at the end of the river, the sundown beams

[destage]

[Well...that trial was most certainly a thing, now wasn't it.

It's probably a while after the trial that some notes will be going underneath people's doors, written in a nice, clean scrawl--]

For anyone who hasn't gotten anything to eat, there will be food and refreshments provided in the dining room courtesy of Estelle-san and I. Feel free to take as much as you need.

Please stay strong, everyone.

♥ Estelle and Sayaka

[True to the word, there's plenty of food to go around--potato stew courtesy of Estelle, and curry courtesy of Sayaka. There's coffee and tea out as well, for anyone to drink, and...well, it's more or less an optional thing. After today, some might need it.]

Comments

[hesperos]

[ Yuri looks over at her; she's sure someone he hasn't spoken with yet. ]

Yeah. Well...

[ He shrugs, deciding to move on to a better subject (kinda). ]

Did you come by to try any of the food?

[matchbreaker]

[ . . . Fucking food man err- ]

Not really, but I can't say I'm hungry either.

[hesperos]

Thought it'd be good to stick around some people, then?

[ He shrugs. ]

Either way, I won't blame you for not being hungry. What happened can kill even a good appetite.

[matchbreaker]

Mmm. I needed some water, my throat was dry.

[ She waves the hand with water in it. Honestly, she was going to head on to the ballroom or something and hide from people, given her showing at the trial. But... Well. ]

But yeah, we did just see some teenager get murdered.

[hesperos]

Sure did.

[ Someone who, quite frankly, in Yuri's mind didn't deserve to die.

And they all played a part in making it happen. ]

[matchbreaker]

[ . . . ]

Such a nasty way, too. Was the idea that Poseidon was rejecting her? Chee.

[hesperos]

If that was the case, then I'm pretty sure there was some kinda mockery going on there.

[ Hard not to have been, he thinks, with that theme. ]

[matchbreaker]

Well what else do you make turning her into a mermaid and killing her with a trident? That's like having one of the princesses in the pit, gagging them with cake, and then wheeling in a guillotine.

[hesperos]

[ .... ]

Thanks for the fantastic imagery before bedtime.

[matchbreaker]

You were going to be fine that department before now?

[ She's still going to be thinking about that darned trident. ]

[hesperos]

[ He sighs. ]

I wouldn't say exactly fine, but it's just going to add to more to think about, y'know?

[matchbreaker]

Yeah, well, welcome to my world. The minute a cross is thrown into one of these I'm going to resign.

[ How do you resign??? who knows??? ]

[hesperos]

Why's that?

[ It probably is a messy process, considering. ]

[matchbreaker]

Because it's bad enough we have a priest here without throwing God symbolically into it all.

[hesperos]

[ Priest?

What's-- oh, right (because what is religion in Tales of Vesperia.) ]

So, did you have some kind of bad experience with all of that or ... ?

[matchbreaker]

[ Well shit.

... She puts a hand on her hip, sighs and then downs the water in one gulp. ]

Yes. But don't call it like that, a lot of people do.

[hesperos]

[ Well, it's probably true.

And he'll even do them a solid and move on from the subject. ]

...So, how long do you think it'll take for us to get out of here?

[matchbreaker]

I think that depends a lot on people's skill and initiative.

[ Dully. ]

This trial's convinced me that our win condition's actually not in the murdering rules, but probably the investigation one.