[ Gamaliel is somewhat restlessly pacing somewhere outside the mansion, though they stop when Yves approaches them, crossing their arms against their chest ]
Yves. [ they rock on their heels a little before settling on: ] Are you... okay?
Yeah, alright. [ walkies! they are not even questioning the bottle of wine ] I thought I'd be better at watching, but then again, I thought this entire experience was supposed to be more direct, too.
[ handholding is allowed. they squeeze it a little ]
I spent a lot of time getting used to not intervening. But I was always at a distance in those times. [ they shake their head ] It doesn't matter. I was worried when it looked like you guys might...
I know. I got nervous too. [ the last two hours had yves realizing that he had no idea where the fuck they were suspect-wise and it killed him ] And it still feels like we got him on something so small...
At least you did get him. [ they sigh ] It was such a small amount of time and most of you didn't even have any experience dealing with something like this. It felt like throwing a kid on the deep end of the pool so they learn to swim and just... standing there when they started to drown.
[ softly, agreeing. that's what yves thinks too, and it was frustrating to be someone who did have experience and yet still struggled to get to the right answer. ]
[ though they seem to falter a little at that question before they shake their head ]
I can't see why it would. But we didn't see this one coming in the first place, so I'm not going to pretend I'm not concerned someone will have seen this entire mess and thought they should try to do it themselves for kicks. It's just... there's no good reason why they would.
[ not that there was a good reason now but surely getting caught would mean no one would want to do it again, it's not like this is a murdergame. wow. ]
[ they take a moment on that one too, mulling it over ]
I don't know him well enough to say. He seemed pretty intent to say it was his own idea... [ they shake their head ] I can't think of what could be an influence, either. Outside access to you guys is practically impossible.
[ . . . tentatively, because i'm now setting this to after he talked to jy: ]
But... what if it wasn't?
What if he sounds different, from when I talked to him earlier in the week? When he was sure that he needed to get home, because there was someone who needed him?
Like an external force? [ they're got their free hand over their mouth as they think it over ] I'm not kidding about there not being any access to heaven from the outside, so I don't know what could have even gotten to him. It could also be something that happened here that caused him to snap, I guess?
[ there's a sigh ]
Not that there's anything that would I can think of that'd cause that much of a change within him, but again, I didn't really get to know him much. It's harder for me to say. Which one is the lie--what he told you earlier this week, or what he's saying now?
... but we got here early, right? Before you intended to see us. I don't know if that has anything to do with it, but does that mean it's possible for things to not go according to plan?
[ just thinking out loud... trying to put his thinking hat on even though i hate plot ]
Anyway, now's the lie. [ very sure of this for some reason ] I don't think what he said earlier in the week was false... especially if he's someone that Jiao would've tried to die for.
I think he is a person who is sincere about love and duty, and he wouldn't abandon either easily.
Well. Okay, don't tell anyone this, we lost track of time.
[ THEY JUST REFUSED TO ACCEPT BLAME anyway wow moving on ]
Okay. If you're sure now is the lie... Maybe he's lying to not tell the truth about why he did all of this? [ they don't seem convinced themselves ] But that doesn't give us more of a clue to why he'd do it.
[ MIMES ZIPPING HIS LIPS...... THESE ARE STUPID ANGELS AND HE'D DO ANYTHING FOR THEM
IMMEDIATELY MOVES ON I GUESS ]
.... It doesn't, but... Maybe we can all just keep an eye out? Or if you and the angels find anything that could cause a person's behavior to change? Because if it happened so suddenly with Jing Yuan, I'm a little worried about it happening again.
[ they are DOING their BEST i'm glad yves loves them even though they suck ]
Right now, we've got no proof that it could happen again. [ but! but. despite their calm disclaimer: ] But we're keeping an eye out. I've been looking into heaven's archives to see if what happened on Thursday was some kind of glitch, on top of everything else... There's nothing else right now that suggests an outside influence besides the fact that he's acting unlike himself, and there's no precedent of anything being able to get into heaven that wasn't explicitly invited, but I promise if we find anything that says otherwise, we're not going to ignore it. The last thing we want is a repeat of this week.
[ for eight weeks straight, even. that would be terrible. ]
[ YVES LOVES THEM SOOOOOO MUCH THEY'RE TRYING SO HARD AND THEY CAN DO IT!!!! "WHAT IS IT" THEY CAN DO IT!!!!! ]
Okay. I know, I believe you.
[ another squeeze of their hand! yves really does have full faith in these lil guys ]
It's just... if you didn't know him well, I wanted to provide some perspective even though I'm sure Jiao can say it best of all. If there's anything else I can do to help you all, just let me know.
I know this isn't my explicit responsibility... but whatever I can take off your plate, I want to try.
[ can they do it. it doesn't matter they are handsqueezing back affection week 0 is so cute ]
I think sharing that helped already. Jiao might not want to talk about it yet, and that makes it easier for him.
[ they do consider his offer despite that ]
Maybe keep an eye out and see if someone else seems to act weirdly? If it isn't a one off, there might be signs we missed the first time. I really doubt you'll find anything, but.
[ you're going to have to deal with this every week going forward because yves got used to it i'm sorry ]
Alright... I'll do my best.
