[ i'll be honest he may not be returning to their room tonight aside from dropping off his things so yves can find him wandering aimlessly, as he often does on saturdays. at least he has a bottle of water so he's not neglecting his own health. ]
You don't have to say sorry. [ and yves will wander closer, gently tapping the back of laurence's hand with two fingers ] Especially not to me. Never to me.
Of course your feelings make sense. I just wish I knew how to make it better.
[ despite knowing how sincere yves is, he looks doubtful. it reminds him a little too much of iris, who'd always taken all the words (and punches) that laurence threw at him and always came back later with bright eyes and a smile for him. ]
I... don't think there's anything right now that can. Not if we don't have an answer for Zhongli.
[ there was so much going on and he was still a bit overwhelmed by the fryer incident. ]
That was... just about the same list as last week, right? You and me, Mizu, Akihiko, Richie, Jacopo, and Claude. But it's possible that someone smaller wore those, too.
[ he'll just go to loop his arm with laurence then, letting them walk and talk ]
Not really. I checked the laces and the eyelets and they didn't look strained. I think that same list is good enough.
So... I personally take Monsieur Richie off because he doesn't have one of his arms. Claude's arm is also still broken, so that's something to consider.
Jacopo's hand injuries were the only other marks on him, but they weren't a match for Zhongli's polearm. Akihiko had no new injuries.
If we whittle down this number a little, maybe we can get closer.
Okay, so one of us. [ he still doesn't like it, thanks, but it's a start, he supposes. ] But I don't know if we can count someone out just because of their injuries... It's like they said with Koharu, that people could still do terrible things while blind.
[ not that he's accusing them, just. thoughtful. ]
I guess if Akihiko doesn't have any new injuries, he's off the list. I don't know if Mizu had any injuries that could match, but Jacopo... Is it possible that the cookie could have warped some injuries? Like - if it made his hand big like it did Siffrin's and that's when he got injured?
[ it sounds weird even saying it out loud, so he's doubtful. ]
Sure... but Monsieur Richie's only new injury was a bruise on his back that Mizu accounted for. I checked him over otherwise. So if you're removing Akihiko, we remove Monsieur Richie too, right?
[ thoughtful ]
It depends... You can clear Jacopo's injury if we talk to Gabriel tonight to see if Jacopo hurt his hand punching mirrors on Thursday.
I guess the only thing we could do is try to look over you and maybe Claude again, just to be sure - I doubt Mizu would agree to it outside of trials, either. If there's nothing on you guys that would match, that would be telling.
[ . . . reaches out to run his fingers through laurence's hair gently ]
One step at a time. If it was for whoever attacked Zhongli... They were likely possessed, and their soul is degrading the longer they remain like this.
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week 3, saturday
...Hey, Yves.
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Hey.... you okay? What's up?
[ he knows that was a hard and wild trial but - just doublechecking to see what specifically is bothering laurence ]
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[ it comes out a little sharper than he means it to, but he shakes his head and runs a hand through his hair, as if reminding himself to cool down. ]
Finding one killer is good and all, but... what about the other one?
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I don't know. I think we can ask the angels and find out.
I wish I had a better answer for you.
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Of course your feelings make sense. I just wish I knew how to make it better.
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I... don't think there's anything right now that can. Not if we don't have an answer for Zhongli.
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... do you want to keep talking through things? Trying to see if we can figure things out?
We don't have to if you don't want to... but if you have your whistle, that does give us the chance to at least find out the truth for ourselves.
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[ but it's not a no. he wants answers. ]
The whistle only has two more uses, so I'd have to be careful with it. I don't want to waste it if it's all we have.
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But the boots list was attached to Zhongli's case, because both of them had frosting on the underside. We can use that list if you want.
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[ there was so much going on and he was still a bit overwhelmed by the fryer incident. ]
That was... just about the same list as last week, right? You and me, Mizu, Akihiko, Richie, Jacopo, and Claude. But it's possible that someone smaller wore those, too.
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Not really. I checked the laces and the eyelets and they didn't look strained. I think that same list is good enough.
So... I personally take Monsieur Richie off because he doesn't have one of his arms. Claude's arm is also still broken, so that's something to consider.
Jacopo's hand injuries were the only other marks on him, but they weren't a match for Zhongli's polearm. Akihiko had no new injuries.
If we whittle down this number a little, maybe we can get closer.
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Okay, so one of us. [ he still doesn't like it, thanks, but it's a start, he supposes. ] But I don't know if we can count someone out just because of their injuries... It's like they said with Koharu, that people could still do terrible things while blind.
[ not that he's accusing them, just. thoughtful. ]
I guess if Akihiko doesn't have any new injuries, he's off the list. I don't know if Mizu had any injuries that could match, but Jacopo... Is it possible that the cookie could have warped some injuries? Like - if it made his hand big like it did Siffrin's and that's when he got injured?
[ it sounds weird even saying it out loud, so he's doubtful. ]
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[ thoughtful ]
It depends... You can clear Jacopo's injury if we talk to Gabriel tonight to see if Jacopo hurt his hand punching mirrors on Thursday.
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Sure, so then Richie's out. That still leaves... four of us? Since I don't have any injuries, either.
We don't know if Mizu has any injuries, do we? He doesn't usually do that check, right?
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No... So that is the hard part.
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I guess the only thing we could do is try to look over you and maybe Claude again, just to be sure - I doubt Mizu would agree to it outside of trials, either. If there's nothing on you guys that would match, that would be telling.
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I can... try to see with Claude? We went to the hot springs once, so I figure we can just go again.
[ and if he doesn't have any new injuries... yay ]
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But yeah, I did. We just went last week.
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[ ... ]
What are we supposed to do if we do narrow it down enough? I doubt they'll just agree to being thrown in some kind of jail, even for a Thursday night.
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One step at a time. If it was for whoever attacked Zhongli... They were likely possessed, and their soul is degrading the longer they remain like this.
We'll need to figure out how to help them.
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[ the anger and brutality of it, just like how neverah tore into waner. ]
I'm just worried we won't be able to do anything in time.
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We can see what we can pull off. We'll need to find them eventually, to make sure that we save them.
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I know. It's just... figuring out how to do it.