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[Kanaya has been lurking outside the emerald wing's south exit, by the staircase, waiting to catch sight of Kaoru. When that happens:] Hey, Kaoru, it's nice to see you in one piece still. --I was wondering. Would you like to come to my room? It's just a little difficult to hold conversation at length with the music room so nearby.

[A fortunate quirk of the layout she had noticed made it easier for them to publicly avoid a place they would end up being overheard.]

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[it's okay not everyone is born to be a golden californian (murderer??)]

We could ask that snake the next time we meet up exactly what an accomplice entails.

Yeah... I'm coming up with more and more questions for him.

Hmmm. Speaking of accomplices - or allies, anyway - I noticed you've been talking with Gundam a fair deal and so have I. What do you think about him?

It's better to go in with questions than to assume, in my opinion. [a nod, and then carrying right on.]

Mr. Tanaka seems to be a rather... spirited individual. So far, I would say he is too much of a wild card to be of great use in terms of accomplices. In fact, I trust very few of the people I have spoken with. [by which Kaoru means "absolutely no one".]

I may have one person in mind but I will have to wait until further interaction to confirm or deny it. ...It's actually quite an unfortunate divide, looking at it objectively. I cannot name one potential ally outside of our own group, but there are quite a few who seem to me to be too dangerous.

There's nobody at this time whom I would trust with the truth of our situation or whom I have a particular desire to save. The divide you speak of... It's an acute problem. I really can only identify individuals who would be morally opposed to the means of our mission regardless of the ends, or else the braver souls would be of a more selfish sort.

It's a shame. If only we could swing the vote somehow...

Even if we cannot, five people is still a decent number. Assuming no other alliances are formed, that still gives us an advantage.

We will, however, need to act in order to destroy other forming groups, lest that advantage be lost. It is much easier at this point to pick targets rather than allies, unfortunately.

That's one advantage to this whole arrived-alone setup. Initially each contestant is a single cell.

Maybe some will want to attach themselves to us later once deaths actually start to occur...

We can only hope. Depending on the moral leaning of this group, they may be more inclined to fiercely abstain and go with all of their might after any potential perpetrator instead.

[And somewhere the part of Kanaya who haunted the graveyard rolled over in her coffin]

Do you think they're going to get excited about the hypocritical art of witch-hunting? It's a pretty human thing to do, I guess.

[tried so hard and only ended up a killer elsewhere...]

My, when you put it like that, it does seem to be something that has a high likelihood of occurring. [all things considered, Kaoru doesn't actually sound surprised at all. humans.png]

It would be in our best benefit, then, to create strong enough ties that they will be reluctant to cast suspicious glances our way on the days we end up in trial. One-sided, though, since trusting any of them at this point would be a foolish choice indeed.

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