[ nods ]
I'd like to not find anything, but if there's a way to address concerns before someone gets hurt, that'd be even better. [ this won't happen. this is a murdergame ] We still need to get to know each other better but... well, it's worth keeping an eye out.
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week 0, saturday
Yves. [ they rock on their heels a little before settling on: ] Are you... okay?
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I'm okay.
[ and he smiles, though he looks a little tired this time around ]
Mm... long day, but okay. Wanna walk with me?
[ if they're pacing... ]
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Yeah, alright. [ walkies! they are not even questioning the bottle of wine ] I thought I'd be better at watching, but then again, I thought this entire experience was supposed to be more direct, too.
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Um... can you tell me more about what you were expecting?
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I spent a lot of time getting used to not intervening. But I was always at a distance in those times. [ they shake their head ] It doesn't matter. I was worried when it looked like you guys might...
[ get it wrong, ]
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I know. I got nervous too. [ the last two hours had yves realizing that he had no idea where the fuck they were suspect-wise and it killed him ] And it still feels like we got him on something so small...
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[ softly, agreeing. that's what yves thinks too, and it was frustrating to be someone who did have experience and yet still struggled to get to the right answer. ]
Sorry I couldn't help more.
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... thanks. I'll do my best to believe you. [ and he's sincere about it, even though he knows he was floundering as much as anyone at times ]
Do... you think it's going to happen again?
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[ though they seem to falter a little at that question before they shake their head ]
I can't see why it would. But we didn't see this one coming in the first place, so I'm not going to pretend I'm not concerned someone will have seen this entire mess and thought they should try to do it themselves for kicks. It's just... there's no good reason why they would.
[ not that there was a good reason now but surely getting caught would mean no one would want to do it again, it's not like this is a murdergame. wow. ]
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Sometimes people have reasons that are hard for others to understand. I think that's true. I...
Do you know anything about what could've influenced Jing Yuan...?
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I don't know him well enough to say. He seemed pretty intent to say it was his own idea... [ they shake their head ] I can't think of what could be an influence, either. Outside access to you guys is practically impossible.
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But... what if it wasn't?
What if he sounds different, from when I talked to him earlier in the week? When he was sure that he needed to get home, because there was someone who needed him?
Could something cause that change?
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[ there's a sigh ]
Not that there's anything that would I can think of that'd cause that much of a change within him, but again, I didn't really get to know him much. It's harder for me to say. Which one is the lie--what he told you earlier this week, or what he's saying now?
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[ just thinking out loud... trying to put his thinking hat on even though i hate plot ]
Anyway, now's the lie. [ very sure of this for some reason ] I don't think what he said earlier in the week was false... especially if he's someone that Jiao would've tried to die for.
I think he is a person who is sincere about love and duty, and he wouldn't abandon either easily.
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[ THEY JUST REFUSED TO ACCEPT BLAME anyway wow moving on ]
Okay. If you're sure now is the lie... Maybe he's lying to not tell the truth about why he did all of this? [ they don't seem convinced themselves ] But that doesn't give us more of a clue to why he'd do it.
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[ MIMES ZIPPING HIS LIPS...... THESE ARE STUPID ANGELS AND HE'D DO ANYTHING FOR THEM
IMMEDIATELY MOVES ON I GUESS ]
.... It doesn't, but... Maybe we can all just keep an eye out? Or if you and the angels find anything that could cause a person's behavior to change? Because if it happened so suddenly with Jing Yuan, I'm a little worried about it happening again.
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Right now, we've got no proof that it could happen again. [ but! but. despite their calm disclaimer: ] But we're keeping an eye out. I've been looking into heaven's archives to see if what happened on Thursday was some kind of glitch, on top of everything else... There's nothing else right now that suggests an outside influence besides the fact that he's acting unlike himself, and there's no precedent of anything being able to get into heaven that wasn't explicitly invited, but I promise if we find anything that says otherwise, we're not going to ignore it. The last thing we want is a repeat of this week.
[ for eight weeks straight, even. that would be terrible. ]
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Okay. I know, I believe you.
[ another squeeze of their hand! yves really does have full faith in these lil guys ]
It's just... if you didn't know him well, I wanted to provide some perspective even though I'm sure Jiao can say it best of all. If there's anything else I can do to help you all, just let me know.
I know this isn't my explicit responsibility... but whatever I can take off your plate, I want to try.
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I think sharing that helped already. Jiao might not want to talk about it yet, and that makes it easier for him.
[ they do consider his offer despite that ]
Maybe keep an eye out and see if someone else seems to act weirdly? If it isn't a one off, there might be signs we missed the first time. I really doubt you'll find anything, but.
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Alright... I'll do my best.
[ nods ]
I'd like to not find anything, but if there's a way to address concerns before someone gets hurt, that'd be even better. [ this won't happen. this is a murdergame ] We still need to get to know each other better but... well, it's worth keeping an eye out.
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It's just a precaution. I don't want people to start being wary of each other over what's probably a fluke, either.
[ because this clearly would never happen again in a murdergame. pizza parties for 8 weeks ]
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I'll just mention it to Adolphe and Monsieur Lucas, since we're used to investigating things together... and Claude, too. He's been antsy.
[ a beat ]
And Marcoh...
[ but after that he seems to think he's done with his list ]
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That's... Okay. That's fine. I should've expected that.
[ fond. ]
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