Ruler PC Catchall

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[fullbodied]

[she could be suspicious of the box... but also, she's just generally not a suspicious person.]

Wanted to make sure you were okay. Ever since, well... Since Saturday, you'd seemed to take everything really hard. It wasn't like you.

[improbablenotimpossible]

[He actually smiles at that thought a bit thinly at her concern, strange as it may seem, as he sets the box on the desk, pushing himself off the bed]

I suppose that wasn't well-hidden. I suppose it's vanity, but usually when I make a mistake, it's minor, a small detail. Nobody got hurt... save for the one incident long ago.

I do not like seeing the truth fall away, and I especially do not care to see an innocent suffer and die because I could not find that truth.

[fullbodied]

Yeah but...

[she takes a seat.]

It shouldn't be all on you, either. All of us failed. We did such a bad job with the investigation, and she... she really didn't want us to find the truth...

since all that happened

[improbablenotimpossible]

She did not it seems... Now we know there's another layer to this 'game'. We seem to be uncovering more mysteries than answers

[His expression softens, silently questioning, before quietly sitting next to her]

[fullbodied]

Yeah.

[she looks down, placing her hands on her knees.]

This game, this everything is bullshit. And I hate it. I feel dumb next to everyone else. Like it's you guys, and then maybe me and Ryuji just playing catch up.

[improbablenotimpossible]

I won't disagree - everything about this is absurd, and it seems designed to throw everyone into confusion and despair.

Before you start thinking, you and your friend aren't useless. We all have different expertise, and then we have a lot of unspoken rules and hurdles we're trying to figure out here...

You're the first one that came up with the idea of writing in the book... painful as it was, it did give us new leads.

[fullbodied]

Ahah, right. The book.

Honestly, I'm glad. If that meant it saved rotations of sleeping with the book, then that's good, right?

[she looks a little nervous as she says that, but at least she's looking up.]

Anyway, for whatever good it is... Ryuji's good at running and jumping, and I'm a good distraction... That counts for something.

[improbablenotimpossible]

I think we gained more information than we would've if everyone had repeated what I had gone through.

This would be the kind of place where different eyes and experiences would help.

[fullbodied]

Thanks, Ruler. If someone like you thinks it's valuable, then I'll stop beating myself up about it.

I'm gonna do my best.

[improbablenotimpossible]

That's all anyone can ask for. Even Wheatley can be valuable at times.

[Okay, that is a bit mean, but Ruler can be rather blunt at times]

[fullbodied]

Hmm. You must have some pretty strong opinions about him, to say that so bluntly.

[improbablenotimpossible]

[He actually laughs]

I'm actually a pretty blunt man by nature, having to work in a bureaucracy had forced me to pick up some tact to survive. While you have to admit he is not exactly the brightest spark, he does seem to have an uncanny 'danger sense'.

[fullbodied]

So you work in a bureaucracy back home? Or just with the Foundation? Or is iiiiiit both, huh?

And I dunno, I haven't talked to him. But now I'm gonna.

[improbablenotimpossible]

The Foundation... back home it's more a rag-tag group having to pretend to play lip service in order to do our jobs.

[fullbodied]

Aha. Well, the Foundation sucks. So I guess it checks out.

But I also never expected that you would belong to a group of ragamuffins. You seem so... formal!

[improbablenotimpossible]

Hmm... Servants are an eccentric lot, and anyone who is capable of forming contracts with us tend to be highly unusual people. I admit, I am a bit more orderly than most because of my nature as a detective.

[fullbodied]

[there are two things she wants to ask here-- but she figures, she may as well go with the first.]

So... I formed a contract with Hecate. Are you sort of like what would happen if she were separate from me?

[improbablenotimpossible]

[He pursed his lips in thought]

No, not quite like that. We are more like... familiars, but far more complex and powerful in how we function, and have been fully realized beings rather than fragments... for the most part.

[fullbodied]

Lucky for us, you're a detective familiar, then!

Which... brings up my next question. Do you think Erika was targeted because she bragged about being a detective?

[improbablenotimpossible]

It is an extremely strong possibility.

[fullbodied]

... So... hopefully you aren't next, huh?

[improbablenotimpossible]

I figured if someone else would kill, that Dr. Muller and I might be the likely targets.

[fullbodied]

... Ugh!

This is fucking stupid! Why is anyone killing anyone? How does that help us get out of here?!

[she stands up and places her hands on her hips.]

I get not being suspicious of anyone but I hate that it's in the back of my mind now.

[improbablenotimpossible]

Desperation, and I would not be surprised to know if there were other pressures being put out in order to coax a killing.

[He watches her move, his arms folding over his chest]

Much as I believe our group do have good intentions, the False Ms. Yuuko knows enough about us, that there is a crack to be exploited. It's never comforting to know that this is something we have to keep on guard while we're unraveling the mysteries on this island.

[fullbodied]

The idea that there's something any of us would kill for...

I... can't imagine it. I can't.