Week 0: post trial

[disclosures]

[That was one very long trial, a good nine hours of floundering around and trying to decide who the culprit was. Rebecca wasn't close to Sharpay, but she's hardly close to anyone at all.

Once they're back she's taking Natsuo aside and checking in on him.

If she cares about anybody in murder castle, it's this dumb kid.

How did she get here?]

You didn't end up licking your shoe, right? You aren't hallucinating from that?

Comments

[randori]

It's not that surprising!

[ Is it that surprising...... Yes it is. He's slow enough that it seems there's no way he could have picked up something like Morse code over a handful of days, but that isn't the case either. ]

It's something like a hobby I had before. It's just memorizing, and I'm really good at memorizing!

[ Understanding is a separate issue from memorizing, but with Morse code, as long as you understand the language it's being transcribed into, that's a moot point. ]

[disclosures]

Honestly I thought everybody who used it was in the military. [Pointed! Look! He doesn't look like he's old enough for that!]

It'll be useful. If I can learn it over this week, then I'll be more comfortable with going completely silent.

[She's still nervous though.]

[randori]

[ One more year of high school, so soon... If he survives this place, anyways, then he might find himself in a place where his various """talents""" of shouting, fighting, and Morse Coding are actually useful. ]

You're smart, so I know you can learn it! The basics are easy, and then all you need to do is keep practicing it- I'll come practice with you all the time!

[disclosures]

Thanks. I think... I'll try the vow of silence next week. That gives us plenty of time for you to teach it.

[randori]

Yeah! Just tell me when you plan to start so I won't accidentally make you talk out loud too!

[disclosures]

Let's try for Monday of next week.

[randori]

Monday, then! I'll make sure you have everything down by Monday!

[ Which we could probably handwave since it's like... dots and dashes and their corresponding letters. But now they can Morse Code at each other in tags...! ]

[disclosures]

[ What a good child. She'd kill a man for this child specifically. ]