I don't think everyone has to know, but they probably do.

[obdure]

[ makes a face over milk and sugar as I have a banana milk tea with boba ]

[squirt]

[ he is a tea guy, he has to make this palatable somehow ]

[damp]

[ Grr. ]

[squirt]

[ shoulder bumps him a little ]

[rosebleed]

[this is a hateful day.]

At least that guy's a murderer I'd expect it out of.

I would be surprised if most everyone else hasn't put it together themselves.

[squirt]

Yeah. "Open secret."

[sixam]

[ nods... ]

Ace told me about Ryo killing Maya. It just means we have Scaramouche's killer unaccounted for, but does that matter now?

[ he's losing his mind. WHAT MATTERS ANYMORE. ]

[squirt]

...Ah. One thing.

Asuka told us that one of the hidden achievements, from what he could see, is "killing after being frequently voted for."

[ he'll pull up the icon, which is the homos one. ]

I don't trust him, but he seemed frank. So if we did find Shouki's killer, they could... theoretically tell us what the other one is. Or at least confirm whether Asuka is lying.

[ so it's still something, he thinks. ]