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[theyregooddogs]

[whenever they are both up to functioning]

What's your plan for tonight?

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[afailedmurder]

So that's what experience looks like... it's rather humbling.

I don't suppose you'd be interested in teaching me?

1/2

[theyregooddogs]

. . . Sure. I'll show you the way down the rabbit hole, Alice.

[theyregooddogs]

You're going to get the same treatment as any other agent in training at the academy, Akechi. This isn't private tutoring.

[afailedmurder]

[blinks]

...What do you mean?

[theyregooddogs]

You're used to being coddled, celebrated for being a cut above. It makes praise hollow for you which makes you hungrier for genuine acknowledgement.

Being an agent isn't being the hero. At best, you're invisible. At worst, you tear down someone's world. The tragedy that couldn't ever happen, the beloved husband become vicious stranger. So, don't expect to hear "thanks" or "good job".

[afailedmurder]

[so unsettled by how easily Will reads him that it doesn't even occur to him to argue that no?? FBI is coolest and best job???]

I understand. I won't complain.

[theyregooddogs]

[suddenly taken back to the academy]

First lesson, figure out the three confirmed killers.

[afailedmurder]

[immediately starts contemplating the problem, because no matter what you tell him, teacher's pet gonna try real hard]

Harukawa is the "Ultimate Assassin" — the titles are ridiculous, but seem to be based in reality as far as I can tell.

And Niska wants to be put on trial for murder... if she's a robot, it's because she wants to be recognized as a sentient being, I should think. So she'd have to have committed the act already.

The third... would that be you, Mr. Graham?

[theyregooddogs]

One out of three. You're being lazy.

[afailedmurder]

Ah. I... should be speaking to more suspects and burning down fewer libraries, right?

[please don't be disappointed look how cute and clever I am]

[theyregooddogs]

[sighs, rubbing his face]

They're not suspects. There's only been one murder, and we know who committed it. Even if anyone here should stand trial, there is no justice in any of this.

[afailedmurder]

R-right, I didn't mean—

[a little flustered, two wrong answers in a row is not looking good for his GPA here]

—Of course, I know that the only justice will be in taking down whoever's behind all of this. That's one of my goals.

[theyregooddogs]

[you are a nerd, a nerd]

So, figure out who I mean when I say there are three confirmed killers. Harukawa is one, but it isn't because of her title.

[afailedmurder]

She survived a similar game in the past, but...

Come to think of it, I'm not certain she necessarily is a killer. Even if she says she is.

[theyregooddogs]

Why's that?

[afailedmurder]

Something I heard from Saihara. It's not her fault, but her account can't be trusted.

[theyregooddogs]

Then, who are the other two people that I'm connecting her to with such conviction?

[afailedmurder]

Do I already possess the information necessary to answer this question?

[theyregooddogs]

Yes, the profile of one. The other, you've spoken to.

[afailedmurder]

[Sighs and tries to remember the profiles. He is too stubborn to actually look at the tablet.]

I recall... Grim Eyes committed deicide? Would that even count? Assuming such a being exists the first place, it's not as if killing it is a breach of the social contract.

[fuck gods, like for real]

[theyregooddogs]

[staying mute, keep trucking there buddy]

[afailedmurder]

There's the soldier, the girl who shoots lightning at things...

[sweats]

[theyregooddogs]

Harukawa, Saihara, and Sigma have all been in previous killing games. Saihara has had his memories tampered with, and I'm going to assume the same for Harukawa and Sigma.

[afailedmurder]

[doing his very best to smother his irritation at that answer]

Does that necessarily make them confirmed killers? Someone like Saihara might have survived simply because he was useful. We don't even know for sure that all of them did survive.

[theyregooddogs]

[player made a foul and stuck with it, whatev whatev]

Put yourself in the shoes of someone running this game. Why are you altering Saihara's memories?