perpend: (☂ puttin' on the ritz)
Inspector Cabanela ([personal profile] perpend) wrote in [community profile] trustfell2015-11-07 05:39 pm

It's time for an after party!

[About an hour after the trial and subsequent execution, Cabanela makes a decision.

They need to do something, keep the morale up, however little it may be.

Under each occupied room door people will find the following note written:


In difficult times such as this, it is important to carry on.
Don't give into despair; we must preservere.
If you don't want to be alone this evening, meet me in the dining hall.
-Cabanela


[Upon entering the dinning hall, you will find Cabanela sitting at one of the tables; he has lit two candles that are placed at the center of the table, but there's nothing else to note.

You'll have to supply your own food, since he doesn't have much of an appetite.]

nankurunaisa: (40; Relief)

[personal profile] nankurunaisa 2015-11-08 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
Yep. That's Waniko. She looks tough, but she's really well-behaved. She loves it when children pet her.

[She speaks fondly, almost like she's recalling a relative. Nothing wrong with owning an alligator here.]
hashtagafreakingghost: nothing waiting in the silence below (always empty in the house of every other)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2015-11-08 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Is...this an idol-thing? Owning alligators isn't exactly normal in LA.
nankurunaisa: (81; And exhale)

[personal profile] nankurunaisa 2015-11-10 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
It isn't? Haven't you seen an animal with the cutest eyes and the sweetest smile and thought you couldn't possibly not to take them home?

[See also: every animal in the photo.]
hashtagafreakingghost: no mirror to show and tell (this story's missing a wishing well)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2015-11-10 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
...I own a cat. Singular. His name's Jasper.

[WE ARE JUST SIDE-STEPPING THIS CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW.]
nankurunaisa: (51; Life is glad)

[personal profile] nankurunaisa 2015-11-10 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
He sounds amazing! I bet he's really cute~!

[Hibiki only knows that Jasper is a cat, but that is enough information to go on.]

My Nekokichi is really shy, but she loves bein' held! What's Jasper like?
hashtagafreakingghost: a flower for every name (every story's a waiting game)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2015-11-10 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
The cutest jerk you've ever seen. He always tries to bite my pens or crawl in front of my laptop, but he's really sweet when you give him attention.
nankurunaisa: (41; Tropical Punch)

[personal profile] nankurunaisa 2015-11-10 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds like a cat, huh? Nekokichi hates it when I'm studyin', she'd rather play with me all day. She takes a nap on my homework if I leave it for too long.
hashtagafreakingghost: then i'll tell you mine (if you can keep secrets)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2015-11-10 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
They've all got the same instincts, don't they? He's a cuddle-bug, though. First time I came home from college, he shunned me for a day and then refused to let me out of his sight.
nankurunaisa: (80; ♪)

[personal profile] nankurunaisa 2015-11-11 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
Nekokichi is the same way when I'm come back from a work weekend! Whenever I come back from a festival or a trip, she acts like I did it on purpose!
hashtagafreakingghost: hanging on the wall (eyes hiding in the hall)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2015-11-11 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
Cats... [She sighs, almost content.] ...All of these animals are really yours? How do you take care of them all?
nankurunaisa: (69; they said my name)

[personal profile] nankurunaisa 2015-11-11 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm up before the sun rises...I make all their pet food from scratch, right? And I play with 'em while gettin' ready for work.

[She rubs the back of her neck. She feels so lonely without them, but she's in a crowd of people.]

And then I make 'em dinner when I get back in the evenin'. They have plenty of room to move around, and Inumi and Hamuzou come to work with me all the time.

[The rest are small reptiles or rodents or mammals. Poor Butata, though, the pig should get out more.]
hashtagafreakingghost: nothing waiting in the silence below (always empty in the house of every other)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2015-11-11 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Well that is frankly stunning. Ashley's eyes widen slowly and she counts up all the animals in the photo, mentally. How...?]

You...you do all that and your work as an idol? ...And school?
nankurunaisa: (11; ...)

