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.]
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.]
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.]
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But Stan knows it's for the best. The Kingmaker wasn't going to keep their short flirtation at cooperation a secret, and it would have been so much worse coming from him, after all they've been through. Best to just lance the wound. It's too dangerous now to have secrets like that - besides, it feels like keeping things from family now. He doesn't do that for just any old reason, and not just for himself. Whatever's happened back home, he did what he needed to, and as far as anyone there knew they lost him anyway. He's all in here.
He shows up to the party same as ever, takes a sandwich and sits near the others. But not too close to anyone in particular. He may not have fucked up as much as some people, but he did nothing to help this whole shitshow. If they wanna talk to him right now, that's up to them, not him.]
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How are you holding up?
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What're you doin' askin' me? You almost got killed this morning, how're you?
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[He rubs at his neck.]
I'll be fine. Black got me good, but not enough to do any permanent damage.
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[...but there's a point, and he nods after a moment.]
Guess I should've known better than to think it'd ever stay quiet. The second the Kingmaker needed us to fall apart, he'd have burned me himself.
Maybe I should've spoke up a while ago and just taken my chances.
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I'm sure it's what he would want, for us to turn on each other, for today to have become a bloodbath of finger-pointing, having us do all of his dirty work for him.
It disgusts me.
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It had to be more than desperation; he's obviously felt like he's been one step ahead of us this entire time.
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....right before I quit talkin' to him, though, he told me he'd already figured how likely everyone was to kill. Like ranks! He wouldn't say anybody else's, but he told me mine was pretty low. Didn't think I'd do it if I didn't really need to.
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Colress' voice is low as he sits near Stan.]
...So he did get to you too.
[May as well cut to the chase.]
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[He's curious to see if it all went down similarly.]
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...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.
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[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.
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I spent a lotta time just summin' up meetings for him. I knew he watched 'em anyway - made me look like I was tryin' to be helpful without actually bein' helpful.
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[Cherryblod, of course, missed most of the mole discussion. But it wouldn't really change much if he'd heard. Stan quit and that's the important thing.
Still, someone should probably tell him eventually.]
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Yeah, shoot.
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How well do you know the contents of Ford's book?
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Pretty well. I know the first one by heart, but I've got that. Why?
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Somebody should get out of this place.
[Even if they're dead.]
Is there anything like that in there?
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[Also he doesn't exactly recall the exorcism chant.]
He also said a ghost'll move on if you deal with whatever made 'em wanna stay in the first place. They've all got a reason, supposedly. [Doesn't sound like this lot stayed deliberately though]
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[His smile is wry. He doesn't know if they'll ever get to do that, but he'll certainly give it his all.]
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[He grins, but it fades after a moment.]
If we ever get that far, we oughta be able to find some other way too. Not the Kingmaker's way. [Killing the ghosts might help them move on, but it sounds unpleasant.]
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important notes: that icon is really cute
it's ungodly cute I want to die when I see it
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