[killing night #2, futayo and erika]

[very_good_end]

[They were free to use their duct tape, finally. Or rather, Erika was free to use the duct tape while Futayo stood watch.]

We're going to be here a while. Stand around and try to look imposing, all right?

[It was a complicated process. Every bit of duct-tape had to be serrated and signed just right, after all.]

Comments

[cluelesscavewoman]

Jud...

[If there's one thing she can do, it's stand silently with her arms crossed. She's patient enough, as long as food isn't involved.

The knife and cheerleading baton in her belt probably helped too...]

[very_good_end]

[scribblescribblescribble... but she can talk at the same time.]

Tell me, Futayo-san... what circumstances would you use that knife you've got on another human being?

Or something close enough, at least.

[cluelesscavewoman]

I do not know. I am used to carrying multiple blades as a part of my duties. My unit is the only one allowed to carry weaponry in our country.

[very_good_end]

...Really? You're saying under no circumstances would you murder another? Even in self-defense?

[cluelesscavewoman]

I have no reason to resort to fatal blows in that circumstance.

[very_good_end]

... Good.

That was a test.

[cluelesscavewoman]

A test? ...I do not understand.

[She tilts her head and peers over.]

[very_good_end]

To see if you would admit to thinking of murdering someone, of course.

You denied it, even in self-defense... so you passed the test.

[cluelesscavewoman]

I would be a poor samurai if I did something like that. Father would be disappointed in me.

[very_good_end]

You've said something like that before.

Tell me, is he alive and capable of becoming disappointed?

[cluelesscavewoman]

No. He died a few days ago during the Shin-Nagoya platonic plate reactor meltdown.

[She doesn't seem upset by that at all...]

[very_good_end]

Hm. Unexpected, but not entirely beyond any predictable answer. I suppose.

[she puts the last flourish on her signature.] Good. We can move on to the next door. How much tape do we have left?

[Erika made sure to get enough to potentially cover all the dorm rooms, at least.]

[cluelesscavewoman]

The meltdown has changed a lot of things...

[But that's not important now. And she stays silent to check.]

We have one roll that has not been started and a quarter of a another roll.