From the white lights, the darkness comes...

[sageking]

Today's trial was a mixture of regret, anger, guilt, and second-thoughts. Perhaps some people realized that situations and choices weren't to be black or white. However, decisions were made, and whether it'd be through people keeping secrets or causing a ton of chaos...everyone could probably agree on one thing:

They've made their choices and no matter what happened in the coming days, they will lie in the beds they made for themselves. Whatever that should mean for each and every single person still living here.

That being said, there's still new choices to make. In the days to come, what will those be?

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[golden_dream]

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[She took a deep breath, feeling the tension spike by several hundred degrees. The conversation was quickly turning to one of outright murder... well, of course it was. Gin-san wouldn't cast that barrier over a trifle. And yet... She wrote:

"Risky. Would you be able to convince a ghost-Dazai that you were in no way responsible? Because I would think... if I were a ghost, and I suspected a person was responsible for my death, my very first act would be to either haunt that person, or to make sure my friends knew what happened. --Come to think of it, that might be where that list of votes for Rin-chan came from. But, there's also the fact that even if Dazai were fooled, you'd be guilty in the court of public opinion. That court is ruthless.

No, we can't throw him into a trap. As far as I see it, we have two options... as of right now:

One: Dazai throws himself into a trap. Perhaps he's investigating with a friend who he absolutely cannot bear to let die. The only real consideration then is if he gets into a contest with someone else to see who can throw themselves under the train faster.

Two: We wait. Are you familiar with this saying? "If the cuckoo does not sing, kill it. If the cuckoo does not sing, coax it. If the cuckoo does not sing, wait." In which case... 'waiting' is hard to do. But sometimes it's the only thing you can do.

I think we should have a special signal, known only to us, that means 'Vote Dazai.' Some code-word one of us says, then the other repeats with either an affirmation or a negative. If we're both agreed, we go through with it. If not, we play it safe and continue voting for the culprit. It's like a wolf and sheep puzzle. Do you know what I mean?"]