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.]

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[ninehundredlives]

[At some point early on, Susan will arrive, glance everything over, and go into the kitchen for a second. She returns to slam several boxes of cereal, a carton of milk, and a bunch of bowls on the table by the coffee and tea. You've got a short period of time to catch her in the kitchen as she goes back and forth to get all of this.

Then, taking some coffee and a box of cereal for herself, she goes back to Room 13. Bye.

...later, though, she'll come out again. Just to go to the ballroom, where she sits in front of the piano, not playing.]

[blackmass]

[Kirei does not leave room #01.]

[You're more than welcome to knock, but god only knows if you'll get an answer.]

[bloodisthicker]

[hm. this rhetoric... speaks to him.

...

cabs is speaking his language. he thought he was kind of soft but maybe...

...

yeah no he still isn't going to show up, sorry, he's busy locking himself in room 10. maybe he'll respond if people seek him out? maybe. possibly.]

[firstaid]

[Despite everything, Estelle is unnervingly calm. At least that’s how she appears as she’s in the kitchen grabbing herself sugar before she goes back to the dining hall with for tea and cereal as she pours sugar into said cereal. With that, she's staying in the dining hall for a bit.

Yeah, she’s not hiding. She did that enough at home and it… got her in trouble.

She’s available to talk to others if they want to talk. Eventually she goes back to room 6, but the door’s open to anyone there once more.]

[matchbreaker]

[ Yeah, that's right, she's a fuckin' vampire, deal with it.

You know what, if it's out, then it's... well, out. Her room doesn't feel like much of a room, it never has. So the vampire is going to take the spirit of Cabanela's little speech-letter to heart, cross her legs imperiously, and just sit here in the dining room, mostly waiting to see who else does. She's got the Ditto (Ditty, that is) the pinkish purple blob with her, sort of looking sadly at the candle for Blue and what sketch of her might've been added there by Susan or Elda.

... I mean, she can't eat or drink so you know, whatevs. But eventually that'll be dull, so she's going to go the ballroom eventually and play some pieces on the piano. She might visit some people's rooms if she doesn't see a strong need to go and retreat to that room. So anyone who wants to talk to her? Feel free. ]

[explosivecombat]

[Well, Kimblee is still in the dining hall for the time being, just looking over all the secrets on the wall, because that's sort of a lot to take in; as such, at least seeking him out won't be necessary. He'll take some of the coffee, though, once it's set out, and he doesn't seem too inclined to go anywhere just yet; this is a good amount to think over, but he doesn't seem unnerved by any of it. Just...very distant, and very still.

When he does leave, he doesn't go very far; just to the ballroom, where he's back to sitting at the piano and fiddling with the keys a little; he isn't playing anything complicated, just something simple that's been in his head for a while – it's possible you've heard him singing it vaguely to himself once in a while. Something he's working on, something to give his hands to do while he's off in his head, as one does.

He's got a vague sort of smile on while he does it, though it isn't a terribly pleased expression; just something to do with his face, it looks like.]

[perpend]

[As he was the one to write the note in the first place, Cabanela can be found... around in various places. The evening will find him by the candles, making sure all of them are lit and in good condition, making sure the growing fire hazard doesn't look like it's going to be vanishing anytime soon, and otherwise just... observing it in silence.

Later on, he can be found examining his own secret, looking forlorn, but not too horrified. Jut sort of... sad, and ashamed.

Later in the evening, he can be found in the library, reading a book, and drinking a cup of tea, just to get some time with his thoughts.]

[destage]

[Well...as much as she wants to believe in fighting the power and finding everything okay, Sayaka's more or less just kind of...weirdly out of it tonight. Maybe it's just the trial. Maybe it's just the secrets of everyone else being...more than she expected, to say the least. But never the less, Sayaka does come to the Dining Room. Mostly to nab some goddamn tea, but she won't turn down a conversation for...well, a little bit at least. Probably a half hour at best.

Her main haunt tonight? Sadly enough, it's gonna be the Bar, and despite her earlier claims at the trial, she's...uh. Got a bottle of wine beside her at the table. She'll probably pour a bit into her tea as the night goes on, but she's...not got a taste for it, and it's probably just gonna set. So please, feel free to join her. Hell, even do an Actual Career Ruiner™ AMA if you want. She does not even care right now. She's got her alchemy work in front of her, and she's got the flowery circles going again, and she just. Needs a while for her feelings to come back online.]

[brandnewday]

[Someone has to show up, right? But like hell is Hibiki going to sit in the secrets room. Just like two weeks ago, she brings a chair somewhere else. This time, she sits in the hallway just outside the dining room with a bowl of cereal to pick it. Really, she's just running her spoon through it over and over.

