I'll be honest with you because I think you'll understand. Sometimes I'm just really good at bullshitting my way into getting an answer from someone. [Case in point: this conversation.] But I mean more like...having factual information and relating it to actions.
[Well, that's closer. At least he's getting there. But if it's not to do with the murderer's motivation-- and he thinks again of Escha, of the way Junpei had talked to her so firmly and quietly, trying to tease out a proper motivation-- and it can help him . . . it's not to do with trial, and it can take place any day a week, which sort of rules out his own role, and it helps that the kid is so social, so what--
Oh.
Because he thinks of his own life, right? Of the rebellion, and the role he played there. Not just all the secret codes with bracelets and bread, but the bits before. Mingling around and getting to know people, being social with the other mentors, asking questions and seeing which way they leaned, deciding if he wanted to bring them in, and that--]
You figure out if others know more.
[It's soft, but intent.]
You see if they've got some kinda role. Somebody's gotta be the one who puts it all together, right? Or else we're all just working on our own, and that's not as fun, not for whoever's watching.
[He waits for Haymitch to put it all together, tilting his head just slightly as he listens to him talk it out and when the answer comes...there's a slow nod.]
Yes. [And now he's wary because it means his own secrets are out, an unsure look passing his features before he stands up a little straighter (which doesn't mean much given he's only 5'8".)] Or, at least, I think I'm supposed to put it together. But that's what I do. I find the others.
Including you and me? Eight. [He maybe takes this job a little too seriously.]
...I'm still not sure it's safe to disclose names to everyone, but my goal is to find the rest and see about getting everyone together to figure out what's happening here. [Hm.]
Did you get a chance to speak to any of the three who unleashed those shitty toys on the ship? They came back with some pretty interesting information.
Besides the fact that they broke into what sounds like an arcade, they ended up hearing an audio transcript. I heard half of the details from Higekiri and Wei Wuxian, but Dick got a copy of the notes Kagachi took.
From what we understand, whoever our narrator is confronted someone about having some sort of part in this game. "You're one of the 13." Don't know what that means yet. But the most important part is the other thing that was said. "Now we know the demons and" this part was scrambled, but I assume it was "the roles." "They're both like the hydra. Cut one head off, and another will take its place."
Still trying to figure out just what that means in context of the game in front of us.
Isn't that the question. [He sure does look frustrated about that.] She's still alive, so I doubt it's been passed yet. I was going to go and ask one of the hosts and see what they can tell me later...and I'll try to ask Escha some more questions before tomorrow.
["Try" because, like, she's still a friend. He's not going to interrogate her too hard if she seems dead inside.]
I still hit her with her own staff, Haymitch. I know when to go easy and when to press. [...but there's a sigh.] But I know. I got it. If I know Escha she'll be as helpful as possible before tomorrow anyway, so...I'll see what I can do.
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Date: 2019-10-28 04:01 am (UTC)[quick diversion]
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Date: 2019-10-28 04:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-28 04:12 am (UTC)[haymitch should be better at this but i am not a clever person]
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Date: 2019-10-28 04:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-28 06:09 pm (UTC)Oh.
Because he thinks of his own life, right? Of the rebellion, and the role he played there. Not just all the secret codes with bracelets and bread, but the bits before. Mingling around and getting to know people, being social with the other mentors, asking questions and seeing which way they leaned, deciding if he wanted to bring them in, and that--]
You figure out if others know more.
[It's soft, but intent.]
You see if they've got some kinda role. Somebody's gotta be the one who puts it all together, right? Or else we're all just working on our own, and that's not as fun, not for whoever's watching.
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Date: 2019-10-28 06:36 pm (UTC)Yes. [And now he's wary because it means his own secrets are out, an unsure look passing his features before he stands up a little straighter (which doesn't mean much given he's only 5'8".)] Or, at least, I think I'm supposed to put it together. But that's what I do. I find the others.
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Date: 2019-10-28 06:38 pm (UTC)And how many others have you found?
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Date: 2019-10-28 06:41 pm (UTC)...I'm still not sure it's safe to disclose names to everyone, but my goal is to find the rest and see about getting everyone together to figure out what's happening here. [Hm.]
Did you get a chance to speak to any of the three who unleashed those shitty toys on the ship? They came back with some pretty interesting information.
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Date: 2019-10-30 04:23 pm (UTC)[Was he avoiding them? Slightly. Those toys creeped him out.]
What'd they have to say?
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Date: 2019-10-30 04:28 pm (UTC)From what we understand, whoever our narrator is confronted someone about having some sort of part in this game. "You're one of the 13." Don't know what that means yet. But the most important part is the other thing that was said. "Now we know the demons and" this part was scrambled, but I assume it was "the roles." "They're both like the hydra. Cut one head off, and another will take its place."
Still trying to figure out just what that means in context of the game in front of us.
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Date: 2019-10-30 04:33 pm (UTC)[He rubs his mouth, considering all that.]
Well, there's your next case, detective. Did somebody get Escha's role?
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Date: 2019-10-30 04:35 pm (UTC)["Try" because, like, she's still a friend. He's not going to interrogate her too hard if she seems dead inside.]
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Date: 2019-10-30 04:37 pm (UTC)Don't go too easy, kid. One woman's comfort over the potential lives of a handful of people . . . it's not a hard equation.
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Date: 2019-10-30 04:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-30 04:49 pm (UTC)Good luck.
[He does mean it.]
C'mon. Let's find something to drink. There's nothing else to do tonight.
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Date: 2019-10-30 04:52 pm (UTC)Can't disagree with you there. [And so they go.]