Or it was someone she trusted. [She'll come out and say it because it's...not nice, but it's a possibility.] You wouldn't think someone who you befriended would betray you normally, would you?
[...laughs in ZE. But she shakes her head anyway.] Even if it's conjecture, it's the beginnings of a hypothesis. Isn't that important?
[ He visibly flinches. He's been dancing around the point, but she's hit on it directly. ]
That may be true... but it is rotten work, building up a theory such as this.
[ Even if he has his darker suspicions, they are nothing he wants to embrace. But so he must. He looks up the rest of the way, before jogging up to the ledge. He stops right at it, to prove a point, unafraid. ]
She was facing this way, before she fell. [ He finds her footprints in his memory, matching them, toes pointing out towards the water. From there, he looks to Akane, speaking loudly enough that his voice rings out over the water. ] That is what I find strange. If you were standing here, at a ledge as towering as this... would you turn your back to someone you didn't trust? Would you bring them flowers?
[ He doesn't know what happened. Can't even begin to piece it together completely, but—even if he could be wrong, is probably wrong, as someone who trusts openly and easily himself, the possibility has eaten away at him. ]
[Even as she watches him, she seems to be in thought of what this all means, quietly nodding in agreement.]
I don't suppose I would, no. The flowers are the factor that don't seem to fit at all. It's as if someone were planning to use them as a gift...or an apology, perhaps. [A bribe? But that doesn't sound right. Give her a moment before she begins to pick her way across the area toward where Dimitri stands.]
The other thing is...what was she doing here so late at night?
[ He wishes, not for the first time, that he could just read Marie's mind in her last moments. Why the flowers? Who were they for?
Who was she here with? ]
That's a good point... Even if she were staying at the camp nearby, to climb to the top of the waterfall at that hour [ nevermind that they're basically doing the same thing ] is suspect. Did someone bring her here—? And where could they have gone, after?
I came here hoping to find answers to such things, but it's hard to imagine what she was thinking at the time.
I'd hate to suggest she wasn't thinking anything at all, but could that be possible? A case of someone being here at the wrong place and the wrong time. [It's a bit of an easy case though, and one she doesn't quite feel confident in.]
Being in the mindset of our culprit would be more beneficial. If we could even think of why someone would hurt Marie specifically, we can get closer to discovering who's behind this.
Mm. Perhaps if she trusted them, and they saw an opportunity... her death was simply a matter of convenience.
[ It's disgusting to think about, but a possibility. ]
Though I did not know her well enough myself to say who she may have confided in. I suppose we could ask around, in a way that may not draw suspicion to ourselves.
It would hardly be suspicious to ask other people how they're getting along with the rest of the group. We're all in the same situation. Wouldn't it benefit us to know where we all stand?
[She glances at the waterfall again....what a horrible way to die.] That would include those who have died. People will want to grieve if they were at all friendly with her, I think.
That's true. I wish it were more obvious, but we've all only had so long to get to know each other...
[ He looks over the ledge again, over all the sharp rocks, then steps back, shaking his head. ]
In any case, it is certainly something to be mindful of. [ A clue is a clue, however faint. ] Thank you—it is much easier to sort through my thoughts with another person here.
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Date: 2020-05-08 03:58 am (UTC)What I don't understand is why she would willingly go up there with anyone. I suppose she could've been threatened, or ambushed, but...
[ He shakes his head, sighing. ] Forgive me, I'm mulling aloud. It is all conjecture, of course.
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Date: 2020-05-08 04:25 am (UTC)[...laughs in ZE. But she shakes her head anyway.] Even if it's conjecture, it's the beginnings of a hypothesis. Isn't that important?
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Date: 2020-05-08 04:43 am (UTC)That may be true... but it is rotten work, building up a theory such as this.
[ Even if he has his darker suspicions, they are nothing he wants to embrace. But so he must. He looks up the rest of the way, before jogging up to the ledge. He stops right at it, to prove a point, unafraid. ]
She was facing this way, before she fell. [ He finds her footprints in his memory, matching them, toes pointing out towards the water. From there, he looks to Akane, speaking loudly enough that his voice rings out over the water. ] That is what I find strange. If you were standing here, at a ledge as towering as this... would you turn your back to someone you didn't trust? Would you bring them flowers?
[ He doesn't know what happened. Can't even begin to piece it together completely, but—even if he could be wrong, is probably wrong, as someone who trusts openly and easily himself, the possibility has eaten away at him. ]
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Date: 2020-05-08 05:50 pm (UTC)I don't suppose I would, no. The flowers are the factor that don't seem to fit at all. It's as if someone were planning to use them as a gift...or an apology, perhaps. [A bribe? But that doesn't sound right. Give her a moment before she begins to pick her way across the area toward where Dimitri stands.]
The other thing is...what was she doing here so late at night?
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Date: 2020-05-09 05:12 am (UTC)Who was she here with? ]
That's a good point... Even if she were staying at the camp nearby, to climb to the top of the waterfall at that hour [ nevermind that they're basically doing the same thing ] is suspect. Did someone bring her here—? And where could they have gone, after?
I came here hoping to find answers to such things, but it's hard to imagine what she was thinking at the time.
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Date: 2020-05-09 05:33 pm (UTC)Being in the mindset of our culprit would be more beneficial. If we could even think of why someone would hurt Marie specifically, we can get closer to discovering who's behind this.
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Date: 2020-05-09 08:18 pm (UTC)[ It's disgusting to think about, but a possibility. ]
Though I did not know her well enough myself to say who she may have confided in. I suppose we could ask around, in a way that may not draw suspicion to ourselves.
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Date: 2020-05-09 08:26 pm (UTC)[She glances at the waterfall again....what a horrible way to die.] That would include those who have died. People will want to grieve if they were at all friendly with her, I think.
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Date: 2020-05-09 08:43 pm (UTC)[ He looks over the ledge again, over all the sharp rocks, then steps back, shaking his head. ]
In any case, it is certainly something to be mindful of. [ A clue is a clue, however faint. ] Thank you—it is much easier to sort through my thoughts with another person here.
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Date: 2020-05-09 09:02 pm (UTC)[...but. Ah.] No one should have to bear all of this alone. I'm always happy to help with theories and ideas. It's the best for all of us.