I have a dream that I want to fulfill with you...

[tsugomori]

[ Well, that was an extraordinary trial to have... it was certainly filled with many things that wouldn't be lost to the memory of most, even for weeks to come. Although, the return to "normalcy" could be something that wouldn't seem like it was wanted, it was better than the alternative to returning to anything at all.

With ease, Mikazuki find himself setting up the usual party in the usual place-- that would be the library of course. Notes have been slipped underneath the doors of others, or hung up on the walls to alert them of this post-trial "celebration" -- which was more like a get-together of some sorts now than a real party. ]


Please join us in the library again. Of course, food and drink will be provided.

- Mikazuki, Orihime, Hanyuu, & Estelle

[ The food and drink has been set out, what with there being tea, vichyssoise, cream puffs, and fish for everyone to enjoy. ]

Comments

[officerhops]

Mm.

[Her response is noncommittal, but still mostly in agreement. She just hates ever proving that man right.]

I wonder if the Wordsmith knew all along what kind of person Kira was. Even before he started throwing around "secrets".

[plentyfriendly]

I'm sure he did.

[He knows all sorts of things no one should be able to find out already. It's not strange.]

[officerhops]

Then that means this coming week, we need to be on the lookout for another motive. We can expect it at this point given the results he's getting.

[plentyfriendly]

He did say "the previous motive was well-received" or something along those lines. There's a pattern developing here I don't like.

[officerhops]

[Judy makes a face, looking...grim.]

We can't keep going on like this. There has to be something we can do. We're pretty much sitting ducks, waiting for the next person to be killed.

[plentyfriendly]

It is a terrible thing to be used to.

[And Phi... knows all too well what this powerlessness is.]

We'll all do whatever we can... there must be something we didn't think of.

[officerhops]

I'm sure there is...but that something just hasn't made itself known yet. In the meantime, I'm glad at least that some of us are still willing to try to keep working together.

[plentyfriendly]

I'm just considering my own interests. If I were to kill someone, I have no reason to believe that the rest of us won't figure it out.

[Thus, it's a better idea not to.]

[officerhops]

That's a good way to think about it, yeah. We haven't failed yet, have we?

[plentyfriendly]

And if I have anything to say about it, we're not going to.

[officerhops]

Good to hear. You were very good at the trial today, you know.

[plentyfriendly]

Don't mention it. I helped, but so did everyone else... with one obvious exception.

[You know.]

[officerhops]

We actually make a pretty good team, all of us. Don't we? I have professionals trying to solve cases for weeks back home, yet we can do it in a single day.

...I guess it helps having the culprit in the room, though.

[plentyfriendly]

That's true. The larger the system, the easier it is to hide...

[Idly, she thinks she's improving. She needed a security camera feed to solve what happened that one time...]

[officerhops]

I don't think we've ever had a trial run longer than one day, either. Sometimes I wonder what the Wordsmith might do if it did...there's no way he could just call a vote without us coming to some sort of an agreement.

[plentyfriendly]

Actually, I don't think that's true. He's in a position where that would easily be something he could do.

[He just hasn't had the opportunity yet, and he was more than willing to break up Kinkshame Fight.]

However, since we all know our lives are on the line, we get an advantage.

[officerhops]

Yeah...you're right. I just hope it never does come to that. There is too much at stake for us to die over an incorrect judgement call.

[plentyfriendly]

That's where the advantage comes in.

[Here's an interesting fact.]

The brain's processing speed increases during a crisis.

[officerhops]

I feel like I've heard something like that before. Guess that works the same for both animals and humans.

[plentyfriendly]

That's fairly likely.

[She won't say more on it, but, well. Humans are mammals.]