... I think we were thorough with the evidence we had. Whatever we missed must have been on somebody's body, but there isn't a good way to check for that without being creepy and invasive.
[ yeah... yeah... listen rondo is no braincell but this makes sense to him. ]
But so many people refuse to cooperate that we get bogged down in it. [ imagine not ripping off your shirt at strip check. rondo cannot relate. ] And... that makes it harder for everyone.
[ it does make him laugh a little - he looks at his hands, after, the sort of like. helpless feeling you get when things are funny and you shouldn't laugh because they're also nightmarishly bad all at once. it's fine. ]
I would've submitted to it. [ she's right, though. ] That, and the list Miss Laudna made, as well.
...We will just have to continue to be even more vigilant, in the upcoming week.
Being vigilant won't save us. The only thing we can hope for now is that someone figures it out and takes care of the monster before it can kill again.
[ not that he's very good at it, but. ] We have to be paying close attention to see if we can figure out who it was. And... we have to be sure. That's the most important part.
...Do you think it was someone on that larger list, maybe...?
I guess... maybe she was one half of the chimera? [ why did every crime scene overlap this weekend was such a nightmare. he frowns, down at his hands. is he smart enough to remember all these people are tall who knows. ]
So... Karlach, Sir Iwatooshi, myself, Alfyn... Mr. Gojo, Mr. Geto, Lavi... and Mr. Ichiban, too.
[ a beat. ]
...well, I can tell you it wasn't me. [ :stressed: ] For whatever that is worth...
I think that's right. She claimed she killed Akabane alone, but that doesn't mean she didn't start the night off by meeting up with someone else. [asa wasn't expecting her to give up the other chimera anyway, so.] We can eliminate Kasuga from that list easily enough, too. He couldn't have killed himself.
[ that's bad, too - he's used to being trusted at his word, but the world here works differently, so. rondo's shoulders slump, and he tries to think. logic, war said. logic and evidence. ]
Alfyn and Mr. Geto both had injuries... Alfyn's were the same as they were on Thursday, though, I helped to patch him up. And Sir Iwatooshi... [ oogh oogh he hates the idea of thinking of iwatooshi as a killer more than almost anything, actually!!! she can probably see it on his face. ] He had some injuries, but he was hurt investigating, right? The same as the bees that got me.
... I don't know. I saw Iwatooshi get trampled by a cow yesterday, same as me. If his bruises looked about right for that, then they were probably just from the cow.
[ he swallows. hate that idea. hate that! hate this awful place!!!! ]
... I'll ask Alfyn... I think he was the one that looked. He'd probably know.
[ country ass hick ]
What about the others...? I don't think it was Karlach, at least, I... can't imagine her pushing Mr. Tomi that hard, monster or not, if she wasn't at the time sure it was him.
That's part of the problem though, isn't it? We can't imagine people being so cruel. But two days ago, I couldn't have imagined Nona killing Pickles and keeping quiet about it.
We need to assume people can be that cruel. It's not really them we're dealing with, anyway.
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...we did, and... I don't feel like we were even close to solving it, either.
[ which is so bad!!! its bad jim!!! ]
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[ yeah... yeah... listen rondo is no braincell but this makes sense to him. ]
But so many people refuse to cooperate that we get bogged down in it. [ imagine not ripping off your shirt at strip check. rondo cannot relate. ] And... that makes it harder for everyone.
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[this is not a serious suggestion but it is also not a shitpost suggestion either]
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I would've submitted to it. [ she's right, though. ] That, and the list Miss Laudna made, as well.
...We will just have to continue to be even more vigilant, in the upcoming week.
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[ not that he's very good at it, but. ] We have to be paying close attention to see if we can figure out who it was. And... we have to be sure. That's the most important part.
...Do you think it was someone on that larger list, maybe...?
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I guess... maybe she was one half of the chimera? [ why did every crime scene overlap this weekend was such a nightmare. he frowns, down at his hands. is he smart enough to remember all these people are tall who knows. ]
So... Karlach, Sir Iwatooshi, myself, Alfyn... Mr. Gojo, Mr. Geto, Lavi... and Mr. Ichiban, too.
[ a beat. ]
...well, I can tell you it wasn't me. [ :stressed: ] For whatever that is worth...
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[giving him A Look, though.]
... You know it's not worth anything, Rondo.
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[ that's bad, too - he's used to being trusted at his word, but the world here works differently, so. rondo's shoulders slump, and he tries to think. logic, war said. logic and evidence. ]
Alfyn and Mr. Geto both had injuries... Alfyn's were the same as they were on Thursday, though, I helped to patch him up. And Sir Iwatooshi... [ oogh oogh he hates the idea of thinking of iwatooshi as a killer more than almost anything, actually!!! she can probably see it on his face. ] He had some injuries, but he was hurt investigating, right? The same as the bees that got me.
What do you think, Miss Asa...?
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... I'll ask Alfyn... I think he was the one that looked. He'd probably know.
[ country ass hick ]
What about the others...? I don't think it was Karlach, at least, I... can't imagine her pushing Mr. Tomi that hard, monster or not, if she wasn't at the time sure it was him.
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We need to assume people can be that cruel. It's not really them we're dealing with, anyway.