[homophonic] catchall for mysterious alter ego Λ

[dendroculi]

MYSTERIOUS
ALTER EGO Λ

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[diluvian]

I suspect you won't stop trying.

[dendroculi]

[she nods]

You're right... I won't. [...] What did you think of all of that?

[diluvian]

The trial itself somehow wasn't as bad a circus as I was expecting, but it was still more troublesome than I'd ever prefer.

I did think you all should have focused on something other than her instrument.

[ even if the dent probably was due to hikari. ]

[dendroculi]

[hey don't look at her nahida was advocating for a general item check for everyone before and during pipagate]

It was Hikari's coin being in her possession that made us know for sure it was her...

[...]

Though I can't imagine anyone else would keep something from the victim on the person after this, unless they wanted to be caught.

[diluvian]

[ she was making a general, sweeping statement. nahida is a good bean. (nahida is older than lambda) nahida is a good bean. ]

That would be pretty stupid, and they'd be toeing the line with the rules.

[dendroculi]

[she nods]

...so we probably can't count on the same thing happening again.

[diluvian]

[ lambda is curious about what the punishment would be, so she's hoping someone will be stupid enough to try... but she won't hold her breath. ]

Only if they care about following all the rules.

[dendroculi]

You'd think they would, if they cared enough to make them a rule, but... I guess not everyone is that consistent.

[diluvian]

I hope if someone murders next they make it easy.

[ anything to make the nine hours shorter. ]

[dendroculi]

...define "easy".

[diluvian]

Clean, neat, deducible in less than nine hours.

[ she is practical and isn't delusional, but she can still want something. ]

[dendroculi]

[nahida wonders if that might edge too close to just providing the answer...]

It would be nice if it would be that way. I guess we'll have to wait and see if the next person to do it is more considerate.

[diluvian]

[ lambda is thinking she'll be annoyed by a stupid murder but she'd be even more annoyed to be trapped in mcdonald's for nine hours, so as long as the murderer is also stupid, it's fine. ]

I'll take stupid, too.

[dendroculi]

...that would be much easier.

[diluvian]

It'd be a more ideal outcome.

[ as if anything about a life or death game could be ideal. ]

[dendroculi]

Yes...

[sighs]

While the most ideal outcome would be it doesn't happen again at all, I don't think that's likely. So we'll just have to be prepared to face it once it does, even if it's not as clear-cut as we'd like.

[diluvian]

Once it starts, it's hard to stop until it's over.

[ after all, they don't know the exact kind of lead killing gives, but with the reapers saying it's a big enough of one, if someone wants to win.... ]

I don't prescribe to optimism, but I don't shy away from something simply because it's not easy.

[dendroculi]

...right. Depending on just how much of a disadvantage the points difference leaves the other teams at...

[people really might have no choice but to kill again to give themselves a fighting chance...

she doesn't like the thought of that at all, honestly, but it's the most likely outcome here.]

[diluvian]

It could encourage behavior to decrease what point gap there is.

[ killing behavior. ]

I'm expecting it.

[dendroculi]

[she sighs.]

...I am, too, though I'm also dreading it.

[diluvian]

You're not alone in that.

[dendroculi]

...

[she sighs]

We'll just have to face it as it comes.