Well, that shit's in the past now. It would've been bad if that's how it happened since I don't think we'd be here otherwise. [ Said lightly enough, as he turns a M*nopoly bill in his fingers. Flimsy little thing. ]
At least if it was you and Satoru both, that's two peopl who'd give me a reason to listen and follow along with trials.
[ It looks like Gojou is just cuddly and happy is all, but that might not look that different to most people. ]
Yeah... It'd be nice if Law was there with me, but most likely I would have died in his place.
[ Gojou goes uhhhhhh and looks at how many they're getting. oh, that's a lot, maybe he should cash out? He just waves his hand to Steven meaning A LOT. They're being given a lot of paper. ]
[Meanwhile Omi looks as calm and content as anybody here has ever seen him. Which is definitely a switch, even if he's very good at pretending he's perfectly fine.
He looks between Law and Gojou for a moment... and decides to move on. Omi was not available for that trial.]
[ He accepts this perch! Leaning back a little into it, and patting Law on the shoulder. ]
You don't have to if you don't to, but since we're all here, we might as well get some bitching out if you feel like it. [ TBH. But he also thumbs up a little at Gojou and his fat stacks. Let him know if you want to tap out, he'll switch in. ]
Good thing that didn't have to happen. I don't think it would have ever felt right.
[ which is all that law will talk about it. omi doesn't need to know about how close he was to getting gojou to meet him in the raveyard and not law. that said he'll chuckle at steven's comment. ]
Confide? I think you mean gossip.
[ he'll laugh softly at that. can't say that he has been in a situation like this before. ]
Of those who have yet to die: Yuel, White, Mineo whenever the subject of sex is involved, and Shelia. [ a beat. ] For the dead: Kaz
You know, I wouldn't have been that bothered if you did. More bothered that everyone would be stupid enough to think I killed Douman—but they kind of did worse and thought I killed Omi?
[ Okay, Steven. He will tap out with you with a high five and move off the seat, but still close to Omi. Poor Omi, having to hear this here cause he's like squinty at them. ]
Omi used family-friendly words while Steven just said it as it is! [ NO WORRIES. ] Yuel always came off as airheaded and so did White... Same with Mineo, too, and Sheila just went full mean girl in this place.
We were dead, Satoru. I think I'm perfectly justified in no longer being family-friendly. [ He will accept that high-five though, and swaps with Gojou smoothly to sit down. He won't cheat his way out of this game (yet...?), but his immense talent is bluffing and calling out bluffs. He idly looks down at his moderate hand and shows nothing. ]
And I thought Fukuda getting the blame for my murder was ridiculous enough, though I do have to admit that he had it coming with his argument stance if I'm hearing things right about how it went down.
There's people I acknowledge as being airheaded by default, like Yuel, yeah. White's stupid and Mineo's young and short-sighted, but if they tried I think they could've gotten things done. And that's among people who tried.
[ he's shuffling towards steven after he moves because pda gomis....what does he do with that. it's probably not necessary to point that out? but law is totally pointing that out because its important. ]
And to their credit, I misunderstood some of the findings of your autopsy— [ still feels bad that i, naru, botched that up. ] ...if it was a bit more clear that it was a shovel sooner and the set up didn't seem so obviously done...
[ they might have caught the actual cannibal but still not steven's actual murderer. it was really a no win for him. ]
For the others, they were just willfully ignorant about things.
They thought it was weird that I didn't stay with you in the kitchen.
[ Which, like, he couldn't really explain. He won't touch the dead part because they can think about more details tomorrow. He nuzzles back!! And huddles closer to Omi. This is their state of being. ]
The trials are super weird and we were getting used to it... If we had more time, I think we would have eventually got it. However, Tamotsu was was weird choice since—you guys were on good terms, weren't you?
I wouldn't say we were on good terms, but we certainly weren't in bad relations. He insisted we were detective partners, even though I informed him I don't exactly have law enforcement training.
[ Fold. New cards. He tilts his head at Law's presence, you can come closer if you want to. He doesn't mind (care) about Satoru and Omi's PDA, if Steven can ignore Leo and Zapp's PD"A" (public displays of arguments), he is verily unbothered by these two since he actually likes this pair. ] Of course, people can lie, but Fukuda isn't very good at that.
[ I'm crying how did you not know it was the shovel, it was presented first thing as having gone missing and Steven's face was bashed in with lacerations... ]
The trial before that with two people, and the trial after that with three people again were all equally as ridiculous. With the amount of people that we had, it should've been easy to split resources and have a functioning team working each murder at the same time... but that didn't happen.
