AOI

[aubins]

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[aubins]

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[ off to a great start. he'll come sit down next to her. ]

Are you hiding in here for any reason?

[gamerbrain]

Aoi isn't hiding.

Aoi just didn't want to watch.

[aubins]

[ ... ]

... That's a good enough reason not to go, yeah. Did you know Fukuda well?

[gamerbrain]

He was nice to Aoi. Aoi thought we were friends.

[aubins]

You weren't expecting the things he said at trial.

[gamerbrain]

... No...

He said that he wanted to help people... Aoi knew it was bad, but...

[aubins]

... If he really believed that was helping people, he probably would've started on people here, eventually.

[ ... ]

I'm not into the idea of condemning people based on things they've done elsewhere though, so it's a bit of a grey area.

[gamerbrain]

But we don't know... We don't know if he would have done it, here...

[aubins]

We don't. He might've, and for some people that might've been enough.

[gamerbrain]

Aoi doesn't think it's good to punish people before they do anything.

[ ... but she's starting to learn a little bit of nuance, over time, so after a pause she adds: ]

But... He did do those bad things...

[aubins]

[ WE LOVE TO SEE CHARACTER GROWTH. ]

People would've been wary of him anyway, after this week. And those who vote have a nasty habit of dog piling on people they don't like.

[gamerbrain]

You still don't vote?

[aubins]

When we have no idea who the killer is? No.

[gamerbrain]

Aoi still thinks that's better.

But... Aoi understands why people vote a little more, now...

[aubins]

It's dangerous not to. At some point we're going to have to start getting these right, so we can vote with more confidence.

[gamerbrain]

... Maybe people will stop killing...

[aubins]

[ he just


gives her hair a ruffle. ]

That'd be nice, huh.

[gamerbrain]

... You don't think they will.

[aubins]

I don't, no.

We haven't given anyone incentive to stop, given we keep failing to catch anyone.

[gamerbrain]

Then if we catch a killer, will they stop?

[aubins]

The killer specifically? Yes.

[ because they will be dead, aoi. ]

Others? I don't know.

[gamerbrain]

[ she meant other people!!! but she's dumb so it was fair to assume otherwise. ]

Do you think that there are lots of different killers? Or just one?

[aubins]

[ i love and support her and i am the dumb one ]

I don't know, honestly. Maybe not right now, but the longer this goes on there could be.

[gamerbrain]

... Aoi hadn't thought about it before. But it's one of us, pretending not to know...

[ i mean, obviously? but she hadn't REALLY thought about that. ]

[aubins]

And there's the other issue. The longer this goes on, the more paranoid and suspicious we all become.