Afterparty 5.0

[forcegalactic]

[There's not much that can be believed about that trial. Or that execution. Still, like before, two hours after everyone leaves, they'll find a note slipped underneath their doors.]

We have to stick together. The dining room is there for anyone that needs a quiet space, and I cooked dinner.

Hibiki made some coffee and dessert for all of us.

-Mordecai Benmont Jiminy and Hibiki Ganaha

[Today's selection includes potato pancakes and a light coffee cake. Hibiki has lit two more candles in the dining hall. It doesn't take long before Mordecai lights a third.]

Comments

[announcemyvictory]

I suppose it's the only thing to do.

[Ill-advised or not.]

But the murders so far have shown well enough that that doesn't always matter. Bonds, I mean.

[decrees]

...I know.

[Ashley and Asuka...]

Still, we cannot afford to panic. We must try to stick together and perhaps...

[It won't help. Nothing they do will help. Logan shakes his head and doesn't finish that thought.]

[announcemyvictory]

Right. It could. We aren't all bad. Some of us are just normal people. In the end, that's all it is.

[decrees]

[You're probably the only normal person we have, Elise...]

Yes.

[...]

I hope you make it through this, Elise. I understand that things have been incredibly difficult, but you have held your head high through everything. That is something I truly envy. I hope you make it through all of this.

[Maybe that's not the best way to go about it, since remaining "strong" all the time is partially what got him into so many disasters in the first place both here and back home, but well. Logan's never been good at this.]

[announcemyvictory]

That's-- I. Er, thank you. To be honest, that's what I thought of you. That you'd made it through everything, with everybody expecting you to be their leader, that is. You haven't done anything rash, and they all trust you.

[decrees]

Ah... Thank you. I will do everything I can to get as many people through this as possible.

[That's really touching and it's obvious Logan isn't sure how to react to it.]

[announcemyvictory]

They all believe in you. That's enough to get a little further. I'm glad.

[decrees]

[...He's never going to get used to hearing that. It's surreal to think that over four years ago he was actually a well-liked king, someone that the people could look up to and actually appreciate.

It's incredible what four years and a lot of trauma will do to a person, isn't it?]

I will do my best for all of them. I... That is my role in all of this.

[He can't serve Albion anymore, so he'll do what he can for everyone here, including the dead.]

[announcemyvictory]

I suppose that's all we can do. Follow what we've got to do.

[decrees]

Exactly. It will not be enough, but for now it is all we have.

[It's been five weeks. How much longer is this going to go on?]