isafraid: (Tired)
Robert E. O. Speedwagon ([personal profile] isafraid) wrote in [community profile] trusthell2016-04-23 05:09 pm

I'll wait, so show me why you're strong

[And so the day's trial for the attempted murder of Gabriel Knight draw to a close with... charitably better results then usual.

They were alive, at the least, but that didn't mean there wasn't several blows against the trust that had been built up here. One mole that attempted murder, another that quit, and another that was given the offer no doubt put strain on several relationships... most notably Sigrun's.

It was all, in a word... frankly shitty. But now it's all out there, no sense in trying to get it back.

An hour (or two) after the "trial" ends and everyone's gone off on their own business, Speedwagon heads back to the kitchen. It was the usual plan in mind, what they did after every trial. And everyone, regardless of what was said or done, would soon find a note being slipped under their door.
]

[Name],
There's gonna be food in the dining hall, in case anyone's got an appetite for it.
I know some might want to be alone after that mess of an investigation, but if you don't then the offer's as open as it's always been.
I'd say sticking together might still be safer then not.

-R E.O. Speedwagon


[And yes, folks that arrive in the dining hall will find a nice spread of sandwiches, soup, and what leftovers Speedwagon could scrounge out of the fridge. Speedwagon isn't the best cook in the group, but there's definitely stuff here that's good enough to eat.

...Sigrun's 'masterpiece' was, thankfully, left out of this. Keeping folks alive is the goal, after all.
]
amygdalae: you're speaking as if I even have one (you're asking me to make a choice?)

[personal profile] amygdalae 2016-04-25 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[It doesn't take long for Bruce to notice Stan lingering around - years of being on the run always made sure he kept his senses up, and its not like he's letting himself drink to excess. Even right now Bruce has no wish to make the same mistakes as others have done to him once.]

You can come in, you know. [He's not facing the door when he speaks, though after a moment he does turn over to look at him. There's really nothing to indicate that he's been drinking beyond the bottle in his hand... and a few more bottles nearby, though they haven't been touched yet.

It's incredibly tempting, though.]
goodforsomething: (⛵ hmph)

[personal profile] goodforsomething 2016-04-25 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[...Stan moves into the doorway and leans on the frame, not quite entering the room. This is just setting off so many alarm bells.]

I don't wanna bother you. [.....] I know you don't like drinkin', so.
pokexplorer: (❖ glasses off)

[personal profile] pokexplorer 2016-04-25 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
[He gives a slight nod, and quietly enters. He lingers a few steps into the room before going over to sit near Bruce. He wasn't sure how long he expected a potential check-in to last, but after seeing this, he considers the possibility he might be here for a little while. If Bruce is okay with that, anyway.

Once he's settled, he gently removes his glasses and fidgets with them as a way to distract himself into just getting on with the conversation.]


I realize that I did nothing to help the situation earlier, and I want to apologize for that.

I...also wanted to check in on you.

[It's obvious that the discussion took a toll on everyone, but Bruce in particular...he definitely wasn't taking it well. He still isn't, from what Colress can see.]
goodforsomething: (⛵ looking cocky)

[personal profile] goodforsomething 2016-04-25 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Nah, doesn't matter now.

...y'know, it's kinda funny. It all happened 'cause I promised Sigrun I'd try to get us some booze outta him. Never expected it to work, but I asked anyway. That was when he started talkin' about trading information for stuff.

[.....] I didn't actually give him anything for the booze, that was a freebie. I ain't that cheap.
amygdalae: the storm lies in your hands. (you're only a victim of your own mind)

[personal profile] amygdalae 2016-04-25 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Don't worry, Bruce hasn't been drinking to excess. It may look like it, with the small collection of bottles he's brought down, but he's only been drinking the one he's currently holding.

Said bottle is swung around a bit as Bruce gestures a little, eventually ending with a shrug.]


It's fine. [...] It's safer to have come out clean then, anyway.

[Since they were all apparently unloading their secrets out.

And he says nothing about being checked on. Its easy to just try and brush that off, but Bruce is sure Colress probably doesn't appreciate that right now.]
amygdalae: a typhoon in the eye of the hurricane (like fire and ice and rage)

[personal profile] amygdalae 2016-04-25 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
I don't mind.

[He glances away at the latter part of what Stan says, though, staring at the bottle in his hand. It's not that he's ever minded drinking so much, its just... there's too much bad history with it. His childhood, as he grew up, and even with the Avengers, recalling the weeks he had to try and deal with Tony after New York--

He tightens his hold around the bottle.]


I'm not going to do anything stupid.

[As tempting as that is, too. But no, Bruce isn't so childish as to want to make others suffer just because he is.]
pokexplorer: (❖ solemn)

[personal profile] pokexplorer 2016-04-25 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
It wasn't necessarily like that... I understood the dangers the moment he offered to trade information with me.

