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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[white_camellia]

[As soon as Nanaka leaves the living room, the air around her ripples slightly, and she is back in her normal clothing, cleaned of all gore that was previously sticking to her. There's at least one more person who doesn't need to do laundry, it seems. Aside from that, she seems to mostly be trying to stay out of people's way for the time being. People need time to grieve, and her trying to comfort people is only going to be counterproductive after all.

As for Sunday, if one looks for her, they can find Nanaka in... the second dining room of all places, sitting by the large table and... meditating? Her glasses are off, and she seems to be maintaining her posture, at least.]

Sunday

[cw_suicide]

[he peeks his head into the room almost cautiously. dressed in a spare field agent's outfit with minimal bandages covering the worst of his scars.]

Nanaka-chan... is it all right if I intrude a little?

[white_camellia]

[Nanaka simply nods initially, taking a moment to go through another breathing exercise before putting her glasses back on.]

You can, of course. Though I must admit, I did not actually expect anyone to come here.

[This place is both kind of out of the way and completely unnecessary, after all.]

[cw_suicide]

Admittedly, I was on the look-out for you.

... I wanted to offer my apologies if my antics put more unnecessary pressure onto you. The miasma is difficult enough for people to deal with, and it wasn't my intention to catch you up in that.

[sometimes when you set traps up because you don't think the answer is as simple as it really is, you end up ensnaring and entirely different animal]

[white_camellia]

I do not believe there is any need to apologize. Your intention was to catch the killer, was it not? That means that it is important to suspect everyone. In addition, there was not any particular reason why I could not have done it, beyond a misunderstanding of my abilities. The primary reasons I could not have done it mostly stem from things that are difficult to prove, after all.

[cw_suicide]

That's true.

But if it's put pressure on your current condition...

It's really unfortunate that my ability doesn't work for others against the miasma... I wouldn't mind helping with that if I could.

[white_camellia]

Still, it is an excellent offensive ability in this case. You have already proven more capable of damaging them than the rest of us, after all.

Personally speaking, I believe that if anything can change this situation, it is likely going to be you and Battler. Just tell us ahead of time when you are planning something so we can help make a path and take care of the defense.

[cw_suicide]

[oh.]

... currently... there's no real plan. But I'll work on that.

[white_camellia]

It is still early, after all, and while we have an enemy, they seem to be content to keep themselves hidden for the time being. Still, if you intend on attacking them again, a hand-signal or equivalent would be nice. At the very least, I should be able to help keep you safe from any more projectiles.

[cw_suicide]

[that gets a wry laugh]

I'd appreciate that. As much as I can handle this sort of wound, it does get a bit tedious.