[Yeah, its still affection week. He's been tired for even more reasons than this whole Kano mess, so when he sees Alex at the riverside, he just heaves a sigh as he wanders up.]
[ welp it’s hugging time now. alex is unresponsive for a moment, but then she sighs and returns the hug. with surprising force considering she’s hugging 70% metal here. ]
Now we just have to make sure it doesn't happen again. Though thinking about it happening again, just...the trials and murders in general, makes my head hurt a bit.
People are selfish, its true. But people can be kind, and generous. [A low sigh.] We're just in a burning fire, though, and of course people are going to act up. We have to work to make sure we think of the collective. The whole.
... I thought we’d realised that just pinning things on suspicious people doesn’t work out. [ rufus had come that close to this situation last week, hadn’t he? ] But then we just did it all over again and there’s nothing to stop us this time.
I don't think people wanted to repeat that mistake. You saw how the votes were. But yet, people still couldn't decide if Kano was truly suspicious for the sake of being suspicious or not.
[Its sad. Its terrible. He didn't vote for Kano, because he had talked to the kid before, and seen what was truly behind the surface.]
We need to be more organized...though that's easier said than done.
We can't just keep missing the forest for the trees. I think we need more to just ground ourselves. If we keep going down certain paths with no end in sight, we shouldn't keep doing that. Regrouping and reassessing would be the best solution.
Okay, if we get a megaphone, you have the rights to it.
[And hm, the markings...his mouth twists to the side.]
There were people complaining of feeling things or acting different ways in other areas when they woke up. I wonder if it was something like that...or something else entirely. I can't exactly see the rhyme or reason of them.
[ oh no. ] With great power comes a lot of responsibility...
[ she shifts her arm so she can look at one of the marks. it's probably the most healed, so she hasn't worried quite as much about re-bandaging it in the same way as her other marks. ]
Like the people who were a bit out of it on Friday morning? ... I thought we were onto something when Yoshizawa was checking the wires against them, but even they didn't fit quite right. I'm not sure what else could cause marks like this, in this pattern.
You're pretty responsible. I believe in you. I don't think you'd want me to have it.
[Its like giving an arson-prone kid a lighter. Even he knows that wouldn't be best for everyone.]
Yeah, exactly. I still don't know if they were drugged or not. The killer could've even been among them, and drugged everyone to put themselves out of suspicion.
[He also turns his gaze to her marks, frowning. His hand drifts down, tracing around one of them.]
...I don't know either. It still could've been the wires, but...why? What was the point? Just to cause some extra damage?
I don't know about that. [ ... the responsible part. there is no way she's letting hansa have a megaphone. ]
Add that to the list of things we need to be more aware of if this happens again. I didn't have an weird effects last week, so... this was all new.
[ she chose a great week to start getting injuries at curfew, apparently. she watches his hand follow the path of the mark on her arm, like it's going to somehow give her the answer. it'd be too late even if it did. ]
... Maybe we were moved. If you think about it, when you grab someone's arm and pull them... [ she untangles her other arm, and moves back a little so she can grab hansa's other arm and tug it. it's over the fabric of his clothes, so the effect should be the same - the fabric'll move slightly, with the pull of her hand. ] ... you tug their skin. Or the fabric of what they're wearing. Maybe the wires did the same, and it wouldn't leave a completely clean cut where it grabbed and pulled us.
[ ... ] But I'm really grasping at straws there. We don't even know if, or why Sharon would have wanted to move us.
It just seems like new things are being thrown at us all the time, huh.
[He watches as she tugs at his arm - true, that theory might have some merit, bit...]
Its possible. But I'm...rather heavy. It would be hard to just drag me around. [Metal and all.] Sharon did something with those wires, for sure. But I don't think she was trying to move people.
[He shakes his head.]
...I still have the feeling that she was the one who was trying to get the drop on someone, or at least, was already ready to fight for her life. Why have those weights and wires in the first place? Plus her making tea...she must have been prepared for something. It didn't seem like whatever was happening with Cater and her killer.
[ she just uses her grip to lift his arm. then lower it. and then lift it again. hm. ]
We don't know. And that's... sort of the sticking point.
[ ... ]
... [ oh thanks for reminding her?? ] Right, we don't even know how many killers there are. Whether she was involved and then backstabbed, or planning to kill someone, or-- [ she trails off with a defeated sounding huff. it's like she just had how badly they fucked up really driven into her head again and she just bumps her forehead against his shoulder again. hide her, she hates this. ]
[Yeah, he's just going to bring a hand to the back of her head to pull her close. Its okay, Alex! He's got you.]
We can't beat ourselves up. We just have to keep moving forward. And of course, we have to figure out how to stop all of this so it won't happen again.
[There's a long beat.]
Speaking of which...I heard something about our Leaders I think you should know.
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I'm sorry for this out of the blue, but...
[A pause, and he just pulls her into an embrace.]
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It’s fine.
I don’t mind.
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[Is that about his body, or him in general? Who knows?]
