[He looks amused for a second after she mentions cursing Date, but it doesn't last too long before he shakes his head.]
No, those are the only two sources I know. Though... I think the personal demons actually give out two items every week. Do you remember when Date and Rynlan got cursed during the debate activity? I had one of the items. But the one I didn't take had a picture of the same weird animal Date was transformed into.
[So he assumes the other one was given to someone else, and that person cursed Date.]
... But those were still completely harmless. So, I think, whatever was used to control Tuuri. It must've come from an adventure.
If we go over who went each week - many of them have since died. We can narrow it down to a list of particular suspects. I received an item from my adventure, but I don't know what Kon's was from the same adventure - so we can't rule out his was used for this somehow. Still, I think it less likely.
I don't know if Tuuri used hers the other night, and I never asked what it did either, but... seems unlikely. I think Itto's item was the one he used to heal you, though. And if Kon used his, I doubt it was used to brainwash Tuuri like that. Besides, we already know a dead culprit means no trial.
[He thinks, for a moment.]
I think we can exclude Gidon and Thancred from the list, too, given their whole... situation. [They're fucked up.] Which leaves us with Akira, Ryo, Bixing, Jingheng, Mephisto, Kuranosuke, Rynlan and Zelgadis. Am I missing anyone, besides us?
Right. I guess Kon could've passed his item on to someone else, too... Do you know what any of the items do?
[He pauses, though, and after a moment:]
... Maybe it's a coincidence. But did you find it weird that Lu Bixing insisted on having two people, including himself, check Tuuri? He didn't do the same for you, D.Va or Persephone, and you were all a good match for the footprints.
Not Kon's. I was unconscious when we got the items on the adventure, but Chandra told me later.
[at that question, though, she shakes her head.]
Not at all, frankly. Tuuri was refusing to comply with the check, which is unusual for her. When she explained, she said it was because Uriel usually checked her. But Uriel died two weeks ago, and she complied without argument last week.
Under those circumstances, if he hadn't insisted on watching, I would have.
... That's true. [He sighs.] I guess I'm reading too much into it. The timing between Rynlan and Thancred coming back with the costumes, and Lu Bixing calling Tuuri and Zelgadis out was just— unlucky.
[Since they immediately stopped looking at evidence, rip.]
We got too confident and thought we had everything we needed as soon as an obvious answer was presented to us.
I would suggest that is precisely what the culprit counted on. They picked Tuuri, someone they must have known would confess if pressured, but no one would want to see her killed.
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No, those are the only two sources I know. Though... I think the personal demons actually give out two items every week. Do you remember when Date and Rynlan got cursed during the debate activity? I had one of the items. But the one I didn't take had a picture of the same weird animal Date was transformed into.
[So he assumes the other one was given to someone else, and that person cursed Date.]
... But those were still completely harmless. So, I think, whatever was used to control Tuuri. It must've come from an adventure.
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[they all just keep cursing date.]
If we go over who went each week - many of them have since died. We can narrow it down to a list of particular suspects. I received an item from my adventure, but I don't know what Kon's was from the same adventure - so we can't rule out his was used for this somehow. Still, I think it less likely.
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I don't know if Tuuri used hers the other night, and I never asked what it did either, but... seems unlikely. I think Itto's item was the one he used to heal you, though. And if Kon used his, I doubt it was used to brainwash Tuuri like that. Besides, we already know a dead culprit means no trial.
[He thinks, for a moment.]
I think we can exclude Gidon and Thancred from the list, too, given their whole... situation. [They're fucked up.] Which leaves us with Akira, Ryo, Bixing, Jingheng, Mephisto, Kuranosuke, Rynlan and Zelgadis. Am I missing anyone, besides us?
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[so the dead can't be fully excluded. but...]
I agree with you on Itto. I am also willing to rule out Zelgadis.
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[He pauses, though, and after a moment:]
... Maybe it's a coincidence. But did you find it weird that Lu Bixing insisted on having two people, including himself, check Tuuri? He didn't do the same for you, D.Va or Persephone, and you were all a good match for the footprints.
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[at that question, though, she shakes her head.]
Not at all, frankly. Tuuri was refusing to comply with the check, which is unusual for her. When she explained, she said it was because Uriel usually checked her. But Uriel died two weeks ago, and she complied without argument last week.
Under those circumstances, if he hadn't insisted on watching, I would have.
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[Since they immediately stopped looking at evidence, rip.]
We got too confident and thought we had everything we needed as soon as an obvious answer was presented to us.
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It caused a commotion and distracted us.
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