... Well, I didn't even know they could be given out by the demons, but I can help narrow your suspect pool right off the bat - Akira, Lin, myself and Ryo didn't get anything that had any powers, if we're going with the idea that the most harmful ones could come from those adventures. Or, if we didn't, then Ryo is the only one who did have one with some kind of power, but that seems unlikely.
[ he tilts his head a little. ] Not to say that most of us didn't receive something that could be used to harm someone, but, just by their natural function as weapons, not with anything special. Lin's harpoon gun he had on Thursday was his; mine was a syringe. It contains an infectious virus, and I've kept it locked up in safe storage since I got it.
[ he's gonna breeze right over that because haha! virus trauma but anyway. bixing takes that brief pause to open his personal device and pull up a screen; a list of the living. there's some brief typing and the names shuffle, sorting themselves into categories.
Of Remaining Population: No Thursday disappearance: Filbo Date Hana Lee Junhyeong Persephone
Ascending Order: - Lin Jingheng, Lu Bixing, Akira, Ryo - Hunter, Itto - Harrowhark, Mephisto - Rynlan, Kuranosuke, Zelgadis, Blue Malibu - Gideon, Thancred
he taps his fingers against his keys, thoughtful. ] ... Was what Itto used on you one? When he stabbed you and gave Gideon a heart attack.
I know the dead can leave behind their items as well, so we ought not cross them off entirety. Someone has Chandra's, he informed me in a voicemail, but it doesn't do this. I had Lavi's, which I used earlier this week.
I think we can rule out Tuuri, Zelgadis, and Blue Malibu from your list.
[ bixing nods, and starts to type, changing the list up as she's talking. Population in Thursday Disappearances: - Lin Jingheng, Lu Bixing, Akira, Ryo - Hunter, Itto, Tuuri, Lavi - Harrowhark, Mephisto, Kon, Chandra - Rynlan, Kuranosuke, Zelgadis, Blue Malibu - Gideon, Thancred
Item status accounted for +/- percentage of error: - Lin Jingheng, Lu Bixing, Akira, Ryo - Lavi (Confirmed HN Week 6 used) - Gideon (Confirmed bottomless storage Week 6 per trial) - Chandra (Confirmed ability not related to Tuuri Case, HN)
Item status potentially accounted for +/- percentage of error: - Itto - Thancred (Potentially similar to Gideon? )]
...alright. So that leaves us with... Hunter, Mephisto, Kon, Rynlan, Kuranosuke. That's a pretty small list, considering one of them is dead.
[ hmmm. ] Rynlan did talk to me about an ability he had earlier this week, but I don't think it was related to his adventure, based on the parameters you're giving. I could ask, though. As for the others... were you aware what Kon and Mephisto had? If the ability could have helped him, I can't imagine that Kon wouldn't have tried to use it on Thursday night.
I don't think it's wise to go around asking these questions, you'll make yourself a target. At least only ask those who you feel...relatively certain you can trust.
I don't know what Kon or Mephisto had, nor did they know what I had.
[ the corner of his mouth crooks up at the corner at that, touched. thank you sweet harrow ] I'm friendly enough that people think I'm pretty harmless, for the most part - but I'm much more cautious than that.
[ he nods, though, tapping his keys thoughtfully. ] I'll write Kon and see if he can tell me or not, and Rynlan - there's no issue, there. He was hellbent on solving it when I spoke with him earlier today, so, I'm inclined to think based on our conversations it wasn't him, anyway. The others... well, of them, the one I know the least would be Mephisto. It's hard for me to get a read on him. He's...
[ there's a pause here that suggests he's trying to pick a word. ] .... A character.
[ wow ] But, I'll try and keep an ear out for any interesting conversations this week.
I wouldn't rule out anyone based only on their seeming desire to solve this. [she doesn't know rynlan as well, at least.]
The item I have from my adventure allows me to remove a memory from someone for a period of time. So if it comes down to it - if we have a viable suspect - at trial, I will remove their memories of Kon and Tuuri's deaths, and then ask them questions about the item they possess once their guard is down.
No, me either. [ but, they know each other well enough that he does seem at least confident in asking about it. ] I already know what the power is. I just don't really know where it's from.
[ and oh... his eye lights up a bit, and he smiles. ] That's a clever idea, Harrowhark.
...The chances are that the window for that might end up being slim, if we spend too long solving the crime itself. I think we were a bit speedier this week, but we still didn't have enough time - we'll have to be mindful of it. If there's anything I can do to help, now or then, I'd be happy to.
[ a beat. ] Well, as long as I'm not the corpse on the altar, I guess, but, let's hope not.
So far, I haven't really had someone to be angry with. Even Satan is...as the dead say, just a guy. It is a bit refreshing. I think I shall make this a project and it will be enjoyable.
[ i do not control the die although tripping at the finish line would be very funny
anyway. he claps his hands at that, delighted, and jokes; ] Sounds like a plan! Maybe I'll create a class at the next Starry Sea Academy on the art of just desserts. If you'd be interested in being a guest lecturer, I'd be honored.
