There are some things between the two deaths that don't seem to point to the same person, but it feels more optimistic to think that it's the same one, you know?
[Rather than two murderers running around...]
--Mm, that's true. Our boat was one of those places - though again, we were a bit of an outlier since it didn't actually matter whether we succeeded or failed in the trials.
[It sure is a lot, and he hums a little, nodding. That's one of the things he thought pointed to different people.]
Mm, true enough. We never did figure out anything about how Hikage ended up in that state...
[As for their trials:] The same basic set-up of finding evidence and debating amongst ourselves who it belonged to. Though we were able to exchange currency we earned for clue vouchers to use during trials. They were often word puzzles or picture puns that hinted who the possessed person was, and we could use up to three of them.
I know! I'd spend all of my vouchers on those if I could!
[Instead he just spends it on semi-useful nonsense like bags and notebooks.]
Mm, the same for me... Though I feel like that glowstick may have been something to throw us off. What would it have been used for? It's not like they had to lure Hikage anywhere if he died right there. Or if they used a - what was it, smoke bomb? The only other things over there were the marks on the trees, right?
[i, aki, am not any smarter now and so neither is wei wuxian. He just shakes his head, sighing.]
I don't know. It seems too intentional to be something just to throw us off, you know? Unless our killer had plenty of time on their hands, why would they go through the trouble of removing all of that just to give us something to ponder over? There was no guarantee we wouldn't discard it as quickly as the glow stick.
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He holds the cup carefully, glancing at the bonfire.]
...We should be. On the other hand, our killer or killers are better, too.
[Improvement is a two-way street for the detectives and the murderers...]
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[ She, too, is staring at the fire, but it's more with an unseeing gaze. She brings the cup to her lips. ]
But I've heard that some hosts would give hints to help solve these murders in other places.
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[Rather than two murderers running around...]
--Mm, that's true. Our boat was one of those places - though again, we were a bit of an outlier since it didn't actually matter whether we succeeded or failed in the trials.
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[ The eye... those four scratches... the rock... his innards being moved... It's a lot. ]
The island didn't care about guilt, but what is it that you had to do for your trials?
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Mm, true enough. We never did figure out anything about how Hikage ended up in that state...
[As for their trials:] The same basic set-up of finding evidence and debating amongst ourselves who it belonged to. Though we were able to exchange currency we earned for clue vouchers to use during trials. They were often word puzzles or picture puns that hinted who the possessed person was, and we could use up to three of them.
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[ why can't their hands be helds!!! veterans should be put through less stress!! ]
I'm still trying to put the pieces of that puzzle together. If he died outside his cabin, what was forest and glowstick for?
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[Instead he just spends it on semi-useful nonsense like bags and notebooks.]
Mm, the same for me... Though I feel like that glowstick may have been something to throw us off. What would it have been used for? It's not like they had to lure Hikage anywhere if he died right there. Or if they used a - what was it, smoke bomb? The only other things over there were the marks on the trees, right?
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[ At least, they didn't during the trial. Maybe someone is smarter now that they've had some time to think about it. ]
Was it all done simply for us to waste time to deliberate?
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I don't know. It seems too intentional to be something just to throw us off, you know? Unless our killer had plenty of time on their hands, why would they go through the trouble of removing all of that just to give us something to ponder over? There was no guarantee we wouldn't discard it as quickly as the glow stick.