[personal profile] nankurunaisa 2015-11-11 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
Well, school's kinda the part that suffers...ahaha...

[She does a lot of studying on the go, though.]

I miss a lot of class and do most of the homework in the office! I still go to school when I can, though! I have to take tests just like everyone else.
hashtagafreakingghost: the secret's not worth keeping (and in the end)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2015-11-11 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Ahhh, and so things start to make sense...]

No wonder you're not the academic type. You've already got so many responsibilities. I could never excel like I do without class, that's...really amazing.
nankurunaisa: (53; I hate my brother)

[personal profile] nankurunaisa 2015-11-11 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not gonna lie, it is amazing! I'm really glad I have everyone and my work...I'm gonna be the top idol in Japan.

[But that's not it, either. She exhales, pausing, and continues speaking with confidence.]

But what you do is really great, too! You're probably gonna go on and became a super famous scholar, hehe! Maybe I'll attend one of your lectures!
hashtagafreakingghost: blood runs cold beyond (memory runs the course of time)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2015-11-11 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
Lectures? [She's a little faint, oh wouldn't that be something.] I'd probably pass out before I even start speaking. I'd probably stick to essays.

[All of this; I'm gonna, you will, I will and so on, as if they'll live. As if they'll get out of this. Please, something bless her with that confidence.]

...You're saying we have a lot to go back to.
nankurunaisa: (40; Relief)

[personal profile] nankurunaisa 2015-11-11 08:03 am (UTC)(link)
I'll have to make sure I see those, too, then! I'll get to tell everyone I knew someone really famous in the literary world!

[That sounds like a lot of fun to her, okay?

And Hibiki's sure they'll get out. She just. Has to believe that.]


We do. I don't know what it's like for you out there... [The rope burns, for one. She's connected the dots about something rough out there for Ashley.] ...But we've both got family and friends, right? So we're both gonna get out. Nankurunaisa!
hashtagafreakingghost: (written in the ashes of the fire below)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2015-11-11 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
[It seems like the whatever-it-is translator missed something, didn't it? Ashley's drawn to that; a question's always a nice way to process things.]

Nan-what? What'd you just say?
nankurunaisa: (70; Nankurunaisa!)

[personal profile] nankurunaisa 2015-11-11 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
Nankurunaisa! In Okinawa, it means..."everything's going to be alright in the end," you know? Even if things look hard in the present!
hashtagafreakingghost: there's something waiting for you here (it's so much better to pretend)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2015-11-11 08:37 am (UTC)(link)
Handy word. I...don't know if I can really believe it right yet. But...you go on believing in it for us, and maybe that'll help?
nankurunaisa: (40; Relief)

[personal profile] nankurunaisa 2015-11-11 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah. It's just hard for Hibiki to maintain that level of happiness sometimes, but when Ashley asks...]

Hehe, of course! I'll hold onto it until you're ready to use it, too, 'kay? Don't forget it, 'cause I'm gonna have you repeat it back to me when you're ready!
hashtagafreakingghost: the secret's not worth keeping (and in the end)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2015-11-11 09:33 am (UTC)(link)
[She tries to offer a smile. ...It's almost there.] As long as you walk me through it slow. I don't think it'll come out of my mouth right.
nankurunaisa: (51; Life is glad)

[personal profile] nankurunaisa 2015-11-11 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
Of course! I won't laugh or anythin', it's kind of a mouthful, huh? But I can't carry the word for both of us forever, alright?

[That means that she wants to see you smile someday, pal.]
hashtagafreakingghost: but i don't know how (i wish that i could fake it)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2015-11-11 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, alright. I get it.

[SHE'LL TRY. SHE...REALLY WILL.]
nankurunaisa: (27; Sorry my bad)

[personal profile] nankurunaisa 2015-11-12 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
I know it's gonna be hard, but if I learned anythin' from all of this...it's that I'm ready to work together with everyone, and that includes you. So...I'm gonna keep doing my best.