Well... [He looks over at Blanca.] I'm not exactly getting paid here. I thought it would be fun to be a bodyguard and because I want to. When I stick to something I want, I'm not leaving it anytime soon.
[Sometimes you just want to be a bodyguard for?? The kicks???????????]
The Northern area, Cater luring the killer away, and... [Now he's frowning.] A knife? You could've just thrown it away somewhere, you know.
Never do something you're good at for free, Mister Cervantes, is my only advice.
[Blanca will let Hansa take the knife.] I'll check you tomorrow, if you'll allow me. [So they can cover for fuckiNG SOO-WON.]
What did Miss Sharon have to use against you, Soo-won? That is, what should we be steering people away from which relates to you?
I think we should see where they take themselves first, and don't try overly hard to distract them. Or they will get suspicious. Just deflect casually if they bring up something serious.
[and he does seem sincere about this - he was insistent about paying hansa somehow before and now that he has... you know... the royal treasury....]
Sharon attacked me using some combination of wires and weights - however it's worth noting that everyone seemed to have awoken with something odd apparently. The garden girls feel oddly, the cafeteria individuals can't keep down food. [he got this information late] Since our group only woke up with the injuries, it's possible to pass them as that. She also used a scalpel to attack me - which I then used to obscure her wound so it was less obviously from a knife.
I wiped my fingerprints from everything and tore my own cloak to shreds where it was bloody - but there's a chance I could have left a hair behind. However she was carrying a blonde doll around, so it's possible to attribute all blonde hairs to that.
But I agree - I would rather earnestly pursue Cater's murder than deflect too largely from mine. The alien with a knife on the moon was not there when I left Sharon's body - and it sounds like a number of rooms were affected. I only went to the plaza, the bridge, the Emporium, the questionable room to return the scalpel, and the moon. Sharon must've been in other places.... but I think the Northern Area, planetarium, and railroad station will contain more clues about Cater's murder.
Guess I'll make a big donation to the Church and leave it at that, hm.
[He turns to Blanca.]
I think that would be fine. Though, just a heads-up. When you see my body...its not what you think it is. I'm seventy-percent metal. Soo-won knows.
[That bomb being dropped on poor Blanca, he turns back to the other as he speaks. Wires and weights? He raises an eyebrow at that...and didn't he mention she was an assassin? Yikes. Its lucky he walked away from something like that, though with the faces the young man has shown him, he's not surprised at this point.]
Got it. Northern Area, planetarium, alien on the moon...who was in the Northern area, again? We'll need to focus on them during the trial.
[Both of his brows rise up in bewilderment at the news, but he doesn't, like... make any joke, or even bring it up. Slowly, he exchanges a glance with Soo-won.
WHY ARE THERE SUDDENLY SO MANY SECRETS? HELLO?]
If worse comes to worse, we can try to rally others behind the notion something bigger may be in play than... a mere duel. It'd be more imperative for us to find Miss Cater's killer if they really are being pulled by strings. I'm sure a lot of the rest of us would understand that.
But you may be a target later if anyone thinks you should be punished, [to soo-won] so we have to be careful. If they happen to find out at all.
[even as he pulls the knife from his sash - clean, and difficult to see that he was carrying it at all - he.... pouts.... a little....]
... while I wish it didn't come to this, I was hoping Hansa would let me check him this week... Is this another of my punishments....
[SOO-WON IS NOW THE TIME
but he'll move to wipe the handle of the knife with his sleeve before, a bit too dexterously, turning the knife over in his hand so that it balances instead of holding it - offering it handle first to Hansa. there, no more soo-woo fingerprints]
... in truth, most here think me a bit more defenseless. Given my injury - which is recent enough that there is no sign of reopening - they likely wouldn't anticipate me able to fight to begin with. [he glances at Hansa to explain] There's a stab wound over my heart. While I'd rather not announce it, since it does make me a rather easy target for the future - if it comes to that, so be it.
If a few hours in we have not made any progress - I will pull on one of your sleeves, and you can begin to suggest the self-defense argument if absolutely necessary. Given that Sharon's weights and wires were found in the water, you could suggest that it was pre-meditated on her part, given that she fashioned herself a weapon. She also made the tea to approach me with - which would suggest it was her initiative.
Only as necessary.
In truth - I believe that condemning me for self-defense will only create further disruption within our ranks. None will ever seek to come forward again with anything helpful, and it would be an emotional burden on everyone. Helpful for generating nova, perhaps, but a disadvantage to us in the long run.
[there he is, thinking long-term and about everyone else's well-being again. but maybe that's just what happens when you're a king]
Come now, Soo-won, if you want to check me out that badly, you can just ask any time. Anyways, I don't mind either of you.
[DON'T. SAY IT LIKE THAT, HANSA,]
[He does take the knife with the tips of his fingers, gingerly, looking it over to make sure there's no other marks or stains that he can see. It looks clean. That's good.]
Honestly, while coming forward might be the right thing to do...people would just vote for you anyways, since they have to vote for a culprit, and they don't want to get it wrong. [He frowns.] I don't want an innocent sacrificed on your behalf, though, Won. We all have to put in our best efforts to find the other murderer and bring them to justice.
