One day we'll reach to emotions: unexplored, unprecedented

[matchbreaker]

[ Sometime shortly after the trial small notes will be folded underneath the doors of everyone still alive, and also posted to the staircase leading up to the upper floors. Not many of you have probably seen Elda's penmanship yet unless you checked that Penmanship check a while back, but it's impossibly impeccable fancy cursive script, to match with her old timey appearance. ... She also writes a lot more proper than she talks. ]

To My Fellows,

The half of you who didn't assist me in this are cordially invited to a celebration of our continued living, and to the memories of those who aren't. We are a mismatched group,
but it has become increasingly clear that we are together in this. Do not allow yourself to be alone.

We will be congregating in the ballroom for the rest of the night.

Better chefs than I will be providing food.

Sincerely,
Elda Marker

[ she's being somewhat facetious about half the group, but the fact does remain that she got more offers than she expected, when she set out to do this. She had expected that Sayaka would help, and indeed both her and Alex provide cookies and curry for the tables. Elda herself sets up the tables, dotting one longer central one made of smaller ones in the ballroom for things to sit on. The bulk of the food's provided by Tarrlok of all people, Chinese food by any other name. Susan, bless her, provides alcohol. Hibki, once she was clean, decided to run backup on preparing the food.

And then perhaps fittingly, Aligula provided the decorations. Steamers line the room, and little cut outs hang around. At Elda's instruction, it's a mix of cats, snakes, and bats. The majority of them have little faces on them. And finally, as and afterthought more than anything else, Elda makes some tea.

... Said tea is black tea and is impossibly dark and bitter because she can't taste it, but maybe that's what you want on a night like this. Who knows. ]

Comments

[bloodisthicker]

[haha, how long until that happens to tarrlok. haha.]

I've been better, but I've definitely been far worse. I'm going to enjoy things being a neutral sort of bad before whatever Jericho has cooked up for us tomorrow, I think.

[perpend]

....With any luck, that threat of "changes" will amount to a lot of hot air.

[He doesn't exactly sound confident.]

[bloodisthicker]

...

Maybe we'll get a new paint scheme.

[he sounds even less confident.]

[perpend]

If it's ugly, maybe we can paint over it with supplies from the art room.

[He can dream, even if it's seriously unlike]

[bloodisthicker]

...

There's no rule against painting the walls a different color.

[perpend]

...That's true, isn't it? It's not like they could get angry about it when there's no rule.

[bloodisthicker]

Well, they could get angry, but they couldn't do anything about it.

[perpend]

Exactly! The worst they could do is grouchily repaint the walls.

[bloodisthicker]

...Or they just clean it all up like they do with the murders.

[perpend]

...Good point. I've been wondering how they do that in the first place.

[bloodisthicker]

It does seem like there are a lot of things they can just do.

[perpend]

....Like it's magic.

[bloodisthicker]

...I mean, it could be.

[perpend]

It's probably likely, at this point.

[bloodisthicker]

Probably, given everything else. I'm not really sure what else could clean everything up so neatly.

[perpend]

...It's disturbing how quickly they're able to do that, honestly.

[bloodisthicker]

I mean, it generally is several hours during the trials themselves, but it happens with the punishments much more quickly.

[perpend]

Just the same, it's an awful lot to clean up in a day-- it usually takes much longer for actual crime scenes.

Then again, I suppose if magic is behind it, it could be immediate.

[bloodisthicker]

Or at least take far less time than your standard crime scene, anyway.

[perpend]

It makes them a terrifying enemy, doesn't it?

[bloodisthicker]

I'd say all the other things they've done are worse, honestly.

[perpend]

I don't know-- the fact that they can do seemingly anything gives us a distinct disadvantage.

[bloodisthicker]

It does, but it's things like what happened to Yosuke back early on that make me more worried about the fact that they can do basically everything than cleanup efforts.

[perpend]

They're powerful.

It's frightening, to be honest. Even if I would rather pretend it isn't.

[bloodisthicker]

Yes. Well, they've got all the cards. We don't.