shiftingwinds | [7rings] catchall for mineo

[good for her.

mineo's just going to be wandering in at some point and he's just going to.... head over to the bar. and he's going to order up one whole glass of water.]

Shi-san.

[quietly, tiredly]

Have some.

[

she sulks a little bit sips at the water.]

...we messed up. Again.

[ . . . . he nods.]

.... yeah.

Yeah, we did.

[two victims and they still got -

nowhere.]

I don't even know where we went wrong.

[sips at the water some more...]

And tomorrow...

[ . . . ]

Probably when we couldn't even get to suspects.

[and he. wonders how he's supposed to feel about that. but he'll just watch her water intake]

.... tomorrow, someone's gonna pay for our mistakes again.

Our mistakes and the killer's choices.

[she grips her glass of water tightly]

This is wrong. It's wrong.

[ . . . he nods.

and puts his hand over hers.]

... yeah.

[ . . . ]

Were you so sad... that you needed to reach for a drink?

...angry, mostly. I can't figure out where we went wrong.

[and she was giving herself a headache thinking about it.

so she's trying to make it so she can't think!]

[ . . . he sighs a little.]

.... lack of suspects, I think.

Maybe... we could've been more thorough with checking for injuries...?

[but even then

he's not sure]

Nothing seemed to fit the sort of injuries we'd have expected to see from the crime scenes, though.

...maybe we should have taken a closer look at those of us who weren't injured.

... aren't you part of that number, Shi-san?

Are you trying to confess something to me?

What?

[she looks surprised at the idea]

No... not at all. But it would hardly be right to say "we should have looked at everyone but me," I think. I know I didn't do anything, but it's only fair to consider everyone who it could have fit.

[he nods]

Yeah... It makes sense.

I just wonder if you'd just want to confess if you could - once it was safe to. [without the fear of death looming

he shakes his head]

I wasn't trying to say I actually suspected you.

I think it's important for people to take responsibility for the things they do. [...] Certainly, I'd rather people know about it sooner rather than later, if I had done something.

[looming fear of death, nothing. especially if they had no suspects, and it was either her or someone innocent...

she sighs.]

This is all a mess, isn't it.

[ . . . . he nods.]

... yeah. It is. Nothing about the system's fair, and it felt like we didn't get anywhere today. But...

I guess we can check for people with no injuries - to be honest, I think I'm gonna try the pod out myself to see if I can isolate which injuries I want healed.

That's not a bad idea - getting a better understanding of exactly how those things work can only help us in the future.

[he nods]

Yeah. I think we got some help from Starphase-san and Harrow-san but... Really, we need way more complete information than what we've got.

I'd considered using it for my hangover on Tuesday, but I wasn't sure if that would count as an "injury".

But, well, if either of us ends up injured later, we can try it then.

I'll probably just try giving myself a small cut and going from there. White-kun'll probably be down to punch me in the stomach, or I can let Takeru try.

...

Why are so many people here eager to hurt themselves "for science".

[god i hate you]

I'm sturdy, so I can take it!

[WHY]

That doesn't mean you should have to hurt yourself...

[AWFUL]

It wouldn't be without a reason... and it'd just end up healed anyway.

So it's alright, Shi-san. I'd rather it be me anyway. Thanks for worrying over it - it's nice of you.

[AND THEN WE SHOVE HER IN A POD THE NEXT DAY FOR HER BROKEN EVERYTHING HELLO]

[SHE CAN AT LEAST? REPORT THE RESULTS OF THAT? HAHA!]

So stubborn... I'm not going to be able to stop you, am I. I wonder if this is how Ming-xiong feels when I get an idea he advises me against.

Yeah.... I've been told being stubborn's my only good trait.

[it's not even that good]

Ming-xiong - is that... Ming Yi...? You have different ways of referring to each other?

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