trustfell | at the end of the river, the sundown beams

at the end of the river, the sundown beams

[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.]

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Exactly! Like, Aqueous and I talked a couple of times, and she was interesting? I didn't mind her? But it's not like we were friends or anything.

[ ...And she didn't know Jean at all, so. ]

It's super silly that people are so upset. I mean, we learned a lot from this, right? What happens when someone dies, what counts as a murder, how totally into this whole jury of peers thing Jericho is, what happens when you get caught and the penalty for not getting it right... [ It's a pretty decent haul. ] Like I told Aqueous, too, Ascendant would've totally flipped and killed someone anyway, and we would've had to go through that song and dance regardless! She did us a favor by getting him first, even if it was an accident.

[ this is such a nice conversation being held by very considerate people ]

That's precisely how I've been thinking of it as well. Someone was going to die anyway thanks to that time limit, and this at least teaches us what we should expect for the next time someone kills.

[Because like hell if this is the last time we'll be doing this.]

I totally hate to say it, but we're on the same page here.

[ She... might start calling him Ambitious again at this rate, ugh. Just for that, Archer gets to have this monster. He can do whatever he wants with it, Aligula's starting on another. ]

Speaking of killing~ who do you think'll be the next to go? [ ...at least the rooms are soundproof so, barring beating the shit out of someone's door, no one's going to hear them?? ] My bet's on like, Inconspicuous or someone like that. He's a total weenie and apparently no one listens to him, so it's like, "and nothing of value was lost!" if he dies, right?

[Oh. Thank you. It's... kind of cute?? What does he do with this other than just sort of hold it awkwardly while he tries to work out what he thinks of it.

Ah, but Aligula's got a question and that's easier to answer.]

Well, I don't know if I would say that. It's possible he's not entirely as useless as he seems, but my hopes aren't high in that regard.

[wow]

My thought was Estellise, actually. She seems the sort to blindly trust everyone here; I'd imagine she'd make for an easy target.

Well, yeah, but her and Vivacious are such low-hanging fruits for this kinda thing!

[ wow. ]

Try again, Ambitious.

[So it's back to Ambitious again, huh? Well, he can't really complain and he's sort of smirking now.]

How cruel. Not that you're wrong, of course. Very well, if we're ruling out Estellise and... Vivacious...

[listen he can't pronounce japanese names shhhh]

We'll have to rule out quite a few of the other younger girls as well, wouldn't we?

[ ...Don't make her regret that decision to switch back, Archer, don't. ]

Or the really short ones, like Informative. [ ...And her, presumably, but she takes a lot of offense to the idea of being killed. ] Securing's a warrior, so I think she could hold her own, but Submerged is totally a normal teenager, so she'd probably get killed pretty quick. She's totally sensible though, so maybe she's the type to just not get in that position in the first place.

[You're not human, you've probably got some crazy abilities that make you unkillable or something, it's fiiiine.]

That's precisely what I was thinking. Many of the others don't seem quite as naive as Estellise, but that's not saying much.

Then let's move onto the boys! Meteoric. He doesn't have anything worth killing for, after all. I bet he'd roll over and let it happen, like some kinda murdered pillow queen.

[ considering the incident: hahahahahahahaha ]

[murdered pillow queen.... bella you're killing me]

I was thinking the same thing, actually. He seems like the sort who wants to fight but backs down easily. I won't be surprised when he turns up dead.

[w e l l]

[ what were you expecting from me, redd. also god how can archer agree with her so easily on so many points and still be the one she has the most #boring salt about....... ]

Mmm, I already said Inconspicuous... Methodical's an old man, so maybe if you scared him just right he'd die of a heart attack or something? I'm totally sure Adroit's like that too. Old people humans are fragile and stuff after all! That's why they're always shoved away in like, nursing homes.

[ ...................................... ]

I'm pretty sure that's why.

[jesus christ aligula, don't make him laugh!!]

Well, I do have to agree with you that older humans certainly are fragile, but surely you don't think anyone here would intentionally try to give someone a heart attack?

[...]

I have to wonder if that would count as murder, though. I suppose if an accident does then causing a heart attack would as well.

