PC: Nier

[overlimit]

Comments

[overlimit]

[rita nods.]

Most of us have way stricter rules for secrecy than that, so... trust me. We won't blab.

Just to be sure, though: you're okay with me telling these three?

[she points to her phone, presumably indicating Yamato, Alphinaud, and Kon.]

[amain]

Yeah. As long as you make sure to emphasize they can't tell anyone else.

[ i got an okay for these aw ye ]

[overlimit]

Naturally.

[a pause...]

Have you used either of those abilities until now?

[amain]

I've only used the power to save, but it's been...

[ looks at their streak. ]

[overlimit]

[rita's eyes widen.]

W, wait, was that...?

[thinking back to the one time someone got convicted and didn't die?]

[amain]

... If we're talking about Manwol, tides naturally turned that execution

[ that was not him. ]

We've been catching all the killers, so my power hasn't been useful.

[overlimit]

Oh... good.

That makes sense. I kinda already know who one of our yet-to-be-caught ones is, too...

Is that power a guarantee? Like, if you use it, will the person absolutely be saved?

[amain]

[ This is coming together, isn't it. ]

... I have nothing to lose believing in it, though I haven't seen in it action.

[overlimit]

[she squints at him...]

So you've had all these powers you can't really do anything with for like, this whole time?

[amain]

Not much I can do if we catch killers... I also don't want to tamper with cases. [ To like frame someone. ] I've chosen targets that I thought were most suspicious, but probably innocent.

[ he sighs. ]

I think the power works on those that also get picked as executioner, but that's another dart to throw.

[overlimit]

When can you choose a target to save, exactly?

[amain]

Starting Monday. My deadline is Tuesday, 6 pm.

[ EST! ]

Usually, I discuss possible targets with the people I’ve told on Sundays.

[overlimit]

Ugh... that's about the same as when we choose an investigation target, but... that's too damn early!

[hmph!]

... Do you mind sharing who else you've told?

[amain]

It’s… Pretty early.

[ A sigh. ]

Kainé, Sakyou, Dimitri, and Claude. Dimitri and Claude believe Sakyou has the power.

[ Sakyou is the Pope. ]

[overlimit]

[oh. oh shit.]

If we combine us, our confidants, and yours... that's 12 -- no, 13 people.

If we plan ahead, we could ensure that nobody dies next Sunday.

[amain]

[ !! ]

You think so? [ as reminder, only the honor society members can know about the role. And: ] We can’t outright tell others aside from my group and the society to vote for someone.

[overlimit]

We can't? Is that one of the rules?

[amain]

Yeah. If people catch wind or think that there’s something that can save them, it might negate the power entirely. Even if it’s some rumor.

So only people who can know who to vote is me, you, Yamato, Kon, Alphinaud, Dimitri, Claude, Kainé, and Sakyou.

[overlimit]

Damn.

Still, maybe we should try having a group meeting tomorrow, with all of us...

... Oh, something I was wondering about. Is your activity headed by one of the dorm heads?

[amain]

It is.

[overlimit]

Can you tell me who?

[amain]

Riku.

[overlimit]

[...]

Iris, in our case.

[amain]

[ Hmm. ]

So neither Iris nor Riku lead the killing group? Is that the implication.

[overlimit]

Yeah, that's kind of what I was thinking about.

Maybe it shouldn't matter, knowing what we do now, but I might have been right to be cautious around Hugo... hmph.