TEXT ♞ IT WASN'T ME, MA

[optimistical]

If Retrospec gives you an item that you suspect is a murder weapon, what do you do with it? Should it be turned into the police or do you just keep it somewhere...? And what if you accidentally already got your fingerprints all over it...?

... hypothetically asking.

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[optimistical]

[ there is a pause before byakuya receives a reply as naegi is thinking it over ]

... I don't want to run away from any of my memories, both the good and the bad, so I'll hold onto it. Thanks for offering, Byakuya, but I'll keep it safe and hide it somewhere in the apartment.

Should I bring it over for you and Kyouko to see?

[falsepretentious]

Very well. I commend your resolve, Makoto. It's even greater than I imagined. In that case, hiding it would be the best option. See if you have any secure cases to preserve it within.

Yes, I can't help be curious about taking a look at it. I can't help but imagine that Kyouko might be as well. Between the three of us, one of may end up remembering something useful regarding that knife.

[optimistical]

I don't know if I have anything super safe to put it in right now. I think I might just keep it in a shoebox under my bed until I can find somewhere else to hide it in. Maybe something with a lock?

Kyouko said that she's available in the evening but if that doesn't work for you, I can bring it over first thing tomorrow morning?

[falsepretentious]

A lock is advisable. I'll see if I have anything lying around that could do the job. If only I'd received "that" item from my memories...

Tomorrow morning would work best for me. I have a prior engagement set for tomorrow evening, so be sure to bring me that knife bright and early!

[optimistical]

"That" item?

Sure. I'll drop by first thing in the morning. I'll bring coffee if you want some?

[falsepretentious]

In one of my memories, there as a case within which I contained some number of dangerous items, as a precautionary measure. It seems that case would be well-suited to our purposes.

Very good. I'll accept your offering of coffee. Extra sugar/

[optimistical]

That definitely sounds really useful. It'd be kind of nice if we could choose what items we could get from Retrospec but that'd be way too easy, huh?

[falsepretentious]

Precisely. That would involve Retrospec making life easy for us, and that seems to be the opposite of their company policy.

[optimistical]

It really does seem like that. They keep saying that they're trying to help us so I don't understand why they refuse to communicate with us properly on what's going on.

It's almost as if they're honestly trying to seem like the bad guys.

[falsepretentious]

It does seem like that, doesn't it? It's a risky move to play the role of a villain. They would have to have some ulterior motive for acting in such a way, unless they truly are malevolent and are overconfident in the power that they hold over us.