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... Well, I didn't even know they could be given out by the demons, but I can help narrow your suspect pool right off the bat - Akira, Lin, myself and Ryo didn't get anything that had any powers, if we're going with the idea that the most harmful ones could come from those adventures. Or, if we didn't, then Ryo is the only one who did have one with some kind of power, but that seems unlikely.
[ he tilts his head a little. ] Not to say that most of us didn't receive something that could be used to harm someone, but, just by their natural function as weapons, not with anything special. Lin's harpoon gun he had on Thursday was his; mine was a syringe. It contains an infectious virus, and I've kept it locked up in safe storage since I got it.
[ he's gonna breeze right over that because haha! virus trauma but anyway. bixing takes that brief pause to open his personal device and pull up a screen; a list of the living. there's some brief typing and the names shuffle, sorting themselves into categories.
Of Remaining Population:
No Thursday disappearance:
Filbo
Date
Hana
Lee Junhyeong
Persephone
Ascending Order:
- Lin Jingheng, Lu Bixing, Akira, Ryo
- Hunter, Itto
- Harrowhark, Mephisto
- Rynlan, Kuranosuke, Zelgadis, Blue Malibu
- Gideon, Thancred
he taps his fingers against his keys, thoughtful. ] ... Was what Itto used on you one? When he stabbed you and gave Gideon a heart attack.
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[she chews her lip.]
I know the dead can leave behind their items as well, so we ought not cross them off entirety. Someone has Chandra's, he informed me in a voicemail, but it doesn't do this. I had Lavi's, which I used earlier this week.
I think we can rule out Tuuri, Zelgadis, and Blue Malibu from your list.
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[ bixing nods, and starts to type, changing the list up as she's talking.
Population in Thursday Disappearances:
- Lin Jingheng, Lu Bixing, Akira, Ryo
- Hunter, Itto,
Tuuri, Lavi- Harrowhark, Mephisto, Kon, Chandra
- Rynlan, Kuranosuke,
Zelgadis,Blue Malibu- Gideon, Thancred
Item status accounted for +/- percentage of error:
- Lin Jingheng, Lu Bixing, Akira, Ryo
- Lavi (Confirmed HN Week 6 used)
- Gideon (Confirmed bottomless storage Week 6 per trial)
- Chandra (Confirmed ability not related to Tuuri Case, HN)
Item status potentially accounted for +/- percentage of error:
- Itto
- Thancred (Potentially similar to Gideon? )]
...alright. So that leaves us with... Hunter, Mephisto, Kon, Rynlan, Kuranosuke. That's a pretty small list, considering one of them is dead.
[ hmmm. ] Rynlan did talk to me about an ability he had earlier this week, but I don't think it was related to his adventure, based on the parameters you're giving. I could ask, though. As for the others... were you aware what Kon and Mephisto had? If the ability could have helped him, I can't imagine that Kon wouldn't have tried to use it on Thursday night.
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[she chews her lip.]
I don't think it's wise to go around asking these questions, you'll make yourself a target. At least only ask those who you feel...relatively certain you can trust.
I don't know what Kon or Mephisto had, nor did they know what I had.
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[ the corner of his mouth crooks up at the corner at that, touched. thank you sweet harrow ] I'm friendly enough that people think I'm pretty harmless, for the most part - but I'm much more cautious than that.
[ he nods, though, tapping his keys thoughtfully. ] I'll write Kon and see if he can tell me or not, and Rynlan - there's no issue, there. He was hellbent on solving it when I spoke with him earlier today, so, I'm inclined to think based on our conversations it wasn't him, anyway. The others... well, of them, the one I know the least would be Mephisto. It's hard for me to get a read on him. He's...
[ there's a pause here that suggests he's trying to pick a word. ] .... A character.
[ wow ] But, I'll try and keep an ear out for any interesting conversations this week.
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I wouldn't rule out anyone based only on their seeming desire to solve this. [she doesn't know rynlan as well, at least.]
The item I have from my adventure allows me to remove a memory from someone for a period of time. So if it comes down to it - if we have a viable suspect - at trial, I will remove their memories of Kon and Tuuri's deaths, and then ask them questions about the item they possess once their guard is down.
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[ and oh... his eye lights up a bit, and he smiles. ] That's a clever idea, Harrowhark.
...The chances are that the window for that might end up being slim, if we spend too long solving the crime itself. I think we were a bit speedier this week, but we still didn't have enough time - we'll have to be mindful of it. If there's anything I can do to help, now or then, I'd be happy to.
[ a beat. ] Well, as long as I'm not the corpse on the altar, I guess, but, let's hope not.
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[she agrees, easily. please don't get murdered.]
So far, I haven't really had someone to be angry with. Even Satan is...as the dead say, just a guy. It is a bit refreshing. I think I shall make this a project and it will be enjoyable.
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anyway. he claps his hands at that, delighted, and jokes; ] Sounds like a plan! Maybe I'll create a class at the next Starry Sea Academy on the art of just desserts. If you'd be interested in being a guest lecturer, I'd be honored.