Audience: Harrowhark Nonagesimus

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Comments

week 0, saturday

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[a text back.]

We may. Would you prefer to meet face to face?

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I would. I find it difficult to discuss these matters via text.

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As do I. The common room, if you would.

[bonetiddies]

[She will make her way to the common room immediately, then!!]

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[when harrow enters the common room, she will find greed seated on one of the couches. they seem to be staring at the hot tub thoughtfully but immediately shift their gaze to her instead.]

Please have a seat.

[bonetiddies]

Thank you.

[She will sit. She also glances at the hot tub. Where the skull was found. And. . . where the cheese was found. Clearly both of equal significance.]

Did that go worse than you expected? Or about the same?

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[clearly. a clawed finger taps against the elbow of their opposite arm as they think, little wisps of shadow seeping out from under their hood.]

Worse, actually. Perhaps with more time...[they shake their head.] But this is all we could grant you.

[bonetiddies]

Yes. I assume what you said was the truth - that we had the evidence we needed, we merely didn't put it together correctly.

I also assume that we won't be given an opportunity to take back our selection of Beau.

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Correct. [to both of those, and greed sighs.] Voting is optional, and yet many of you cast your votes anyway.

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Then you hoped that we wouldn't? From my perspective, there appeared to be a very straightforward culprit, and the only thing which gave me pause was that I happened to believe her shock was genuine.

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Voting is a bit of a new idea to me. I had thought that perhaps with the information provided enough of you would be able to pull apart the testimonies provided to uncover the truth.

[...they pause again.] What made you believe the shock was genuine and not an act?

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Mollymauk's actions. At some point, midway through the trial, he started acting erratically, trying to draw attention to himself and appear suspicious. Later, when I spoke to him, he admitted this was once he'd realized Beau's quarterstaff could have been used in the murder. After Beau scolded him, he stopped and became cooperative again. Clearly, if she'd had some sort of plan, he wasn't in on it.

Because of that, when he said he felt Beau could not and would not lie so convincingly, I felt I could take his word for it. Moreover, she came here to save his life. His trust in her made sense to me.

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People do all sorts of things in times of desperation. It's the job of the people to decide if it's to cover up the truth or if it's new information being brought to light.

I don't necessarily agree that you should all be helping one another and focusing on others more than yourselves. But I do believe there is worth in profiling the other participants and learning their tells and secrets. It would make it much easier to know what is and isn't likely to be someone's motive.

[bonetiddies]

[Hmm. That's an interesting way to put it.]

We were told we voted 'incorrectly.' What does incorrect mean? Is it as simple as meaning that Beau was not involved in Tamaki's murder? Am I overthinking this to wonder if there isn't another layer?

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You are. To vote incorrectly means you did not vote for the correct culprit and Suoh's killer is still among your numbers.

[bonetiddies]

Distressing. I'd hoped there was more to it - it would be an easier mistake to correct for in the future.

Hmm. In that case, someone framed her very deliberately.

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If it were easy, there would hardly be a point to doing it.

Why do you suppose something like that happened? [why would someone frame someone innocent?]

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They believed there would be repercussions if we came to understand they'd done it. Furthermore, they likely were made aware of the fact that the fewer our numbers, the easier it will be for them to achieve their goal.

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And knowing that this is now public knowledge, do you think others may follow their footsteps and murder someone else?

[bonetiddies]

Yes, certainly. Seeing as the first person who tried got away with it, it will appear less daunting.

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Then my question for you, Miss Nonagesimus, is what will you do next time this happens? How will you prevent making the same mistake knowing what you know now?

[bonetiddies]

It isn't enough not to vote. We must locate the culprits so we don't have emboldened killers. But interpreting the evidence correctly. . . [Sigh. She's not a cop!] I'm afraid I can't say.

I will have to improve, in that regard.

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You will. [this isn't confidence that she will improve, it's a statement that yeah, she'll have to. but all things considered they do actually seem to think harrow has a decent chance of not screwing up.]

Some people get by on finding the answer by simply bluffing their way through. Surely you can do better than that.

[bonetiddies]

[Lol the part of me that's like you're just trolling me now.]

I can and I will. Thank you - this has been most enlightening.

[She honestly - really likes this person, and their matter of factness.]

Forgive me for saying so, but it came as a surprise that it would be the Avatar of Greed to care about justice.

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[:)]

You proved your suitability today. [ergo, they have no reason to be vague or even just tell her to leave them alone. but, like, she's also not the first person to say such things and it's why they pause before they shrug in reply.]

So I've heard. Our names vary in terms of suitability and meaning, and I suppose it's fair to say our aspects manifest in different ways. With murder as an option, it's only fair to take back the opportunity to discover the truth and have the final say in what happens next.