day three; locked to Aya

[glasshole]

Who: Kyouya and Aya
When: After the trial

[After the trial, Kyouya will come find Aya. He'll knock on her door if she's in.]

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[ aaand the door opens. she has pens behind her ears and papers in her free hand--working on the next issue. ]

Ayaya, Mr. Ootori.

Good evening.

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[Closing the door behind him.]

You know, I had actually offered to Miss Koizumi to be of some help in your publications. Though I don't know if she passed on the message.

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[ the room is a mess, like a crow's nest. possibly slightly messier because of absence of assistant but it's not like anyone could tell. ]

She didn't, actually. Are you offering to help in her stead now?

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Oh, for her sake, I thought I'd offer.

But moreover, I wanted to speak with you about something rather important.

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[ kiiinda thought as much. ] Of course. What is it?

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Don't you think you ought to be more cautious about how you relay messages?

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Would this be about Miss Mahiru's message or the paper in general?

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The former really, but both, perhaps.

In the future, if someone gives you a message to convey, do avoid handing it out in public. It draws a considerable amount of attention. Oh, and by the way, you really should be reading them.

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I've been given a few notices to post in the event of someone's death--they will all be public. But you're right about Miss Mahiru's letters, I should have used more discretion.

... I'm not actually sure why I didn't read them, to be honest.

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Whatever anyone tells you, you should under no circumstances be posting messages that would lead others to draw conclusions about private correspondences. I know Miss Koizumi meant well, and I appreciate her message, but this is hardly the impression I wanted others to have.

The newspaper can be used for well-meaning blunders or for manipulation all too easily. We've already seen that happen. Anonymity is a better tool for the VIP than it is for us. My personal opinion is that posting anything sensitive is irresponsible, it causes impressionable people to draw conclusions.

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No, that's understandable. And I should've put more thought or effort into locating each of her recipients individually. But information about who people are communicating with... that's valuable information to have. I'll do my best to use my best judgment. Obviously, if a person with a role dies and wants to leave a message, I'd hope I wouldn't be as reckless giving out last notes. But if a VIP dies, such information--who they wanted to correspond to, and especially what their message was--would be valuable clues.

I think making as more information known to the public, rather than less, can't be a bad thing. There will always be misinformation in a liars' game like this. But I won't deny that I'm an irresponsible person.

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Irresponsible, fine. This isn't a game with room to make mistakes in it. We don't know why they chose Koizumi in the first place, so if your little blunder happens to get me killed, I hope you'll take it more seriously.

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Ayaya, it's true, they could target you based on a note.

Do you think it'll happen?

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Probably not. But it's an unappreciated additional risk. I don't want to see you complicating everything for others. How many guests so far have you endangered with your actions? Ah, let's see...Legion, Missile, all those who have had to verify Missile's claims since he revealed himself, Levi, although that really was his own fault.

How many VIP have you personally helped find? Let's see...I believe the answer is none. You are a nuisance and a liability to our cause, even if I personally believe you're one of us.

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It's true, I can't claim to be someone with a helpful role or even someone helpful full stop. I specialize in scandal, not in murder mysteries. And I was planning to only be a middleman for anonymous messages, but you're likely right and that's not true anymore.

That said, I appreciate the vote of confidence and insult both. Being thought of as a hindrance is nothing new to me.