FRIDAY EVENING | THE BEACH PROBABLY I SUCK AT INTERESTING LOCATIONS?

[evidentiary]

[ hopefully hiro has spoken to someone more comforting by this point lmfao rip in pieces...

but anyway, kyouko would have gone to grab him, if only to talk about the note. like, they can talk about other things, but. ]

...It seems like pretty much everything came true, although most of it seemed forced.

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[zerotohiro]

What makes you say that? The forced part, I mean, not about it coming true. [He has the hood of his sweater flipped up still and he's burrowed inside of it, but at least he's capable of chatting.]

[evidentiary]

The way the scene we found was laid out...there wasn't really a reason for that drink, or to make it seem like there was a woman in the flowers, except to exactly match that horoscope.

[ like.................

basically ]

Someone followed it to the letter.

[zerotohiro]

You have a point. And did you feel what happened last night? That was also in line with the note. But the thing is we still don't know how they got all of this information or why they sent it to me. I thought maybe they were trying to help, but if they knew all of this was happening isn't that sort of tipping toward the idea they were part of the set-up?

[evidentiary]

...I felt it. [ she looks at her ALWAYS GLOVED HANDS... ] It left a mark for a while, didn't it...? Your hands aren't marked any longer?

[ however: ]

...I don't think that's the case. More to the point...I believe that the Chiefs are having fun, and perhaps gave the killers that note as well.

[zerotohiro]

Yeah, it did. But it disappeared as soon as we found out about Lelouch and Mello. So it fulfills the first part of the note perfectly.

What makes you so sure that the killers received the same note? [And then, immediately:] You're not suspecting me, are you?

[evidentiary]

I'm not. You're the person I suspect least for this.

[ though she admits the note may make people suspect him...? ]

Who did you share the contents with? I do not particularly think it likely that the killer is among those people, but it may be worth knowing who might bring it up tomorrow.

[ i know she just totally failed to explain her thought process

she is just like this ]

[zerotohiro]

Thanks for that.

[There's a short pause because what the hell, Kyouko. He looks frustrated for a moment but he remembers that she's just Like this and goes with it.]

You, obviously. Raven, Fie, Keith and Newt. And Lelouch. And now a third of those people are dying or are dead.

[evidentiary]

[ hm. ]

And you plan to bring it up tomorrow...?

[ she DOESN'T SEEM TO NOTICE THE FRUSTRATION but she also legitimately doesn't seem concerned that he could be guilty. ]

Not that I believe it marks you as "guilty" in any fashion.

[zerotohiro]

If it becomes relevant, yeah, I'll bring it up. If it isn't then I'm not going to waste more time when we need as much of it as possible. I don't want to look guilty, but I don't want everybody obsessing over it if it won't help. [Let Hiro obsess over it alone, apparently.]

[evidentiary]

I think that's a wise move. For now...it's more likely to cause everyone to panic. I'm afraid our record for getting the correct culprit is low, and there are many who would use it to cast suspicion on you.

[zerotohiro]

Yeah, I...sort of thought of that. And I'd rather focus on catching the actual culprit than me. I'll keep this to myself and I'll use it if I have to. Until then, you and a handful of people know and that's it. [Hilariously most of those people are now dead. Great!]

[evidentiary]

Excellent. It's probably best that way...there's no need to place you in harm's way for no reason.

[ doing it for a reason would be ok tho ]

[zerotohiro]

I mean I'd rather not? I'm pretty sure I still like being alive so I'll keep doing that for a while until I need to pick an option.

[evidentiary]

At any rate, we should probably turn in...the trial is tomorrow.

[zerotohiro]

You're right. I'll see you there fist thing tomorrow and we'll go from there. Just...back me up on anything you think sounds fair in the trial. And I'll try to do the same for you. Deal?

[evidentiary]

Of course. I'll always back anything fair in the trials.

[ she tries not to get trapped into tangents too often. ]

[zerotohiro]

That's all I ask.

We should go rest up for tomorrow. I'll meet you there in the morning.