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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Like hell he'd go through with that. Who would you have used it on, if it came up?
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Yosuke. He's young enough - he might recover from this. I don't think you would take it as well if I did it for you.
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I definitely wouldn't have. Flattering, but please, it doesn't matter where I go, where I am. So long as I've got someone to lead.
[... So much for that...]
I think I would've done it for you though. Wouldn't matter if you hated me or not for it, you're the first person to come to mind. Black's second, then Yosuke.
[Mettaton would've been first, really, but that goes without saying. She probably would've asked he could put Mettaton in her world too.]
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[He's known he was a disaster for hundreds of years, so it's not exactly news. He just sounds resigned, mostly.]
I wouldn't have hated you. Just questioned your taste.
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[There's a pause there, like she's going to say something else, and she sighs.]
Which... isn't true, I guess. I have five others in my team and many more back home, all waiting for my return, even if they've probably moved on by now. But your people need you more than mine do -- mine have a back-up leader.
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[Just... bluntly said, with the kind of smile he wears when he doesn't really care enough to put on one that seems happy.
His are probably dead.]
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I lied. There's another spoonful of soup.]
I won't take that quitter talk from you, Cherryblod. [Full name.] Your family's fine.
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...You're right, as usual. Was going to go back to be certain anyway.
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They'll be fine, darling. You'll come home and the world will have gone to shit, but they'll be the bright spot in the dark, and then you and your sea witch will fix it all.
[Yes.]
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That's what will happen. I'm sure.
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[Doubt all you please. And not leader anymore, probably.
She'll nudge Black's side though.]
Kitten, can you spare your attention for a few minutes?
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very hesitantly looking up from his notebook. ]
...yes?
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He wants to know how you're holding up too.
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Doing alright, Black?
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[ ...he cares? ...that's unexpected. Black can't quite bring himself to look at Cherryblod despite the smile, though. ]
I'm... as fine as you'd expect me to be. [ He's shit, guys, but should he really be? It's not like he suddenly got told that someone he actually cared for was working for the bad guy all along, after all.
...he's a mess, and he's going to shrink back into his chair. How do you even talk to people you hurt? ] Thank you for asking.
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[How do you talk to people who betrayed you? And more importantly, hurt your child?]
Sigrun will take good care of you, I'm sure, so you at least don't have to worry about that much.
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I know. I'll kind of miss my room, but— [ HIS ROOM oh, he needs his pictures from...
... ] I'll just... move some stuff in there, I guess. It'll be okay.
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[He knows what Black really wants to ask, though, so he might as well bring it up himself.]
...Yosuke's going to be okay. He said he'd talk to you later.
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He—no, I can't talk to him, I don't even know what I'd say! [ ...or how he'd react, or...
he can't do this. He could probably avoid the fuck out of Yosuke though. ]
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If Yosuke wants to talk then you are going to talk.
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He hurt my child, Sigrun. I'm not asking him to do anything that's physically dangerous.
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[Sorry for outing the obvious, Black.]
Don't push him. Yosuke went with the intent to kill at him, I felt that, and wouldn't you fear being hated by someone you loved? Think about it from Black's angle.
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[He's not happy about this, but he'll settle back down.]
You'll be there. He'll be fine. They'll have to talk eventually and Yosuke's calmed down.
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