[ch. 3] post-trial, w/ akechi

[asswipe]

[She's less ~forceful~ than she was last week, but that doesn't mean she doesn't hunt him down an hour after the trial like she did last week. This time, at least, she's not greeting him with snark.]

... What do you plan to do now?

[About the partnerless, she means. The four partnerless she was hoping to avoid, really. But, well.]

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[asswipe]

[She pauses, like. Um.]

... I had a theory, but I don't know anything.

[doublecrows]

And what's your theory? I can confirm if for you, if you're correct.

[a. . . h]

[asswipe]

... That 2B killed Fitzgerald, but her partner didn't consult her about killing Monika.

[uM.]

But— But if I was right, wouldn't 2B have taken revenge during the trial? And how the hell would you even be able to confirm something like that?

[doublecrows]

2B killed Fitzgerald.

[he says so matter-of-factly]

I imagine she handled the katana, which is why it didn't have any fingerprints. I spoke to her about the possibility of being betrayed, but she doesn't seem to think that she was.

So while I can confirm 2B's involvement, I can't say anything about who killed Monika.

[which is unfortunate]

[asswipe]

... Jesus Christ, you're serious.

[y i k e s!]

Well, that's just great. We have not one, but three murderers walking around that no one knows are murderers. And the Crafters might be lying about the number of killers each trial, too. That's— That's really great.

[well. make that two mystery murderers, since... 2b is 2b no more tomorrow. ~the magic of backtags.~]

[doublecrows]

I doubt they're lying. That wouldn't make for a very fun mystery to solve.

But I'm certain they're being very particular about the answers they give.

[asswipe]

Particular... Like their definition of a "killer" is different from what we think, or they didn't consider what happened to Hijikata, Monika and Dave as part of the trial?

[doublecrows]

The latter. Even though I can't say that for certain.

If they only consider "Blotters" to be "killers," then the answer will be "two" every week.

[asswipe]

And we'll be stuck scratching our heads, trying to make sense of it like idiots.

I wonder if there's a way we could phrase it to get a straight answer out of them. That's... That's a really big disadvantage.

[doublecrows]

"How many people have delivered a killing blow this week?"

It should get us a far more specific response.

[asswipe]

... Did you come up with that wording on the fly? Because I have to say, I'm a little impressed.

[doublecrows]

[a little smug, now that he doesn't have to pretend to be humble, because what's the point?]

Thank you very much, Veronica-san. I am, on occasion, rather clever.

[asswipe]

If you were trying to gloat, you could have gone without adding "on occasion." Just saying.

[doublecrows]

[HE JUST]

[SMILES]

[asswipe]

[why is he this way.]

... Okay. So you're good with implying you're an idiot the rest of the time? Noted.

[doublecrows]

[WOW]

That is not at all what I implied nor said.

[asswipe]

Hey, I told you to leave "on occasion" out? Don't blame me telling you what it sounds like.