[ 45 waves a lazy hello from her position by the planchette. There's a little golden vial peeking out of her pocket. ]
I did. Business first this time, I'm afraid.
[ a vague gesture, like what can you do. anyway, she fishes out the little golden vial and presents it for examination. ]
I found this in my quarters last week. The note makes it clear someone else received it for- apparently- voting correctly, but there was no mention of what it should do included.
[There's a shrug because she expected as much, but when she looks at the vial she blinks in surprise.]
...oh. [She's frowning slightly.] Well...to make it easy, the person who consumes this vial will be granted the luck of a correct vote. So...you could drink it and know that your vote will change to someone who's actually guilty, essentially.
I just wonder at how he came to that decision. I don't believe I particularly engender trust from others, not from such limited contact. Even if he was open to things...
[ Why did the airhead philosopher give her this, don't you have friends, Subete. Did you think that she would make sure retribution was enacted? ]
I do wonder if it's because of what you did for Hunter. It definitely said a lot about you. But we really will never know unless we were to ask him ourselves.
The host. It doesn't quite work the same as an antidote, which would mean the host has to die first, but...they could still be brought back and given a second chance after that while removing the monster from them.
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I did. Business first this time, I'm afraid.
[ a vague gesture, like what can you do. anyway, she fishes out the little golden vial and presents it for examination. ]
I found this in my quarters last week. The note makes it clear someone else received it for- apparently- voting correctly, but there was no mention of what it should do included.
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...oh. [She's frowning slightly.] Well...to make it easy, the person who consumes this vial will be granted the luck of a correct vote. So...you could drink it and know that your vote will change to someone who's actually guilty, essentially.
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[ hm. ]
Even so, why someone else would give that up ... I wonder.
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[She hums.] I think you already know the answer to that, too. If you think about it and when you found it.
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[ bandaging up toi? conducting a seance? ]
... Harry? Unless the victim...
[ the only real reason for someone to not have a use for this is if they couldn't use it anymore. so. ]
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Sometimes...people have enough foresight to leave things behind when they know something bad's about to happen.
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...I thought he had other acquaintances here. Giving it to me seems quite the leap of faith, no matter what his previous experience with dolls was.
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Does it bother you?
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I just wonder at how he came to that decision. I don't believe I particularly engender trust from others, not from such limited contact. Even if he was open to things...
[ Why did the airhead philosopher give her this, don't you have friends, Subete. Did you think that she would make sure retribution was enacted? ]
... Another question, if you will?
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[But she shrugs.] Ask me anything you'd like.
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... The feathers.
[ Her fingers drum out a brief rhythm across the board. ]
If a monster were to be carrying them somehow at the time of their execution, would the second chance be granted to the host, or the monster?
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The host. It doesn't quite work the same as an antidote, which would mean the host has to die first, but...they could still be brought back and given a second chance after that while removing the monster from them.
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[ hindsight is 20/20 in murder mansion. ]
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