Didn't we just do this last week?

[perpend]

[It's starting to look like this is going to be a weekly occurrence.

Just like last week, Cabanela waits a while before he makes his rounds, writing everyone quick notes and sliding them under each occupied door.]

Stay strong.
If you don't want to be alone tonight, meet in the dining hall.
-Cabanela

[Like last week, Cabanela hasn't bothered to provide anyone with food-- that would just be... rude right now, he thinks. Upon first entering, you'll notice that there are now four lit candles in the center of one of the tables.

Feel free to leave mementos for the dead; it's probably appreciated.]

Comments

[heymcfly]

[ Marty doesn't want to be alone at all tonight. This all is literally eating away at him. It's weird as hell when people that you actually know and have talked to go and kill someone. And then it's even weirder when you see them die before your eyes. It makes him sick, in pretty much every sense of the word.

He leaves his puffy red vest in his room, but keeps his denim jacket on him with his picture tucked away in a pocket. Words can't explain how much he wished he knew someone familiar. Marty wanted nothing more than to be home in his bed, sleeping the night away. Knowing he'd wake up the next day, and everything would be normal. Just normal.

No killings, no investigations.

He walks by the table where there are now four candles lit instead of two, and digs something out of his jacket pocket. It's a picture he and Undyne drew, for the Conductor. Whether it's the dead cows or the name resting on a pile of shit, it's pretty clear to see that the Conductor wasn't in her favor. Or his.

Marty stands there for a minute or two, before sitting at a nearby table. He folds his arms across the table and lets his head rest on them, and that's where he'll stay. ]

[announcemyvictory]

...Flies and excrement, for a memorial?

[heymcfly]

Yeah. Aah-

[ He just realizes how bad that looks. ]

It's a picture we drew for the Conductor. We posted notes around his profile and drew shit like this.

Literally, I guess.

[announcemyvictory]

That makes a little more sense, at least. [sigh] I suppose we're all upset, so it should be expected. He's keeping us here, even if he's cordial enough about it. Why the dead cows? It's disturbing.

[heymcfly]

[ Maybe it was a little gross but it was hilarious at the time he won't ever deny. ]

The dead cows? The shit from the Conductor smells so bad it killed the cows. [ Marty finds himself laughing. At that time, having someone around who wasn't afraid to start shit like this was amazing. ] We thought it was funny.

[announcemyvictory]

[Despite herself, Elise covers a giggle.] He must've been offended by that. It didn't seem like he was having a good day.

[heymcfly]

That was all part of the plan. [ He grins to himself, looking down to the piece of paper. ] I don't think anyone was. Seeing someone drawing a pile of shit taped to the glass probably didn't help either.

[announcemyvictory]

We could have far worse captors, but I don't blame you for doing everything you can, of course.

[heymcfly]

Worse? Jesus, can it get any worse than this?

[announcemyvictory]

He's been accommodating to a point. Tabitha might be right, that there's someone else, I mean.

[heymcfly]

How do'ya figure that? Off of that letter...?

[announcemyvictory]

The fact that he's been cordial with us at all, even answering requests. Generally, you wouldn't expect that from a kidnapper.

[heymcfly]

That's true I guess. [ He shrugs. ] I don't know what to think anymore.

[perpend]

That's an.... interesting picture for a memorial.

Did one of them draw it?

[...that's probably something Undyne would do.]

[heymcfly]

Yeah. I called the Conductor an asshole on his profile and she drew this to add to it.

[ A grin came to his face. ] It was pretty heavy. She thought about the cows dying and everything.

[perpend]

Ha!

She has a pretty interesting sense of humor, doesn't she?

[Had, but...]

[heymcfly]

[ Marty was about to agree until he caught that. He's not gonna correct it though, because...well. ] Yeah she did. She had guts.

[ He sticks his hands in his vest pockets. ] Brave as hell.

[perpend]

Yeah, she sure was.

[She hadn't lied to them, even knowing full well what was about to happen to her.]

We'll get out of here, for her sake. I don't know if it's possible to help her people, but I'm willing to do anythiiing I can.

[heymcfly]

Yeah. About that.

[ He wasn't around her enough, hopefully he doesn't sound like a complete jackass by asking... ]

What doya mean by 'her people'?

[perpend]

The people she was trying to protect in the underground, like she mentioned in the trial.

[It's not like he was around her much, either.]

[heymcfly]

Oh, right. [ He shakes his head. ] Sorry. I was paying attention.

This just seems...not real. [ He looks up to Cabanela with a sad kind of look. ] How's this all even happening?

[perpend]

I dooon't know. It's not a good thing.

But I want you to remember that this is real, no matter how strange it feels.

We owe it to Kaneki, Undyne, and Byakuren.

[...]

Reaver, too.

[heymcfly]

[ Marty nods along, his face sullen. ] Even Reaver.

What do you think about that? About him killing people?

[perpend]

He was a corrupt man, but people like that deserve to have justice brought upon them by the people whom they hurt.

That's what I think.

[heymcfly]

[ Marty has the feeling that Cabanela doesn't want to talk much about this anymore. He can definitely respect that. ] Right. Right.

Sorry. I was just wondering.