Opinions without 3.1415 are just Onions (Week1 post trial)

[ghostricked]

After everything, the house seems almost too still and too mundane. At least as long as the doors to that room remain closed. One by one those covered in what was once their teammate are lead to the showers or change in silence. There is no warm meal waiting for them. No words of encouragement.

Life goes on, regardless.

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[dreamdispersal]

[ There is another amused huff at this. It's just like Haku to say this and be concerned with it, but the idea that he's some sort of delicate creature that shouldn't be confronted with guts is funny to entertain for a moment. ]

These hands haven't been clean in a long long time.

[ And there goes a bit of meat that looks conspicuously like it could be edible. Zabuza has no sincere commitment to helping, but casually flicking pieces here and there gives him something to do with his hands. ]

And you're right, a senbon to the neck would fix a lot of issues for now. We need to halt any moves until we see what Todd's successor is like though. That one's whims and aesthetics might be different.

[cw_suicide]

Have you been breathing in the miasma deeply, Rin-chan? That's a bad habit, y'know.

[cw_suicide]

I'm doing all right, all things considered.

... thank you for listening and acting on my request earlier.

[hitscans]

No need to thank me, Battler. Just doing what needed to be done.

[ he pauses his inventory and walks towards him ]

How are you feeling? Everything feel... alright?

[sageking]

Resorting to tasteless jokes now, are you?

[ He's not going to sit down in here, if that's what you're hoping for!! Though he'll reach for the tea so he could hold it in his hands. ]

that is a beautiful icon, his nakeyness is forgiven

[dreamdispersal]

[ Zabuza never had reason to put any thought into these matters before. In his whole life, he's never encountered anything like a robot. And even now that he has, he's not really thought much of it. Olympia's functions were fascinating, sure, but he'd never felt a desire to get philosophical about her.

Now everyone's tripping over one another to re-affirm her as more than a tool and it's... it sits oddly with him, a man who has defined his life around being a tool. ]

A broken tool can be discarded. That's what I'd ordinarily say, but she does still have a lot of use left to you science types, doesn't she? Understand what makes her tick, use it to go to greater heights.

[ Like when you'd take the body of an enemy ninja to get all their techniques from them. ]

Not that any of that relates to being a person either way.

[hitscans]

[ nods ]

I figured you wouldn't have asked if you didn't have a good reason for it.

[onemolife]

It comes to me when I want to play something soothing.

[ It's the second time he's played it ]

Oh! I did pick up another song from the radio if you want to hear that.

[sageking]

Calling them civilians would be apt, boy. They hardly seem to have any experience in handling these types of situations in the slightest, even if they're to be our so-called 'associates'.

But, I wouldn't be surprised if your assumption was correct. The specter hardly would seem to care enough to pick up the messes it makes, no matter how disgusting they'd be.

[cw_suicide]

That's right.

In the event that we ever get stuck in determining who's committed a crime, Ango will be our best bet with his ability.

To avoid needless casualties...

[kaliedoscopes]

[ Date isn't the only one blinking, his surprisingly put together appearance taking Hikage by surprise. Hikage on the other hand looks slightly dressed down, if a splash of rainbow on a formal vest qualifies as a step down, but his outfit is slightly less fancy without the cape. ]

No problem. With all the work you did during trial, you certainly deserve it. [ He fetches two tea cups then, which hopefully do something to dress up the mediocre tea leaves. ]

[hitscans]

[ taking that all in ]

An ability to help uncover the truth? Does it cost him a lot to use?

Or is there another reason? [ LIKE PERHAPS PEOPLE WOULD WANT To SILENCE HIM? ]

[cw_suicide]

Both reasons are why I made the request.

[BOY HOWDY, A MURDERER MIGHT JUST GO AT HIM DURING A TRIAL.]

Ango's a fairly sturdy individual himself, but we're dealing with extreme violence with extreme emotions being influenced by the miasma. He's also being affected by the miasma like everyone else here, so compounding that is...

[rough, to say the least.]

[dreamshielder]

He is unworthy.

[Stated like that's patently obvious, though Haku merely flings a piece of flesh impaled on a lampshade into the basin where it lands with a wet squelch. Sounding as impressed as ever, he continues.]

Do you think the rules will change?

[foxetious]

So do better next time. [A shrug before he moves Shinsou to examine the shine in the light] You survived another day, so plan better for next time.

[He says this like it's a foregone conclusion, still mild and pleasant, but the slightest edge of "obviously".]

Isn't the biggest goal to survive long enough to leave here? Act like it.

[deadanimemom]

No, [she's been turning the idea over in her head, the "what could this be". But to start it from the beginning, break it down to the most basic concepts...]

Demons can enter on their own anywhere the barrier between Gehenna and Assiah-- or Gehenna and this world-- is thin. Something like this... a demon might have originally gotten through and set this area up as a hunting ground, where ghosts formed from the victims and then merged with the original master of the area to form a more powerful demon.

So we might be dealing with two separate entities, one hunter that traps to kill, and the miasma created by the merged ghosts of the victims. There's also whatever influence is involved in manipulating the miasma ghosts. That might be coming from inside, the residual memories and personality of someone trapped earlier asserting control over the group...

[golden_dream]

I did... I can't sleep.

[She'll yawn though.]

That idiot... he actually had people saying "It's too obvious it's him, therefore it can't possibly be him," before he went and pulled what he did.

[hitscans]

[ A BIG FUCKING YIKES ]

There's a lot of uncertainties going on here. Not a lot in what we can predict. But, I'll be here to help you out, whenever you need it.

[cw_suicide]

I really do appreciate that, Jack-san.

It was really a relief, if I'm honest. I thought I'd only helped botch things for a moment there.

[private]

[deadanimemom]

.... people will say whatever they want, but that doesn't mean you have to accept that. It doesn't mean you deserve it. [She sees that smile, and she doesn't want to.]

[dreamdispersal]

[ Unworthy and very very dead. It's not like Zabuza is doing this for Sho or pleasing him in any way by doing it, so he doesn't really care about matters of worth here, but he simply shrugs and leaves the rest of the body well alone. Offending Haku's sensibilities isn't what he's after and he really has no investment in touching more intestines and the like. ]

The base rules? No. The new vessel is part of the same collective, so they're presumably following the same objective. But Todd had enough individuality left to get offended on his own behalf, so I'd wager he had some freedom in how to dish out punishment as well.

[foxetious]

You must be hard of hearing. Sho Minamimoto said his 'sigil' lets him return. Whether it will or not, once the body is gone the spirit is free to roam if something holds it to this plane. I'm merely waiting for him to inevitably show up.


[ew, who'd want to sit with Gil!!]

[eyeforai]

[Shhh don't call him out on his awkward topic change!!]

Uh. I just... thought it'd be better to talk about something else.

[private]

[cw_suicide]

[haaa... what he deserves...]

Right before that machine brought me into the Foundation, I was being arrested. The evidence of my crimes hidden away for four years resurfaced.

... the timing is just really appropriate, I think. So... even if I were to die in this place...

[hahaha his rap sheet is so lengthy.]

[private]

[deadanimemom]

... can I hug you?