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No. 254
Lucas hands Philip the mirror.
Rika comes out of her room with the following:
1. Canned Food
2. Zippo lighter
3. First Aid Kit
4. Compass
5. Pocketwatch
Rika: "Hm, I don't believe that any of these are mine...Although it could just be my amnesia acting up again. Anyway, none of this looks particularly dangerous, so you can all take whatever you want.
...But there is something quite interesting that occurred to me just now. Victoria, would you mind if I asked you a question? It's about something that Mion-chan heard you say back before any of this started. She told me that you said something about the bears here being cute. ...Would you mind explaining what you meant by that statement? I really want to trust you, but I can't help but see that as slightly suspicious given that weird bear that appeared shortly afterwards. Furthermore, I haven't heard you speak a word this entire time. You have to admit that your actions are a little strange in this situation. Please, would you mind explaining yourself to us? We shouldn't hide anything from each other; it will only cause suspicion that will hurt the whole group later. If you did know something about that bear before the rest of us saw it, then I think we have a right to hear about it."
Mion: "Hey, that's right! I did not think much about it at the time, but I recall Victoria telling me something like that."
Lucas: "The first aid kit is mine, Rika. And... I think you're being a little paranoid. There was a sign clear as day saying watch out for bears. I think a lot of us wouldn't open our mouths given the traumatic situation we're in either. We're all just hungry right about now."
12:15 PM 13/06/13(Thu)12:15:23 No. 7057
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Rika: "But you see, Lucas-san, the sign is part of what makes it so suspicious. The sign told us to watch out for bears. That would normally give the impression that the bears are dangerous and scary. To respond to that by describing the bears as "cute" is definitely strange, and it becomes especially suspicious when one considers the design of that bear toy that talked to us.
Furthermore...The sign on its own isn't sufficient justification for Victoria's statement. If she had said something like 'Oh, there are bears here? I bet they're really cute!', that would be understandable. But that's not what she said, not according to Mion-chan anyway. She said that "the bears are very cute". That definitely implies that she had actually seen these bears. You have to admit that her statement can hardly be considered normal.
...Don't get me wrong. I don't think that Victoria is necessarily untrustworthy. After all, if she really was in on this somehow, then she wouldn't have made such an obvious slip-up. But based on the evidence, it definitely seems likely that she does know something about this. I'm just asking her to tell us what she knows."
Lucas: "Wait one second Rika."
He quickly walks back to his room and returns with a manga in hand.
"Perhaps this belongs to her. I'm assuming, like you are. I just noticed something extremely eerie about the cover when I opened my box. The cute bear looks familiar, does it not? Perhaps she just saw a connection to the situation she was in?"
Kedgeworth returns from the cafeteria. " "Hello, Rika and Lucas. I actually just wanted to talk to Lucas, hence only making two cups, but you can join us as well, Rika. I hope I'm not interrupting. I did make these as a friendly gesture but just realized that you could easily use something like this to poison people. It's obviously up to you to drink. May we go to either of our rooms?"
Lucas: "Thanks. I appreciate the gesture. Do you mind if we talked in the cafeteria instead? Or wait until then? I haven't eaten anything all day to be honest."
Kedge: "I don't see why not."
The two of them move to the cafeteria.
((TL;DR they've stopped going in any particular order. Feel free to check your room if you want.))
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