overlimit | The Murder Gang Doesn't Do A Murder (W4, Friday)

[nodding, and then:]

... Yamato, Caleb's gonna be so pissed at me. [a little wring of anxiety, here]

[ oh. there's a bit of hesitation as he looks at the others ]

... I think... it'd be fine to tell him now.

[ little bit of guilt from him ]

[she is very, very stressed about this, but she... waits.]

If - if that's okay. I don't want to fuck your plans up.

[ he looks back ]

If you trust him, Beau.

More than literally anybody I've known, yeah.

[ a nod ]

Then you have my approval.

I'm fine with telling him. I already said it'd be good to have him in the know.

[nodding.] He's smart, and a good person to have on your team.

[ it's just the five of them, so he doesn't hesitate to hold out both of his hands to her ]

[she takes them, and holds them tightly.

she's a mix of a lot of things. anger, worry. anxiety, dread. no sadness, really, but - she's a nauseating soup of nerves.]

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[ yamato already said yes so he's just. shoving his pants in his pockets ]

... When it comes to that, though, one of us will have to be with you, in case it counts as you spilling it against our will somehow.

[nods.]

Might wanna do me and you. He trusts you most.

It's mutual.

[ that's his weird uncle wow ]

[she just pulls yamato close and leans on him. she is very relieved.]

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[rita's... a little hesitant.]

He's a decent guy. And we know for a fact that he hasn't killed anyone up to this week. And he'd be a valuable asset to have on our side.

So... yeah, Caleb's a good choice.

But I feel like I should bring something up. I've been charting out the likely activities of those killers who work in pairs. Byleth and her allies. If my hypothesis is correct, they may have been able to recruit one new member since last week, and we have no idea who that is.

It's not especially likely that they would choose Caleb, but... it could be anyone. We should remember that.

It could be anybody, yeah. And that's fair. I want to protect you guys best I can, but look - I don't know how much I can keep from Caleb.

He knows me better than anybody else. So either you're gonna have to keep me in the dark, or.

[hesitant, but...]

...True. I don't really want you stuck in the position of having to keep secrets from someone you're close with.

[glancing at yamato, this situation's kind of familiar...]

He's gonna be real fucking pissed as is, mostly because I didn't ask him for help.

Yeah, good luck with that. I'd be pissed, too.

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... That sounds familiar.

[ teasing a little even though all his emotions are leaking out AAAAAAAAAAAAAA ]

Yeah, well, I just can't trust a bunch of sentimental jerks to keep a secret like this!

[you dorks and your friendships! hmph.]

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... Then it might be for the best to share only the same names that group potentially knows by now, right? Yours or mine. That way we're not spilling anything new.

So we leave out the full number of members, and the names of the two members who haven't been outed yet.

[rita considers that... and nods.]

I'm good with that.

Right. I'll go with Beau to make sure we don't get punished, and we'll share what's needed. If we're lucky, maybe Caleb has heard something about the other roles, too.

[ he DOUBTS IT but god let them find non-murderers ]

I'll leave that to you, then.