Well that sure happened

[notbymyside]

[Ango truthfully isn't much of a cook, relying mostly on takeout food to keep himself fed. But takeout isn't an option here, and after that...colorful trial, he doesn't have it in him to trust food that he isn't preparing himself.

It's not bad, really. Just rather plain. There is also a noticeable lack of meat among everything he's prepared too. And it all goes well with the liquid diet he's supplying, courtesy of the jazz bar. Plenty of booze bottles and glasses can be found for your drinking needs. He's sure he's not the only one who wants to forget that whole cursed trial.]

Food and drinks are in the opera house. Be sure to drink responsibly.

-Ango

[There are also no decorations, beyond the mess left behind from earlier.]

Comments

[notbymyside]

[Ango isn't actually hiding in his room for once, though he has brought his notebook with him and is filling out the pages. Though he seems dissatisfied with what he is writing, and he keeps scribbling things out. He eventually rips out the page and tosses it away, only to start again on a new page. If anyone picks the note up they're probably gonna have a hard time reading it since it's written in Japanese, but the name Shin appears in English letters on it a few times. Hm.

He also has a list of names that he has edited, since the trial is over and all.

He does eat his own cooking, of course. Even if it's bland and dull. In fact, he has an explanation for it if anyone asks:]

I thought milder foods would be better on everyone's stomachs.

[Yep. Totally not because he can't cook that well.]

[pr159]

That's probably fair.

[ Some of them did seem a little nauseated after hearing about that whole... furniture thing. Plus, not a bad idea if they're all going to be drinking.

Anyway, he'll sit down next to Ango. Congratulations? ]

So, we're down to three living unknowns, hm?

[notbymyside]

[Hi friendo hiii]

It seems so. Have you had any luck with any of them yet?

[pr159]

No. This week was enough of a mess that that whole meeting interrogation plan didn't really work out, obviously, and given who the other two are, I don't expect I'm going to be able to get much out of them on my own.

[notbymyside]

I suppose we could try to hedge our bets on them not committing murder. Out of everyone here, they're certainly not the most eccentric.

[Looking at you, Zangetsu.]

[moonfang]

[sneezes from across the room]

[pr159]

Kind of amazing, isn't it?

[ It certainly says something about their group... ]

That's not a bet I'd be willing to make, really, but we do have it narrowed down enough now that we can probably table it until we come to a case where the evidence isn't clearly pointing to anyone.

[notbymyside]

That is true too. Though I also suspect if they're the type to hide their powers then they might also commit a murder without using them. In which case their exact powers do not matter, as far as evidence goes.

That said, I also think that at least one of them must have Sonui, since only Dazai-kun has admitted to having it. And it seems strange for only one person to have a specific power.

[pr159]

My assumption has been that there was probably a nearly even distribution of powers at the start -- as much as there can be with an uneven number to divide, anyway. So I agree that he probably isn't the only one, but it's also possible that the others died already.

[ He runs his finger down the list, pausing briefly at each of the bolded question marks. ]

Given how much the first victim talked, I have to say a sound-based power wouldn't seem unfitting for him.

[notbymyside]

[Okay, that gets a chuckle from Ango.]

Are you saying Dazai-kun talks a lot too?

[pr159]

Well, I'm not not saying that.

[ He's also probably biased because he hates almost everything that comes out of Dazai's mouth. ]

But in a more general sense, it seems like many of them are strangely well-suited to the recipients in one way or another.

[notbymyside]

You may have a point there, I have noticed that in some cases. But then you have people like Zangetsu and his ice powers, which aren't that great of a match. I'm also not sure how gravitas matches me.

[deadlygoals]

[ He's showing up much much later, and smelling like vodka. He seems pretty sleepy as he plops down beside Ango. ]

Ango~

[ Just going to steal his pen and point to his notebook. ]

Let me see that real quick.

[notbymyside]

[Well okay, he hands over the notebook for Dazai to use.]

Don't scribble on anything I have written.

[deadlygoals]

[ Rude. ]

I won't~

[ He'll spin around in his seat with the notebook once before putting it back down. He'll skim down to Olivert's name before writing in a word. Sonui. ]

[notbymyside]

[Ah. Handy notes to have. Ango raises an eyebrow at Dazai, as if to ask him how he got that information.]

Hmm, quite the doodle there.

[deadlygoals]

[ At the eyebrow raise, he'll flip to a new page in the notebook. Writing in katakana. リィン]

I can draw you if you want.

[ He'll start scribbling, as if to do just that. Though Dazai's art... typically looks cursed. ]

[notbymyside]

[Ah. The pieces are falling into place.]

If you draw me, then I will insist on drawing you in return.

[deadlygoals]

[ There's a pause before he grins at that. ]

It might be the next best thing to photos.

[ Something to capture this moment might not be so bad. ]

[notbymyside]

You go first then. I'm excited to see what artistic talents you have.

[Ango is actually going to try when it's his turn though.]

[deadlygoals]

[ He'll turn in the seat to face Ango. Putting the pen down as he looks him over. Then he'll pull out an artist charcoal and start making broad, long strokes against the paper. ]

That's right, you've never been to my office.

[ They all kept very separate while at work. ]

[promittere]

[Bland is better than outright terrible, at least, so Ignis can't complain too much. Not that he would anyways, because he was raised to be polite and respectable and all of that other nonsense that meant he would be successful in politics.

Still...]

And it's easier to make, that much is certain.

[They need proper caterers for these things, he thinks.]

[notbymyside]

That too. I'm not as used to the kitchens they have here, so I didn't want to go too complicated.

[promittere]

I imagine most people wouldn't be able to navigate an industrial kitchen. Still, you've done...well.

[notbymyside]

[He heard that hesitation there.]

Thank you for the praise. I appreciate it.