[ Despite what she'd told Jay back when they'd been cooking together – it feels like an age ago now, even if it wasn't really that long – Ai hadn't had a lot of faith that they'd all make it out of this unscathed. Even with that cynicism, though... she'd thought it would take longer than two weeks before someone spilled blood. She hadn't believed anyone would buy the motive they'd been handed for even a second – redoing your worst mistake was such obvious and overly convenient bait – but come Friday morning and they found Ryoko Shinonome, Super High School Level ??? laying at the bottom of the stairs, blood in a gruesome halo around her head.
It had been a simple and baffling case all at the same time. There was barely any evidence to be found and narrowing down who might have a motive was next to impossible when they all did. It wasn't until someone pointed out how close to the body discovery the time of death was and they all established alibis that everyone realized the only person who didn't have an explanation for where she was this morning was Mielle Roscent, Super High School Level Ducal Lily. And once Mielle was cornered... everything else had fallen into place.
Like a coward, Ai hadn't voted. The others had. Mielle had screamed, begged and cursed them all the way until the guillotine blade fell.
Somehow, impossibly, they make plans after that. Shirou says he'll make food. Nagiko says she'll arrange a get together, so everyone can try and cool their heads. Out of habit, Jay and Ai are volunteered to help with making dinner again.
Not that Ai is doing much in the way of helping. She's sat on the stool she'd been given for the kitchen, hugging her knees tight and staring into the distance. Something about the brightness in her eyes seems to have shuttered. ]
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It had been a simple and baffling case all at the same time. There was barely any evidence to be found and narrowing down who might have a motive was next to impossible when they all did. It wasn't until someone pointed out how close to the body discovery the time of death was and they all established alibis that everyone realized the only person who didn't have an explanation for where she was this morning was Mielle Roscent, Super High School Level Ducal Lily. And once Mielle was cornered... everything else had fallen into place.
Like a coward, Ai hadn't voted. The others had. Mielle had screamed, begged and cursed them all the way until the guillotine blade fell.
Somehow, impossibly, they make plans after that. Shirou says he'll make food. Nagiko says she'll arrange a get together, so everyone can try and cool their heads. Out of habit, Jay and Ai are volunteered to help with making dinner again.
Not that Ai is doing much in the way of helping. She's sat on the stool she'd been given for the kitchen, hugging her knees tight and staring into the distance. Something about the brightness in her eyes seems to have shuttered. ]