True enough. The library will suffice, though I wouldn't say no to a change of scenery. Maus hasn't gone on a walk in a few days. That can wait until after, however.
[and when harrow comes to the park, she'll find greed near the entrance clipping a leash onto the small pom's collar. the pom barks immediately upon seeing harrow, wagging its tail excitedly before greed looks up at her.]
Good afternoon, Harrowhark. Shall we? [maus is already trying to drag greed forward, pulling against his leash.]
[She's like. Extremely not a dog person. She sees the little dog and just nods at it in greeting, like she can't understand why its barking at her or wagging its tail at her.]
Good afternoon to the both of you.
[But she'll join them on the walk.]
You've recovered considerably since yesterday, it seems.
[listen greed offered an alternative but here they are. at least he has the sense to let the dog walk ahead, putting space between both harrow and pom.]
Yes, well...[they seem embarrassed to continue whatever they were going to say and change their mind halfway through.] My sight is nearly back to what it was and the headache's lessened quite a bit.
[i.e. "the avatars wrestled me back to my room after i was a stubborn idiot who went to work yesterday and made it worse."]
[He was a stubborn idiot who made it worse. And that's why they're at the dog park, because she wants to be nice to him now, instead of sending him vague threats.]
I suppose you felt it necessary to attend trial, despite it being obviously medically unsound.
To be perfectly clear, I did not feel medically unsound when the morning started. [this is such a shitty defense, greed, come on.] But of course it was necessary. It was my week to be in court, not to mention I don't really believe in sick days.
From what I understand - correct me if the nuance has been lost in sharing - the oddities yesterday at the end were because Misa was deemed a murderer for having intended to go through with it, even though her murder was never carried out.
Correct. It was a technicality. As Miss Amane said herself, she still awoke that night and the only reason Miss Monroe is alive is because of your foresight to stop her.
[Oh. Hmm. She's not sure how to feel about that. She told Grace she would accept her thanks, but from everyone else, this notion is starting wear hard on her. The more she's told she did something to help despite her ugly feelings about some of those decisions, the more doubt she feels. Somehow she almost felt that she'd walk in here and learn he thought she'd done everything wrong.]
And yet you're troubled by the results? [still just kind of gently prompting because. well. misa didn't kill anyone and y'all still voted for her. it makes sense that she may feel uneasy with the choice.]
[Like. Very only technically she didn't kill someone, but yeah.]
It never felt to me that she was lying, the way she insisted she hadn't done anything and couldn't recall how she'd been burnt. But I didn't want to be taken in by an act. Of which there certainly was one, but. . .
It was a very ugly performance on my part, in fact. I forced Sasazuka and Vira to make the majority of decisions. I really didn't have the least idea what to do about Misa, and in retrospect there was quite obviously an entire other murder we didn't much bother to look into.
[they walk in silence for a bit as greed thinks of the best way to formulate an answer.]
In many ways, you could not anticipate how Miss Amane would respond to the accusations. That's the trouble with pressing your culprits.
[...they try not to say too much about themselves, but they think perhaps it's worth hearing.]
...my very first case as a prosecutor, I was only a little older than you are now. And the man on trial committed suicide while on the stand. [so today was. something.]
I've come to learn that in cases like these, you can only get to the truth by relying on other people who share your same goal. Even if it means ultimately "losing" the case or the point you're supposed to be fighting for.
Try not to feel badly about how yesterday went. Though I understand saying so won't change anything.
[She likes hearing it, yes. She frowns a little at it, but. It does help - it hits close to something that is on her mind.]
It has felt like that - like pushing someone to the brink. [She's struggled with suicidal thoughts herself often enough that it doesn't sit well with her.] I dislike feeling that we are only catching the ones desperate enough to barely try to avoid being caught.
I didn't expect to be hit with a curse, and perhaps if that hadn't sent things into a panic, we still could have found the other killer in the time left. But I really. . . ought to have committed either one way or another. If I was going to betray her misguided and unasked for trust, delaying it or only doing it piecemeal because I felt a little sorry about it didn't help anyone at all, and made us more vulnerable to a curse distraction.
[But that's really more just. . . personal difficulties.]
It's a delicate balance, and a difficult one to maintain even without the high stakes presented here. [he's...aware. it's why he's also navigating this conversation carefully but also casually enough because he does trust harrow with this information.] A victory is still a victory, of course, but everyone has to start somewhere.
You're correct though. Even if you don't have all of the evidence, if there's more to bring to light committing to your line of thinking will either aid the reveal or hinder it. But as someone who's withheld information that can help the defense...I understand that, too. [greed is very well aware of why they're greed, even if they aren't the same person anymore.]
Holding back too much leaves you equally vulnerable when you don't know what the defense has up their sleeve. [a pause.] You did the right thing in entrusting the others with the information you received. But, simultaneously, it would be best to have a plan for if things will be derailed.
People have noticed your skill. Those who wish to get away cleanly will likely go to lengths to ensure you don't catch on to what they're doing.
I didn't want. . . it seemed more likely to cause problems, to mention Grace was there.
[Grace's name coming up clearly made her more of a target, at least at first.]
Eleanor's killer had to be much stronger than Misa. I noticed it right away - but I also knew she had a power of some sort from Gluttony. I can't help feel that it would be much better to have caught them, when we already knew to be wary of Misa.
...it wouldn't have. Believe me when I say you did precisely what you should have, and you performed to the best of your ability even with the hinderances Miss Amane threw in at the last minute.
