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

[isafraid]

[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.]

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[pokexplorer]

[Colress realizes as he slinks into the dining hall for a bit that he hasn't had a proper chance to say anything to Gabriel just yet. So...he makes it his first priority to do that, taking a seat across from him.]

...At this rate, I suppose I should give you Klinklang every Thursday night.

[It's a horrible attempt at a lighter mood to the start of the conversation, but...maybe he's not actually attempting to lighten the mood. It's frightening in hindsight that he had just been worrying about something like this happening to Gabriel last week, and they almost lost him this week.]

I am glad that you are all right, Mr. Knight.

[Well, "all right" as in not dead.

And he just kind of glances off after that, since he knows he didn't come off so great at the meeting.]

[notjustawriter]

[He manages a smile. Gabriel is still out of it, still not sure what the hell to do with himself, but he's decided he can't be angry at anyone right now. They need to work together to get out of here.]

Thank you, Colress.

I just hope nothin' else happens, you know? We have enough problems right now.

[pokexplorer]

With our track record, you know it is not going to be that simple.

[He fidgets with his hands a little bit as he thinks.]

But I do agree. The Kingmaker is already after us- we don't know how much time we have left to do something about that. We cannot afford to be at each other's throats right now with that threat looming over us.

[notjustawriter]

No, it never has been.

[This has gone on far too long for his comfort.]

But now isn't the time to be angry. We can be mad at each other after we've all escaped.