[He's looking at Bruce now. ...While squinting a little bit since his glasses are off, but there's still a pretty neutral if not slightly guilty look on his face.]

However, the one danger that did not cross my mind until a bit later was the danger of losing the relationships that I had built because of my actions. Losing trust was inevitable, but at the time I did not hold the concept of trust with much regard. And I believed I would never build any actual relationships with you all- after all, I had managed to avoid it for so long. That changed, and...

[He realizes at this point that he's rambling a bit, so he pauses to collect himself again.]

What I am trying to say is...I do not want to lose what we have built.

[In non-Colress terms, he doesn't want to damage their friendship because of his poor life choices.]
amygdalae: (going back to days gone by.)

[personal profile] amygdalae 2016-04-25 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a pause as Bruce considers Colress' words. He takes another swig from his bottle and lets it hang from his hand.]

You don't need to worry about that.

[Considering everything else Colress barely did anything to garner any kind of hate or anger from Bruce. Not that is reserved for something else entirely.]
sleepingkogoro: (what was that)

[personal profile] sleepingkogoro 2016-04-25 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not in mood of talking to anyone there. It's better if I stay away, or I'll end saying something I'll regret.

[At least you don't have much fault about anything that happened, so you're being more or less spared his anger. Yay?]
goodforsomething: (⛵ yeah whatever)

[personal profile] goodforsomething 2016-04-25 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
Never said you were.

[Thought it? Well.]

But I've spent a lotta time drinkin' alone. It's depressing as hell, and that's when you like whiskey.
amygdalae: this is really not English (complicated explanation time)

[personal profile] amygdalae 2016-04-25 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
[To that all Bruce can do it to snort lightly.]

Doesn't seem to stop anybody, though.

[As he knows well from experience.]
goodforsomething: (⛵ holy shit it's the sky)

[personal profile] goodforsomething 2016-04-25 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
Naaaah, not really.

[Stan falls silent for a moment. He knows how to pull one over on people, how to manipulate them into buying his product. It's actual genuine feelings that give him trouble. You can't just con someone into feeling better; it's not that simple.]

If you need anythin' from me, you just ask, okay?
amygdalae: it should've been easy to choose. (between logic and emotion.)

[personal profile] amygdalae 2016-04-25 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a pause after that, and really, had he been a lesser man Bruce would have... done something regrettable, probably. He doesn't know exactly what, but it wouldn't have been pleasant for anybody involved.

Still, he knows better. And its not a matter of being a better man (because he isn't, he never will be, not like this) but rather reminding himself again that nobody benefits. It's only a moment of petty satisfaction and nothing more and that? Isn't worth it.]


...okay. [Is what he does eventually say, after a pause, and then another passes before Bruce picks up the bottle and takes another drink from it.]
sleepingkogoro: (furious)

[personal profile] sleepingkogoro 2016-04-25 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Blaming myself?! You can't be serious!

[Whooops]

I'm blaming everyone in this place! No matter what happens there are always a few people who are working against the rest. And then some are going to cover up for them! Why would they do that?! It's stupid! And the rest are going to lose their minds in various ways, and it all ends being a disaster!

[At least he's shouting all this only to Speedwagon. It's better than Mouri standing in the Dining Hall broadcasting this to everyone]

What good can come from going and trying to be amiable with people if at the end it will end in something like what happened today? You saw what happened in the trial! How will we get anywhere or escape after...after all that?!
pokexplorer: (❖ doin science)

[personal profile] pokexplorer 2016-04-25 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[For what it's worth, Colress doesn't try to avoid Speedwagon or anything. He does freeze a little awkwardly, though.]

Oh... Of course. I apologize that it was a brief stay, but...

[But what? He doesn't really know, actually.]
pokexplorer: (❖ observation)

[personal profile] pokexplorer 2016-04-25 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh.

[It's a curious sort of "oh".]

Coincidentally, it happened the same way for me. Well, I was not asking for alcohol, but I was asking for more information about something I had received from the vending machine. To my surprise, since it was science-based, he ended up giving me a book about it...and then the offer.
cherryblooded: (calm / grey)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-04-25 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
You think it'll be that soon...? Well, guess 'you are all going to die' is pretty urgent.
cherryblooded: (calm / thinky think)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-04-25 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Most likely. Don't see why not, if there's even enough of us left.

[...if there were just too few of them left to summon the ghosts, he wouldn't be altogether surprised.]
goodforsomething: (⛵ dramatic shadow grunk)

[personal profile] goodforsomething 2016-04-25 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounded like it. Besides, after what happened today...good time to strike.
cherryblooded: (calm / wait what)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-04-25 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm. No time like the present to wipe everyone out.

Thank you - have I thanked you yet? If it weren't for your help with our ghosts, we wouldn't know a thing.

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