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[ okay NOW he puts his face in his hands. mizu can sense the betrayal of emotion week by which i mean his emotions are mostly exhausted by this situation, stressed, sort of disbelieving and underneath that.....
agreeing entirely with his assessment akihiko might be an idiot
but he'd never say that out loud ]
Jiaoqiu is going to look at his injuries as well, and I told him he needs to tell someone besides us. He was cooperative, at least... but he also snapped at me at one point, and seemed especially frustrated. I know he can have a touch of a temper, but...
[ y'know ]
I collected bone shards from his injuries, and took photos of everything before I even touched it. [ with a small gesture at his phone. ] So...it is at least documented as it was today...
agreeing entirely with his assessment akihiko might be an idiot
but he'd never say that out loud ]
Jiaoqiu is going to look at his injuries as well, and I told him he needs to tell someone besides us. He was cooperative, at least... but he also snapped at me at one point, and seemed especially frustrated. I know he can have a touch of a temper, but...
[ y'know ]
I collected bone shards from his injuries, and took photos of everything before I even touched it. [ with a small gesture at his phone. ] So...it is at least documented as it was today...
Yes, but... only if he is guilty. It could just as well be that he was... [ .... ] Lacking foresight.
[ this is maybe the meanest thing he's ever said and he winces a little guiltily after saying it. it was not even that mean ]
We will have to be incredibly stringent tomorrow in checking to see if he fits any other sort of evidence.
[ this is maybe the meanest thing he's ever said and he winces a little guiltily after saying it. it was not even that mean ]
We will have to be incredibly stringent tomorrow in checking to see if he fits any other sort of evidence.
Foresight isn't the only thing he's lacking, if his injuries are truly unrelated to this week's deaths.
[mizu, on the other, will be mean without a single drop of guilt. fuck them kids.
sighs.]
Another troublesome weekend. [strip search again? many problems.] Majima, at least, was a formidable fighter. I imagine he would have inflicted some manner of injury on his opponent.
[mizu, on the other, will be mean without a single drop of guilt. fuck them kids.
sighs.]
Another troublesome weekend. [strip search again? many problems.] Majima, at least, was a formidable fighter. I imagine he would have inflicted some manner of injury on his opponent.
[ remembers mizu being a freak about majima last week with a hint of fondness. yeah, ]
Mm. [ :( ] ...To have such a difficult trial, last week, only to awaken on Thursday...I can only imagine what he was feeling.
[ his empathy swells, a constant background hum. ]
I confess I don't know much about Ali... I'm not sure what to expect. We will have to be vigilant.
Mm. [ :( ] ...To have such a difficult trial, last week, only to awaken on Thursday...I can only imagine what he was feeling.
[ his empathy swells, a constant background hum. ]
I confess I don't know much about Ali... I'm not sure what to expect. We will have to be vigilant.
[yeah... yeah... majima really went through it between this week and the last.]
Neither do I, unfortunately. His skills are a mystery to me. [a little frustrating, but it is what it is.] Akihiko did ask if I had seen him last night, though. For what it's worth.
Neither do I, unfortunately. His skills are a mystery to me. [a little frustrating, but it is what it is.] Akihiko did ask if I had seen him last night, though. For what it's worth.
[ man.
taair's vibes are just kind of. they just kind of are. he's sad and worried but resigned, sitting outside somewhere with his sketchbook in his lap. ]
... Our instinct was dead on.
taair's vibes are just kind of. they just kind of are. he's sad and worried but resigned, sitting outside somewhere with his sketchbook in his lap. ]
... Our instinct was dead on.
[ closes eyes tiredly........
also he can see that it's a sketch of akihiko! and it's... probably further along than it should be for "we just found out this guy did it a couple hours ago." ]
... I don't know if that was for better or for worse. He was so relieved to be caught- it makes me wonder if perhaps being a poor liar worked in his favor.
also he can see that it's a sketch of akihiko! and it's... probably further along than it should be for "we just found out this guy did it a couple hours ago." ]
... I don't know if that was for better or for worse. He was so relieved to be caught- it makes me wonder if perhaps being a poor liar worked in his favor.