[ STOP THE MOD FLAVOR TEXT MADE IT SEEM NOT QUITE SHOVEL SHAPED AND THEN THE CHAPEL WAS STILL ON-GOING....... anyway. yes, law will walk till he's standing behind steven to make looking at his cards less obvious. does law know how to gamble???? i don't know, probably.
countdown till someone starts card counting. ]
I can't weigh in. I didn't contribute to the first or second trials that we went to before you were killed. [ some of law's worse qualities. he really did not care until someone who he cared was killed so. pensive. ] Then, of course, the trial after that I confessed.
[ law will snag himself a finger food that floats by him. he still doesn't need to eat but it's something to do. ]
It's always easier to talk about things like this in retrospect, though.
[ Gojou is watching and he’s already card counting. I like how Mira is like Dare Perceive Gomi. ]
That’s enough to be considered on good terms. You only need to be nice to him a little bit and he most likely won’t hurt you. Tamotsu would also need to surprise you for an upfront assault in that manner and he isn’t that physically strong. Vlad looks pretty top heavy in comparison.
[ He hums. ]
Even with the amount of people, there could only be a limited amount of investigations going on... But, yeah, I agree. We could have had checks going out earlier? Cross reference with investigation findings once teams return. Then the double checking evidence tip.
I also didn’t do much. I’m used to being more of a bystander for regular human affairs. Only stepped up when people... Stopped.
[Omi knew this about Fukuda and thus even when they both got pulled into execution... he just let him talk, instead of ending it quickly. Unfortunately for everybody who was watching. But he also doesn't want to think about that execution because it was a terrible time.
He has nothing to say about most of this.]
It was usually two investigations at a time, wasn't it?
[ Steven just waves the hand he has a bit up at Law, looking up at him with the smallest wry smile. He's got a four of a kind, but does that mean anything to him? ]
I'd say without a doubt I could take Fukuda on in a fight. Vlad, too, since even though he is top-heavy, I'm an experienced combatant and I don't think he is. Moot point, though, since he used a special pain paralysis power on me that made it hard for me to fight back.
At the very least, if you're going to try in the trials, then be smarter about it is my thoughts. If you're not there to solve anything, then say so from the start and stay out of any meddling.
[ law will sneak a peek at steven's hand and makes not obvious sign that he's pleased with it. poker face 'n all! ]
Childe got Lenore with that exact same ability. [ then law thinks of the last trial and he clicks his tongue because he didn't bother to stick around and watch for too long when it became so obvious that they were only going to solve things half-assed ] If I had anything to say then it would be productive.
[ like gojou said, they could have used the time in any other way and law tries not to get to worked up about it. he hadn't said anything because there wasn't a reason for it—there were better things to concern himself with but now? in this space?? ]
What was the purpose of the last trial? If enough people knew and weren't going to bother voting... [ he grumbles a final time before glaring at steven's hand. ] The bullshit that Primrose said about taking responsibility was great to listen to.
[ as far as anyone should be concerned, law was the only one who agreed to be held responsible for his crimes. ]
[ y'all are gay. But Gojou is also like cuddled with Omi, so it's whatever. ]
I remember they thought I poisoned Lenore because of that.
[ hahahahaha. Anyway. Uhm. Gojou blinks slowly— ]
If I remember correctly, Harrowhark who's close to Mineo pointed out we shouldn't ignore the homage evidence, so the comment could have meant to guide us into talking about past murders. Not that it actually lead to much, no one tried to spearhead it.
[ ... ]
Which would be ridiculous to go back to, considering who the living murderers are. I whispered to Mineo saying I wonder if he's more similar to his friends now at the end. Though... Maybe I shouldn't be frustrated by the hypocrisy of everything since the first week we came here?
[It's fine, this is a safe space for gays. Also he's quietly perceiving Steven and Law. They're good together and they work together well. How different would it have been if they all made it to the end without dying?]
Why do people think you're killing your friends?
[He continues to hate it.]
It's fair to be frustrated, even with how things are here.
[Gojou lost so many friends, so quickly. And people weren't exactly hiding how biased they were.
Because they're stupid, and probably desperate to find anyone they can actually pin down for their crimes. Given the three weeks in a row where people failed to get the proper person, and Law didn't put up much of a fight to defend himself.
[ Steven's still not entirely happy about that, but it's a thing of the past. And they'd done a good job so far. ]
The last trial was bullshit for a lot of reasons. The Ken Rex McElroy style execution where nobody wanted to care, the damn bits and pieces of past trials... Mineo confessing like that was the right thing to do, but only when he was assured nobody would vote for him. I don't dislike the kid, but it was incredibly dishonest, and if those greatest hits were a hint to try to talk about past murders, it was also a stupid way to do it.
[ LOOK!!!! he gets that steven wasn't thrilled to see him and pride threw a fit but....... it worked out for the best??? ]
I didn't want to waste anyone's time chasing me around while Omi's murderer was set to be at large. Of course, at that time I didn't realize that Douman was the one who killed Omi.
