To be fair, we usually had some unexplained evidence or timeline gaps still left at the end of the other trials too. There were still blanks we had to ask the culprits to fill in for us after the fact.
It's just unfortunate that in this case all the leftovers were the things that would have pointed to someone else.
There's was normally enough we could guess, or assume what happened. Wrongly or rightly.
[ he sighs. ]
Yeah, would've been covenient if we'd figured that out. For Tuuri's sake, if nothing else -- although I am surprised we went this long without fucking up.
[ he's wandering over to another part of the gift shop and digging through the shelves almost absently. ]
No matter how close the calls were, we always managed to pull it off in the eleventh hour... or, well, ninth hour, as it were. Probably made everyone a little too complacent.
… It’s impressive actually. Not great, because it bit us pretty hard this time, but—
[ he pulls out what looks like a little plush of tuuri from the shelves and frowns at it. rude. ]
— it takes days normally, and that’s with whole teams of people and individual investigators all piling their resources to figure out a crime. Logically it is going to be easier when the killer is one of a set group of people and can’t literally remove themselves from the situation, but still. Nine hours is no time to figure out someone’s death.
Yeah. It’s… the basics are the same? But sped up and whittled down. I get what they were going for, given we basically kicked off a bunch of murders they were’t expecting.
[ hm. ]
Maybe I should. You know they have one of pretty much everyone here? [ he rummages again and pulls out a little cosmopolitan plush. ] See?
Not necessarily all at once, I don't think! It may be they put a few different ones out each night when they refresh their stock. I didn't see this one of me before when I was grabbing the ones I have back in my room, in any case... though I suppose maybe I just wasn't looking hard enough.
Maybe they're messing with you on purpose. This place saw a collector and decided to make you work for it.
[ he puts nameless and the little dog plush down so he has two free hands for further plush hunting. ] Which ones are you looking for the most then? Or are you just grabbing whatever seems the most interesting at the time?
Maybe we can make him his own little #1 sash if he doesn't already come with one...
[ but YEAH ]
I don't know! Blue and Malibu? They're into fashion, they'd probably hook him up if he asked. Where does he even keep all his outfits, the closets here are pathetic.
Oh, I'm sure they're involved. They always seem to have some sort of accessory or new addition to even their work outfits, I bet they have access to some kind of secret fashion hoard. Kuranosuke made it pretty clear that was his thing from the get-go, so... [ he shrugs. ]
... Secret closet? All we've really had so far has been weird party costumes, until Able's showed up the other week.
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To be fair, we usually had some unexplained evidence or timeline gaps still left at the end of the other trials too. There were still blanks we had to ask the culprits to fill in for us after the fact.
It's just unfortunate that in this case all the leftovers were the things that would have pointed to someone else.
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[ he sighs. ]
Yeah, would've been covenient if we'd figured that out. For Tuuri's sake, if nothing else -- although I am surprised we went this long without fucking up.
[ he's wandering over to another part of the gift shop and digging through the shelves almost absently. ]
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[ he pulls out what looks like a little plush of tuuri from the shelves and frowns at it. rude. ]
— it takes days normally, and that’s with whole teams of people and individual investigators all piling their resources to figure out a crime. Logically it is going to be easier when the killer is one of a set group of people and can’t literally remove themselves from the situation, but still. Nine hours is no time to figure out someone’s death.
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[ glancing over at the plush ]
...Going to take that and put it with the others at that makeshift memorial?
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Yeah. It’s… the basics are the same? But sped up and whittled down. I get what they were going for, given we basically kicked off a bunch of murders they were’t expecting.
[ hm. ]
Maybe I should. You know they have one of pretty much everyone here? [ he rummages again and pulls out a little cosmopolitan plush. ] See?
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[ comes over and pats the cosmo plush on the head before looking through the shelves himself. ]
Though I'm a fan of plush toys in general.
[ as date probably knows after seeing his room. ]
I should see if I can collect a full set of our whole little group, actually.
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Really? I wouldn't have guessed.
[ he's back in the pile looking for others now. ] Who do you already have?
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[ what a collection.
upon digging a little, he spots some long white ears back behind a few other plushes and grabs onto them to pull it out. ]
Ah, here you go!
[ holds out a familiar dog. ]
A second friend to keep you company in your empty room.
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[ he should've squeezed cosmo. so tiny, so angry. ]
Hm--?
[ oh. hang on. ]
Wait-- [ he remembers that photo from the beek poll a few weeks back. ] They have a plush of dog-you?
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[ it's precious. ]
Apparently! Adorable, right?
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[ is it scaramoose if he's not growling at people? ]
... [ hmmmm. he turns the little dog plush over and then squeezes it. it growls. ]
Sure. Very cute. [ he points the plush at mephisto and gives it another squeeze. it growls again. ]
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[ he doesn't even mean that in a weird way, he's just a very cute dog. ]
Have you found one of yourself yet?
[ I'M JUST IMAGINING THERE'S A FUCKING FALCO PLUSH RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM and date's just like man i haven't where could it be ]
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Not yet. I’ve come across a lot of the demons, and some other random ones. Buuut I think I must be a rare edition or something.
[ ✨ special ✨ ]
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[ starts looking, completely bypassing falco, who the fuck is that ]
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… [ why does he have the urge to find his plushie before mephisto? and run? ] Now I feel like a commodity.
[ grumble. ] — oh hey. [ he found nameless. ]
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[ and isn't that what matters. ]
Also cute! Some of us translate better to this style than others.
Do you want to hold on to that one?
[ along with your dog that you are definitely taking with you ]
It's not as fun if I get the whole collection thing done in a day anyway.
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… Yeah, I think I will. [ little nameless… :( ]
It’s not like you have to go hunting far for them though — if they exist they’re gonna be here.
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Maybe they're messing with you on purpose. This place saw a collector and decided to make you work for it.
[ he puts nameless and the little dog plush down so he has two free hands for further plush hunting. ] Which ones are you looking for the most then? Or are you just grabbing whatever seems the most interesting at the time?
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[ a little desk muppet... ]
You think they have different Kuranosuke versions with different wigs?
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[ he's just a lil guy!! ]
If they have any marketing sense they will. That'd be a whole series in and of itself, where does he get half those wigs from?
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I don't know! Blue and Malibu? They're into fashion, they'd probably hook him up if he asked. Where does he even keep all his outfits, the closets here are pathetic.
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[ this is so important. ]
Oh, I'm sure they're involved. They always seem to have some sort of accessory or new addition to even their work outfits, I bet they have access to some kind of secret fashion hoard. Kuranosuke made it pretty clear that was his thing from the get-go, so... [ he shrugs. ]
... Secret closet? All we've really had so far has been weird party costumes, until Able's showed up the other week.
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[ ...
he pauses and leans in, lowering his voice. ]
Hey, you want to know a secret?
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