Yamato

[katzepaw]

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[ghoststrums]

... She always said how much she wanted to help everyone and get us all out. I don't think she was lying about that.

[katzepaw]

No. I don't think so, either.

[ghoststrums]

So I can't imagine she'd sacrifice people for others. But I don't... I can't make it fit.

[ the information they did get. it wasn't worth it, but if they don't do anything with it, that's even worse, isn't it? ]

[katzepaw]

If they know the daycare is safe, that they can save everyone in the end, perhaps. But clearly it was quite painful for them. For Otome and Byleth both.

[A. . . very ugly thought occurs to him.]

You know. . . a theme in all of these field trips has been people we know from home, held hostage.

[ghoststrums]

[ something in him seizes for a second before he calms himself ]

... But would they be so relieved to get caught if that was the case? If it endangered the people they were trying to save in the first place.

[katzepaw]

Perhaps not. I had thought they were being forced to follow orders of some kind, and they had hoped getting caught would relieve them of the burden?

[ghoststrums]

I thought it was something like that too, but now...

[ now it's weird! now it's weird and confusing ]

If it work the same as Rita and I, then there's a Dorm Head in charge of them. Iris oversees us.

[katzepaw]

Iris does?

[Something was said about that, but he hadn't really focused on it at the time.]

. . . So it is not tethered to membership in any dorm, yes?

[ghoststrums]

No. Rita's with Spring, so... Trying to pinpoint who else could have these is kind of a shot in the dark, but we know all the Dorm Heads are overlooking at least one "activity".

[ "what are they" please he doesnt know shit ]

[katzepaw]

. . . Ah. So then there is likely a dorm head who is overlooking the activity of murder, as well.

[ghoststrums]

Yeah. I don't... I think it might be Hugo-- not out of any personal bias, but I think if Annie or Luke had been the ones who knew their rules, they might have... tried to stop Yanagiya-san.

[katzepaw]

I've talked to Annie and Riku about it - they both seemed as genuinely shocked about the rule as Otome was.

[ghoststrums]

[ wow pretend i wrote fucking riku up there ]

Right. If they had any inkling this could've happened...

[katzepaw]

[I was pretending because it's a mistake I make constantly.]

. . . They would have stopped it, yes. But I don't know that whoever was giving Otome her instructions knew this would be the consequence, either.

[ghoststrums]

No. No, they definitely didn't know that much. That's not what I'm saying. Just... they might have been more hesitant.

[katzepaw]

Ah. Maybe so. It's hard to say.

You haven't found anyone else with a special ability like yours?

[ghoststrums]

[ he looks away with a kind of tired feeling ]

Not outside the murder one.

[ s'been fun. ]

[katzepaw]

You and Rita can each tell one other person a week?

[ghoststrums]

No. We can tell one person a week total. So we try to be careful about the timing of it, too.

[ imagine telling someone and then they die on friday or sunday. useless ]

[katzepaw]

Ah. So Taichi, Beauregard, and I are the only ones who know? No wonder it is hard for you to find anyone else.

[ghoststrums]

... We're figuring it out.

[ it's hard to not feel a little defensive, because they are trying, it's just. unfortunate. ]

[katzepaw]

I know.

[He meant it sympathetically - if they can only tell that few people, the odds of finding someone else. . . ]

May I ask you something? The footprints from last week, that were alongside Byleth. Do you have any understanding of the cause of that?

[ghoststrums]

[ ... ]

Don't... tell Beau. But there's more than one reason we made her wait to tell you. We had to check. Whether those footsteps were you or Luxanna. That's also why I didn't want her to...

[ if byleth's partner had been caleb, there's no way yamato could've let beau try it, but he was strong armed ]

[katzepaw]

[A small laugh, fairly relieved. And a little fond, too.]

Good. You were right to check. And. . . I apologize for calling you stubborn. You are right; I wouldn't want her involved with that.

[But some worry comes back, then.]

And you have also cleared Taichi, it appears? So they must be Luxanna's.

[ghoststrums]

[ there's a small quirk of his lips ]

I'm a little stubborn. [ but the smile doesn't last as he sighs a little, something almost heartbroken there ] We checked Lux. The way she was acting, and the things she was saying last weekend... it made her the most obvious possibility. [ ... ] She didn't exactly make it too subtle this weekend, either.

But she came back positive on both an additional activity and a kill.