[A beat.]
That is, barring the fact that the other murderer didn't do it in self defense, either.
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[Sometimes you just want to be a bodyguard for?? The kicks???????????]
The Northern area, Cater luring the killer away, and... [Now he's frowning.] A knife? You could've just thrown it away somewhere, you know.
[JUST. GIVING A LOOK AT SOO-WON.]
I'll take it from you, though.
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[Blanca will let Hansa take the knife.] I'll check you tomorrow, if you'll allow me. [So they can cover for fuckiNG SOO-WON.]
What did Miss Sharon have to use against you, Soo-won? That is, what should we be steering people away from which relates to you?
I think we should see where they take themselves first, and don't try overly hard to distract them. Or they will get suspicious. Just deflect casually if they bring up something serious.
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[and he does seem sincere about this - he was insistent about paying hansa somehow before and now that he has... you know... the royal treasury....]
Sharon attacked me using some combination of wires and weights - however it's worth noting that everyone seemed to have awoken with something odd apparently. The garden girls feel oddly, the cafeteria individuals can't keep down food. [he got this information late] Since our group only woke up with the injuries, it's possible to pass them as that. She also used a scalpel to attack me - which I then used to obscure her wound so it was less obviously from a knife.
I wiped my fingerprints from everything and tore my own cloak to shreds where it was bloody - but there's a chance I could have left a hair behind. However she was carrying a blonde doll around, so it's possible to attribute all blonde hairs to that.
But I agree - I would rather earnestly pursue Cater's murder than deflect too largely from mine. The alien with a knife on the moon was not there when I left Sharon's body - and it sounds like a number of rooms were affected. I only went to the plaza, the bridge, the Emporium, the questionable room to return the scalpel, and the moon. Sharon must've been in other places.... but I think the Northern Area, planetarium, and railroad station will contain more clues about Cater's murder.
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[He turns to Blanca.]
I think that would be fine. Though, just a heads-up. When you see my body...its not what you think it is. I'm seventy-percent metal. Soo-won knows.
[That bomb being dropped on poor Blanca, he turns back to the other as he speaks. Wires and weights? He raises an eyebrow at that...and didn't he mention she was an assassin? Yikes. Its lucky he walked away from something like that, though with the faces the young man has shown him, he's not surprised at this point.]
Got it. Northern Area, planetarium, alien on the moon...who was in the Northern area, again? We'll need to focus on them during the trial.
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[Both of his brows rise up in bewilderment at the news, but he doesn't, like... make any joke, or even bring it up. Slowly, he exchanges a glance with Soo-won.
WHY ARE THERE SUDDENLY SO MANY SECRETS? HELLO?]
If worse comes to worse, we can try to rally others behind the notion something bigger may be in play than... a mere duel. It'd be more imperative for us to find Miss Cater's killer if they really are being pulled by strings. I'm sure a lot of the rest of us would understand that.
But you may be a target later if anyone thinks you should be punished, [to soo-won] so we have to be careful. If they happen to find out at all.
Let's try not to let that happen.
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... while I wish it didn't come to this, I was hoping Hansa would let me check him this week... Is this another of my punishments....
[SOO-WON IS NOW THE TIME
but he'll move to wipe the handle of the knife with his sleeve before, a bit too dexterously, turning the knife over in his hand so that it balances instead of holding it - offering it handle first to Hansa. there, no more soo-woo fingerprints]
... in truth, most here think me a bit more defenseless. Given my injury - which is recent enough that there is no sign of reopening - they likely wouldn't anticipate me able to fight to begin with. [he glances at Hansa to explain] There's a stab wound over my heart. While I'd rather not announce it, since it does make me a rather easy target for the future - if it comes to that, so be it.
If a few hours in we have not made any progress - I will pull on one of your sleeves, and you can begin to suggest the self-defense argument if absolutely necessary. Given that Sharon's weights and wires were found in the water, you could suggest that it was pre-meditated on her part, given that she fashioned herself a weapon. She also made the tea to approach me with - which would suggest it was her initiative.
Only as necessary.
In truth - I believe that condemning me for self-defense will only create further disruption within our ranks. None will ever seek to come forward again with anything helpful, and it would be an emotional burden on everyone. Helpful for generating nova, perhaps, but a disadvantage to us in the long run.
[there he is, thinking long-term and about everyone else's well-being again. but maybe that's just what happens when you're a king]
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[DON'T. SAY IT LIKE THAT, HANSA,]
[He does take the knife with the tips of his fingers, gingerly, looking it over to make sure there's no other marks or stains that he can see. It looks clean. That's good.]
Honestly, while coming forward might be the right thing to do...people would just vote for you anyways, since they have to vote for a culprit, and they don't want to get it wrong. [He frowns.] I don't want an innocent sacrificed on your behalf, though, Won. We all have to put in our best efforts to find the other murderer and bring them to justice.
[A beat.]
That is, barring the fact that the other murderer didn't do it in self defense, either.