Week 1 | Saturday

[concasse]

[Hopefully Souji doesn't mind transversing to the kitchen, because (to no one's surprise), that's where Sanji will hole himself up until it's closed off and he's either forced back to his room or to sleep in the foyer.

... It's also the place he doesn't feel like keeping up a smile. There's so much exhaustion in his shoulders and expression, even as he busies himself making a cup of tea (washing the cup multiple times, thanks paranoia).

If Souji sneaks in, it's unlikely Sanji will notice until he speaks up]

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[sanguinairy]

[A little nod. GODSPEED ANN... As for the second question, though, his brow furrows.]

Neither of them mentioned Dave, as far as I'm aware... But Tiger said there were two culprits, and that the guilty party includes anyone who had a hand in the act.

[concasse]

... So unless we split the vote evenly, we're only gonna catch one killer a week.

[That's humbling. There could be three, four murderers in one week, but without proper coordination, the majority is doomed to catch only one of them.]

[sanguinairy]

That's right. ...And to be frank, I don't think we'll ever split the vote evenly.

[That would require a complete lack of bias from every single person and way more trust than they have to give, considering the votes are anonymous.]

[concasse]

I'm not holding my breath for that, either. We got a couple of us who've already made it clear they'll vote however they please, regardless of evidence.

[Talking about Dazai's stunt voting for Ion in particular. No, Sanji will never let that go.]

... Though with that in mind... what do we do about Akechi?

[sanguinairy]

[DON'T REMIND HIM. He doesn't mind Dazai but boy that was a wild moment...

That's a very good question too, though. Souji's brow furrows.]

What can we do? Locking him away is only a temporary solution and with the way this castle works, I doubt it'd even be a long kind of temporary.

[He'll be surprised if Akechi survives the week though, honestly. With how many of the people are here, if they have to kill at all, he imagines they'll aim for someone guilty instead of someone innocent.]

[concasse]

Yeah... s'not like we got a dungeon on hand, anyway.

[That's part of the reason why Sanji wanted him locked away -- for the bastard's own protection. It's no love lost between them, but Sanji's invested in that guy's survival, since--]

Eichi got the bottom of the barrel. I know he likes his partner, but his life's in danger for it.

[sanguinairy]

True... And even though it's been nice having someone among us here to save our partnerless, we can't rely on them to help every time.

[Just in case they DIE or have a change of heart for whatever reason.]

[concasse]

I wish I knew who was saving our asses every Sunday... they're gonna need protection, 'cause the moment they're gone, I'm assuming the partnerless are shit outta luck.

[Sanji is not expecting their good fortune to continue, let's just say that]

[sanguinairy]

I'm wondering that, too... If no one is able to offer them protection, they'll be targeted sooner or later.

["Like all of us" goes unsaid, but is definitely implied.]

[concasse]

Well... maybe best they keep it a secret. No one knows, no one can give 'em shit.

I don't think we're supposed to share that information, anyway. Something in the rules...

[sanguinairy]

Not with the group at large, yes.

[Smaller groups or one-on-one seems fair game though, so he hopes whoever their protector is has someone they can rely on.]