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[The two of them probably hear a little piece of Sincerity's room being trashed. It sounds angry. It's fine.

If he had his chakra, the door wouldn't even be there anymore when he flies out of it. The mangekyo sharingan is activated, but it's useless, and he rushes straight for Takaomi without hesitation, without stopping.

He grabs fistfuls of Takaomi's clothes and keeps going? Right up until he can crush Takaomi against the closest wall.]

You! He died because I was forced to use it on you instead!

[ hitting the wall hurts? or it should, but taka isn't actually noticing tbatar the moment. he drops something that was in his hands as his eyes widen for a second in surprise ]

... yeah.

[ he can't really argue with something he agrees with. ]

[yeah that gets his attention immediately, and ishi pushes himself to his feet.

he doesn't physically go to remove sasuke, though. he just draws his sword and rests it alongside sasuke's neck; his voice is strained and low when he speaks.]

Stop this.

[the sword is staying there until he lets go of taka.]

If you mean to cast blame, cast it upon me for letting him go alone. If you must take this out on someone, we will meet in the armory.

Let him go, Uchiha-kun, and if you cannot have this conversation without threatening him then leave.

You bastards...

[His white-knuckled hands quiver in Taka's clothes, breath ragged. He's coiled, ready, but even he understands Ishi is serious with the cool steel on his neck. Not that he would care about being cut down.

He lets go of Taka as if he's burned, dips his shoulder, turns quickly around in Ishi's space instead.] Both of you! We didn't give you those abilities so you could waste them! You were supposed to protect him! [His fist rises. He looks as if he's absolutely going to try to sock Ishi in the face, but...

...the shaking arm lowers slowly.]

[senri didn't intend on getting up.

but sasuke happens so much.

he walks out of cheri's room and looks between the three of them with a sad gaze - and automatically reaches out to place a hand on sasuke's trembling arm, frowning.]

... I get it. You're mad we didn't prevent this. None of us used our abilities in the right place, because we believed in what Ray-kun told us to do. But no more right now.

[he'll slide his hand over sasuke's and give it a squeeze

and he'll wander over to give ishi a hug first.

and then taka gets one too. senri doesn't let go.]

Jude-kun was aligned with Sincerity, and he used Shelter on Ray-kun this week. ....I should've told him to make it armor, or to protect himself.

Zo was with Love.

[ he leans into senri's touch. his eyes are blurry for a second, and then he blinks for a few times and it's gone as he turns so he can look at sasuke. ]

He used the jar. The entire fourth floor was on fire, and we couldn't...

[ reach him. they were blocked.

his gaze shifts back to the ground.

does sasuke know what was in the fucking jar yet does this mean nothing to him ]

[he exhales a shaky sigh at that contact, sheathing his sword once senri is safely out of the way.]

He sent us a message midway through the night. We couldn't reach him since. Believe me, we know we failed him-- we've known that might have been the case for a while already.

[the anger slowly bleeds out, with the immediate threat gone; he just sounds tired, and sad.]

...he left us a symbol that was not part of our code, as well.

[His head hangs, chin brushing the top of his chest. He squeezes his eye shut, squeezes his hands into frustrated fists at his sides as Senri touches him and passes him by.

Again, his eye opens, but he doesn't lift his head to look at Taka. No one told him about the jar. Of course not. He'll be bitter about that later, not right now.

Ishi does manage to get him to lift his head. His tears have long since dried, and so he has none to shed like they do. It's probably why he's so angry.]

What symbol?

[this is all senri can do now. he'll wait, and hold onto taka quietly as the rest of them talk. the hug was probably meant to be comforting to taka, but now he doesn't seem to intend to let go. he clings on, and listens quietly.

just presume he'll intervene again if they start fighting, or let go if taka needs to pull away and not a second sooner.]

[ he has to move out of senri's grasp to pick up the item he dropped-- a scroll. when h stands back up he just. immediately goes back in the same position as before.

when taka opens it, it reads 4XII. ]

The four means the floor, the X is danger, and we don't know what the other part means. It isn't something we discussed. The fourth floor was completely covered in the fire that was in the jar.

