(open) stop hangman crimes

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who: Anyone brave enough to show up.
what: Information, part 2, hopefully no one gets stabbed
when: 10/12.
where: Back at it again in the dorms.
warnings: Will edit if needed.

h.adams

In light of the new information we have, I'd like to reconvene with whoever else would feel safe doing so. This evening at the same time and same place. Word games are banned.

If you cannot restrain yourself from malice, do not come. You know who you are.

[and here they are again, with their number made smaller by those that are departed on the exchange. really, that's why Helena called it now instead of later - there were a few names she recalled off the list for trips that would probably do better to skip this, to have things left well enough alone for them. as before, she's seated at the front, next to the whiteboard which retains the previous meeting's notes regarding the corpses, their conditions, all the rest. however, the corpse list has been updated.

Elizabeth / Minato Arisato - Lucifer
Rika Kawai / Shuichi Saihara - Dito
Akira Kijima / Akira Kurusu - ???
Unknown A - Lucifer
Unknown B - Lucifer
Unknown C - Lucifer

R. Ryuzaki - Joshua Kiryu

her ankle is wrapped tightly with bandages, and her cane is in her lap. the hangman board is entirely absent.

perhaps it's sheer foolishness that means she'll do this again, when last time ended so poorly. but there are some things they very much need to discuss - and the best time is sooner rather than later.]

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[and Helena is here, with her notebook again, though she's slower to be taking notes. hopefully Dynamo is around to help with things, because she'd rather stay vigilant to see what's happening with everyone else. her guard slipped once, and it won't again - she holds her cane at the ready.

while she can't ban weapons, having no way to enforce it, she can at least make people think twice, if they saw what happened to Dito the first time. she'll take questions, answers - there's a piece of information she hasn't added to the board, wondering if the person will come forward of their own accord.]

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[Dynamo is here and diligently recording!! don't ask me where its camera is. It will mostly stay by Helena's side for the duration of the meeting and may be used as a small portable hovertray as needed.

As per Add's instructions before he left on the exchange trip, it will accept voice commands from Helena for:
- stop/start recording
- instant replay (projected onto a purple holoscreen)
- "Emergency Code S-2287760" which he will not explain what it does, just that she should use it if Dito starts being an ass again]

un: s.dito

[necrophily]

[ he's at least not coming to the meeting this time, but -- ]

how'd you get out?

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You didn't see my escape route? I knew you were close.

[necrophily]

the windows are weird for people sometimes
i didn't know if you could actually jump out of one or nah
is that ACTUALLY what you did?

[ it's kind of the last move he would expect someone like her to take, honestly. ]

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It's not as difficult as you seem to think it is. If I'd known it was that easy to lose you, I would have done it sooner.

[necrophily]

bitch

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Language.

[necrophily]

whore

[ he's just doing this on purpose now. ]

[topscores]

[Nice had kind of been intrigued by the whole deal -- and doing more detective work beat thinking about school all day. he didn't really want to do either, but he finds himself at Helena's meeting, hands in his vest pockets as he glances at her near the board.

she kind of looks worse for wear, he thinks, but he's just going to walk up to the whiteboard. he looks at what had been written on it, quiet for a minute as he mulls it over.]

So you guys really haven't figured out that other murderer.

[the wheels are starting to turn a little in his head -- it would've been easier if he had been here when all of this happened, to investigate for himself, but he had to deal with what his "classmates" had come up with.

he's going to read over the murders that aren't solved yet, the Akiras.]

What's up with the wisteria? Why's that important?

[he's still new here, so...]

[mermaidcursed]

The wisteria tree's flowers are actually souls of the people who've died here- not... all in the same year, but over time. Breaking branches or plucking the flowers sends the souls to somewhere unknown- even the gardener has no idea what happens to them after that. I've been trying to learn more...

( that sure is a thing to say when you first meet someone! )

Also, when by the tree- broken branches leave a sap that's... colored like blood, and proximity to the flowers makes you feel sleepy.

[topscores]

[hmmmm...

Nice doesn't really mind it, because he's getting information he wants. even if as he eyes her, she does...seem like the sort of person who shouldn't be involved in this. he frowns a little, hands going into the pockets of his vest, listening to her and not getting distracted by that sort of thing.

this place really sucks, doesn't it?]

Still know more than I do, which isn't much.

[at least he'll give her that.]

So you're saying the two that were murdered there were probably asleep when they were murdered. [the audacity of it makes his skin crawl.] We're looking for a coward, then.

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Or someone whose hand might have been forced, and thus didn't want to cause suffering. It's a marked difference from the other cases.

[but still, it doesn't make sense. why clean up before running away?]

I don't think this person enjoyed the experience at all - they could have simply slit throats. Why leave them to bleed out? Why something so inexact?

[mermaidcursed]

We've had a case of possession before- it's... entirely possible that it happened again. But from what, I don't know...

( natsume's possession and clamor's possession were entirely different situations, too. )

[topscores]

Hmm...

[Nice looks back up at the board again, considering.]

Who all has access to wisteria leaves here? What happened the last time someone was possessed?

[he's got to know everything before he even begins to theorize anything....]

un: n.komaeda

[commences]

sorry, adams-san, i'm not going to be able to attend.

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Understood, though you will be missed.

Would you like me to bring you the notes when everything is concluded, so you stay up to date?

[commences]

there's no need to miss me, i'm sure the meeting will go so much better!

that would be wonderful! ...will there be a quiz after a few days?

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There will be no quiz. I simply want you to have the option of staying informed.

[commences]

hmm...
that's fair, then yes, i'm curious about the fascinating developments of the murders!
you'll be alright, won't you?

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Don't worry, I have protective measures in place. Should something go amiss, it will be handled.

about "r.ryuzaki" || look i'm here weeks late!!

[silentabyss]

[Hi :) Noah exists.]

The person who stole Rue Ryuzaki's PDA and conducted that stupid scavenger hunt is Joshua, by the way.

[Goes and sits back down. That's it. That's all he had to say. Presumably people read the network because Noah directly called him out on it but yeah.]

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...Yes, I know. I updated the note board yesterday.

[she should be kinder, and she immediately regrets the words once they're out of her mouth for the dismissive tone they carry, but her ankle's hurting by this point in the meeting, and the people around whose presences she usually sits in are absent.]

He altered Dito's crime scenes for his own amusement.

[silentabyss]

[Noah did not read the board.]

...'kay. Just thought I'd let people know.

[He doesn't like the tone, so he just gets up and leaves. RIP.]

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[...

there is a wrapped melonpan outside his door later with a note saying "apologies, Mr. Ebalon."

she's really not going to do this meeting thing again.]