[pcs] majima

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Too much for any one person's mind, truly.

[after he steps inside, he finds somewhere to settle, taking a seat with a heavy sigh.]

...it is difficult to think about having failed him.

[haw]

[ let's say there's a kotatsu in the room so that we can be Certified Weebs™

that aside... ishi may notice, from the state of the futons on the other side of the room, that it doesn't seem like majima has been staying in here alone. whoever the other occupant is, though, seems to be out. ]

Ya mean Ray?

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I do, yes.

[thank god for real weeb hours, kotatsus are also nice and comforting... he's here for it. he does glance at the other side of the room, but declines to comment on it.]

I learned Cunning's guilty party was not his killer. We missed them.

[haw]

[ hm. that's unfortunate. majima doesn't seem fazed by the reveal; he just sighs. ]

I know Love-han was tryin' to encourage us, but we really ain't gettin' any better at this, are we.

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We truly aren't. Even with what I tried to give us to work with, we still...

[really fucked this one up.]

[haw]

Ain't yer fault some people were playin' devil's advocate. [ beat ] Or, uh. Gettin' hit with Devil's Advocate.

[ that isn't confusing at all, ]

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Even without that, I do not think it would have been successful in the end. He was not the only one.

[he can't lay all of that on narukami.]

[haw]

[ at that, he just hums, nonplussed. ]

. . . So what's the next step for ya?

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Try to identify them before it happens again, I suppose. I think I have it narrowed down. I just... do not know quite enough right now.

[there aren't enough variables eliminated, yet.]

And there is a limit to how much one person may do in one day.

[haw]

Fair enough.

[ he leans forward slightly, resting an arm on the table. ]

I'd be lyin' if I didn't say I was curious as hell... but I understand if ya don't wanna spill everythin' to me.

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It... is a risk to say too much, yes, but truthfully-- I suppose if there is any time to take risks, it is a time like this. I have already done so today, anyway.

[and majima is... someone who reminds him of home, whose company he likes, and who has contact with at least one person ishi puts his trust in. he hesitates, gathering his thoughts.]

I believe I know which god they belong to, and I know of three people within that god's following. The clue Ray-kun left could point to any of the three in some way, or it could be someone I have not identified... still, it's a place to start.

[haw]

[ ISHIPAPA... he'd smile if the stakes weren't so high. ]

Well, knowin' what we know... that rules out Merriment-han an' Sincerity-han. Ambition-han was cleared, too, if I'm rememberin' right... so, Justice-han?

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We are fairly sure Ambition was not actually cleared. Ray-kun would have mentioned that item if he actually had another one-- I'm one of the people he sent to Indulgence as a favor to get the first one, and Ray-kun told me about it before he even had the thing. There is no reason he would have kept it quiet, nor any reason he would not have left something like that behind with the other things he decided not to bring out with him. I'm confident it was planted.

Not to mention that unless Nonon-san was lying about the results of her work, either Cunning or Justice was innocent, yes? Cunning was not; therefore Justice ought to be clear.

That only leaves Ambition.

[haw]

Damn... what a crazy show ya got runnin' behind the scenes. I got no clue how ya can keep all that info straight sometimes...

[ it's funny when you remember he becomes an info broker in a later game, ]

Ambition-han, huh... an' with her havin' the numbers she does, it doesn't exactly make it easy to narrow our whodunnit person.