(open) stop hangman crimes

[decrypter]

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.]

Comments

[decrypter]

There's a simpler way to eliminate people. Have them produce their jars. At least among our number, that should be easy, right - our rooms are right here.

[she has no idea who's on the list unless Nene reads it aloud, though.]

[mermaidcursed]

Kiyotaka Ishimaru, Joshua Kiryu, Noah Ebalon, Akira Fujioka, Hikaru Goto and Nao Sato... Fujioka-san and Sato-san both go back home after school, but everyone else should be here. We'll have to ask them. I can go get mine, too.

here's ur jar kid

[silentabyss]

[Let's just pretend Noah's been here the whole time because he probably has been, lbr, but he's Noah so he just kind of stands awkwardly in corners... anyway Amity asked me on plurk to tag in here.

Noah disappears for a second and comes back with his unbroken jar from his room, although anyone who wants to is free to follow him in case he's suspicious somehow.]

When I first got it, I didn't realise it was... souls? S-so I just... I put it on my shelf and left it there for months. You can ask Senku about it. I was too scared to touch it... I feel bad.

[topscores]

[Nice examines the jar, scratching at his nose a little bit as he makes sure there's nothing missing from it. not that he explicitly doubts that the other's a liar, but he wants to be thorough.]

And there's no way you'd be able to refill it after using it, right?

[he's just making sure, since he's still trying to figure out how this world works]

[silentabyss]

No... if you touch the petals, you fall asleep. It would be really hard to refill the jar. Just holding it makes me tired.

[Pauses, then,]

I guess, logically speaking, you could set the jar under the tree and wait for petals to fall into it? But someone would inevitably see that, right?

[Plus, he has the Senku alibi too. Also the alibi of anxiety about souls in a jar.]

[topscores]

You'd think that the probability of them actually falling in there and refilling the jar would be slim to none. Unless some sort of ability was involved.

[he's still trying to figure out how all that works too, considering he's noticed that some of the other students can use theirs but he obviously can't use his.]

[moraloutrage]

Please excuse me!

[With a polite bow, Ishimaru excuses himself on the meeting. And he comes back from his room a few minutes late with his own wisteria jar, which appears to be unopened.]

This is the jar that I have acquired. It has not been opened!

[topscores]

[...this is a lot more difficult than he'd expected.

Nice hums as he examines the wisteria jar, scratching at his cheek. this really was going to be a pain in the ass, wasn't it?]

So what're we gonna do if all the jars haven't been opened?

[just a question.]

[moraloutrage]

[He frowns thoughtfully, carefully setting his jar down nearby.]

...I am not sure. It may mark an end for this potential lead, unless there is some other way of obtaining wisteria leaves that we are unaware of. We could continue to question ourselves further, though as Noah-kun stated, refilling the jar would be much easier said than done.

[topscores]

It's probably still relevant, but until we know something else, we shouldn't waste our time.

[and he hates wasting his time...]

But it's not like anyone's going to hop up and yell "Hey I'm the murderer!!" or something like that, so...how do I know you didn't do it?

[that took a turn suddenly]

[moraloutrage]

M-me?!

[He looks shocked as the accusation is thrust upon him.]

Well... there's the fact that my jar is unopened, and that I refuse to partake in murder! Aside from that, I am not sure how to definitively prove my innocence. I do not even know all of the details of those particular deaths!

[decrypter]

The jar itself existing is part of the matter at hand.

[she taps the top of her cane to her chin thoughtfully.]

There were glass shards in that room, as well as the petals. Someone cleaned up afterwards, but didn't think we'd check the trash. Filled or not, the container is just as important.

[topscores]

True. Unless someone had more than one wisteria jar, and then they could just keep pretending that one of them didn't break.

[hmmmmmmm]

I guess the shopkeeper didn't report any thefts or anything, or shortages of the jars? The fact that he might be helping the killer isn't something we should rule out, either.