[WEEK 4: Friday, post-investigation, room 112 probably; Yukina, Jay, Girge, Tsurugi]

[nowyouseeit]

[and sometime, after the commotion from the explosion and the investigation die down, Girge is once again approached by three familiar faces. they all look pretty serious, and they lead him back to Kaito's room-- Room 112]

[their official Hunter's meeting room]

Oi.

[he says, once the door is closed. his gaze is steady, not once flickering away from Girge. he seems very decided about something]

We know what we want to do.

Comments

[nowyouseeit]

[WHY. . .?]

Why did both of you blow things up?! Half the hotel is in shambles now!

[shoelickingshit]

Hibiki-chan wanted to stab me to death from last time so I took the safer route!

[ there was no logic behind this. ]

[thawedheart]

...how is this "safer"? You could have been caught in the explosion, Tsurugi-san.

[shoelickingshit]

I made sure to get out super fast before everything exploded!

[ LOOK.. HE'S FINE? He's fine! ]

[disinterested]

I didn't blow anything up. I just set Seto on fire to cover up evidence.

[that's okay, right???]

[nowyouseeit]

[god???]

What evidence? I was able to pull a bullet outta the wall, and I could still see the gunshot wounds and the state of his head.

[he kind of]

[shivers when he thinks about it]

[disinterested]

[He smiles.]

Then tell me: how did he die?

[nowyouseeit]

[. . . he didn't spend enough time with the body to tell. a sigh]

Give me more time with his body tomorrow, and I'll tell you.

[this is a matter of pride]

[disinterested]

I would prefer it if you tried not to deduce that, actually. It might point back to me.

[hence why he covered it up to begin with???]

[nowyouseeit]

[okay, point]

I've been pretty active at trials up until now. If I slack off, they'll notice. And with that bullet I found. . .

[a small sigh]

I'm pretty sure I can prove my innocence if it comes up, but it won't be easy.

[disinterested]

How many people know you're the Gangster?

[nowyouseeit]

[jerks a thumb at Jay and Yukina, then Girge and Tsurugi]

And Light. Kaiba and Dave did, but they're dead now.

[disinterested]

Looks like you'll want to be wary of Light, then.

[A pause, before:]

Were you collaborating with the Teacher from the beginning? If that's the case, then I'd like to know the reasoning behind their targets.

[nowyouseeit]

. . . we made an alliance with Light and Kaiba on Monday, after we found you, actually.

[so no, not from the beginning]

I'm hoping that'll be enough for him to trust that I'm not the one responsible, especially since it'd be pretty stupid of me to out my role to him the Monday before I planned on killing someone in our alliance.

From what I understand, though, his reasoning behind targeting Akane was because he wasn't sure what lowering someone's GPA would do. I dunno his reasoning for Velvet, and I didn't see anyone in the pool this week.

[disinterested]

Emily was protected this week. [...] We thought the targets might've been a trap for us, so we avoided them.

[thawedheart]

He went after Velvet because by the time he picked her, Akane-san hadn't ended up in the pool. He thought maybe there was something going on that had made her immune to it.

It turns out there was just a delay.

As for Emily-chan being protected... that was because I confronted him last week, and I got him to agree not to lower anyone's GPA until I told him to.

[disinterested]

Hmm.

Do any of you know if Akane is the Bomber?

[thawedheart]

[shit pretend there was a "-san" after Velvet's name]

We're not sure. If you have reason to suspect that... we could check her, on Monday.

[Her brows furrow.]

She seems nice, but it's a little strange to me... that she keeps winding up in danger so often. More than the others, without... any permanent damage to show for it.

[disinterested]

[...]

In one of the earlier trials, she seemed to know who the Bomber was. It's possible that someone did tell her, but Mira suspected that she was the Bomber herself.

[thawedheart]

...it's possible, but I think it's unlikely. [HMM.] I could have understood it if Mira-san and Akane-san confided in each other, since they came from the same place, but... I don't think a stranger would have told Akane-san something like that so soon.

Kaito-san, Jay-san and I trust each other, but that's because we're partners.

[disinterested]

Agreed. Aside from Tsurugi and Mira, I didn't tell anyone about my role.

[for obvious reasons

between being a murderer and also just having no friends here.]