AUDIENCE FOR: Dimitri oh fuck i have to put in his last name

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Hello, Vulpecula. Lepus.

[ pspspspsps lepus ]

Might I trouble the two of you with a question?

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[pspspsp lepus...]

That depends on what the question is, I think?

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Well, first off, could you tell me if either of you recognize this?

[ he will show The Wretched Paper to both of them. then, a pause. ]

Also, do your names have any particular meaning?

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[they shrug, leaving vulpecula to answer the bit about the paper.]

Not really.

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[the wretched paper... they glance at lepus.]

It looks like someone was playing a game instead of taking notes...

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[ also looks at lepus. ]

And who might that have been?

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Stop looking at me. I'm nothing but a hard-working, dutiful employee.

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...okay!

[they chuckle a little.]

No, I know for sure it wasn't them, because I bug them at every meeting to make sure they're not slacking off. But I don't actually know who it was.

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[ he hasn't asked cetus yet, but unless they have a split personality the math here isn't adding up. could it be...... that someone is not telling him the truth? in this murder game? ]

...I see. Though honestly, if it had been one of you, I wonder if you'd be keen to admit it.

[ or able to? ]

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[:thonk:]

Vulpecula says that, but who was it that assisted Gemini with work when the rest of you were partying...

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...

[smacks lepus's arm]

Part of the job is to respond to their requests! That's what I was doing! [they huff.] ...but I guess you have a point, Dimitri; anyone who admits to writing that is going to have some explaining to do, especially if Gemini finds out evidence of their missing around is floating around out there.

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Ah, thank you for your hard work then, Lepus.

[ he would also do paperwork expressly to avoid a party ]

Honestly, I should like to know how it came to be 'floating around' as well.

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[glad dimitri gets it. anyway, they let out a snort.]

I'm pretty sure Gemini's already seen it. So yeah, if they have any sense of self-preservation, they'll keep a low profile.

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[mumbles:]

Is it bad that I sometimes wonder how much self-preservation they have, though...?

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[ he wishes they were a little more reckless so he can shake the truth out of them actually ]

Gemini was the first to see and direct us towards... those who might slack off. [ no offense ] So yes, that might account for how no one has come forward as the writer. Even though we have asked seven of you, now.

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[lepus glances at vulpecula drinking their coffee, and then back at dimitri.]

Why do you want to know which ones of us wrote it, anyway?

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[they sip at their coffee and tilt their head to one side, because they're also curious why he's asking.]

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[ he mirrors with a headtilt himself ]

I was wondering if perhaps I... knew one of you, I suppose.

[ it's a long shot, but. ]

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Please stop looking for your long lost lover in other people.

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[tries to smack lepus in the back of the head]

Don't be rude!

[THAT IS DIRECTED AT LEPUS, NOT DIMITRI, I SHOULD CLARIFY]

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Are you certain you didn't write this?

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[ducks]

Yeah, you got me. I wrote it. All of it! I talk to myself as my fun hobby.

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[SIGHS]

You are impossible.

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[ before he can say something about how ridiculous lepus is, there's a bunch of stardust!

they get this memory. but they can also remember whatever else they want from that night, this is just the moment that stands out most starkly. ]