Day 3

[kentucky_mcgiygas]

[ A bright new day has dawned, maybe. It's not like you can see the outside world. But the tablets keep diligent track of time, and promptly at 6am they provide something for you: A new immunity challenge. ]

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[very_good_end]

Osamu-san. Pleased to make your acquaintance.

Oh? You have some criticism? I don't recall having shared any investigations with you, Osamu-san. Do you have something to add, that I may have missed?

I will say to you that I do expect people to answer my questions. Whether they are honest or not is something that remains to be seen.

[cw_suicide]

Dazai-san is usually what people address me by.

I don't really have anything to add. I'm just complaining a little because even if you expect answers, you're not necessarily going to get them with that sort of attitude.

... though I guess I'm sort of used to that sort of attitude, so I'm more willing to cooperate than some others in this place might be.

[very_good_end]

[she shrugs] If that is your request. Very well, Dazai-san.

You do not need to worry. My investigation techniques are beyond reproach. I will solve this mystery. It is a mere matter of time. --Really though. my questions are completely reasonable. If someone doesn't want to answer them, citing 'rudeness,' then there is obviously more going on than meets the eye.

Are you? Please, if you will, elaborate. What sort of attitude, under what circumstances, do you speak?

[cw_suicide]

The sort of attitude of someone who knows they're superior to others in some way or another. With you, I can't tell if it's something you lord over others to elevate yourself or just something you see as simple fact. Most people are likely to read it as the former and won't want to cooperate with you in the end, though.

Either way, I'm not really offended. I have a colleague back home who likes to call himself a "great detective" in much the same way. Fortunately, he doesn't seem to be here. Who knows how badly things will go if we keep losing great detectives like this...

[very_good_end]

Oh? Those aren't mutually exclusive, now, are they?

[gigglegiggle]

Is that so? By 'colleague', what is your meaning, exactly? Less than a friend?

[cw_suicide]

I don't dislike him, if that's what you're asking.

We work together at the same Armed Detective Agency is what I was meaning.

[very_good_end]

I simply am trying to get a firm grasp of your nuance.

Armed Detective Agency... what is that? Some sort of bounty-hunting agency? It'd explain why you borrowed that Dazai Osamu's name for yourself.

[cw_suicide]

It's a detective agency that consists of people with abilities who handle cases normal police can't. And I didn't borrow this name from anyone.

[bounty hunting agency sounds like it could have been cool, though]

[very_good_end]

'Abilities'? Please tell me you mean something like diplomatic immunity and not another person claiming 'psychic powers.'

What are you talking about?

[cw_suicide]

Not psychic, necessarily. For example, I have the ability to disable the abilities of others. Usually. This place doesn't really allow for it.

And I mean that Dazai Osamu is my actual name.

[very_good_end]

Please! If it's not relevant, don't mention such things to me. It is... not needed for my investigation.

...Are you serious? You just happen to have the same name as the pseudonym of the famous author?

[cw_suicide]

I'm not aware of any author by this name. It's pretty unique, so obviously I'd remember if that were the case.

1/2

[very_good_end]

...

[Erika's not sure what to say to that. So she pauses for a moment.]

One is an aberration, two is a trend...

[very_good_end]

...Tell me. Does the name 'Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald' mean much to you?

[cw_suicide]

Oh, him? He's one of the people my Agency had some issues with. I'd be careful with that one, even if he's a bit on the idiot rich side of things.

[very_good_end]

[slight hesitation as she prepared herself for further headaches]

--Yes, him.

What sort of issues, if you don't mind me asking?

[cw_suicide]

Hmm... well, he had this group of ability-users from America who called themselves The Guild. They basically threw all of Yokohama into chaos. So much so that the Agency had to work with the Port Mafia to put a stop to it...

It was a big mess.

[very_good_end]

...Do you have any evidence?

[cw_suicide]

Sadly, he's my only evidence and he probably doesn't even know who I am. We've never actually met before this.

[very_good_end]

Then it's irrelevant for purposes of this investigation... unless you plan to vote against him, or vice-versa.

[cw_suicide]

I don't think he'll have much reason to vote against me as long as he doesn't know I'm with the Agency.

As for my votes, I'm more interested in sticking with the plan that will kill the least.

[very_good_end]

Truly? I have to wonder. If this Mr. Fitzgerald was such a fiend as to send an entire city into chaos... would you really not do away with him, perhaps under the thinking of doing a public service? Or, perhaps, you are under the impression that he is neutralized as a threat?

[cw_suicide]

I wouldn't say neutralized, but I don't see him as a major threat. Especially if he also isn't able to use his ability.

[very_good_end]

--Not a major threat, but a threat nonetheless?

Tell me this then, Dazai-san. Do you believe Mr. Fitzgerald possessing a quality of character where he would deviate from a vote? Do you think he could have been one of the votes that was not for Ticky Mikk this round, in your professional opinion?

[cw_suicide]

My professional opinion? He's in it for himself, so why would he jeopardize his livelihood with votes like that?

Though I won't say it's outside the realm of possibility.