trial 4 afterparty

[exequte]

[Boy, that all sure Just Happened, didn't it? It Sure Hecking Did.

Akane helps drag anyone who needs it out of the theater as best as she, a tiny frail sick girl, can, before heading straight to Hubert's room and retrieving the letter he had told her was there, and then finding a sheet of paper, a pen, and a small knife, writing a short one of her own, and paying Charon to send it to the afterlife.

After this she brings Hubert's letter to the mess hall, as gathering for food after these things seems like the common thread that's bound all of them together.

Akane herself still has a lowgrade fever, and that last trial was not easy on her, but it seems to her like there's more important things to do at the moment.]

Comments

[exequte]

Okay everybody. To begin with....

We need to talk about what we're going to do about the X-Door.

And... and we need to talk about what we're going to do to help the dead.

[She will be attempting to herd everyone she can into the room for this discussion, but as long as nobody tries to open the door now, feel free to also do other stuff. Just... hopefully after also talking about this, because this is an important thing to discuss.]

Oh, and, um...

Anybody who wants to read it, I found the letter that Hubert left.

[godspiousjasper]

I... very much believe that we must eradicate that tree before we can rescue anyone who's in Tartarus. Which means remaining here to do it, since I believe we can access it's heart from underneath where we hold trials.

[ Guess who'd been listening to snippets of conversations during trial this whole time? You bet he did. This is about as much as he picked up on, but don't mind him being wearily settled on one of the chairs. ]

[yesorwoof]

[Makima is sitting. She has delicately devoured a tasteful amount of chocolate and now can speak.]

I vote that we do open the door.

Surely if Aoi-kun and Hubert-kun did not mean their deaths to be meaningless, as the prior ones were called, then they knew we would use the X passes.

If using the x passes did not help in previous loops, why not say so?

I refuse to believe everyone among us is so pure of heart. Either it was used and was not enough of a problem to mention, or it was never used and we should try it.

More importantly, we will try it. We will all do it together.

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes is here. He's just...

Hanging out.]

[superstylishsquid]

[Alastor had to make a trip to his own room first, but now he holds up a letter of his own.]

Aoi gave me this letter personally, and made me swear a blood oath that I wouldn't open it until tonight. That's how I figured out he...

[...]

Let's just see what he has to say.

[He slits open the envelope and pulls out several pieces of paper for all to read.]

[strangerpeople]

[Afterparty, guest starring: the Gimme?!

He is in A Mood, accepting Akane's letter and payment with no ado.

He...glides off after, his shadows going with him. His business here is not done. He will approach Alastor.]

[superstylishsquid]

[Alastor manages a strained smile as Charon approaches.]

Hey. Thanks for that holy water, came in handy.

[somuchshipping]

[Oh...]

[If Hermes manages to get to Charon before he leaves...]

[Hermes is looking down at the ground, idly clawing it.]

...I must look like a bit of an idiot, believing everyone here would last until Sunday...

[somuchshipping]

X-Door

[Right after the execution, Hermes is gunning it for the X-Door. He reaches there fairly quickly, and starts inputting the first X-Pass. However, when he's just about to finish, he stops.]

[And stares at the X-Door.]

[...]

Hermes's Room

[The door is open. Hermes is carefully taking items from the closet and laying them down on either bed. From now on, Hermes considers this entire room his closet. And oh look! He may have gotten a few new items!]

Wildcard

[Come up with a scenario of your own!]

Is This Annoying Yet?

[strangerpeople]

[Those who are still alive will find their watches flashing.

When they activate it, the map seems to point to the staircase leading up.]

[godspiousjasper]

[ He is in absolute pain but.. y'know. Going to just force himself up and start for that staircase...

Maybe pushing himself a little. ]

NOPE

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes is once again the first one there. Is this annoying yet?]

[exequte]

[Oh, well, this is a thing that's happening again. Akane sighs, but after a moment goes to mount the stairs.]

[autonomousthought]

[Ritsu is rather easy to find. Bundled up on the floor, back to the wall. Away from where anyone might be eating.

Just staring into space.

You can also feel free to wildcard her but she is not ip to much right now.]

[voidseeing]

[Don't mind Gai coming over to check on you, Ritsu. Unfortunately, he's never been the sort to mince words, so if she's expecting any kind of emotional support, she's probably going to be disappointed.

Still, there's a quiet note of unusual gentleness as he slowly and carefully slides down the wall to sit on the floor next to her and asks:]

How much longer do you think you have?

[superstylishsquid]

[Alastor is just...Tired at this point, as he roots around for something sweet but also Very High Proof. Unlike last week, he's not going out of his way to check on people. If anything, he seems to be mostly keeping to himself, aside from Roland. At least outside of practical discussions, anyway.

But surely he's just worn out, right? It has been a long day for him.]

[autonomousthought]

[She is being good and not moving around all that much. But at some point she is setting herself down nearby.

...She is not finding words. Maybe she will soon.]

[godspiousjasper]

[ Given he's not really allowed to do much..? He's mostly just staying in one spot and somewhat keeping to himself asides from Alastor. At some point he'd asked the other to get him a bowl, water and a towel from the bathroom.

Once he has that... Roland is... just quietly cleaning blood off of Durandal. Though he's staring really intently at it's metal surface as he does so. If he's a bit pale, surely you're just imagining it. ]

[exequte]

R-Roland....

Thank you.

I should... I should have said it before.

[somuchshipping]

Do you need some tips on making it shine?

[superstylishsquid]

[Once he's brought the water and towel, he just sits down next to Roland. His tail curves to show it's wrapped around a bottle of strong brandy.]

[voidseeing]

[Don't think that paleness is going to go unnoticed, Roland. And Gai is 99% sure that it isn't merely the result of having been tossed around like a ball back there, with the way the other man is staring intently enough at Durandal to almost burn a hole right through the metal with his gaze.]

Are you all right?

[It has more meanings than just the obvious.]

CW: the hand.

[onychomance]

[A song of gentle melancholy plays out from the upstairs theater box. Kira has come to like it up here as the emptiness and unpleasant link to the trials mean people rarely come, plus the box office comes with an air of ostentation. Many macabre acts are performed on that stage, and this deepens his sense of distance from them. Hubert and Aoi played their parts like true actors, dancing to the beat of fate. But none of that has to matter with her here.]

We were lovers in a past life... Can there be anything more romantic, my darling?

[He looks at the seat beside him where her palm holds the music box, leaning his head back on the chair as he gazes with deep fondness.]

…

[strangerpeople]

[As people process what's happened-as people try to work through the revelations of Aoi and Hubert's roles both as fabricators, as killers, as victims-one person is about to find himself with a new quandry.

So. Yoshikage Kira.

Is it just you, or does your pocket suddenly feel lighter?]

[onychomance]

Hm...?

[Kira slips his hand into the pocket, then looks around to see if he dropped anything. Perhaps he simply didn't hear it over the music box...?]