[nope] - day 20, Shuichi

[afailedmurder]

[Once they get back to Akechi's room, his flirtatious mood completely disappears.]

This is bad. If no one is speaking up, that means they're not even pretending like it matters who killed whom anymore. There may a conspiracy in place even as we speak.

But I think we can salvage this. I have a plan.

Comments

[truthstranger]

Yes... because dying also prevents the 'sticks' the raccoons threatened from taking effect.

[afailedmurder]

Do you believe her?

[truthstranger]

...I do. Her Recyclr post supports that as well...

[afailedmurder]

Yes, that all adds up.

Then, the implication is that Mae committed the final murder.

[truthstranger]

Yes, that would seem to be the case. I'll try to get her to admit to it as well, but...

...Should we draw straws between all of them...?

[afailedmurder]

I'm not certain that's wise, if they've already organized. We're not safe until we hold the majority.

I think Kaiba would be willing to discreetly switch to Ulaz...

[truthstranger]

...And Ulaz would certainly vote for Kaiba, if he hasn't already. And... McGonagall seems eager to vote for Kaiba now that she's certain her trust in him was betrayed.

But... I'm not sure I feel good about that...

[afailedmurder]

[honey your conscience is impeding on my scheming]

...Well, what sort of outcome would you feel good about?

[truthstranger]

...There's probably nothing. But...

[afailedmurder]

It's not going to feel right no matter what we do. But at least we can make sure they can't even gang up on someone innocent, and after this it'll all be over.

[reaches out for his hand]

[truthstranger]

[he takes it]

...Yeah... I guess you're right.

[afailedmurder]

Only a little big longer. We're going to make it through this.

[gives his hand a squeeze]