laurence

[rippled]

tsun baby

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[outdistanced]

[ ...it's a grim thought, but not unfounded. maybe that's what makes it so scary. ]

If even Zhongli could be taken out like that, then I don't know what the rest of us could do for protection. But trying to leave clues... that's something anyone can do. They just need to be something we can understand.

[ thinks tiredly of waner's rock drawing ]

[rippled]

Something we can understand while at the same time not being obvious enough that the killer would notice...

[outdistanced]

[ grimaces. ]

Someone suggested Morse code to me last week or so, but everyone knows about it now. And who'd remember that while someone's trying to kill them, anyway?

[rippled]

Code in general is not a bad idea, but you're right... at this point any of us would be able to recognize that one.

[outdistanced]

Maybe. I think the problem is if just a few people know, then - what if something happens to them, too? Or what if the killer's one of the people who knows?

But maybe that's a risk with anything we'd try to leave behind.

[rippled]

[ they nod. ]

All we can do is try, I suppose. It's what we have been doing.

[outdistanced]

Apparently we need to try harder.

[rippled]

We are trying so hard...

[outdistanced]

Sure, but look at where we are now.

[ one murderer missing......... ]

[rippled]

Oh, the result isn't what we wanted it to be.

But I think we should still acknowledge how hard we worked. Isn't it a good sign for how we care for each other?

[outdistanced]

...I guess. That's just going to make it harder on us the longer this goes on, though.

[rippled]

Everything is going to make it harder for us, though. It's like you said. People only grow more attached.

[outdistanced]

[ he did say that but it's still hateful. ]

Maybe if we could find a way to stop this from happening in the first place...

[rippled]

I'm not sure how, since there don't seem to be any signs of when people are affected... and we can't get rid of the tree.

[outdistanced]

That's the weird thing, isn't it? How can there be no signs at all unless we find them? I don't understand how something so messed up can be hidden that well.

...I wonder if it'll get harder to hide, though. Since they said it'll get worse if we don't do something.

[rippled]

... maybe. Fidelio suggested that we keep an eye on people's appetites, since it's believed that this was... gluttony?

[outdistanced]

[ grimaces ]

Because of all the food involved...?

[rippled]

[ they nod. ]

So, paying attention if anyone has any obvious changes in appetite...

[outdistanced]

I've never really paid that much attention to anyone's appetites so far, honestly.

[ never thought it would matter. ]

[rippled]

Well, I think the only one that is obviously noticeable is mine, so I guess I'd be easy?

[outdistanced]

...Maybe. Unless more people are like Jacopo who only eats when they're alone.

[rippled]

... ugh, it really is difficult when we have nothing else to base it on.

[outdistanced]

Yves said he thinks it has to be someone on the list of people who fit the shoes. And it's... not a big list, but narrowing it down from there is the hard part.

[rippled]

Right, since if we get it wrong then it could cause issues...

[ they would not be surprised if someone tries to kill a caught killer and if it's a bad guess then. rip. ]

[outdistanced]

I guess there's always the option to jail all of us on Thursday night or something.

[ he hates the idea, though. and would it even work if someone's that far gone? ]