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Momoe's head tilted a little further upwards when Aurel addressed her, one hand in her pocket. His frown was met in kind by one of her own. Regretfully, she said: "Tch... cat's out of the bag, then. It's as the mousy girl said; the noise didn't happen anywhere close to midnight."

"Wait, you knew?!" shouted an angry Taka. "Why the hell didn't you tell us?!"

Momoe gave him a casual shrug. "I have my reasons. Mainly, I've got a better idea of the killer now. [i]Someone[/i] here was really desperate to cling to that theory, and they weren't even the one who thought of it."

"Hey, hold up! Why are you two so sure the noise has anything to do with the murder, anyway?" Chikako interjected. She wanted to say more, but Momoe decided to cut her off right there.

"Piss off with the flimsy excuses. The noise we heard was the lock breaking, and you know that [i]damn[/i] well."

Taka threw his voice back into the mix. "Oi, back up! The killer? How could [i]you[/i] know when we've been going in circles?!"

Momoe's irritation was starting to reach a boiling point. She closed her eye for a brief moment, a soft growl escaping her. "I swear to god, if you say one more stupid thing in this goddamn farce of a trial..." she muttered, partially to herself but mostly aimed at the offending party in question. Ignoring him, Momoe opened her eye again and continued. "Before that... Oi, Tinkerbell," she said to Maiya. "You said somethin' real interesting earlier. 'The killer had the CD in mind as a murder weapon.' Maybe it's 'cause the thief's been keepin' me up every night, but something's tellin' me you're not far off."

Chikako challenged Momoe again. "Wait, weren't [i]you[/i] the one who said the scissors were the murder weapon?"

"I said I hadn't played all my cards... I never said anything about a murder weapon," Momoe replied with a smug grin. "I could carry just about anything around in my coat and the thief wouldn't even notice. Those scissors were pretty large, though... I dunno how anyone'd be able to lug those around without their partner noticin'. Now a CD's large n'd all, but..." Momoe continued to explain, but left out the last part of that. She glanced over at Ayu. The girl noticed Momoe's gaze and replied after a little bit of hesitation.

"...The CD was already broken before Naomi's murder. They shattered it to make it easier to carry."

"I knew you were one of the smart ones," Momoe snidely replied. "Snap that bad boy in half and it's a lot easier to hide. Take it from me."