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[namelessfighter]

[ a nod! ]

[preceptive]

Does it have to do with your role?

[namelessfighter]

Yes.

[preceptive]

Were you the one who exorcised him?

[namelessfighter]

[ kanesan smiles, and for once there is no trace of his usual good humor in it. ]

Yes.

[preceptive]

[well then.]

... Then that's another function of your role. You were... told ahead of time that he was possessed, or...?

[namelessfighter]

Mm. I was told on Monday night. I would have liked to warn Higekiri and Hizamaru, but...

[ a shake of his head. ]

As you know, our roles must first be discovered before we can share anything.

[preceptive]

Do they know now that it was you?

... And why were you told about Dimitri? I assume you didn't know about any of the other possessions.

[namelessfighter]

...They know I have a role, but Higekiri did not ask about Dimitri.

[ is that a no ]

As for that, I can't say. This is the first time I've been told beforehand.

[preceptive]

Did you ask the hosts?

[namelessfighter]

There wasn't time to.

[ because ray was busy irl ]

There's a chance that they didn't know any more than we did, or that they simply couldn't say so until now. There have been other things they couldn't comment on until a later date.

[preceptive]

Why your role, though? I don't see how it's related to the notes you get.

[namelessfighter]

Do you think the notes are my role's main focus?

[preceptive]

They're all I knew about your role before this.

[namelessfighter]

Heh, fair enough. It isn't the only thing, though.

[preceptive]

What, so your other purpose is exorcising demons? What's the point of the rest of us, then?

[namelessfighter]

Considering that I don't know what the other roles are meant to do, I can't answer that. But I also wouldn't say that mine is to exorcise the demons.

[ the fact that he can't outright say it is killing him ]

[preceptive]

I mean "us" in general. If a role existed to exorcise the demons, it makes the trials pretty pointless.

Did it come as a surprise when you were tasked to exorcise someone, or did you expect that?

[namelessfighter]

No, I wasn't expecting it. I suppose if it were that easy to find the demons every week, we wouldn't have need for the trials at all.

[preceptive]

And again, I'm wondering what made Dimitri's case unique.

So your rulebook didn't talk about exorcisms at all? Demons?

[namelessfighter]

No - nothing about either.

I don't know what made him special, but I do wonder if he may have had something to do with the two other murders from last week. Logy and Chuuya's killers escaped, but if a demon was responsible, and our hosts had a little more time to find them... [ shrug. ] Maybe that is what made the difference.

[preceptive]

Maybe.

Do you know if this is a permanent extension of your role?

[namelessfighter]

I do not.

[preceptive]

I'll ask, then.

Does it seem like it could be? Does it relate to your primary function?

[namelessfighter]

It... could probably happen again, yes. I suppose that depends on whether they can locate someone else who's been possessed.