No, it wasn't, but I was hoping for-- more points of comparison, at the least, rather than something as decisive as we already seemed to have. I think there should be something to the numbers, but we just don't have enough information to work from yet.
Maybe not. I need to consult Sagihara about his results from last week, and see if there might be a link to being-- pulled away, somewhere. It could explain Claude's, if so. But I know it isn't choosing the correct task, because I chose the same as someone else from my dorm and still ended up with one more than they did.
I do have to wonder if they gain any for getting away with it.
I had five, counting one extra credit, the task, the debate, and speaking with Chad-- then the last one that may be for a correct vote, unconfirmed. If that's not it then I don't know what to tell you about how it could have happened, there's nothing I can think of that I did differently.
If she did turn in two extra credit and had one potential extra, that would still only be six even if she did everything else.
Possible some extra credits are worth more, the cruel ones? But. . . I don't know.
I think the likelihood of us solving anything definitively this way must be slim. You had Byleth, Leo had Otome, but. . . I could see either of those being involved, but would stake nothing on it. Still, Rupert shows that following the vouchers is a worthwhile exercise.
[He pauses for a second.]
One thing to note . . . I was wrong. Rupert killed Bradley. So your theory about Caiman may not be wrong.
[-oh. she looks surprised at that, for a few moments, before she just. reaches up to rub at her face. fuck.]
... I had a feeling it was Bradley, when I brought Caiman up, but-- damn it.
[she wouldn't mind being wrong if that at least meant they had some idea of what happened to him. fuck! but after a moment she exhales, composes herself.]
...as for the numbers, I think it can't be too straightforward, or else it'd be easy for us to just have several people spread some votes out over multiple suspects and try to get a hit. But it can't be-- I don't think it's entirely impossible. Following them does help, though, and I'm wondering if we can buy information, then whether it might be worth asking if we can get a better idea about that.
[if nothing else-- maybe it would help them out in odd cases like ichinose.]
I guess that's mainly a question of whether that's more important than anything else we're working on, which-- maybe later.
Mm. Following them seems to be worthwhile, but maybe doing it during trial is a mistake, I feel I wasted time.
[Anyway. As for Caiman.]
He is certainly capable of murder, even without compulsion. I viewed him as a threat to me at first. But we all have suspect things we have done. [. . .] I admit I have a little sympathy for him, because he has been treated badly by magic users and he has clearly had his memories tampered with, and to me these are ugly things. But I wouldn't rule him out or refuse to pursue him.
I only, uhm. Worried, that with the little time we had left. . . some will have prejudices against a person who looks and acts like he does, and will find it easier to vote for someone like that than someone like Rupert.
He hasn't seemed to me like he would want to just-- murder someone, here. That didn't exactly factor in. But I don't doubt that you're right about how others might think.
[her brow furrows when he mentions the mistreatment and tampering with his memories, though, a little troubled.]
The timing was not great, I'm well aware of that, and I doubted enough others would take a less concrete suspect with Rupert right there. Mostly I just hoped that if it was right, there would be enough to work with after the fact. If he's already been through those things, though, then to be involved here...
[new ways to dislike this place every day, honestly.]
I have a bit of an idea to test your theory, at least. I think I can, if not clear him, provide a piece of evidence that shows he's unlikely to have been the culprit. Give me a couple of days.
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[Though he'll let her sit without protest, making room.]
These things are difficult. Maybe minutes to go isn't the right way, though.
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I don't think many people suspected Rupert. Maybe there weren't many vouchers given for voting correctly.
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I do have to wonder if they gain any for getting away with it.
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If she did turn in two extra credit and had one potential extra, that would still only be six even if she did everything else.
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I think the likelihood of us solving anything definitively this way must be slim. You had Byleth, Leo had Otome, but. . . I could see either of those being involved, but would stake nothing on it. Still, Rupert shows that following the vouchers is a worthwhile exercise.
[He pauses for a second.]
One thing to note . . . I was wrong. Rupert killed Bradley. So your theory about Caiman may not be wrong.
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... I had a feeling it was Bradley, when I brought Caiman up, but-- damn it.
[she wouldn't mind being wrong if that at least meant they had some idea of what happened to him. fuck! but after a moment she exhales, composes herself.]
...as for the numbers, I think it can't be too straightforward, or else it'd be easy for us to just have several people spread some votes out over multiple suspects and try to get a hit. But it can't be-- I don't think it's entirely impossible. Following them does help, though, and I'm wondering if we can buy information, then whether it might be worth asking if we can get a better idea about that.
[if nothing else-- maybe it would help them out in odd cases like ichinose.]
I guess that's mainly a question of whether that's more important than anything else we're working on, which-- maybe later.
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[Anyway. As for Caiman.]
He is certainly capable of murder, even without compulsion. I viewed him as a threat to me at first. But we all have suspect things we have done. [. . .] I admit I have a little sympathy for him, because he has been treated badly by magic users and he has clearly had his memories tampered with, and to me these are ugly things. But I wouldn't rule him out or refuse to pursue him.
I only, uhm. Worried, that with the little time we had left. . . some will have prejudices against a person who looks and acts like he does, and will find it easier to vote for someone like that than someone like Rupert.
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[her brow furrows when he mentions the mistreatment and tampering with his memories, though, a little troubled.]
The timing was not great, I'm well aware of that, and I doubted enough others would take a less concrete suspect with Rupert right there. Mostly I just hoped that if it was right, there would be enough to work with after the fact. If he's already been through those things, though, then to be involved here...
[new ways to dislike this place every day, honestly.]
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[if she's wrong, then she's wrong, and there's time to consider other likely options.]