Seventh.

[trustwellness]

The past week has been tense, despite everyone's best efforts to lessen the heavy atmosphere of worry and dread; the deadline for the incentive has been creeping ever-nearer, and the potential for consequences to come down – not only on you, but on those who have already suffered and died in the name of this "course" you've all been put through – has been difficult to ignore as time goes by. But whatever one may be feeling about it, the world keeps turning and time moves ever-forward; Friday morning dawns eventually, heralded with the usual ringing of chimes and silence laying heavy over most of the university. Perhaps things have been uneventful; checking the first few floors may imply that, for those of you that are feeling hopeful. Searching lower down, however... Well, things may not be as acceptable as they seem, let's put it that way. >Explore?

Comments

[tsugomori]

Watanuki-- how about we just move away from here?

[ Mikazuki comes by, moving to be in front of him, and yeah it's -- it's too late but he doubts him lingering here is going to help. ]

[foundfate]

[That actually spurs him to try and push past Mikazuki, interestingly enough.]

She- she looks like she's sleeping, she can't be-

[feistytrader]

...She's dead.

[There's no point in beating around the bush or sparing Watanuki's feelings at this point.]

You don't have to look.

[At the same time, he turns to look at Mikazuki.]

But if he wants to, just let him.

[tsugomori]

[ He'll just nod. ]

Of course.

[tsugomori]

[ ... He's not good at stopping people from doing anything it seems ... but there's something, he just... he just shouts-- ]

Watanuki!

She's already...

[ He'll come after him. But he won't stop him, although unfortunately he doesn't think it'll be a good idea for the man to linger -- for emotional reasons and because someone needs to investigate Orihime's body (something he won't do). ]

[foundfate]

[Watanuki will manage to take a good 3 or 4 steps in before the combined efforts of Silver and Mikazuki finally get him to stop. He feels all of his energy rush out of him in one fell swoop, and he falls to his knees.

She's gone. She's really gone.

Andddddd there's the tears finally.]

[oyashiromama]

[Before the investigating starts... Hanyuu can spare a moment. She'll kneel down and hug him, and then murmur to Mikazuki and Silver:]

I... I'll look over her. Can you...please, help him out of here?

[feistytrader]

[...Well, that part's easy.

Silver puts a hand on Watanuki's shoulder, then gently scoops him up to carry him out of the ballroom.]

[tsugomori]

[ Mikazuki nods, and then he just... well Silver just scooped him up like that. He'll just try not to look at the dead body and then head back further into the room for Things... ]