[ listen he's not a hater but he's not stupid ]
...yes... and thankfully for it, or else Yves would have found himself in a grave.
[ ughghg. theres an unhappiness under the calm there, brief. ]
I wish he would have said something.
...yes... and thankfully for it, or else Yves would have found himself in a grave.
[ ughghg. theres an unhappiness under the calm there, brief. ]
I wish he would have said something.
Someone who offers help to everyone, but refuses to accept it for himself.
[ he says, with a soft laugh. it's affectionate, but definitely stressed. ]
...You were right, what you said to him. I don't know if I could have said it myself, but... hopefully he listened.
[ he says, with a soft laugh. it's affectionate, but definitely stressed. ]
...You were right, what you said to him. I don't know if I could have said it myself, but... hopefully he listened.
As so many of us are...
[ god. ]
At least we managed to get our afflicted down to one, this week, one way or another.
[ god. ]
At least we managed to get our afflicted down to one, this week, one way or another.
[ ... ]
I do. [ he sets his sketchbook aside for now, and pulls out his trial notes, instead, smoothing the pages open to the chart of people with bruises from the week of zhongli's trial. all of the names of those that were in the flower garden are highlighted! including his own because he's a thorough bitch.
Basilio. Claude. Lucas. Taair. Uruha.
he taps his pen against the page. ]
... I think it must have been someone in this group, Mizu. I can set myself aside, in this situation, for obvious reasons. [ unless i did a murder?? spooky ] But... I kept thinking about it - the flower garden was the only strange location. Every other place mentioned that day, related to that case, was at least on the island where the attack occurred. It makes logical sense that if someone wanted to cover their own injury, they would round out all the locations in the new area and hit anyone sleeping there at random, because most weeks, we tend to pile into new places.
But the garden is different. It was far from the site of the killing, and had no other connection to it - no evidence, or anything. That means that logically, the person who killed and was attempting to cover their tracks must have been there.
[ his pen lingers on the page... and after a moment, he taps the names. the first is lucas. ] I thought Lucas has been acting a bit strangely, but... I'm not sure. [ also aki was ooc out sweaty ] He does not strike me as the type to try to trick his opponent. Neither does Basilio.
[ there's a pause. his emotions do a twist of something anxious and deeply unhappy.
his pen lands on claude. ]
.... Mizu. Do you remember a few weeks ago? We discussed as a group, the four of us, that we might set traps if we awoke on a Thursday. And what did we find in the diner but... a trap.
I think... I think this is my best guess.
I do. [ he sets his sketchbook aside for now, and pulls out his trial notes, instead, smoothing the pages open to the chart of people with bruises from the week of zhongli's trial. all of the names of those that were in the flower garden are highlighted! including his own because he's a thorough bitch.
Basilio. Claude. Lucas. Taair. Uruha.
he taps his pen against the page. ]
... I think it must have been someone in this group, Mizu. I can set myself aside, in this situation, for obvious reasons. [ unless i did a murder?? spooky ] But... I kept thinking about it - the flower garden was the only strange location. Every other place mentioned that day, related to that case, was at least on the island where the attack occurred. It makes logical sense that if someone wanted to cover their own injury, they would round out all the locations in the new area and hit anyone sleeping there at random, because most weeks, we tend to pile into new places.
But the garden is different. It was far from the site of the killing, and had no other connection to it - no evidence, or anything. That means that logically, the person who killed and was attempting to cover their tracks must have been there.
[ his pen lingers on the page... and after a moment, he taps the names. the first is lucas. ] I thought Lucas has been acting a bit strangely, but... I'm not sure. [ also aki was ooc out sweaty ] He does not strike me as the type to try to trick his opponent. Neither does Basilio.
[ there's a pause. his emotions do a twist of something anxious and deeply unhappy.
his pen lands on claude. ]
.... Mizu. Do you remember a few weeks ago? We discussed as a group, the four of us, that we might set traps if we awoke on a Thursday. And what did we find in the diner but... a trap.
