[catch all for belph]

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-- he's not my ex??

[WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP SAYING THAT??]

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Right, right.

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Why does. . . why does everyone keep thinking he is?

[Belph isn't even the FIRST]

[axilium]

Well, if nothing else, it's clear you two have some pretty heavy emotional baggage.

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Thaaaaat's putting it mildly.

[yeah okay he won't. deny that one]

I don't know if that's really him or if something is just messing with me, though.

[axilium]

Wouldn't be surprised if it's the latter. Though if he does show up tomorrow by some chance, there's your opportunity to punch him.

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I hope it's the latter.

[clenches his hands into fists]

. . . but I won't let anyone else touch a hair on his head if it isn't.

[axilium]

This is maybe why people think you have something going on, for the record.

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. . . ha ha.

[SO DRY]

[axilium]

There are worse fates, probably.

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Yeah, probably.

[and super casually]

I guess we did kiss a little bit, but that was-- [waggles. a hand]

[axilium]

Sorry, what?

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So anyway, did you find anything out of the ordinary while looking around the camp?

[because he didn't get to do a mini-investigation this week]

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No, Akechi's Ex, I can't say I did.

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[casually flips him off]

Damn. . . though the brunt of the investigations took place on Saturdays, sometimes some of us would find things on Friday. Small splashes of blood, or a glint of something lying in the lake-- stuff like that.

They'd give us a springboard for starting our investigations on Saturday, but that evidence is only visible to a select few people.

[axilium]

I know some people found stuff in the mess hall. Your friend—UMP45?—was one of 'em.

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Ah. . . good.

[his mouth twitches a bit, pleased to hear that]

She's usually on top of things like that. I'll try talking to her later.

[axilium]

That's the only one I've heard of so far, unfortunately. Or fortunately, if it turns out that's our only scene, but that might be too much to hope for.

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[there's only one corpse (that they know of) so. . .???]

I'll let you know if I hear anything from anyone else.

But it'll all come out at trial tomorrow, anyway.

[axilium]

Time to see how a bunch of veterans handle things a second time around, I guess.

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[just]

[in the most deadpan tone he can manage]

We are going to completely mess it up.

[axilium]

Probably!

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[. . .]

Do you think the directors are responsible for this?

Do you think those three voices belong to the directors?

[axilium]

The petty, spiteful part of me wants to say yes, but if we want to think about this logically...

[he holds his hands out, palms upwards, and shrugs.]

It's possible they were sincere and something hijacked the camp. Maybe they're hiding because they don't want to face us; maybe they can't come out for some reason. It's possible that it has something to do with Mask Guy yesterday—but that would make those three complicit, since I spoke to Winter Wizard and they made it pretty clear they knew who or what Mask Guy was. It's possible they were lying all along.

We really have don't have many indications either way, though at the very least, I'm pretty sure us being here was always less innocent than they suggested. Winter Wizard was dodgy about my questions yesterday, and they didn't deny it when I pointed out that that was a sign of them hiding something important or having ulterior motives.

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[lol. . . lol]

I didn't get a chance to ask any of them about the mask guy. What did they say about them, specifically?