don't wait for a knight in shinin' armor, your savior's reflected in the mirror

[perpend]

[That sure was a fucking thing. That execution was a fucking thing. Those secrets are a fucking thing.

Cabanela retreats to his room, but not for all that long. Everyone will get a note eventually, written in very neat handwriting

I do not plan on bowing down to threats and intimidation. If you did not act, it means you were, like me, aware of the risk, but decided against it. Your reasons are entirely your own.

Join me in the dining room if you agree enough is enough, and that you won't acquiesce to threats. I don't plan to let this stop me, and neither should you.

-C

In the dining room itself, Cabanela has set up coffee and tea for those who want it-- there's no food, because to be honest, he doesn't know how to cook. Two more candles have been lit-- he wasn't really sure what to do about the whole... parasite thing... so Fern's candle will have to make due.]

Comments

[heritrix]

[She's playing letter tag with Sayaka tonight as well, going back and forth between their rooms, so she sees the note when she comes back from one of those trips. Hm. Maybe she'll camp out for a bit...? If she continues to get responses.]

How long ago was it?

- Rin

[heritrix]

I would probably enjoy that as well. It's not often I get to speak with other mages.

[destage]

...Wouldn't that just make a mess? Oh, god, would that mean they'd have the chance to use us like they used Fern-san?

[GODDAMMIT SHE DIDN'T WANNA THINK ABOUT THIS]

[evilfrenzy]

No kidding. [He shakes his head.] Though, I have to say that I would not exactly allow that to happen willingly. I may be a doctor, but I am not helpless.

[That much is painfully obvious now.]

[heritrix]

[S e r i o u s l y

But Rin seems to think of something, and clasps her hands behind her back. This isn't what she would recommend for handling Shirou, but:]

If he asks you what he can do to set things right, you could always make up something and act like it's fine after the fact. If he believes you, then you've returned to the status quo.

[And maybe along the way, Kyrie would find less reason to hate him? It's a potential win/win, the way Rin sees it.]

[shuttermouse]

...I didn't need that mental image.

[destage]

Oh, no, trust me. You're far from the only one who wants to file a complaint about that. That was...disgusting, to put it very bluntly.

[Who the fuck allowed that to happen, seriously.]

[destage]

Tohsaka-san,

Excellent! And...well enough, I'd say? I'm probably gonna be feeling it in the morning, even though I didn't do too much.

- Sayaka Maizono

[destage]

...I consider some of the people I've met here friends, and I haven't told them some things.

[Granted, most of them do know, but. They're more 'trusted confidant' category.]

It's not a bad thing, though, to make friends here. We may all have interesting secrets, but...they're not all bad.

[ninehundredlives]

I guess not...

[She can actually think of several downsides to making friends here - Fern is, after all, dead. But that's not something she'll bring up to Sayaka, of all people.]

We'll have a better time than if we all retreated to our rooms, anyway.

[destage]

...I'd rather not say what's in my head, right now.

[She's not vulgar, Rideaux, just let her leave the colorful phrasing to the likes of you or any of the other colorful people here. She can think it all she wants, but saying it out loud? That's out of the question.

Never the less...well, she gets that, and she'll sidestep the subject after taking another sip of tea.]

So it's basically a 'destroy or be destroyed' situation, then. [Man, this is common.] If it's just for that reason, then...it's not all that bad, I think. If it's just dimensions other than your own...don't they still exist anyway, basically? Just not in their current state. It's not the best, obviously, but it's better than the alternative.

[...she's probably not even close to getting it, she admits, but she shrugs. This kind of stuff is way outside her paygrade.]

[heritrix]

Maizono-san,

Oh! By feeling it, do you mean that???

- Rin Tohsaka

[destage]

[...takes another sip of her drink.]

Sorry about that, Hori-san. But it might've been for the best that she...didn't blow up.

[destage]

...Those rooms are so oppressively silent. It makes me wish there was a radio here, or something...

[What kind of music would these fuckers even play, though.]

[hentopan]

[ Maybe that'll change when he throws coins in, but honestly he actually really cares about everything being in order, go figure. As for where to sit, huh. Well sitting on his bed with Mikoto on the floor would be kind of weird, same thing with the chair (though that's more because it wouldn't be comfortable). Floor it is then, why not. ]

Keheheh, figures. [ But the confirmation is nice. ]

So you don't care bout yours then, either. Was gonna say that it ain't shabby.

[ Also Terumi will pour the drinks now if given the chance, less because of manners and more because he could actually use the booze. ]

[shuttermouse]

...Let's talk about something other than the trial. [ She a long sip of her drink. ]

We should be getting a new floor tomorrow. What do you hope will be on it? I kind of want an indoor garden or something, it would be nice to have plants and flowers around.

[destage]

Tohsaka-san,

Yeah, I drank a bit. Wine with chamomile tea...it's kind of the worst thing in the world, and I don't recommend it.

- Sayaka Maizono

[firstaid]

Rita's considered rather eccentric, but I think you two would get along.

[They're both blunt, that's for sure...]

[chessturner]

That could work. I'm rather good at pretending everything is okay, that should be no problem.

[It'd take a miracle for Kyrie to not hate Battler, hah!]

Besides what's done is done. I suppose I should be grateful I didn't have any worse secrets that could be revealed to everyone in my world.

[firstaid]

I am looking for my place in the world and what I can do. Unfortunately, the one thing I thought I could do ended up doing more harm than good, so...

[But she hopes that one day she can settle down and write stories.]

[evilfrenzy]

[It's the first time that Rideaux has let anyone in his room, but Rideaux would rather discuss this subject in his room than anywhere else right now.

The room itself is neatly-kept, kind of sparse but Rideaux seems to have done a little bit of interior decorating since the sewing room showed up. The windows, though useless since they're blocked off, have been decorated with some red curtains, and the bed had a matching red bed skirt.

Rideaux seats himself at his desk, leaning against it in the same way he sits at the bar. He's quiet for a moment, but eventually sighs and glances at Yuri.]

Do you recall everything I said about my position so far? [He'll wait for Yuri's confirmation, then continues.] I was being truthful about that. I simply did not tell you what we travel to dimensions for. Under normal circumstances, that is classified.

[It's obviously not anymore, so he doesn't need to say it.]

One of the purposes of the Department of Dimensional Affairs is combating the rise of dimensions known as fractured dimensions. They did not always exist, but were instead created and continue to be created out of the impurity of humans. This impurity is, essentially, a poison to our dimension. If too many are created, then, to put it bluntly, we're screwed.

[He pauses there, so Yuri can ask for further clarification. Because holy shit, this is such a Thing.]

[evilfrenzy]

[Rideaux gives Estelle a slight glance before turning back to the secrets. Her presence causes him to reread her own secret. Hm.]

Princess.

[Kind of a cold acknowledgment rather than a greeting, but he's obviously not in a good mood right now.]

Did you need something?

[destage]

Honestly, a garden would be so wonderful...but is it bad that I'm kind of hoping for an arcade, or something like that? I don't think it's very possible here, but it'd be far more interesting than the games we've got here.

[DDR parties, man.]

[matchbreaker]

She did. Honestly, she had so many obnoxious things about her. A nasty temper, that prying, cloying vibe - I'm sure you had it worse, being a "kid" in her eyes. A great deal of projection.

[ and yet... ]

[matchbreaker]

... Wait, like your honest to god children?