Snippet #4126

Leila didn't really know how to reply to Izzy's demand. Half a dozen retorts flashed through her mind, though she rejected all of them. Things were suddenly a lot more serious, though she'd never have thought that was possible. The pressure settled across her shoulders. She knew well that she was perceptive; her mother called her a walking lie-detector, for goodness' sake. But this was unlike anything she'd…unlike anything. Under the circumstances, with the distressing thought of sending someone to, what, Hell? If she wasn't careful, they might think it was her. But if she was too careful, she'd look suspicious, but if she was too carefree…She groaned. She could only fight her case and try her best to decide who she thought should be selected. There was also the worry that they would get it wrong…But she couldn't consider that now.

"Who indeed," she finally responded, chewing her lip. She guessed the obvious candidate would be the bruise-covered Steve, who was currently squeezing Rinni's shoulder in a probably-not-too-comforting way. His reputation was, after all, that of an insensitive egotist. Though, his first reaction to Rinni had been to try and reassure her, and just because he could be harsh, it didn't mean he was violent. And even if he was, was he violent enough to kill? Christi was standing by the ballot box, looking like she was in shock, which immediately said innocent…though anyone with enough acting skills could appear that horrified. She was quite rebellious, and though she was known to be sweet, she didn't actually have that many friends. Not that Leila could talk, she herself having few people close to her, and fewer of those were fellow students.

"Well," she attempted to brighten up a little, since they couldn't dwell on what they had left behind forever. "We can't go back to life, so...Working out who killed us is priority, right?" She looked between the others, hoping anxiously she didn't look suspicious, and more anxiously that she was helping, and not just making things worse.