Which is more decency than anyone else offered. [ "so and so is valid" are they tho? ] Yeah, as though the living murderers would even think to implicate themselves for any kind of moral upstanding. The only valid murder is the one where you kill a murderer?
[ cue law rolling his eye and leaning onto steven. ]
[ damn... Gojou did bitch about all of this to Greed, though not much from an emotional standpoint, instead logical. It's how he understands most things, how he tries to stretch his sympathy. Either way, he thought he was insane for a weekend to think things were fucked up with the living people. ]
Law is actually such a good guy? It makes everyone look like villains—except for Omi and Aoi.
[ And that's weird considering he knows Law would kill people if he wanted to. Not that Gojou is too different. ]
[Omi's an emotionally driven person. He just tries his best to keep himself open to other people's view points. But... It was hard to sympathize with most of the living as the weeks went on.]
I think Law's a great guy.
[What do you mean him and Aoi? Aoi's never killed anybody, Gojou.]
Well, he's the one who gave away the answer to surviving the execution, even though he absolutely didn't have to. [ Reaching up, he doesn't even need to see to pinch Law somewhere. Possibly around the cheek. ] Amidst other things.
Not to mention, he stuck around to try to find Omi's killer despite everything even when he owed the living nothing at all. [ It's doxxing hours. ] Compare that with the last trial, for example.
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At least if it was you and Satoru both, that's two peopl who'd give me a reason to listen and follow along with trials.
[ Haha. Then for Gojou: ]
How's your deal going? [ Are ya winnin', son? ]
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Yeah, asking a for an entire minute of attention for some people is a lot.
[ he will not name any kind of names or use examples but he will semi perch/lean on steven's shoulder. ]
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Yeah... It'd be nice if Law was there with me, but most likely I would have died in his place.
[ Gojou goes uhhhhhh and looks at how many they're getting. oh, that's a lot, maybe he should cash out? He just waves his hand to Steven meaning A LOT. They're being given a lot of paper. ]
Faces must have come to mind! Name them!
[ DOXX BAD FEELS. LET LAW BE IMPOLITE! ]
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He looks between Law and Gojou for a moment... and decides to move on. Omi was not available for that trial.]
You can confide in us, you know.
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You don't have to if you don't to, but since we're all here, we might as well get some bitching out if you feel like it. [ TBH. But he also thumbs up a little at Gojou and his fat stacks. Let him know if you want to tap out, he'll switch in. ]
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[ which is all that law will talk about it. omi doesn't need to know about how close he was to getting gojou to meet him in the raveyard and not law. that said he'll chuckle at steven's comment. ]
Confide? I think you mean gossip.
[ he'll laugh softly at that. can't say that he has been in a situation like this before. ]
Of those who have yet to die: Yuel, White, Mineo whenever the subject of sex is involved, and Shelia. [ a beat. ] For the dead: Kaz
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[ Okay, Steven. He will tap out with you with a high five and move off the seat, but still close to Omi. Poor Omi, having to hear this here cause he's like squinty at them. ]
Omi used family-friendly words while Steven just said it as it is! [ NO WORRIES. ] Yuel always came off as airheaded and so did White... Same with Mineo, too, and Sheila just went full mean girl in this place.
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[Ugh, no he just hates that people thought that for a single moment.
He'll cling a little harder, nuzzling his cheek against Gojou's.]
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And I thought Fukuda getting the blame for my murder was ridiculous enough, though I do have to admit that he had it coming with his argument stance if I'm hearing things right about how it went down.
There's people I acknowledge as being airheaded by default, like Yuel, yeah. White's stupid and Mineo's young and short-sighted, but if they tried I think they could've gotten things done. And that's among people who tried.
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[ he's shuffling towards steven after he moves because pda gomis....what does he do with that. it's probably not necessary to point that out? but law is totally pointing that out because its important. ]
And to their credit, I misunderstood some of the findings of your autopsy— [ still feels bad that i, naru, botched that up. ] ...if it was a bit more clear that it was a shovel sooner and the set up didn't seem so obviously done...
[ they might have caught the actual cannibal but still not steven's actual murderer. it was really a no win for him. ]
For the others, they were just willfully ignorant about things.
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[ Which, like, he couldn't really explain. He won't touch the dead part because they can think about more details tomorrow. He nuzzles back!! And huddles closer to Omi. This is their state of being. ]
The trials are super weird and we were getting used to it... If we had more time, I think we would have eventually got it. However, Tamotsu was was weird choice since—you guys were on good terms, weren't you?
[ Squints. ]
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See what happens.]
If you had plans already, I wasn't going to keep you from them.
That trial also had three cases in it. Nine hours was never going to be enough.
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[ Fold. New cards. He tilts his head at Law's presence, you can come closer if you want to. He doesn't mind (care) about Satoru and Omi's PDA, if Steven can ignore Leo and Zapp's PD"A" (public displays of arguments), he is verily unbothered by these two since he actually likes this pair. ] Of course, people can lie, but Fukuda isn't very good at that.
