AKIRA

[voidbreaker]

awww shit here they go again

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[survivaltricks]

[LEAVE HIM ALONE HE IS IN A DEDICATED MONOGAMY]

[also . . . ah]

Hn. . . maybe. But I don't think that's how it worked out, either.

Hikage had his gun, after all. He was ready, willing and able to fight back, he just. . .

[gestures a little helplessly]

[voidbreaker]

[ but AKIRA your SHIPTEASE ]

Ended up very much the victim, not the killer? Yeah, I noticed.

...

Think the can might've been the fake evidence this time around?

[survivaltricks]

Who knows? It seemed to fit pretty well into the crime scene, too. Mist from a smoke bomb could've caused those fuzzy imprints around the body.

. . . if it wasn't fake evidence, I just knew we knew where it came from.

[voidbreaker]

But the body didn't smell of smoke. If he'd been hit by a smoke bomb, there'd have been a scent wouldn't there? Admittedly, setting one off by the bonfire was probably smart but--

[ he shrugs. ]

How the fuck was it even used, then? [ ugggghhh i'm too dumb for murdergames ]

Pretty sure we know where it came from. Narrowing it down to "who" is the probem.

[survivaltricks]

[I just knew we knew where it came from what the fuck was I trying to say there, blinks blearily]

There's also the matter of the burnt plastic near the bonfire. I took a look at it, but I couldn't tell what it came from.

There wasn't anything else in the bonfire, was there?

[voidbreaker]

Uhh... other than the outlines, the guy's entire eye, and... was the bullet there or just casings?

[ is it any wonder i have no idea what's happening ever ]

[survivaltricks]

One bullet, two casings. So the gun was shot twice.

. . . I don't know what happened to the missing bullet, though.

[voidbreaker]

...

If it was in someone surely we'd have seen it. Or we going to have to unbandage literally every person's wounds from now on?

[survivaltricks]

We probably are.

[HE JUST. . SAYS THAT SO EASILY. there's no other way]

I don't think it was in someone, but it was probably on their person in some way. I just-- I just don't know how.

[voidbreaker]

We need like an extra three hours to pull all this off. [ please no ] Or, shit, some kind of loophole that lets people indicate if they're involved.

[survivaltricks]

[WHY IS NINE HOURS NOT ENOUGH AAAAH]

Even Lili's "show the truth of one object" stethoscope didn't help us out too much.

. . . with this many people, we'd need something that could narrow down our suspect pools.

[voidbreaker]

We need some more stuff like that, and then we need to get to using it.

[ ... ]

Man, something that could pinpoint whoever has spilled blood here would be helpful. Even if it was everything from cuts to murder, it'd narrow the pool at least.

[survivaltricks]

[haha]

[for some reason Akira stiffens at that. he looks away, hand drifting up to the bandages around his eye, fingertips brushing against it lightly]

[. . .]

[quietly]

. . . might not narrow the pool as much as you want it to if you keep it that general. But. . . it'd be something.

[voidbreaker]

[ he just looks at him flatly ]

I know it's not gonna be as clean cut as all that. But it'd narrow the pool of people to apply evidence to.

[survivaltricks]

[a breath, and he forces himself to relax, hand dropping to his lap]

Yeah. And at this point, we should really use anything we have on us to help us figure things out.

[looking over at Ash again]

Do you have an item that can do that?

[voidbreaker]

Wouldn't it be amazing if I did? But no.

[ alas. ]

[survivaltricks]

[a tiny huff]

Just wishful thinking, then.

[voidbreaker]

Where's the person out there who can wish one helpful item into existence a week?

[survivaltricks]

Taking a vacation, probably.

[oh. this reminds him]

I asked Winter about the crayons last night.

[voidbreaker]

Fuck them in particular.

[ not to mince words. ]

... Oh? What's the story there then?

[survivaltricks]

They really did just name themselves after crayons because they felt like it.

[HE IS DYING]

[voidbreaker]

[ there's just a snort and then ash doubles over, laughing. ]

I'm gonna call them every other damn crayon in the box.

[survivaltricks]

You should. Winter absolutely deserves to be called "Mummy's Tomb."

[voidbreaker]

If they try to beat me up over it, I'm throwing you under the bus.

[survivaltricks]

I'll happily take the blame. They don't scare me.