[... Eyes still on the ground, and he steels himself with a steady breath]
To make a long story short, new information cropped up in the last hour. People panicked. And the result was us accidentally splitting the votes three ways. Two of the people were innocent of murder.
[Well. Sorta. But that's neither here nor there. Sanji's expression turns blank]
One of the people who died? Was a mouthy asshole who spoke the truth but got on everyone's bad side. And that's why he got sent to the chopping block. These trials are just as much popularity contests as they are us trying to find out the truth, and if we don't got the truth, we'll naturally fall back on picking the one least likely to make us feel like the bad guys.
[That sounds like...a terrible situation. It makes this situation worlds better, in comparison. After all, despite their failure, Ogata was a killer. There was no reason to assume he wouldn't try something eventually.]
Unfortunately...yes. You speak the truth.
[He heaves a low sigh.]
We're willing to sacrifice those who we dislike, even if we spare the nice wolves running around in sheepkin.
Towards the end, when we couldn't find a shitty solution? I picked Ogata to die, not even because I believed he'd done it, but at that point it didn't matter. Not enough people would vote for Escha-chan, and it was a better play to have one of them die instead of two.
[There's a callousness to his words, but they're not... completely genuine. More the building blocks of a fortress meant to keep everything else in. He runs a hand through his hair]
Haha, Ogata doesn't have that much of a like for most people anyways. If anything it just confirms it rather than makes it worse.
[His tone is light, but there's a trace of fondness. He understand Ogata, somehow. There was something there that rang familiar, like a bell from a cathedral he hasn't been to in years.]
I voted for Escha. Though a part of me even was surprised at myself, thinking a girl like that could commit that kind of murder, out of the blue. But facts are facts. I can understand not wanting to sacrifice two for the sake of one, anyways.
[Not that Anaido would understand, but there's almost a huff of amusement -- that instead of being frustrated or angry at the other man for throwing a lady under the bus, Sanji instead thinks of his experiences at the castle... of Pudding...
And eventually he just sighs tiredly]
Ogata was innocent. So that means Escha-chan could've done it. I've got no right to criticize your vote.
[...]
And now we've got a killer on the loose. Someone who might feel comfortable killing again for all we know.
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Yeah.
[... Eyes still on the ground, and he steels himself with a steady breath]
To make a long story short, new information cropped up in the last hour. People panicked. And the result was us accidentally splitting the votes three ways. Two of the people were innocent of murder.
[Well. Sorta. But that's neither here nor there. Sanji's expression turns blank]
One of the people who died? Was a mouthy asshole who spoke the truth but got on everyone's bad side. And that's why he got sent to the chopping block. These trials are just as much popularity contests as they are us trying to find out the truth, and if we don't got the truth, we'll naturally fall back on picking the one least likely to make us feel like the bad guys.
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[That sounds like...a terrible situation. It makes this situation worlds better, in comparison. After all, despite their failure, Ogata was a killer. There was no reason to assume he wouldn't try something eventually.]
Unfortunately...yes. You speak the truth.
[He heaves a low sigh.]
We're willing to sacrifice those who we dislike, even if we spare the nice wolves running around in sheepkin.
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[Mouth hardening into a line]
Towards the end, when we couldn't find a shitty solution? I picked Ogata to die, not even because I believed he'd done it, but at that point it didn't matter. Not enough people would vote for Escha-chan, and it was a better play to have one of them die instead of two.
[There's a callousness to his words, but they're not... completely genuine. More the building blocks of a fortress meant to keep everything else in. He runs a hand through his hair]
So I don't blame Ogata if hates all of us.
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[His tone is light, but there's a trace of fondness. He understand Ogata, somehow. There was something there that rang familiar, like a bell from a cathedral he hasn't been to in years.]
I voted for Escha. Though a part of me even was surprised at myself, thinking a girl like that could commit that kind of murder, out of the blue. But facts are facts. I can understand not wanting to sacrifice two for the sake of one, anyways.
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And eventually he just sighs tiredly]
Ogata was innocent. So that means Escha-chan could've done it. I've got no right to criticize your vote.
[...]
And now we've got a killer on the loose. Someone who might feel comfortable killing again for all we know.