It's time for an after party!

[perpend]

[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.]

Comments

[charcoalfeather]

....Everyone here, is the only people that I can remember. If everyone starts dying, then what am I supposed to do?

[What's an amnesiac girl to do?]

[blazeit]

C'mon, don't think like that. We're not all gonna die. I mean... at least, I sure as hell don't plan on just up and rolling over so damn easy.

[charcoalfeather]

...Do you promise?

[blazeit]

[ RAKKA PLEASE THAT'S A TOTAL DEATH FLAG. ]

I can promise you this much. I'm never going to give up on making it out of here alive, and if anybody... including the Conductor, wants to get in the way of that, they're going to regret it.

[charcoalfeather]

[IT SORT OF IS??? sorry, Katsuki.]

Okay. [She seems happy to hear that.] Then I don't want to give up on getting out of here either!

[blazeit]

That's more like it. We can't let shit like this get us down, you know, then it's like the Conductor's winning.

[charcoalfeather]

You're... you're right. [She gives him a tired nod, and moves to stand up.] And if the Conductor is winning, then that means that this whole exercise isn't working! It's supposed to be about trust... right?

[...She's going somewhere with this.]

[blazeit]

Trust-building and initiative-taking or... some bullshit like that, yeah. According to the rules, at least.

[charcoalfeather]

.....I wonder, if that's all it means when they said "trust."

[blazeit]

Well... what else could it mean?

[charcoalfeather]

I'm... not sure.

[Her eyes move away from Bakugou, into the flickering flames of the candles.]

I wonder... what can you trust in?

[blazeit]

Like me personally? ... Or just in general.

[charcoalfeather]

....In general.

[She was considering asking him specifically, but nah.]

[blazeit]

Well, usually I guess "trust" is a word reserved for other people. I mean, you can trust in rules and facts too, I guess? But that feels sort of different to me.

[charcoalfeather]

Yeah, I think that's what I was thinking. I think i want to trust in everyone here, no matter what happens.

[But she's... not sure?]

Even if... that terrible thing happened.