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fiddlestick) wrote2018-01-25 10:22 pm
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They’re in a comfortable enough spot to kill James and continue to use him as a scapegoat despite that prediction being blatantly posted for all to see months before. Why James? Why not other people on that list? James may make sense for those outside of Retrospec, but for us it’s obvious. It’s evident that they think there’s no one that can stop them... And may suggest they also need to know what their victim looks like.
[ Even if it basically puts several people under the spotlight, leaving them to fight for their own innocence. Overall, it was a risky move to post that onto the network, even under anonymous, but helpful in their case to brainstorm. It’s also why he isn’t as worried.
Elliot’s uproar is valid. Akira had considered at least filling him in completely, but... Just the make of this house with Goro living in it made it unfavorable. There’s nothing he can do to soothe the anger or reassure him on that front and it might be better that he doesn’t try. When this is over, he can make it up to him somehow. ]
I don’t have an answer or way for it to stick in court. [ And he’s not sure what Elliot is expecting from him in this regard. He can only help narrow things down. ] Even if those deaths are written down word for word, documented evidence of the item’s usage won’t exactly help. It’ll only be Retrospec users that understand the item’s power.
[ ... But holding back? He can at least divulge this. ]
I believe the murder weapon is a notebook or notepad.
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... Would they even believe it then? That a notebook and pen was a murder weapon? Ridiculous. How was he supposed to help James..?]
That's ridiculous, Akira. [It's even-toned, but it's very much... in that old practiced way of his, something more reminiscent of their past lives. He can't stop that resemblance.
It's due to stress, after all. His boyfriend is doing dangerous things, he has every reason to be stressed. It's definitely not due to the very correct guess. Goro hesitates, then shakes his head; better to give a bit than be outright against.] Though it would make sense for the apparent reach of the death magic, what amounts to a journal of all things..? ... No, I can't discount it -- a good detective discounts nothing but the confirmed, and even if I don't take that sort of thing very seriously anymore I have been looking into this a bit myself.
[In his spare time, is what he means to imply, and boy has he never wanted to finish a chore so fast. Easy, easy.]
... And considering how things were in our memories, it feels a little silly to say that even the most ridiculous of means can't be a possibility. [A softer sigh, with a slight plea:] Now more than ever, Akira, if you think so, please be careful -- you are the last person I want to lose.
[He couldn't forgive himself if something happened, but that's not something he can say.]
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So he's fallen quiet for a long period, hearing Akira's words followed by Goro. He can see that Goro is stressed about the situation, nearly metaphorically sticking his head in the sand. Even if Elliot's blind to all the reasons, he can't...blame Goro entirely. this was the person he loved putting themselves at risk against a truly dangerous killer.
Goro seems to think a notebook is ridiculous but....]
...If the names theory is true, a notebook would make sense. [he's sorry Goro, his tone is much quieter than before. ] Magical objects can take all sorts of forms...phones, flutes, toy guns. As long as there's a means to channel the magic between the user and the object, it's possible. Writing names down could be that means.
Needing to know what they look like makes sense too. I can't use my scanning spell on someone I can't see.
[he still unhappy with you though, Akira. Just you know, can't deny the deduction]
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He'd thought they'd got through to him before, but apparently not. ]
...
So writing a name down could pinpoint a spell on someone? Writing and visualising to send the spell without the caster being obvious?
[ ... ]
It might explain a few things. Even if it doesn't do anything to put me at ease.
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Anything can channel one's thoughts since we have people that remember fantastical worlds, but from the suspect list given to us, one that Zee was personally looking into himself, it's hard to imagine there's some kind of relic that can instantly change someone's fate in their hands.
Minato Arisato was a Persona user and came from our own world where death can be swift, but not as detailed as making someone write a suicide note when they're innocent. He's off the app, so off the table. James Barnes, when he forgot himself due to his trip to Bosuma, talked about fighting Nazis like it was his mission. Eren Jaeger lives in a world filled with Titans and can turn into one if he inflicts enough pain. Leo Valdez can control fire. Akira Turner is a law student, likes talking philosophy. I personally have little experience with Hitori Togusa, but James doubts it's him.
Eren obviously has no motive, if anything he's the least suspicious. Attacking Retrospec jeopardizes his chances at something integral. [ And he won't discuss the details of that. It's for Eren to tell and he knows Elliot can confirm this. Not like anyone in this room suspects Eren, anyway. ] His room also doesn't show anything worth mentioning and I've visited before and during the serial murders.
