Viewing Party 2 - R3: THE RE-CRY-ENING

[misanthropicprinciple]

We got castmates. We got clues. We got crap to bitch about. They get a library? And a LAUNDRY MACHINE?

Welcome, murderfam... TO THE R3 LIVEWATCH.

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[misanthropicprinciple]

...Didn't he also make a lot of noise about needing painkillers after bumping uglies with the Big Ugly?

[scourgingstars]

Now you're catching on. Insist upon an idea adamantly enough, and anyone will begin to accept it as truth.

[misanthropicprinciple]

No, it's not just that.

[He waves at the now-undressed and thankfully injury-free Noctis.]

If he happens to be all banged up like Cousin Noct clearly isn't, no one's gonna want to question it if they think he got it from getting banged. Especially by a guy like Akande.

[scourgingstars]

That's an aspect I hadn't considered. It still leaves the larger question of 'what exactly happened', but if he's in any such state that would be an excuse for it.

[refusedtoleave]

[He would if could.]

His father is... I don't get along with his father, I agree with Battler's choice to leave after what he did...

[desperateprayer]

[ Clarith pops in just then, in time to hear that. And she knows enough to stop before she can even ask them all what she was going to ask, since she refuses to watch this cruel show.

And now she's boring a hole into the back of Ardyn's head with her eyes. REALLY, DAD. ]

[scourgingstars]

[don't you start with him it's not even ardyn's fault that magic is bullshit]

[desperateprayer]

[ THAT'S WHY SHE'S NOT SAYING ANYTHING? Just letting you know she DOES NOT APPROVE. ]

...Anyone need anything?

[misanthropicprinciple]

...

I know how I'd do it.

[scourgingstars]

I can think of a way or two that I might, as well. What is it you're thinking?

[misanthropicprinciple]

I'm willing to believe they might've done the nasty. You know how some people will smoke a cigarette afterwards to take the edge off? I got a feeling weed would work even better for some people.

[Junpei Tenmyouji, bringing in the college knowledge.]

Rick tells Akande he's gonna hotbox one of the cells between rounds, because don't tell me Akande's not the kind of guy who wants to show off his stamina. Akande waits, Rick doesn't come back, he goes up to check. Boom. Trap.

[He rubs his chin, then adds:]

Leon was further into the cell, so he might've been in there first. There's nothing to suggest he was lured out, but--aw, hell. [He rubs his eyes.] The baseball. Maybe he was practicing his baseball when no one could see him.

[daughterofthemark]

It depends on whether the "shapeshifter" shares Lord Noctis's title, as Sir Jack did.

[scourgingstars]

I don't know. There seems like there's something more than that, and...

...And does he seem unusually prepared to execute Noctis in a hurry, or is that my imagination?

[misanthropicprinciple]

It's not just you. Someone wants this over fast.

1/2

[daughterofthemark]

[don't mind the princess butting in]

That is no contradiction, though. If he is telling the truth, then he would want to avenge his lover. Clarith was much the same way after we found Dame Mikaela.

2/2

[daughterofthemark]

...and yet, I'm not certain Sir Rick would react the same way...

[scourgingstars]

...

[That was definitely a curse in Latin Lucian just then.]

[daughterofthemark]

Lord Ardyn?

[DID YOU JUST COME UP WITH A NEW THING ARIANNA WILL HAVE TO SAY?]

[scourgingstars]

[nO, arianna]

You don't think that...we're assuming the wrong person is our hypothetical shapeshifter?

[cyan_maid]

[You gotta hold the fuck on bucko]

No...not now. But this might be like...for you, when Mister Nishitani died. When Bolton died for us. It might be that kind of trial.

[She'll leave it at that, and then later, when Noctis' crazy ring scars show up, Jane'll just. Raise her eyebrows and look at you, Ardyn. What the knick knack paddy whack snick snack fuck, yo.]

[daughterofthemark]

[EXCREMENTUM!]

I--

Do I?

[Did she say something important without realizing it? SHE'S CONFUSED]

[scourgingstars]

...

[Ardyn just shrugged when the matter of the ring came up, hand in his pocket.]

Magic comes at a cost for us, Jane. Nothing comes from thin air, despite what the Armiger may have you believe.

[stitch_in_time]

...It could definitely fit. The evidence pointing to Noctis is a little too obvious, yeah?

[scourgingstars]

That's exactly what I've been saying--it can't be Noctis. I can't think of a reason Rick would kill Akande, but...but if that isn't him to begin with, then the point's invalidated anyway.

[serrata]

The only question is how long. Was the real Rick-san ever in there to begin with? Or has someone been imitating him this whole time?

[ she's running with 'rick's the shapeshifter' because that's fathoms less distressing than it being Noctis ]