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

[cherryblooded]

Do you think we can bring them back? The Kingmaker's only human, supposedly, and he claimed he could bring back one person.

[...Not sure how he feels about every single one of them coming back, but you know what, he'd deal.]

It'd be something, if no one had to stay dead because of this mess.

[goodforsomething]

......yeah, that would be something.

[Stan is quiet for a moment.]

If we can steal whatever he's got, we'd better. But he might only have enough for one. [How would they pick? Stan knows who Cherry would vote for, but Mettaton left no ghost. For himself...he hasn't thought about that.]

[cherryblooded]

...Ah. That'd be a painful decision.

[If Mettaton really is gone, which he might very well be... Cherryblod isn't sure either.]

We'd have to vote, I imagine. But it won't be a fair choice no matter what we do, deciding who deserves a second chance at life.

[goodforsomething]

No. There's no good way to pick that. Even if we could, they might not want it with that kinda cost.

[Which would kinda indicate that they deserved it, but still. That's a lot of survivor's guilt to dump on someone.]

[cherryblooded]

[It's the same reason he didn't act to save Lobco - she'd never live with herself.]

...We'll see. It may not come to that.

[goodforsomething]

It probably won't. We'll have to be damn lucky to get outta here in the first place.

But hey, I guess we've only got a week or so more in this place either way. Dependin' how quick he decides to come for us.

[cherryblooded]

You think it'll be that soon...? Well, guess 'you are all going to die' is pretty urgent.

[goodforsomething]

Sounded like it. Besides, after what happened today...good time to strike.

[cherryblooded]

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.

[goodforsomething]

[Another time he would have been happy to accept that, but he's feeling a little shitty about everything right now. It still doesn't occur to him that Cherry doesn't actually know - he would probably say that anyway.]

Eh, I did what I could. You would've been better off with Ford.

[cherryblooded]

Maybe. Maybe not. But I'm glad we had you.

[goodforsomething]

...thanks.

important notes: that icon is really cute

[cherryblooded]

Think nothing of it.

[It's just his opinion, after all.]

it's ungodly cute I want to die when I see it

[goodforsomething]

You got it.

And hey - Ford said somethin' about ghosts gettin' stronger the longer they're around too. If we make it long enough, they might be able to turn things upside-down around here.

same

[cherryblooded]

Would absolutely love to see the Kingmaker get his ass kicked by a bunch of ghosts. - But I guess there wouldn't be much to see.

[goodforsomething]

Hahaha! Who knows, maybe we'd get our very own horror movie!

[We've got Norman Bates who is now a ghost, so we're like 80% there]

[cherryblooded]

[We also have a vampire!]

I'd film that. We'd make a killing.

[...har.]

[goodforsomething]

Ha! [no one said stan had refined taste in jokes] Talk about slayin' at the box office!

[cherryblooded]

At least he can achieve immortality through his work.

[goodforsomething]

He doesn't deserve it. But it'd be a real nasty death, so that's fine!

[cherryblooded]

He really doesn't. If it were remotely possible, I wouldn't be surprised if some of us would want to forget this happened.

[goodforsomething]

...gotta say, I wouldn't recommend it.

[yeeeeeeeah]

[cherryblooded]

...Wouldn't either, come to think of it.

[goodforsomething]

Yeah. Wouldn't feel right, losin' somethin' as big as this. Even if that'd probably be easier.

Besides, there's some good parts.

[cherryblooded]

Certainly there are. I'm glad we met - it would be a shame to lose those memories.