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.]

Comments

[pokexplorer]

[Colress isn't at the gathering for too long, but he does make a point of checking in with Stan for sure. They obviously didn't have a good chance to talk about their offers from the Kingmaker at the earlier meeting.

Colress' voice is low as he sits near Stan.]

...So he did get to you too.

[May as well cut to the chase.]

[goodforsomething]

Yeah. You could say that.

[pokexplorer]

Do you mind if I ask about the specifics?

[He's curious to see if it all went down similarly.]

[goodforsomething]

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.

[pokexplorer]

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.

[goodforsomething]

Huh. I guess that makes sense. If someone's too proud or too pissed to even bother asking for things, there's no way they'd ever bite.

[pokexplorer]

Well, most certainly. Though I would imagine anyone would ask for answers- that is a small enough opening for him to work with, I'd say.

[goodforsomething]

If he was desperate. But he can obviously do better.

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.