anyway, yeah. shu's here, he's holding a bloody phone in his gloves hands because i guess netzach and yuzuriha handed over that to him. he'll just sit down near here and not say a ding dang thing because mood. ]
[i got busy with work and thus we resume our "wake up several hours before trial and speedrun a thread in the morning" tradition]
...we'll just have to teach whoever did it - and whoever is watching and thinking they might also try earning points like this - that they won't get away with it, and that the potential extra points aren't worth them getting erased themselves once we catch them.
[ aw ye. i forgot that investigation friday means two 3am sleeps once i’ve done post trial stuff so i’m like time to drink four coffees and vibrate into the sun until my sleep schedule ascends mortality. i’m READY i’ve missed investigation fridays. ]
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Make it thorough. Otherwise someone will see it as a opportunity, not a meaningless action.
...yes. But that is a consequence of their own actions. And it's not just one life they tried to risk, but two. [she closes her eyes.] "The next day, a Player will be erased based on the trial's results."
If whoever did this isn't intending to take responsibility for it, that means they Erased him knowing that if they got away with it, a second person would be Erased in their place.
...of course, I like most of the other Players. I don't have any idea who could have done this, and... I'm sure regardless of what the answer is tomorrow, it's going to hurt.
But this isn't something we can let them simply get away with...
I don't think any of this going to be easy. The people who aren't involved might still like whoever killed Hikari. There's the potential for things to get messier because of it.
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anyway, yeah. shu's here, he's holding a bloody phone in his gloves hands because i guess netzach and yuzuriha handed over that to him. he'll just sit down near here and not say a ding dang thing because mood. ]
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they will sit there in silence for a long, long while, in that case. but after quite some time, nahida speaks up.]
...I want to know exactly what happened last night. [her grip tightens on her phone.] That's what the... trial tomorrow is supposed to be for. Right?
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Yeah. How it happened, and who did it. Investigation, judge and jury all in one.
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...we'll just have to teach whoever did it - and whoever is watching and thinking they might also try earning points like this - that they won't get away with it, and that the potential extra points aren't worth them getting erased themselves once we catch them.
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Make it thorough. Otherwise someone will see it as a opportunity, not a meaningless action.
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Yes. If anyone else is considering doing this themselves... I want them to think twice about it.
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You know they'll end up Erased too, right?
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...yes. But that is a consequence of their own actions. And it's not just one life they tried to risk, but two. [she closes her eyes.] "The next day, a Player will be erased based on the trial's results."
If whoever did this isn't intending to take responsibility for it, that means they Erased him knowing that if they got away with it, a second person would be Erased in their place.
That isn't something I can let stand.
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[ he nods. ]
"Make sure that your body understands you ended the life of another human being, and never let it forget."
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...of course, I like most of the other Players. I don't have any idea who could have done this, and... I'm sure regardless of what the answer is tomorrow, it's going to hurt.
But this isn't something we can let them simply get away with...
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[ ... ]
Ultimately, it's us or them.
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[...]
I wasn't able to protect Hikari, but... I want to protect Kaveh. And you.
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[ he reaches out and ruffles her hair. ]
I think we've got this covered. This week at least. I'm not interested in being kicked while I'm down.
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[that's happened often enough tHANKS SAGES.]