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.

Comments

[kaliedoscopes]

Neither have I. Want to have it in the dining room this time? [ The location is up to Marona but the acquiescence to eating isn't. ]

[oxidegreen]

[She is getting that sense. Hmm...]

...Sure. The dining room will work.

[kaliedoscopes]

Let's go, then.

[ He won't pick up their conversation until they've arrived for matter of privacy, or as much privacy as you can get in a spoopy mansion. ]

I'm not going to beat around the bush as that's Karasuba's style and not mine. So how are you holding up? A real answer, not a platitude—it's important that we're all honest with each other.

[oxidegreen]

[Called the fuck out. She elects to take a bite of her rations, using the time spent chewing to think of a response.]

I've seen bad things, but that was the worst.

[kaliedoscopes]

[ Like the other times they've eaten together Hikage opts to start with the plainer foods first, chewing on a cracker quietly. ]

Yeah I think that was the case for most of us, though that doesn't really help much. [ His shoulders slump a little. ] And you didn't seem to trust him either, did you?

[oxidegreen]

He tried to blackmail me on our very first day in this house. I haven't trusted him from the beginning.

[kaliedoscopes]

What? How?

[oxidegreen]

I saw him change into... I suppose you might call it a ghost form? He realized I could still see him, even though I was trying to pretend I couldn't. He told me he would tell everyone else unless I did what he said.

[But she ended up spilling the beans herself only a few days in, so...]

[kaliedoscopes]

What a worthless idiot, but he already proved that to us today didn't he? If some of our number need to be sacrificed for this mission, then I hope they'll all be as inutile as he was. [ Tch. He crinkles up the wrapper and lays it on the table with a huff. ]

There's no point in fighting among ourselves when we have the mission and the miasma to contend with. And if anyone fails to realize that then they deserve to be called out.

[oxidegreen]

[She's been eating slowly, and still has a little more to cronch through, chewing thoughtfully.]

That is my preference as well. [If they lose people they might as well have deserved it.] Stirring up trouble right now could be the end of all of us. We can't afford it.

[kaliedoscopes]

[ Honestly Hikage lucked out this time with his roommates. Maybe this is karma. ]

We really can't. [ Picking up the wrapper, he plays with it, bouncing it his hand like a ball. ]

I won't say I regret asking this but—who do you think will be next?

[oxidegreen]

[She thinks that one over...]

I don't know about next, but... I'm not sure how long Ms. Rosa or Mr. Giovanni will last.

[kaliedoscopes]

Giovanni seems like the obvious choice given his...eccentric personality, but that might help him in the end too. But Rosa...she hasn't seem to have taken this well from the start.

[ He mulls that over while taking a sip of water. ]

When we first met she was concerned withing a source of "water", liquor, I mean.

[oxidegreen]

Mr. Giovanni seems to be making a lot of friends. It might help protect him.

Ms. Rosa... She seems on edge all the time. [Dangerously so, in a place like this.] Was she trying to find a way to calm herself down?

[kaliedoscopes]

I think he would say minions, but yeah you're right. As ridiculous as it is, if it helps keep his morale up and it's not harming any one, then it's not the worst coping method.

[ Leaving out the part where Hikage himself is in that number but it's fine bc he doesn't do friends anyway. ]

Better than Rosa's, anyway. She did say it was just to relax, but given her behavior so far... it is concerning.

[oxidegreen]

This is not the time to let your guard down. It might help her relax, but it could be the death of her, too.

[Or others, depending on the situation.]

[kaliedoscopes]

At least for now, it's not something we can deal with. I would be surprised if this an entirely dry house though, and the longer we stay trapped here the more fatigue will build.

[oxidegreen]

...

Maybe the lack of alcohol is also an attempt to make us despair.

[Is this a joke. Is this an actual observation. Who knows, her tone is bone dry like the house's alcohol stock.]

[kaliedoscopes]

[ Oh he smiles at that, whether it's a joke or an observation he appreciates it. ]

....I wouldn't put it past this place.

[oxidegreen]

It seems to be trying everything it can think of, whether or not it makes sense.

[A mystery. And finally, she finishes off her meal for the night.]

[kaliedoscopes]

Which is far from efficient. [ He'll never stop being logical even when it comes to a miasma house. Which unfortunately includes eating his MRE's which he picked on rather than eat properly, but he's almost done at least. ]

Thanks for the company, even if I forced it on you.

[oxidegreen]

...No, thank you for talking with me. It was... probably better than being alone.

[Probably.]