"I" sits down to an elaborate dinner with the eleven other residents on the Island at a huge round table with twelve places. During the meal, Iria Akagami announces that Jun Aikawa will arrive in six days, and that Kunagisa will be leaving. Also, the conversation becomes quite catty as some of the diners make pointed criticisms of others at the table. Later, over drinks, Maki Himena apologises to "I" for her comments about him over dinner, but after reading "I"'s thoughts about her, she criticises him again. There is a sudden, mild earthquake. Himena then describes "I"'s personalty, which, although he denies it, he realizes is very accurate. Late that night Kanami Ibuki's headless body is found in her locked room, surrounded by spilled paint.