That sure is something, right?

After it gets too late to sit around feeling numb, she returns to Room #27. Predictably, anyone who comes by and gets her to answer the door will found out she's been crying. It's a good thing the rooms are soundproof.]

[zomgboom]

[Tabby is sitting at a table. She's not eating or anything, just. Sitting there. If someone passes, she'll stop them real quick.]

Hey. Explain it to me. [She gestures to the secrets.] Your way, not his way.

[firstaid]

[Hello Father, guess who's knocking?

Well, considering he's across the hall from her, it's not that difficult to just check in.]

Kirei? It's me, Estellise.

[introspects]

[ orihime arrives earlier than expected, thanks to how cabanela had phrased his letter. she agrees that enough is enough; she just wants to go home and for all of this to stop. tiredly, she will grab a cup of tea and sit down in the corner with her feet up on her seat.

other than that, she'll be in Room 11, with her door halfway open for anyone who wants to talk. ]

[blackmass]

...

. . .

[After a long silence, the door opened to Kirei who was (for a sharp change) not smiling.]

What do you want.

[firstaid]

[Tarrlok spoke with her when she was in the dumps, so she feels it's only right to return the favor.

So knock knock.]

Tarrlok? It's Estellise. I just wished to check in with you.

[sadisticwarfare]

[Archer doesn't emerge from his room for the afterparty, but if you're inclined to seek him out you'll find that the door to room #22 isn't locked, for once. But why would you try to let yourself into someone else's room (unless you're staying there, hi Kimblee), that's just rude!!

Anyway, Archer eventually emerges from his room not long before the clock goes off - he'll make some tea in the kitchen (no problems making it this time, thankfully) and then take it to the dining room. He'll be glaring at those secrets for quite some time tonight before he finally retires to his room.

Today's been one hell of a mess, hasn't it?]

[firstaid]

I... just wished to check in with you.

[It's a partial truth. She's also morbidly curious about his secret, but she will keep that to herself. Still, she looks calm as he greets her, not really that put off that he didn't have a smile on his face.

Who would after having a secret like that revealed?]

room 22

[perpend]

[Well, Cabanela has taken it upon himself to wrangle the troops together, apparently, and Archer is a neighbor, so... he'll get a knock at his door at some point.]

[sleepytimegal]

[ Alex doesn't want to be alone. ...Well- she- she doesn't want to be in her room, lonely. She spends some time in the dining room, twirling a spoon in cereal and just...not sure what to do with it, beyond that. She's turned away from the wall, but she's...there, if only vaguely.

After she... Well, is it fucked up if she goes to the bar? 'Cause she's going to...go to the bar. Just beer, that seems safer. A can she opens herself. She doesn't stay there the whole time, though. She kind of wanders. To the game room, where she finds some cards. ]

You wanna play something...? [ She murmurs this...though she's not really talking to anyone. ]

[matchbreaker]

[ . . . Eeesh, bomb girl. ]

The church came after my people when I was young. Things were chaotic then, and... well, like everyone else, I was forced to potentially leave people behind.

[ There's something perverse, explaining that to a human girl. But then, a bomb isn't quite human, especially if it's genetic or whatever she said. ]

[firstaid]

[Estelle bitterly smiles when Tabby asks.]

There's no other way to explain mine. My existence, my powers, is poisoning the world.

[perpend]

[He motions to the secrets, eyeing his.]

I see a list of statements, some of which are very serious, meant to further split this group apart. We can't let it.

[There are a lot of murderers and would-be murderers in this group, but Cabanela can't exactly make some sort of stupid vow to arrest all of them, not with his own sin on full display.]

bar

[sleepytimegal]

You too, huh?

[ She sits next to Sayaka with a can of beer and a bowl of cereal. Hilariously mismatched. ]

ballroom

[sadisticwarfare]

[Archer stays in his room for quite some time and only emerges after he's had enough time to calm down.

It doesn't take him long to find Kimblee, though he wasn't really looking for him in the first place. He was just sort of wandering and wound up here - or maybe it was the music that drew him in. Regardless of what it is, he approaches and speaks up.]

I haven't heard this one before. Is it something you're composing?

[perpend]

[Well, Kirei was one of the many people with a "holy shit" secret, so he'll get a knock on his door eventually.]

It's Cabanela.

[explosivecombat]

[...Oh. Tabby, hi. He'll consider that for a moment, but- ]

Unfortunately, there isn't anything else to explain.