Day 4

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[Leorio's a bit flushed from the temple run, but he's got a sly grin on his face as he gathers the old team together. They survived another day... he's happy about that, even with losing the jailer.]

Exciting news, guys - I found the spy detective! It's either Kaito or Kanade... and I just double checked, Wolfwood wasn't the magician, which means it's either Dororo or Alice. We're really on a roll now.

[and then he laughs like an idiot for a moment - he might actually survive this. If someone wants to start the actual discussion, that would be great]

Comments

[exfired]

[he raises his hand like a good little boy in class]

Ah, yeah, sorry, boss, I went ahead an' talked to her on my own when the entire discussion went oopsy-daisy. She was gunnin' for Wolfwood all by herself, though.

[the boss thing is said mostly teasingly, because he is the worst]

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[He just snorts at that 'boss' line. Guess how many times Leorio has been called that in his life? (It's zero.)]

She was, huh? I really misjudged her.

[Though, not really since she still got booted out immediately. They didn't even get to invite her to any detective parties or say thanks. RIP Sugar Cream we hardly knew ye....]

Anyway, it works for me. And whaddya know, there might be something up with Kaito after all. Though I personally suspect Kanade more, unless they're both spies.

[exfired]

Do I get veto power since I've been right so far? [he waves himself off tho] Kidding. Anyway, I picked Kaito because he seemed like the kinda guy who'd be trouble if he was a spy, so I'm gonna stick to that. It's your pick in the end, though. More importantly, how d'you wanna get the word out this time around?

[punchestumors]

Good question. I don't want Greg and Wirt to do it this time, they've had too much time in the detective spotlight and any more could get dangerous for em'. But you're close to that too. Meryl could work, but she might seem kind of random...

[basically, he doesn't want to risk any of his team :I congrats guys he's already attached]

I was wondering if I should roll the dice and send a note to someone else that could be clear. If we got the spies narrowed down this much, it might actually work... I could try to spin it like I only found spies, and didn't have anyone to trust. I really want to hide our little team here, you know? If I did that, I was thinking Ivlis... he voted Wolfwood, and it looks like he'll vote whatever chance he gets, so he might go for it if he got a push.

[...But this is perhaps an unnecessary risk brought on by Leorio wanting to protect you guys!!! Feel free to tell him if he is being dumb]

[exfired]

[there's a bit of a pause as if axel's taking it all in, but honestly he's kind of going "bwuh" over leorio's attachment. especially since apparently it includes him???? hahaha, what even IS that. still, his plan isn't without merit, because it's true they've been skirting danger a lot]

It's not a bad plan, but if you wanna go that route, might as well send an anonymous message to everybody. [and then, because he knows it's coming:] Yeah, even the potential spies. That way, discussion's sure to get going, an' none of the spies-to-be'll know you're onto them. Plus it gives everybody a chance to be part of the naysayers an' skeptics crowd while still participating in an open discussion about it.

[...by everybody he mostly means leorio, because keeping him hidden is still number 1 priority. weh.]

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[it's just how Leorio plays, man!! he's a team dad]

I guess that's true. My only worry with that is the spies'll take the opportunity to do the same thing later on. If it's just one person, I can give em' a password or something. ... Plus I kind of wanted to push the heat onto someone else. [the noblest doctective]

But maybe I could just say, "I'll never do another public message again" to prevent that. But we'd be back to square one afterwards...

[Leorio rubs his head. Detective work is hard.]

[exfired]

[did axel laugh at putting the heat on someone else? hell yeah he did. still!] That's true, but... The problem with sending it to one person is that there's no guarantee they'll believe it an' talk about it. Either way, there's a risk. ...'Sides, I dunno how likely it is the spies'll be smart enough to try an' fake a detective message. [axel that might be a bit harsh

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[Leorio snorts.]

It's too early to underestimate em' yet, you know! Even if we already found most of em'...

[He's pretty pleased about that still.]

[exfired]

I'll underestimate 'em so long as I get to stick around. Plus if they wanted to fake detective messages, they could've done that already.