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

[iaspis]

[Jasper takes the tea, though she doesn't drink it right away.]

I'll be fine.

[I mean. The trial was an absolute shitshow and she handled it poorly, but]

[introspects]

A-Ah...Jasper-san.

[ SPEAKING OF THE TRIAL... ]

Um, well, you looked like you were enjoying yourself, weren't you?

[iaspis]

Not.... exactly.

[she motions vaguely]

If it had been... someone besides Chiyuki, maybe....

[Jasper shakes her head.]

I am a warrior. I appreciate a person with passion, even if it's something I personally do not like.

[introspects]

I see...

[ So even Jasper liked Chiyuki, huh? ]

Were you close to her, too?

[iaspis]

We.... weren't especially close.

But she didn't deserve to die in such a terrible way.

[introspects]

I know. Chiyuki-san didn't deserve this at all.

[ You know, for someone as intimidating as Jasper...she really has a good heart, Orihime thinks. ]

How do we help, Jasper-san? How do we keep people from doing these things?

[iaspis]

I don't think we can.

The only real way is to find the Wordsmith, but he's well hidden.

If I could just get a hold of him, I'd...!

[She growls darkly.]

Even if we find a way to take care of hi, we don't know how he brought us here in the first place. And there's that shadow creature of his to deal with, too.

[introspects]

...

[ Jasper is reiterating the same thoughts Orihime has been having over the past few weeks, too. She's never felt so powerless, not since her brother had passed away.

People are dropping around her and she can't do a thing to stop it. She shares Jasper's frustration, her hands ball into fists at her sides. ]

Then--then we just have to accept this? We have no choice but to accept that people are going to die and there's nothing we can do to stop it?

[iaspis]

..."Accept it" is the wrong term, I think. The Wordsmith is unpredictable in what he offers, and it seems people here are more easily swayed than I would have thought.

We need to look for a way to get to the Wordsmith.