[He's hurrying, so it's possible he'll step in some of it anyway, we'll see! But once they get to the top of the stairs...there's nothing. The smell is gone.]
Listen, it's going to come out tomorrow anyway, so I'm not gonna mince words. She killed Nia. Or at least she transformed into the thing that did. There's no question about it.
Yeah, well, don't blame me! No one bothered to tell me until yesterday, because they all assumed I'd do something crazy if I knew! And then we couldn't find her all day.
[Like, he gets it, Toi, but he absolutely would have told you.]
Anyway, just. I don't think there's anything you could've done to save her, not at this point. But I didn't want you to find out for the first time tomorrow.
[ he is definitely bristling, but that manages to... well, not make him feel better, but he does seem slightly less agitated. galo is now the only valid person in this club.
but he lets out a groan, before pulling something out of his pocket. it's a piece of a paper. ]
When I woke up, I had a note. It's from her. [ he doesn't hand it over to galo, but he does read from it. ] "I wanted to tell you, too." Apparently she asked Plum to give it to me today, so...
Last week, Peach told me that it's something like. There's a defense mechanism that makes them do whatever it takes to keep from being caught. I thought she only meant they were mimicking the person they infected, but maybe it's worse than that.
[Because it does sound worse. To be stuck like that, knowing you want to warn your friends, but unable to.]
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[Whirling around to go check out the stairs. Oh.]
Aww, shit. It's the werefish again, huh? She slimed all over the place and somebody tried to fight her with fire?
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[ SINCE THERE'S THREE GODDAMN CASES!!! ]
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[Ugh. He's so fucking tired.]
I can't just let everybody go to sleep if there's a chance there's a fire burning somewhere.
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We can still check the other floors to make sure. Third's probably our best bet since there's no smoke coming from any of these.
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Yeah. It might be up there.
[He's going to. Try to climb the stairs while avoiding all the nasty slime.]
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and then goes after him. avoiding slime. ]
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I don't smell it anymore, do you?
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[ he frowns, and then turns around and starts going back down ]
Shit, is it in one of the rooms then?
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It could just be. Magic or whatever? Like how only some people can see the crime scenes sometimes. If that's the case, we might not find it at all.
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If that's it, then the fire most likely won't spread elsewhere, I think.
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[But it still makes him really nervous.]
I'll check the bedrooms, anyway.
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[ considering uh, one of the people in it mcdied so ]
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[Pausing in his fire frenzy to realize he could show some sympathy.]
I'm sorry. I tried to find her before curfew so something like this wouldn't happen.
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[ he knows that it realistically wouldn't have made a difference since they're all put to sleep but... ]
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[It. Definitely wouldn't have made a difference, though. Chewing his lip.]
Also, hey. Did you know about her?
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[ terrible idea ]
... Meltryllis?
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[He pauses for a second, considering.]
Listen, it's going to come out tomorrow anyway, so I'm not gonna mince words. She killed Nia. Or at least she transformed into the thing that did. There's no question about it.
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And how did you all find out?
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[He gets that Toi doesn't exactly look happy, but. He's not backing down.]
But there could have been others, too.
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[ funny. ]
Well, I guess that means there's only two murders everyone will have to figure out tomorrow. Great.
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[Like, he gets it, Toi, but he absolutely would have told you.]
Anyway, just. I don't think there's anything you could've done to save her, not at this point. But I didn't want you to find out for the first time tomorrow.
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but he lets out a groan, before pulling something out of his pocket. it's a piece of a paper. ]
When I woke up, I had a note. It's from her. [ he doesn't hand it over to galo, but he does read from it. ] "I wanted to tell you, too." Apparently she asked Plum to give it to me today, so...
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If she wrote that. That means she was still herself in some way. She still cared.
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[ maybe they can ask plum about it tomorrow, even if the thought of spending nine hours yelling is not something he is looking forward to. ]
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[Because it does sound worse. To be stuck like that, knowing you want to warn your friends, but unable to.]
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