[voice]

[mentis_reae]

[Edgeworth's voice is weary. He's been up all night.]As I'm certain you're all aware. The man known commonly among us as "Big Boss" has been murdered brutally. If anyone has any piece of evidence at all regarding this murder, no matter how inconsequential it might seem - filtered conversations regarding the individuals with whom he was meeting,

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[killswithapen]

[Some time later, and oh, did I mention it's fucking cold? His voice is shaky.]

Not likely.

Audio // Private // Unhackable // Untraceable

[mentis_reae]

They've a bounty on your head.

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[killswithapen]

I saw it. And a shedload of evidence that points to me alone. I'm not coming in.

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[mentis_reae]

Light, for the love of God - Precisely what is it you're intending to do? You're on an island; you cannot flee. The best you can do is dash from house to house until they find you. And with eight thousand dollars on your head, they will, indeed, find you. What would you have happen? Would you have fifty people lying killed in the crossfire when the bounty hunters come after you? Turn yourself in, that they need not be involved; running will get you nowhere.

[audio//private]

[hexyoutotuesday]

O-Other than him... you know... being a t...terrorist...

I've got nothing.

[audio//private]

[mentis_reae]

[A pause.] Are you all right?

[audio//private]

[hexyoutotuesday]

...no.

[audio//private]

[mentis_reae]

Because of the murder.

[video]

[heartdissonance]

Shall I poke around?

[video]

[mentis_reae]

Have you experience investigating?

[video]

[heartdissonance]

Certainly. I have a job investigating right now, actually.

Also wondering if I oughtn't hunt.

[voice, sorry, voice forever]

[mentis_reae]

Hunt...?

[tots_prodigy]

[Yeah, he totally hacked those messages]

[mentis_reae]

[Unsurprising.]

voice;

[little_bandages]

[ The voice that makes this reply is surprisingly grim and calm, considering it's from a kid. ]

--I don't know anything about it, I'm sorry to say. Jack -- Big Boss -- was my friend. He looked after me and always gave me lots of food. He was worried about me when I arrived here and even when I settled in, he kept an eye on me. I don't know anything about his world except a little bit that he told me - and most of that was stuff he said on the NV.

He was a good person. I'm sure even if he was in wars he didn't deserve to go like that, even if... Sometimes people aren't what you think they are, and it's not hard to imagine he'd have someone that angry at him, considering he was a soldier.

Tell me what a regular person can do to help with this investigation.

[ He takes in a shuddering breath. ]

Answers are out there if you're persistent enough - you have gotta find leads.

voice;

[mentis_reae]

[A pause, then, quietly:]

A "regular person" would be best served by staying clear of it.

voice;

[little_bandages]

[ There's a rather annoyed pause. ]

...Okay, what about someone who's been investigating a murder on his own for about a year now? Sometimes the adul-- sometimes the police are wrong. They come to the conclusion that was intended by the person who left the evidence. I mean.

[ He swallows hard. ]

It's obvious whoever did this wanted to mess with us. They're a sadistic type. They want control over our feelings for some reason.

[ Seimei had planned it all from the beginning. His own death, the invasion of the school - probably even those words of blood on the wall. ]

If they thought it out that much, it's probably part of something bigger. And it might not be the same person who killed Ellis - the style's totally wrong. Whoever made that video was. Taunting everyone who could see it.

[ sigh ]

This place really sucks.

voice;

[mentis_reae]

Mister...

[Waiting for a name.]