[ I'm crying how did you not know it was the shovel, it was presented first thing as having gone missing and Steven's face was bashed in with lacerations... ]
The trial before that with two people, and the trial after that with three people again were all equally as ridiculous. With the amount of people that we had, it should've been easy to split resources and have a functioning team working each murder at the same time... but that didn't happen.
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countdown till someone starts card counting. ]
I can't weigh in. I didn't contribute to the first or second trials that we went to before you were killed. [ some of law's worse qualities. he really did not care until someone who he cared was killed so. pensive. ] Then, of course, the trial after that I confessed.
[ law will snag himself a finger food that floats by him. he still doesn't need to eat but it's something to do. ]
It's always easier to talk about things like this in retrospect, though.
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That’s enough to be considered on good terms. You only need to be nice to him a little bit and he most likely won’t hurt you. Tamotsu would also need to surprise you for an upfront assault in that manner and he isn’t that physically strong. Vlad looks pretty top heavy in comparison.
[ He hums. ]
Even with the amount of people, there could only be a limited amount of investigations going on... But, yeah, I agree. We could have had checks going out earlier? Cross reference with investigation findings once teams return. Then the double checking evidence tip.
I also didn’t do much. I’m used to being more of a bystander for regular human affairs. Only stepped up when people... Stopped.
[ Last trial. ]
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He has nothing to say about most of this.]
It was usually two investigations at a time, wasn't it?
[Hums.]
Thank you for stepping up when you did.
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I'd say without a doubt I could take Fukuda on in a fight. Vlad, too, since even though he is top-heavy, I'm an experienced combatant and I don't think he is. Moot point, though, since he used a special pain paralysis power on me that made it hard for me to fight back.
At the very least, if you're going to try in the trials, then be smarter about it is my thoughts. If you're not there to solve anything, then say so from the start and stay out of any meddling.
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Childe got Lenore with that exact same ability. [ then law thinks of the last trial and he clicks his tongue because he didn't bother to stick around and watch for too long when it became so obvious that they were only going to solve things half-assed ] If I had anything to say then it would be productive.
[ like gojou said, they could have used the time in any other way and law tries not to get to worked up about it. he hadn't said anything because there wasn't a reason for it—there were better things to concern himself with but now? in this space?? ]
What was the purpose of the last trial? If enough people knew and weren't going to bother voting... [ he grumbles a final time before glaring at steven's hand. ] The bullshit that Primrose said about taking responsibility was great to listen to.
[ as far as anyone should be concerned, law was the only one who agreed to be held responsible for his crimes. ]
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I remember they thought I poisoned Lenore because of that.
[ hahahahaha. Anyway. Uhm. Gojou blinks slowly— ]
If I remember correctly, Harrowhark who's close to Mineo pointed out we shouldn't ignore the homage evidence, so the comment could have meant to guide us into talking about past murders. Not that it actually lead to much, no one tried to spearhead it.
[ ... ]
Which would be ridiculous to go back to, considering who the living murderers are. I whispered to Mineo saying I wonder if he's more similar to his friends now at the end. Though... Maybe I shouldn't be frustrated by the hypocrisy of everything since the first week we came here?
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Why do people think you're killing your friends?
[He continues to hate it.]
It's fair to be frustrated, even with how things are here.
[Gojou lost so many friends, so quickly. And people weren't exactly hiding how biased they were.
That's being human.]
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[ Steven's still not entirely happy about that, but it's a thing of the past. And they'd done a good job so far. ]
The last trial was bullshit for a lot of reasons. The Ken Rex McElroy style execution where nobody wanted to care, the damn bits and pieces of past trials... Mineo confessing like that was the right thing to do, but only when he was assured nobody would vote for him. I don't dislike the kid, but it was incredibly dishonest, and if those greatest hits were a hint to try to talk about past murders, it was also a stupid way to do it.
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I didn't want to waste anyone's time chasing me around while Omi's murderer was set to be at large. Of course, at that time I didn't realize that Douman was the one who killed Omi.
Which is more decency than anyone else offered. [ "so and so is valid" are they tho? ] Yeah, as though the living murderers would even think to implicate themselves for any kind of moral upstanding. The only valid murder is the one where you kill a murderer?
[ cue law rolling his eye and leaning onto steven. ]
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Law is actually such a good guy? It makes everyone look like villains—except for Omi and Aoi.
[ And that's weird considering he knows Law would kill people if he wanted to. Not that Gojou is too different. ]
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I think Law's a great guy.
[What do you mean him and Aoi? Aoi's never killed anybody, Gojou.]
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Not to mention, he stuck around to try to find Omi's killer despite everything even when he owed the living nothing at all. [ It's doxxing hours. ] Compare that with the last trial, for example.
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