[Estelle's out in the courtyard, staring off into space. Her face is a little pale, and her eyes are reddish -- likely from crying. It seems that she's calm now, though.
It takes several moments for her to notice Cloud.]
... I know it's hard. Kazunari wasn't himself when he did it. But... we didn't solve the other ones. If we didn't get him, then we might have voted for someone completely innocent again.
[ he puts a hand on her shoulder ]
It's not a good outcome, but I don't think there was one either.
He said there was a notebook... They think it's from Aquarius. It talked about infiltrating, researching... losing their name. I think they assume it's from Aquarius because it talks about all of the other staff.
It mentioned a wedding, and meeting the boss... and that they'll have to "hang back and watch us rip each other apart."
... So something from before the start of this. [ he frowns in thought ] I'll see what I can read. People will draw their own conclusions no matter what, but I wouldn't be so certain their first guess is the right one. Usually wasn't in the Realm.
That was one of them. [ rip to fox, who truly suffered everyone assuming he was evil ] We didn't know we'd gone for multiple rounds, so some stuff didn't make sense at all in those notes. Context helps.
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Week 3, Saturday
It takes several moments for her to notice Cloud.]
... Oh, Cloud.
I... We did the best we could, right?
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... We did better than last week. [ so it's something? ] You okay?
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I wanted to be more helpful, but now I kind of... wish we hadn't solved it at all...
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[ he puts a hand on her shoulder ]
It's not a good outcome, but I don't think there was one either.
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You're right... There won't be a good outcome until we make one.
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I will. I don't know how, exactly, but... I'm not ready to give up.
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although...]
... I think Sheila's group found something on Thursday. I didn't get to see the full text, but... maybe there's something there. A place to start.
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I'll see if they've got anything useful.
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If you're able to get the details, let me know, okay?
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It mentioned a wedding, and meeting the boss... and that they'll have to "hang back and watch us rip each other apart."
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In his previous "game," some notes seemed to point to a traitor, but there wasn't actually one... Is that what you mean?
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I don't know if your group found anything on your expedition, but what mine found was... definitely not helpful.
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[... There's a lot of hesitation before she pulls out her copy and shows it.]
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he covers his face ]
... I don't know if that's better or worse than the unsolvable hangman that group found.
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