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

[hashtagafreakingghost]

Thank you.

[Yeah. Yeah what to say after all of this?]

...I'm sorry. You were...really broken up, back there.

[perpend]

[He gives a sad smile.]

I didn't know her very well, but she... she was a good person.

[It was... harder for him, because he understood her actions, a little too well.]

I just wish I kneeew what her motivations were.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

She had people to save. Wasn't that obvious? She... All that talk about the Underground, getting there and back...

[She sighs.]

I could probably piece it together with...time, or maybe a few more conversations, but...we can't have the second one, and isn't it better to just let her rest?

[perpend]

No, that much I understood, but...

Why do you think they were trapped down there in the first place? She mentioned something, didn't she? About how she wasn't certain how she was kidnapped in the first place.

I never learned much about her world, or her people...

[He hopes she can rest peacefully.]

She'd probably tell us not to worry, wouldn't she?

[hashtagafreakingghost]

...

She told me I wouldn't want to hear the story. I think something happened. They had to go underground. That's all I could guess.

[Ashley looks to the scarf instead of the Inspector's face. She won't look at him.]

[perpend]

[How sad...]

Maybe they were forced underground.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

Maybe. She didn't like humans. It'd make sense.

[Very sad, yet...]

But...there's nothing we can do about it.

[perpend]

I wiiish there was something we could do, but we know nothing about her world, or her people. If she didn't like humans, we can assume the rest of her kind felt similarly.

All we can really do is hooope she rests in peace.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

...And none of us join her.

All the...meeting, the plans...it didn't work.

[perpend]

[He nods sadly.]

Maybe we need another meeting. It won't do any good, if someone else is planning something, but... I want to think we can prevent something horrible.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

Maybe... If we check in, like someone suggested last time? But daily meetings... Oh, I don't know. I just don't want to be standing around talking about how to prevent murder this time next week.

[perpend]

Maybe the goal shouldn't be to figure out how to prevent murder. Maybe it should be able how to stop one in action. That's my ooonly guess.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

So that night patrol, the one you and Mr. Giovanni and Weiss were talking about. ...And, uh...Dio.

[perpend]

[He nods.]

I don't trust Dio, but if he's up all night anyway, if anyone is going to be able to stop a murder, it's him.

[That's assuming, of course, that Dio doesn't commit one himself.]

I think Giovanni has the right idea.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

Even with Dio- and Logan, he said he'd help out too, didn't he?- that's only...five of you. How can you cover everything?

[perpend]

I don't know.

I don't think we can cover anything, this place is too big, but... we haaave to try.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

...If I thought it'd do anything, I'd offer to help, but...I don't think seeing me come at anyone is going to scare them out of murder.

[perpend]

No, maybe not.

Stay safe, that's probably all you can hope for.

[Leave the scaring off murderers to the tall guys who probably can't scare off murderers either.]