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[skyagain]

manifesting me dying

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[skyagain]

He's a dumbass, but he means well. I doubt he'll make trouble for you guys in the future. Not on purpose, anyway.

[ just the general saying dumb things in trial, which he thinks everyone does at one point or another. ]

[outsidebones]

If I don't have to speak much to him, then I'm satisfied.

Speaking of, you and Estelle found a room last week?

[skyagain]

Don't know if I'd call it found so much as led to, but yeah. [ he looks at her curiously ] You get one of those keys too, or just hear about it?

[outsidebones]

I've heard about five of them. What did you find?

[skyagain]

Staff room, same as everyone else. Gemini. [ he tilts his head ] I don't think the details of what we found in them matters as much as the conclusion.

[outsidebones]

And the conclusion?

[skyagain]

Something I think you know already. About what the staff is presenting themselves as... and what the truth of that actually is.

[ it's pensive ]

Room matches until it doesn't.

[outsidebones]

...Quite. That is what was noticed in the other rooms I have heard of. Odd discrepancies.

[skyagain]

... And that's not the only thing where there's discrepancies. Considering Sheila had it-- you saw the journal, right?

[outsidebones]

Yes. That was odd to me.

What stood out to me is that I think they...don't know.

[skyagain]

... Don't know?

[outsidebones]

The way the journal described some of the others, what they're like.

[skyagain]

[ there's a pause and he nods ]

... Right. It sounds like that. But I think it's more complicated than that. [ a pause ] How often do you talk to Aquarius?

[outsidebones]

Not very often. Occasionally.

[skyagain]

Well... I'd say I talk to them a lot. And that journal seemed weird to me for... other reasons.

[outsidebones]

Ah. Hmm. I don't suppose you can elaborate.

[skyagain]

... It doesn't fit, the same way some of the stuff in those staff bedrooms didn't quite match everything.

[outsidebones]

Ah. I see.

Do you believe the letter to be sincere?

[skyagain]

I wasn't totally sure, but... I think so, now. I think every single one of these stupid scraps we've found are real. And I think they're not as simple as they seem.

[outsidebones]

...That sounds correct to me.

Perhaps we must try to solve the hangman.

[skyagain]

... I don't think so. The other person on the paper was arguing it's "not a real word". I don't think anything we can think of will fit. It's less about what's on them and more... who's actually responsible for these.

You see the notes Shinobu and the others got last week?

[outsidebones]

I believe so, yes. Shinobu showed me hers, and Rin showed me others in the same hand.

[skyagain]

Futaba has a third, but Tsurumaru's getting that one for me. [ i made francia do this. ] At first I thought... it might only be "Aquarius". [ with. finger quotes. ] Their journal, their little notes. But they're not exactly the religious type, and there's that one about praying.

If I think the journal doesn't fit who it has to fit by virtue of process of elimination, then... Who actually wrote that one? I thought maybe there was an extra. Sitting back, watching. But if it's all of them...

[ he crosses his arms ]

The staff... it's like they're all playing a role. And I couldn't figure out why, outside of messing with them. Adding difficulty to their job. But what if they're just the understudies? And they're filling in?

[ this actor metaphor is going to be SO FUNNY when harrow is like: what the fuck is an understudy ]

[outsidebones]

Those ones are written by Aquila, I believe. It makes sense - they drink together. They did the crossword together.

[but she squints.]

What is an understudy...?

[skyagain]

Sure. They "drink" together.

[ dubiously muttered, anyway; ]

It's... someone who steps in to take over for an actor when they're unable to play the part.