Especially given the fact that it's likely she would have still acted in this coming week once everything wore off, suspicious or not.
Well, yes. It was certainly never a long term solution. But I find what you say curious. You disagree that we ought to have been trying to find Eleanor's killer?
It comes back to motivations, Harrowhark. Naturally finding the truth is important, but in this case...I would say that perhaps looking back on it and questioning how you could have tried to find Miss Shellstrop's killer won't benefit you nearly as much as focusing on the week ahead.
Surely you realize this is only likely to make me more compelled.
[Forbidden lore. . . but she takes the point.]
No, I'll accept that direction, but let me dwell on it for one moment longer. Do you believe that it would be possible to have a Thursday night where no one dies?
Yes, I know. [tiredly. harrow and greed are unfortunately similar which means he really can only bank on their relationship being strong enough she'll take him at his word.] And you're free to dwell on it as long as you need to. I've dwelled on losses for years.
[don't? just admit that?]
But I ask that you leave that case behind, just this once. And I do still believe that it would be possible to have a week no one dies. It's a matter of using what knowledge you have to set things into motion prior to their start. And, of course, deciding what the best course of action would be.
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Where would you like to meet?
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What is most convenient for you? The library?
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The library will suffice, though I wouldn't say no to a change of scenery.
Maus hasn't gone on a walk in a few days.
That can wait until after, however.
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The dog park, then.
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[and when harrow comes to the park, she'll find greed near the entrance clipping a leash onto the small pom's collar. the pom barks immediately upon seeing harrow, wagging its tail excitedly before greed looks up at her.]
Good afternoon, Harrowhark. Shall we? [maus is already trying to drag greed forward, pulling against his leash.]
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Good afternoon to the both of you.
[But she'll join them on the walk.]
You've recovered considerably since yesterday, it seems.
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Yes, well...[they seem embarrassed to continue whatever they were going to say and change their mind halfway through.] My sight is nearly back to what it was and the headache's lessened quite a bit.
[i.e. "the avatars wrestled me back to my room after i was a stubborn idiot who went to work yesterday and made it worse."]
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I suppose you felt it necessary to attend trial, despite it being obviously medically unsound.
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[...and then, after a moment.]
...I had to make sure things went accordingly.
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It is good, to have you there. Even if I am not certain things went "accordingly."
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You think otherwise? [it's a prompting sort of question to ask where harrow's head is at and her assessment of yesterday's events.]
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[a beat.] ...thank you, by the way.
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. . . I'm very glad that Grace is alive.
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It never felt to me that she was lying, the way she insisted she hadn't done anything and couldn't recall how she'd been burnt. But I didn't want to be taken in by an act. Of which there certainly was one, but. . .
It was a very ugly performance on my part, in fact. I forced Sasazuka and Vira to make the majority of decisions. I really didn't have the least idea what to do about Misa, and in retrospect there was quite obviously an entire other murder we didn't much bother to look into.
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In many ways, you could not anticipate how Miss Amane would respond to the accusations. That's the trouble with pressing your culprits.
[...they try not to say too much about themselves, but they think perhaps it's worth hearing.]
...my very first case as a prosecutor, I was only a little older than you are now. And the man on trial committed suicide while on the stand. [so today was. something.]
I've come to learn that in cases like these, you can only get to the truth by relying on other people who share your same goal. Even if it means ultimately "losing" the case or the point you're supposed to be fighting for.
Try not to feel badly about how yesterday went. Though I understand saying so won't change anything.
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It has felt like that - like pushing someone to the brink. [She's struggled with suicidal thoughts herself often enough that it doesn't sit well with her.] I dislike feeling that we are only catching the ones desperate enough to barely try to avoid being caught.
I didn't expect to be hit with a curse, and perhaps if that hadn't sent things into a panic, we still could have found the other killer in the time left. But I really. . . ought to have committed either one way or another. If I was going to betray her misguided and unasked for trust, delaying it or only doing it piecemeal because I felt a little sorry about it didn't help anyone at all, and made us more vulnerable to a curse distraction.
[But that's really more just. . . personal difficulties.]
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You're correct though. Even if you don't have all of the evidence, if there's more to bring to light committing to your line of thinking will either aid the reveal or hinder it. But as someone who's withheld information that can help the defense...I understand that, too. [greed is very well aware of why they're greed, even if they aren't the same person anymore.]
Holding back too much leaves you equally vulnerable when you don't know what the defense has up their sleeve. [a pause.] You did the right thing in entrusting the others with the information you received. But, simultaneously, it would be best to have a plan for if things will be derailed.
People have noticed your skill. Those who wish to get away cleanly will likely go to lengths to ensure you don't catch on to what they're doing.
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[Grace's name coming up clearly made her more of a target, at least at first.]
Eleanor's killer had to be much stronger than Misa. I noticed it right away - but I also knew she had a power of some sort from Gluttony. I can't help feel that it would be much better to have caught them, when we already knew to be wary of Misa.
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Especially given the fact that it's likely she would have still acted in this coming week once everything wore off, suspicious or not.
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Surely you realize this is only likely to make me more compelled.
[Forbidden lore. . . but she takes the point.]
No, I'll accept that direction, but let me dwell on it for one moment longer. Do you believe that it would be possible to have a Thursday night where no one dies?
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[don't? just admit that?]
But I ask that you leave that case behind, just this once. And I do still believe that it would be possible to have a week no one dies. It's a matter of using what knowledge you have to set things into motion prior to their start. And, of course, deciding what the best course of action would be.
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