While James may have had a stint in opposition of Retrospec and a background of violence, this case would be insane if he was the culprit all along, assisted in obtaining incriminating information from Zee's office, then turned himself in, then confessed, and committed suicide, only to respond rather well to my theory that he was murdered. It's an unnecessary process to deceive us if that's the case. [ STUPID, REALLY. ]
Leo Valdez, from what I know about him from Futaba and my own experience, is very intelligent, but his home doesn't have a Retrospec item that stuck out to me. He also has no motive, though he broods over his affairs with Futaba. [ He thinks it's memory-related, but doesn't want to drag Leo like this. JUST AN OBSERVATION. ]
Someone will have to investigate Togusa themselves. [ And, for the house's heart, Akira isn't saying he's going to do it because he hasn't decided. ] And Akira Turner. I've visited him already, though I didn't want to suspect him.
There's nothing unusual about his home, too. The only thing I noticed is a piece of paper in his wallet that wasn't there before. It isn't large enough to be a photo, so I wonder what piece of paper—given by Retrospec—is so important.
[ He doesn't need to say his suspicions here because it's obviously tied to the mention of a notebook, the whole to a piece. It's obvious without saying it that he will be disclosing this to what respectable authorities left in Retrospec to look into discreetly. ]
Even with a solid lead, whatever police or agents in Retrospec still need to take a step back and look at everything with new information in mind.
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... I'd rather not talk about my brother, if it's alright by you.
[He could offer to investigate. It'd be easiest for him. But he doesn't want to offer when he doesn't know how the next few days are going to go -- if something happened to Akira in them, then he'd certainly turn in his brother without a second thought, but it'd also be too late, and it being something he could stop--
Goro exhales to calm himself. Even steps, even tone, tense form. Fine, fine.]
I'm going out for a walk. I didn't find anything of the sort in his wallet, by the way, [a lie, he hadn't even looked,] so maybe it was nothing.
[And he's just. Gonna go!!! A little fast. Belle is apparently coming with him, from the sound of her harness (which Yusuke gets to see, since he's in the living room), but if he's not stopped that's that. It's just. To ease his nerves, anxities, because whenever he gets jittery in some way he goes to exercise and that is all this is.]
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As for the Leo part...] Futaba told me that Leo was with her the day Zee died, so that rules him out too. If anyone would notice something suspicious, it'd be her. [Because his baby sister is the smartest and the best]
[But...ah, he goes quiet at Goro's reaction. Still learning about the other, he hadn't realized that Goro's brother was on the suspect list. That was....well. Bad.]
Ah...
[He watches Goro go, a worried look on his face.
And then slowly he looks back at Akira. ]
...That's why you didn't want to talk about it with us, isn't it?
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Even when he wasn't, he would be forcing both Yusuke and Elliot to live with this secret since they share the same house. He lets out a deep exhale. Here we go. ]
... Yes. At first, I brushed it off, but Goro has been suspiciously evasive about this topic.
[ It makes sense why. His brother is a suspect? But it feels more like he's hiding something, but he doesn't want to doubt him, so. He's going to let it go and go a little deeper here. ]
After the months where we were kind of different people, Goro told me that he was part of a some mob family and his brother would take over in the near future. He never explicitly told me which family, so I couldn't use what knowledge Ren had of the underground to draw an exact connection... But that crime ring was big in Recolle, so taking them out would do a service to the public and for their family no matter how powerful and influential they were.
[ It's still a reach compared to concrete evidence, but it's a motive nonetheless. This connection has more weight than anything they could have pulled from the suspect list. ]
I like Akira, but he's the most suspicious right now.
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[ Spoken with the wisdom and tiredness of someone who has had nine hecking months of this, and only managed to pick vague details along the way. Akira, you have his sympathies even if he is still lowkey ticked at you. ]
The ... things from when we were essentially different people haven't necessarily stuck though, have they? [ ... He knows it didn't for him, at least. ] Or some parts did and others didn't, if I'm remembering correctly? I wonder if it's possible certain aspects of those other lives could stick for one half of a family and not the other.
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[It'd be better for Goro, in the long run. As well for Goro and Akira's relationship. If they can get proof without forcing Goro to sell his brother out, all the better]
It's...hard to remember what stuck and what didn't, exactly. Besides, the murders against criminals did start around that time, so even if those memories didn't stick, he did have a motive at the time.
Meanwhile, I know that Togusa is a police officer. It's possible he's become crooked and decided to take the law into his own hands by killing some criminals...but if this power lets you control how a person dies, I think a cop would stick to lower profile deaths, you know? Deaths that wouldn't cause problems for other officers.
There was nothing low profile about Zee's death, you can say that much.
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They would investigate those closest to suspects first—family and friends... Unfortunately, Goro will need to answer questions even if it doesn't come from any of us.
[ Despite saying that, Akira doesn't seem all too gung-ho about pressing Goro for any answers... He gets it. It's family. ]
I see your point, Elliot. I don't think it's quite enough to rule out Togusa, but I'll be sending this information off to someone capable.
[ Well. This is all awkward. What else is there to say? ]
Thank you for hearing me out.
[ Nailed it. ]