Chapter 13: An Investigation?

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Luna: "What... what do we do now...?"

Luna was pacing around the room, trying to fight back tears unsuccessfully. Scarlet was in the corner, thinking to herself.

Scarlet: "The most logical thing to do for now is to investigate for clues."

Nine: "...Why exactly?"

Scarlet: "Do you not want to punish who did this?"

Nine: "Is there a point? What do we do when we find the killer? Kill them too? Doing this is meaningless if your goal is to prevent death. People are going to die. It's unavoidable."

Hikari: "Didn't you make a promise to protect everyone?"

Nine: "..."

Nine: "How do you know that?"

Hikari: "Jack was loud. It wasn't hard to overhear."

Nine sighed.

Nine: "Fine then. Let's find the killer."

Scarlet: "It would be in our best interest. Finding the killer increases our chances of survival."

Luna: "Why... why is this happening..."

Hikari: "It's been made very clear why."

Scarlet: "Unfortunately this situation is inevitable. If we don't all cooperate, then the culprit will murder the rest of us one by one. We need to make sure that we live before they do."

Marine: "Isn't the killer Zero? He knew the body was outside after all."

Scarlet: "I wouldn't rule it out, but it's best not to jump to any conclusions."

Mahale: "Our first priority right now is getting everyone together. We need to find Cerulean and Apollo."

Marine: "I think Cerulean went to the library last night. Everyone just seemed to ignore him yesterday..."

Mahale: "What do you mean?"

Marine: "He kept calling out for someone to help him up the stairs, but everyone just left him behind. I tried to help but I couldn't lift his wheelchair."

Scarlet: "My apologies. I'm sure all of us would have assisted you if it weren't for everyone's exhaustion. You must understand."

Marine: "I don't really think I'm the one you should be apologizing to..."

Marine: "Anyway, Cerulean gave up and said he was going to go read in the library. I assume he just fell asleep there."

Mahale: "That's not good. He could be in serious danger by himself."

Luna: "I can... go get him..."

Mahale: "Are you sure?"

Luna: "...Yes."

Mahale: "Alright then. While Luna's getting Cerulean, we should split into two groups. One group to look for clues, and one group to look for Apollo."

Sol: "Ooh! I wanna look for Apollo! I'm great at finding people!"

Hikari: "I'm not sure I'd be very helpful at either of those... I'll just go with Luna."

Nine: "Shouldn't someone make sure Zero doesn't start anything?"

Scarlet: "I was worried about that too. We may need to split into three groups."

Hikari: "I'd be much more help in that group then."

Scarlet: "Allow me a moment to divide the groups. Luna, you can go ahead and find Cerulean."

Luna: "...okay."

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