week 5, thursday

[vigilantics]

[ so they have things to discuss before murder!!! steph is dying. so, after dragging belph into her bedroom, she immediately starts talking. ]

Hi. I accidentally ended up entering an alliance with Varian, Veronica, and the Ion we checked? Also apparently the other half of our hint is going to be that each faction needs to complete at least seven objectives.

Comments

[axilium]

Sounds like it. Apparently, he decided to help out on a whim, but it didn't seem like it worked. Otherwise, though... the only reason he helped out in the earlier trials was to complete his objective. Now that he's done with that, he's doing whatever he wants.

[isn't it great that hikage, of all people, has this title ability............]

[vigilantics]

The Crafters must think they're hilarious.

[ this may be a problem, especially considering they proved how great they are at solving murder without someone confessing. ]

[axilium]

Well, it's not like he's adverse to the idea of helping out. It just depends on his... mood.

[vigilantics]

Well... let's just hope for the best then!

[ she wants to believe that hikage won't let them suffer...... ]

[axilium]

[hahahaha hoping for the best, please...]

Your partnership is a mess, for the record.

[vigilantics]

I'm aware.

... how messy. Is he talking about me?

[ belph what's the gossip....... ]

[axilium]

I think he still doubts that you'd accept him and thinks that you're nice to him purely because you're a good person, not because he personally matters. Looks like the two of you have a lot of trust issues.

[vigilantics]

I'm going to be honest, if I didn't like him personally I would not hide it.

[ look. steph is nice but she also is easy to anger and judgmental . ]

But I'm not sure how to prove that?

[axilium]

Neither do I! Good luck.

[vigilantics]

Belph! You're like his best friend, think of something!

[axilium]

I told you! He likes me because we share a similar brand of shi—I mean, we're both very questionable people. I can't tell you to emulate me.

[vigilantics]

I guess I'll just have to try harder to bug him.

[ he doesn't really seem to like talking to her about the war itself though; he tends to change the subject when it gets brought up. ]

... you trust me, right?

[axilium]

[...]

I don't trust you to keep yourself alive, but otherwise, you're too much of a do-gooder to be suspicious.

[vigilantics]

[ okay that gets a smile out of her. ]

If I die I will do my best so that it's not my fault. But um, since more people know my ability now and admittedly two of them are people I probably would not have told in any other circumstance...

[ what she is trying to say is that, if any of them become a blotter it would be pretty simple to take her out so she can't look at their evidence. ]

[axilium]

Well... your ability hasn't been a dealbreaker in trials so far, so hopefully it won't come to that. Who knows about it?

[vigilantics]

Yeah, but they don't know that.

[ also they are all so... paranoid...... ]

Those three, you, and Hikage.

[axilium]

[he makes a mental note of that. just in case steph's ever killed...]

That reminds me: while no one's expressed any indication of wanting to backstab me, I should update the whole dying message thing.

[since they have more people/monika's died since he first came up with it.]

[vigilantics]

... oh.

Yeah, I guess that should be done.

[axilium]

Let's see... horizontal for Akechi or Sousei—if it's a Blotter kill, you can figure that it's Sousei. Vertical for Melloi... Diagonal towards the inside of my face for Sanji? And diagonal outside for anyone else I think is doing it because of my role.

[vigilantics]

[ well! she really hates talking about this. ]

... well, hopefully none of this will be necessary.