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

[perpend]

....It's fine. I understand, of course.

[Quite a few of them have some pretty horrible things about them written on the wall.]

[bloodisthicker]

...

I didn't really look at most of them. How much of a mess is our entire group?

[perpend]

[........]

Collectively we're a damn mess.

[bloodisthicker]

...

I don't know if I find that comforting or mortifying, to be honest.

[perpend]

...A little bit of both, probably.

[Cabanela has a very good idea what "bloodbending" probably means, but Tarrlok is also up against... well. Fate/ and the FMAs]

[bloodisthicker]

...probably.

Still, I'm committed to making a proper escape from here. We can deal with any issues related to those secrets after we're not in some kind of demented hostage situation.

[perpend]

...It's best not to worry about the secrets for now. It's not like there's anything we can do about them.

[bloodisthicker]

...yes. I suppose not. We'll probably have to hope that they're just dismissed as rumors or... something.

[perpend]

Something like that. Or at the very least be willing to shove aside personal objections in order to work with the group.

[bloodisthicker]

Oh, I wasn't worried about people here, honestly. Not that much, anyway.

[he was super worried.]

[perpend]

....I'm glad to hear it, then. There's a lot of paranoia going around, and that...

Well, if we're going to have a chance in hell getting out of here, we'll need to genuinely trust each other.

[bloodisthicker]

Well, I suppose having all of the worst of it out in the open is a starting point. I feel like some of them are a bit... misleadingly phrased, as well, so for all we know there's more to them than what we got.