According to Shishimaru [because he doesn't know what the fuck a roman numeral would be] this may be the number two, or a pair of letters.

[it's something they're going to have to consider, and his frown deepens; at least with something to focus on, he doesn't have to just think about what else they could have done.]

I do not know what it would mean, if it were the letters, so... I lean toward it being a number.

[Sasuke glances from Ishi to Taka to the scroll. His brows furrow; the anger has died from a raging, ice-cold fire to a low burn.]

Two what? Two killers? Two victims?

[His lips thin into a frown.] ...Two areas? [God dammit, Ray, two can mean anything to them.] What all did you discuss? [A pause.]

...The psychic's den?

Edited (wait i forgot to add what i wanted to say) 2019-03-22 23:59 (UTC)

[ shut up sasuke we oocly forgot about it ]

He wouldn't have written it if he didn't think we'd be able to figure it out.

[ the last one makes him pause. ]

What makes you say that?

-I would like to know as well. That never came up specifically; we only had a system for referring to the positions of rooms.

[spill, sasuke, even though apparently nobody told you shit and they're maybe sorry]

If Ray wrote it, it wouldn't be useless. [His brows furrow, but his eye looks thoughtfully into the distance of the floor.] We would know how many victim, so it isn't that. It could be two killers.

But the fourth floor... [He lifts his head.] If you go in, there's a door north, and then... second, clockwise, a door to the east. The second room. The psychic's den?

Otherwise... His clue could be to watch for "two" during the trial. Maybe the killer or killers have a clue on them he noticed.

[senri listens and will also sigh - ]

Dizzy is the only god with two followers right now. Ray-kun knows Cinnabon is one, but I never found the new one. I don't know how he'd discover that before me when none of her powers are obviously offensive.

Or someone who defected twice.

... we can keep all of these in mind. But it might also be one of those things that won't click until we get a better idea of what happened.

[ so, during trial, when they can inspect the crime scene and the

...

bodies. ]

...right. We are more likely to run ourselves in circles, thinking too hard about it now. There is still tomorrow to consider.

[ishi pauses, there, before exhaling a sigh.]

My intent, should none of you object, is to actually act from the start of the trial this time. [after he got talked down from confessing last time.] We have a clue on where to look first and should not waste time sharing it, but that will likely require explaining why Ray-kun was out and how that information was received.

Shishimaru, I would like to continue keeping you out of this and claim he and I were working alone. If it makes me a target, that is something I can handle, and if it causes suspicion I will deal with that as well.

[It's true. They're going to have to wait until the trial. Sasuke thinks... Ray had two 1s on the number tattooed on the neck. He's not sure that would correlate with anything; however--]

The rules. It's the only other thing. [Barring Jan's dumbass puzzle being something besides numbers.] Rule two. If the killer didn't do it... They'd be cursed.

[His eye shifts from Taka to Ishi. He frowns, but doesn't try to argue with the strategy.]

... maybe see if someone else brings something up first.

[ takaomi does not seem Thrilled at the idea of ishi outing himself. at all. ]

.... I want to tell everyone their alignments, and what they were using their powers for, so that we don't waste time. It's up to you if you reveal yourself Ishirin-san, but I don't want to let whoever did this get away with it.

[he holds onto taka a fraction tighter - ]

None of them would've hurt anyone.

They just wanted to help.

Nor do I. That is why I would like to make things clear from the beginning, even if I have to reveal myself to explain it quickly-- we already come close to running out of time far too often.

[he nods to senri, there.]

I think it would help. Do that, and I will follow up.

[but he turns his attention back to sasuke--]

That is not a bad thought, but there is time yet to fulfill that rule, isn't there? I do not know whether anyone would already be cursed.

True. It was something to consider. If it's even a number.

[The frown hasn't disappeared.]

The last time, I agreed with you being honest because I never thought you would be able to conceal a missing hand. But now... No, they're all idiots.

I don't think you should say anything...

[ he glances between sasuke and ishikirimaru

he agrees. ]

Then how much time would you like to give it before we begin to figure things out properly, in that case? Two hours? Four?

At this point, anything that will clear things up and hopefully lead to answers is something that I feel is worth doing.