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#the machine whirrs because kokichi doesnt *actually* know if hes been polygraphed and isnt anxious about it so much as genuinely confused
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Click for quality. Part 2 of the polygraph arc! (Read part 1 here) (Part 3!)
[AU Masterpost]
Everyone's still in shambles after the simulation. No exceptions.
So Miu's polygraph is kind of a black box (you know what goes in and comes out but the rest is a mystery) but there is at least a basis in reading electrical and chemical signals in the body to discern things like mood and, with enough pattern training, attempt to predict intent. Granted, something like that would be incredibly specific to the patterns (people) it's trained on, so why not have the most unpredictable, unflappable ultimate in the school play guinea pig?
He just happens to be incredibly flappable, today. It's a jacket day, after all, and even if Miu heard in passing what that means, actually seeing it in practice is something else. But the program is mostly to decipher him in particular anyway; two birds one stone, making it less likely the class will overlook genuine distress and helping K1-B0 curb a major source of frustration when he comes back.
(Well. When he comes back, of course. Kiiboy's current deal in this AU is kind of its own story.)
They did, in fact, discharge Kokichi with a cane and orders to do physical therapy, a fact he has told nobody that spread through the class like a lighter to a gas line since someone, Kaito, can't just not tell his sidekicks secrets. Being Kokichi, he has elected to completely ignore both as often as he can get away with (which makes the bad days worse, naturally. Consequences? For my in/actions?) to What Did You Expect, Dumbass results.
It's just about time for an overdue conversation.
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