Private Conversation with gralsritter for parasomnic

[inordertobelieve]

Week 3 - Wednesday, 11am

[ Double murder. As if to compensate for the absence of death in the last three days.

With how miserably Mikami's week is already going, the only thing he's got left to feel is complete numbness. After the various events surrounding the bodies are over with, he makes way to the mail room to get yet another box to flatten into a poster for alibi collecting. Idly he wonders if they were going to run out eventually.

Then he heads to the ballroom and sets to make his already gigantic poster wall even larger than before, sighing every other moment. The fact that Kevin is barely acknowledged yet. ]

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[gralsritter]

[Kevin is just hanging in the ballroom, a typical place to go to especially after events like this. He has his testaments, yet despite the double deaths, he seems to be in a good mood. It's definitely a dissonance compared to how everyone is feeling right now. Yet the fact that he's in his self-proclaimed sanctuary says a lot.

Seeing the other man setting up things, he can't help but mosey on over and see what's going on!

Oh, yes, he knows you!]

Are you workin' on that alibi stuff again?

[inordertobelieve]

[ Right, other people exist and can be interacted with outside of interrogations. Mikami ought to remember that a little more often. He looks over from his work and gives an affirmative 'mhm'. ]

Last week's have hardly been of interest but eventually the culprit may betray themselves.

[gralsritter]

[And Kevin will interact with just about anyone. At the very least he's pretty darn social.]

Oh, so you're lookin' for patterns and stuff, yeah?

[Kevin's demeanor brightens a bit as he points to himself.]

Can I help with anything? I may not look it, but I'm pretty good at this investigatin' stuff!

[inordertobelieve]

[ Last week has made Mikami terribly wary of cooperation. He has a distinct feeling that anybody here will only let him down and he himself is the only person he could possibly rely on. At the same time, he's weary and already busy with his thoughts.

He contemplates for a moment. ]

First you should give me your alibi for this morning.

[gralsritter]

Oh yeah, this mornin'! Guess that makes sense. Ya don't want to be helpin' a killer out, yeah?

[He chuckles a bit.]

Well, first I went to the convenience store for breakfast, then decided ta go to the gym. Been a daily habit, y'know? It was durin' that this thing all went down.

[inordertobelieve]

[ There is no way to confirm the validity of these statements right now, but given Kevin's last alibis had seemed consistent with the times before and after the camera fuzz, Mikami will put off checking until later. ]

I had just left my room after having breakfast inside it. There are no witnesses to my breakfast, but someone might have seen me in the hall afterwards.

[gralsritter]

Well, unless you're really pullin' our leg here with this stuff, I've got no reason ta disbelieve you.

[His smile continues as he laughs a bit.

Gee, he's overly jolly today...

Don't do drugs, kids.

But seriously, Kevin has no reason to not trust this guy unless he really is going over the top in covering his tracks.]

[inordertobelieve]

[ Mikami lets out a soundless sigh. The cheerfulness is already getting on his nerves but he knows Kevin is on good terms with a majority of people here, given he is hosting community events such as the funeral. Cooperating (oh how he hates that word by now) with him doesn't seem like the worst choice. ]

Then... what's your investigative experience? What do you propose to do?

[gralsritter]

Experience? I have lots. I'm honest to Aidios a travelin' priest, but my real job is within the Gralsritter. I investigate and hunt down artifacts for the church so that they don't get into the people's hands. So in my travelin', I investigate where these items are, track 'em down, and take 'em back with me.

[So basically, his church has a society of knights within it that hunt down magical items that are extremely dangerous in the hands of the regular people.]

So maybe not so much experience with murder, but lots in investigatin'!

[inordertobelieve]

[ Why can't anyone around here have a normal nice regular job for once. Mikami has long given up on questioning the ridiculous and fantastical concept of others worlds though, so all he's got left is tired acceptance. ]

Then you have more than most of the others.

[ A moment of thought later: ]

You're familiar with the majority of people here, right? Would you be able to pay close attention to their behaviour as they write their alibis?

[gralsritter]

Yeah, I am. Spoken with most of 'em and all.

[After hearing that, Kevin gives him a wink and a thumbs up.]

So because of that I can do just that. Then you can also lemme know who you want me to keep an eye on and all. Doin' that stuff is important for my job since sometimes we don't know who has which artifacts and stuff and we wanna get them before it's too late.

Basically, you can count on me!

[inordertobelieve]

[ There is literally no softening of Mikami's face in reaction to these gestures of goodwill, sorry Kevin. He'll just pretend you didn't do that. ]

Top Dollar did not provide his alibi willingly last week. All others provided as you can see [ he gestures to the old alibi poster still on the wall ] though not all of them have proper witnesses.

If you could inform people who hadn't already guessed that their alibi for this week is needed, it would be appreciated.