I think... I think this is my best guess.
[...
there's no alarm. there's no surprise. only the quiet and resigned acceptance of someone who had come to the same conclusion, though perhaps less eloquently. anticipatory grief.]
... Claude has been behaving strangely as of late. You are not the only one who came to this conclusion. [closes eye, briefly. there is grief, yes. but there is also resolve.] I'm sure I don't need to tell you to avoid confronting him, alone, with this information.
there's no alarm. there's no surprise. only the quiet and resigned acceptance of someone who had come to the same conclusion, though perhaps less eloquently. anticipatory grief.]
... Claude has been behaving strangely as of late. You are not the only one who came to this conclusion. [closes eye, briefly. there is grief, yes. but there is also resolve.] I'm sure I don't need to tell you to avoid confronting him, alone, with this information.
[ points to the hit da bricks meme ]
No. No, of course not - I would likely perish in the process.
[ in tandem, taair's grief matches mizu's - a gnawing sense of loss, loneliness, and then slowly it numbs itself, settling out into that very same sense of resignation and... resolve. the understanding of what must happen, no matter how painful.
he swallows, hard. ] Does Richie know?
No. No, of course not - I would likely perish in the process.
[ in tandem, taair's grief matches mizu's - a gnawing sense of loss, loneliness, and then slowly it numbs itself, settling out into that very same sense of resignation and... resolve. the understanding of what must happen, no matter how painful.
he swallows, hard. ] Does Richie know?
[... shakes head.]
I haven't told him of my suspicions, and I have no plans to do so. I ask that you don't tell him, either.
[there is something... complicated in mizu's emotions here. worry and concern. the slightest tinge of fear, now that richie's involvement has come up.]
You know he's the kind of man who doesn't always think before he leaps. [frustratingly. stupid fucking idiot of a man.] I worry that if he becomes suspicious of Claude, he won't be able to pretend nothing is wrong between them. And they're roommates.
I haven't told him of my suspicions, and I have no plans to do so. I ask that you don't tell him, either.
[there is something... complicated in mizu's emotions here. worry and concern. the slightest tinge of fear, now that richie's involvement has come up.]
You know he's the kind of man who doesn't always think before he leaps. [frustratingly. stupid fucking idiot of a man.] I worry that if he becomes suspicious of Claude, he won't be able to pretend nothing is wrong between them. And they're roommates.
Oh - of course not, Mizu, of course not.
[ taair says, immediately - there's a rush of emotion on his end, warmth and fondness and worry all at once, and he reaches out to set his hand on their arm and squeeze, gentle and reassuring, heart aching and soft, too soft, for his dear, dear friends. ] Rest assured, any secret you tell would be safe with me.
[ he falls silent for a moment, brows furrowing in consideration as he steps back from the situation mentally, replays what mizu has said, and slowly, there's a soft, building feeling of dread. ]
...Do you intend to....
[ taair says, immediately - there's a rush of emotion on his end, warmth and fondness and worry all at once, and he reaches out to set his hand on their arm and squeeze, gentle and reassuring, heart aching and soft, too soft, for his dear, dear friends. ] Rest assured, any secret you tell would be safe with me.
[ he falls silent for a moment, brows furrowing in consideration as he steps back from the situation mentally, replays what mizu has said, and slowly, there's a soft, building feeling of dread. ]
...Do you intend to....
[this is now very funny in light of uruha and saber just GOING for it off schedule, but it's fine. neither of them know shit about anything in this backtagged saturday thread, so mizu just nods.]
If he is afflicted, then I don't intend to leave him like this. We owe him that much.
If he is afflicted, then I don't intend to leave him like this. We owe him that much.
[ WHY!!!!! HE TURNS SO RED ]
If one more thing has some designations on my - my lack of love life, I am going to - I am going to be very cross...!
[
okay ]
If one more thing has some designations on my - my lack of love life, I am going to - I am going to be very cross...!
[
okay ]
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