Ray: Catch All

[heartmunculus]

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[heartmunculus]

In some ways it is. We never had dreams of people's deaths.

[selfimmolates]

That was pretty unexpected. To be honest, I'm not a huge fan of it.

[heartmunculus]

I know we had to be alerted to a death, but wasn't seeing the coffin enough?

[selfimmolates]

With any luck, it'll at least provide a clue to catching her killer.

[heartmunculus]

The fire? It's hard to say since we can't see her body through the glass of the coffin.

But it sounds like we're getting all of the evidence tomorrow.

[selfimmolates]

Yup. For the trial, where we have to find the culprit—and execute them, apparently.

[heartmunculus]

... Right. I'm not used to this part either.

Usually it was straight combat, whoever was alive was the victor.

[This whole thing has many more steps.]

[selfimmolates]

That'd probably be a lot simpler and quicker. Then again, I don't know how many people here are actually suited for combat...

[heartmunculus]

[Sieg definitely isn't suited for combat when he's like this. His skills make him sound like a househusband.]

According to the statues, not all of us.

[selfimmolates]

Nope. Guess they had to make things a little fair for all of us. Tomorrow will probably be a matter of our smarts.

[heartmunculus]

Yeah...Are you used to solving things like this?

[selfimmolates]

Murders? Not usually.

[heartmunculus]

I've only had one experience trying to solve a series of murders.

[selfimmolates]

Well, that's more than most people, probably. We also do have a few detectives, assuming none of them were the murderer.

[heartmunculus]

What are you using to rule people out?

[selfimmolates]

Nothing. Right now, anyone could be the killer. Even you or me.

[he pauses.]

Though considering the likely motives, there's a decent chance it wasn't someone aligned with the same god as Shiki. However, that's also assuming her killer even had that piece of info.

[heartmunculus]

I feel like I'd remember that.

I don't know how many people are close enough to each other that they'd share that information.

[selfimmolates]

Pretty much. I'll admit I know which alignment Shiki was, but it doesn't mean anything until we have a smaller pool of suspects.

[heartmunculus]

Huh... I haven't told anybody mine.

Our suspect pool is large. I don't know if the fire in the dream has much to do with what really happened to her.

[selfimmolates]

Neither have I, but some people are more willing. In any case, everything Shiki said about her god matched up with info I already had, so I doubt she was lying.

... Maybe not. It'll depend on the evidence we get tomorrow.

[heartmunculus]

Did you talk to her god?

It's only tomorrow, but it feels like a long wait.

[selfimmolates]

Nope. They didn't like me.

[he nods.]

Well, try to get some rest anyway. We're probably going to need it.

[heartmunculus]

They rejected your offering?

You too. Don't stay up all night reading.

[selfimmolates]

Pretty much.

Don't worry. I know how to take care of myself.

[heartmunculus]

[He's 12.

Then again, Sieg's one.]

Alright. Let me know if you need anything.