Not exactly the Number One Person to Hug, here.
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Trust me, I’ve dealt with worse.
[ is she talking about people who aren’t mostly metal? people’s attitudes? equally, who knows. ]
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We really messed up, huh?
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[He won't sugarcoat that.]
Now we just have to make sure it doesn't happen again. Though thinking about it happening again, just...the trials and murders in general, makes my head hurt a bit.
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[He runs a hand over the back of her head, gently.]
If we continue like this...it'll just lead to more pain and suffering down the road.
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Some people will see the potential to get their memories back as being worth someone’s life.
[ that’s the point here, isn’t it? her arms tighten a little, as she talks. ]
I don’t think how much everyone else goes through will matter to them.
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[He frowns at that.]
People are selfish, its true. But people can be kind, and generous. [A low sigh.] We're just in a burning fire, though, and of course people are going to act up. We have to work to make sure we think of the collective. The whole.
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Sometimes we’re both. At the same time.
... I thought we’d realised that just pinning things on suspicious people doesn’t work out. [ rufus had come that close to this situation last week, hadn’t he? ] But then we just did it all over again and there’s nothing to stop us this time.
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[Its sad. Its terrible. He didn't vote for Kano, because he had talked to the kid before, and seen what was truly behind the surface.]
We need to be more organized...though that's easier said than done.
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... How do you organise a group of people this big to stop things like that happening again? It feels like it'd be about as easy as herding cats.
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[A huff.]
We can't just keep missing the forest for the trees. I think we need more to just ground ourselves. If we keep going down certain paths with no end in sight, we shouldn't keep doing that. Regrouping and reassessing would be the best solution.
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So shout really loudly when everyone's distracted and arguing, basically.
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I guess so! Sometimes that's the only way to get around that.
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That or a fog horn.
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Maybe if we ask the Leaders nicely, they can give us a megaphone.
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I can't believe we didn't even figure out what happened in the plaza while we were all unconscious. Those markings aren't exactly common looking ones.
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[And hm, the markings...his mouth twists to the side.]
There were people complaining of feeling things or acting different ways in other areas when they woke up. I wonder if it was something like that...or something else entirely. I can't exactly see the rhyme or reason of them.
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[ she shifts her arm so she can look at one of the marks. it's probably the most healed, so she hasn't worried quite as much about re-bandaging it in the same way as her other marks. ]
Like the people who were a bit out of it on Friday morning? ... I thought we were onto something when Yoshizawa was checking the wires against them, but even they didn't fit quite right. I'm not sure what else could cause marks like this, in this pattern.
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[Its like giving an arson-prone kid a lighter. Even he knows that wouldn't be best for everyone.]
Yeah, exactly. I still don't know if they were drugged or not. The killer could've even been among them, and drugged everyone to put themselves out of suspicion.
[He also turns his gaze to her marks, frowning. His hand drifts down, tracing around one of them.]
...I don't know either. It still could've been the wires, but...why? What was the point? Just to cause some extra damage?
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Add that to the list of things we need to be more aware of if this happens again. I didn't have an weird effects last week, so... this was all new.
[ she chose a great week to start getting injuries at curfew, apparently. she watches his hand follow the path of the mark on her arm, like it's going to somehow give her the answer. it'd be too late even if it did. ]
... Maybe we were moved. If you think about it, when you grab someone's arm and pull them... [ she untangles her other arm, and moves back a little so she can grab hansa's other arm and tug it. it's over the fabric of his clothes, so the effect should be the same - the fabric'll move slightly, with the pull of her hand. ] ... you tug their skin. Or the fabric of what they're wearing. Maybe the wires did the same, and it wouldn't leave a completely clean cut where it grabbed and pulled us.
[ ... ] But I'm really grasping at straws there. We don't even know if, or why Sharon would have wanted to move us.
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[He watches as she tugs at his arm - true, that theory might have some merit, bit...]
Its possible. But I'm...rather heavy. It would be hard to just drag me around. [Metal and all.] Sharon did something with those wires, for sure. But I don't think she was trying to move people.
[He shakes his head.]
...I still have the feeling that she was the one who was trying to get the drop on someone, or at least, was already ready to fight for her life. Why have those weights and wires in the first place? Plus her making tea...she must have been prepared for something. It didn't seem like whatever was happening with Cater and her killer.
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We don't know. And that's... sort of the sticking point.
[ ... ]
... [ oh thanks for reminding her?? ] Right, we don't even know how many killers there are. Whether she was involved and then backstabbed, or planning to kill someone, or-- [ she trails off with a defeated sounding huff. it's like she just had how badly they fucked up really driven into her head again and she just bumps her forehead against his shoulder again. hide her, she hates this. ]
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[Yeah, he's just going to bring a hand to the back of her head to pull her close. Its okay, Alex! He's got you.]
We can't beat ourselves up. We just have to keep moving forward. And of course, we have to figure out how to stop all of this so it won't happen again.
[There's a long beat.]
Speaking of which...I heard something about our Leaders I think you should know.
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