[ senri & ray are not okay ]

[usogi]

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[usogi]

I think I'll start trial with it, just because I'd like to know.... It'll look less suspicious if we ask everyone anyway. Or do you want me to only bring it up after you talk to her first?

[wow timing is hard]

I just don't like her. Now that I know you suspect her, I don't even feel bad about it.

[selfimmolates]

Wow, if I knew that all it took to get you to dislike someone was be a jerk to Takaomi, I would've done that weeks ago.

[anyway.]

Ideally, we'd get everyone to verbally confirm how many times they've switched before you reveal your method, so as to catch any liars. However, that's dependent on everyone being willing to give that info—truthfully or not—and I bet there'll be some resistance, especially since there'd be no excuse to enforce the survey.

So if you think that won't work out, we can jump right into revealing the coins, which people will have less room to refuse. [a pause.] What'll you do if someone claims to have lost theirs, though?

[usogi]

Call them stupid and make them go find it. Majima-san or Ishirin-san can escort them, if they want, but that's so dumb I don't even know where to start.

[that cOMING FROM SENRI OF ALL PEOPLE]

.... but I don't think we need to catch liars, do you? I think that'll make people more distrusting and irritated. Revealing that kind of thing... can really ostracize someone, if they aren't careful about it. They could get mad at me too, and I don't know if I want to deal with that....

[as someone who had his lie outed]

[selfimmolates]

The point is mainly that I want to catch Luna lying. Though I don't disagree that singling her out—without yet revealing that I suspect her of Fortune's death—might not go over well.

So all right. We can start with the coins right away.

[he smiles wryly.]

... In any case, it'll be good for me to confirm whether or not her coin shows only one switch. After all, I'm staking any credibility I have on my accusation.

[usogi]

.... it might not show only one. There's nothing to say that she couldn't have come from Disorder and then gone to Ruin last week, you know? But either way, her coin just can't be perfect - and as long as it isn't, then there's probably some merit to suspecting her.

[that's what he thinks anyway....]

I'll pretend like I don't know about your plan anyway.

[selfimmolates]

Well, it's fine. If it comes down to it, I can just go through the trouble of asking every single person with a mark if they killed Fortune as if I suspect everyone—though, of course, that means I'll be a prime suspect as well.

Which reminds me: when or if Luna answers and you see Sasuke react, respond in some way as well. Sasuke wants to keep his faction a secret, so it'll help if you disguise the fact that he's signalling me.

[usogi]

It's okay, I can confirm that I knew your faction beforehand if you don't mind me saying that.

And if all you want from me is a short performance, that's easy.

What are the signals?

[just so he can figure out how to react without improv]

[selfimmolates]

If it comes down to it, I have proof that I was with Love last week, but it might result in Catra trying to kill me on the spot, so I'd prefer it as a last resort.

[he runs a hand through his bangs, as if exasperated.]

That's mine. Sasuke will shove his hands into his pockets if she's lying.

[usogi]

... these are the most emo signals I've ever seen.

[selfimmolates]

[excuse you sasuke's is the most emo]

That's besides the point.

[usogi]

Okay, okay... I'll pay attention.

[SIGHS]

What'd you do to Catra-san?

[selfimmolates]

Targeted her after the trial with my ability. She made a kind of embarrassing public confession on Sunday, even if I didn't completely mean for that.

So, she's pretty pissed. So is Yu, probably.

[usogi]

That was you?

[HE'S SO CONFUSED]

Why? What were you trying to do?

[selfimmolates]

The specification I made was: publicly confess anything she's been hiding recently. So, if I say that and she confirms that was her particular obsession, it'll prove it was my doing.

I was seeing if she'd confess to being a culprit. The fact she didn't isn't really proof that she wasn't one, but the ability works less efficiently the more specific I make it, so I kept it general to be on the safe side.

[usogi]

.... that's such a nasty way to find out....

All you did was out her as a tsundere.

[?????]

Yu-kun can't be mad, when he used his power on you, you know? He doesn't have a leg to stand on - but we probably would have to protect you from Catra-san, yeah.

[selfimmolates]

[he just smiles.]

Which is why I'd rather not admit to it.

[usogi]

Fiiiine. We'll keep it as a last resort.

No one's allowed to suspect you anyway - I'd be so mad.

[this dumb bunny]

[selfimmolates]

[dumb]

You do realize that suspecting me would be the smart thing to do, right?

[usogi]

Not really. Killing a god means one less source of information for you.

It was a pretty dumb move overall, killing someone bound by oath who can grant favors and specialized in luck.

So my guess is the person who did it doesn't care about things like that, or plays the game from a different angle than info swaps.

[selfimmolates]

You could argue that trying to obtain info was just my cover. I've played lying games for far longer, after all. So, not really a good defence.

[usogi]

I don't think that even the best liars can hide the whole heart of a person for this long.

[this is still really funny coming from senri.]

Of everyone here, you still wouldn't be my first choice for suspicion.

[selfimmolates]

I really wouldn't call that hiding the "whole heart".

[he shrugs.]

And apparently I was someone's, since according to Takaomi, that's why I got hit with Advancement Opportunity.

[usogi]

[DEEP FROWN]

They're probably socially awkward.

[STOP.]

[selfimmolates]

What does that have to do with literally anything?

[usogi]

Being bad at reading people and not knowing how to give them a chance.

Like Taka.