Yamato

[katzepaw]

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week 1, saturday

[ghoststrums]

[ gently puts this after their ? collective manwol visit? i guess? or before? whichever will make the most sense later on in this pc, it's fine, they're in the dorm ]

So what the hell did we miss?

[ he looks ready to punch a wall but isn't, like a big boy ]

[katzepaw]

[What a big boy he is. Good job. Caleb for his part just seems a little cold and withdrawn.]

I don't think we were wrong to look at the list of footprints, nor to suspect a child and adult working together. No concrete thoughts, but. . .

I think we were finished once she volunteered. We are being asked to make ugly choices, and people will find a way to make them more bearable.

[ghoststrums]

[ he snarls a little, which caleb absolutely does not deserve ]

There's nothing bearable about this! [ then he loses his big boy status by actually punching a wall of the dorm and swearing ]

[katzepaw]

[He doesn't really react to being snarled at, or the punching. Just sort of stands there and blinks at him, like he's waiting for him to be finished.]

I didn't say I wanted a bearable choice. But you and I know a little more about her than some, don't we?

[ghoststrums]

I know. I know, but I...

[ he kind of deflates and shoves his hand in his pocket, clearly clutching something there ]

Maybe if I'd gotten that stupid hint earlier...

[katzepaw]

I don't think it would have changed anything. We, uhm. Hmm. [It was literally. . . a wild goose chase.] We became distracted with theories for the geese that I don't think made sense.

[ghoststrums]

[ it sure was and he makes a face ]

Yeah, but maybe if we had more time... [ tsks, loudly ] But that's true for everything. How the hell are we meant to figure it all out in nine hours? [ he scrubs at his face a little with his free hand ] I don't have any idea who it could've been for real.

[katzepaw]

I don't know, either. I wonder whether or not we're meant to fail - it may not truly matter to whoever set this tradition whether we catch a culprit, so long as there is a person to be expelled.

[ghoststrums]

We get points for getting it right, don't we? I heard that. So... probably it doesn't matter to them, it's just meant as an incentive for us.