[ gross, don't laugh??? ]

That's right. It's probably anyone's best chance for getting out of here though, since it's totally hard to pin that sort of thing on someone! [ what a nice conversation this is. it's about to get nicer. ] You're not totally guaranteed to scare someone into cardiac arrest though, so the easier way of that would be... Mmmm, eiiiither making an air bubble in their vein ooor pumping them with a lot of something extra?

They'd have to be unconscious though! No normal person's gonna just let you stick needles in 'em for no reason.

[Oh, now that's interesting.]

I hadn't considered that, but it would be possible if we had the supplies for it. Can you imagine how interesting a case like that would be? It would most likely be incredibly difficult to solve.

It'd be so so so sooooo much fun! [ With a few excited claps here—that slow as she considers it more. ] Thouuuugh, I think it'd actually be really easy to solve.

See, I really don't think that anyone without any medical training would consider it, so all you'd have to do is look at people who do have that and like, just go from there!

[ it's... very simple. and hypothetical, since they don't have those kind of supplies. ]

That's very true, it's not like someone without medical training of some sort would come up with that on their own. There wouldn't be very many suspects and it should be possible to narrow it down from there.

I'm almost a bit disappointed we can't see how that would go. It would certainly make for a fascinating murder.

[And why not have fun with it?? If people are gonna die anyway it might as well be entertaining.]

[ Exactly. ]

Yeah... [ ...she might have to make some re-evaluations, Archer has turned out to be kind of not terrible company. ] You knoooow, Ambitious, I was totally complaining about you the other night 'cause you're such a snore? But like, you're not that bad, I guess.

[ ...Congratulations? ]

Thanks for the compliment.

[He's sort of smirking now though; it's kind of nice to not hold back around Aligula? He's been reining in the crazy this whole time and it feels wonderful just to be aggressively himself in front of someone.]

I suppose you're not all that bad yourself.

[ Good news: despite this discovery, she still wants to punch him whenever he smirks at her. ]

Don't get so full of yourself!!! It wasn't a compliment, it's just a fact!

[ HONESTLY. ]

But, ugh, thanks, I guess. For supposing I'm not— hold on, did you complain about me!? [ ...stupid question, she's assumed everyone's complained about despite the fact her party was THE BEST PARTY ANYONE HAS EVER GONE TO ] What'd you say, huh? That I was too fun for your dumb-dumb boring self to handle?

[OKAY THAT GETS HIM TO LAUGH and he'll hold up a hand as if to stop her little tirade.]

Calm down, the only negative thing I've said about you is that you can be a little full-on, which isn't necessarily all that bad, anyway. In fact, it's almost charming sometimes.

[i mean he complained that her party was stupid, but he doesn't think aligula is all that bad!!]

[ She's still pouting...!! Almost charming, though? Rude. ]

It's totally charming like, all the time. All of my... well, like, every guy I've ever been with hasn't said it's a total turn on, but they never say it's a turn off either... So that means it's gotta like, be something they like about me!

I suppose it could be an endearing quality in the right person.

[sorry aligula he's just not that into you?????]

[ well good she doesn't want him to be into her!!!!! her standards are VERY HIGH and a solid 3 isn't gonna cut it!! ]

And what's the right person like for you, Ambitious? [ ...she is still a little irritated but she knows an opportunity to talk about Love sees one. she got Kimblee's type before anyway, she might as well complete the set over here— ] And just so you know, I'm not asking because I'm interested in you, just like, in your love life. I have a sweetheart and he's so totally the worst ever and I love him for it!!

[well i mean, you're not wrong........]

The right person... Well, I haven't concerned myself with that in quite some time. I've never been particularly interested in that sort of thing.

[he had a bad experience once and swore off it, but shhhh]

No one here has, except for like, me and Indomitable apparently.

[ It's sooooooo frustrating, y'all are a bunch of freakin' weirdos to her. ]

Fine. Then, like, who're your top three hot people? We're just going on looks here, noooo attachments or anything like that, so don't worry about me hooking you up with them. [ ........ ] They totally wouldn't deserve that anyway, that's like, way too mean, even for me.

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