nobody's in the mood for recording 6.9: the post-trial garden tea "party"

[tsunderine]

The flowers that bloomed at the end of the trial are ones that only seem to prove, continuously, that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Of course, it's only natural that many of the people are full of mixed emotions - grief? sadness? anger? frustration? maybe something else completely different?

But it's there, along with the end of the week.

Miasma still continues to be around, of course - but make use of the fact that this might be the last time it'll be at a low level one before it shoots up again.


Well.

Life continues as usual, disregarding any feelings that any of the house's occupants might be feeling.

So what are you doing these next two days?

Comments

[accessorytomurder]

[She clings to him, burrowing in nice and snug and hugging him back just as tightly.]

[notbymyside]

[It's fine. Cling as long as you need to, Yachi. He's here.]

[accessorytomurder]

[She sucks in a long, watery breath, and speaks into his shoulder.]

...I-I hate this place, Ango-san. It's... it's not fair.

[notbymyside]

It's not. It's really, really not.

[He wants to say something reassuring like "we'll get out of here soon", but it feels wrong to promise that after something so traumatic. So he just won't bring it up.]

[accessorytomurder]

It's always an a-accident.

[That's the worst part. The very, very worst part.]

[notbymyside]

...it is, yes.

[He'll just. Pat her on the back? How does comforting others???]

[accessorytomurder]

...I-I'd have rather starved, A-Ango-san.

[notbymyside]

I know, I would have too. Or we could have taken the seeds and brought them to other parts of the house and have grown them normally. There's so many other choices we had.

But she cared about us, and she took a risk for our sake. Sometimes risks don't go as planned. Sometimes people die when you don't mean for them to.

[He. Sounds like he's talking about more than just this week's trial, honestly.]

[accessorytomurder]

...

[It's not fair.

But she's already said it. They both know it.]

Next week... it's going to be re-eally bad, i-isn't it?

[notbymyside]

We'll find out when we get there. But I suspect week four will be worse.

[Because 'four is death'. And because they'll likely run out of food that week.]

[accessorytomurder]

...we'll... have Sho and Yuri's summons to worry about, won't we? Plus... plus whatever Jack ends up doing.

[notbymyside]

Stay close to Dazai-kun, and you will be safe. His touch negates anything magical or supernatural.

[accessorytomurder]

...I'm worried about Dazai-kun especially, right now, so I-I wasn't planning on leaving him alone when I didn't have to.

cw: allusions to suicide

[notbymyside]

I think you won't have to worry about that for the time being, he doesn't want to come back as a vengeful ghost.

[accessorytomurder]

...you can hurt yourself a lot without touching your body, Ango-san.

[notbymyside]

...I could say more about that, but it isn't my place to talk about Dazai-kun's mental state. But if you are concerned, talking with him about it might help.

[accessorytomurder]

...yeah. We, um. We were... going to talk about a lot of things, after the trial. ....that was the plan before the trial, anyways...

[notbymyside]

Even if the conversation is different now, a talk wouldn't be a bad thing.

[And since this thread is after WWX tattled on himself and Dazai:]

...you should take measures to protect your heart, though.

[accessorytomurder]

—?!

[She stiffens in his arms.]

...u-um...

[notbymyside]

[Ango actually chuckles before letting go of Yachi and pulling away.]

You seem attached to him, so I thought it fair to give you a warning there.

[accessorytomurder]

I-It... might b-be a little... late... for that.

[notbymyside]

...

[S I G H]

Then I ask that you please save any vengeance against him for after we escape this place.

[accessorytomurder]

I-I wouldn't do that!

[She waves her hands, alarmed.]

He's... he hasn't done anything... wrong...

[notbymyside]

...you're too kind, Yachi.

[It's mystifying to him, how she can still be like this through it all.]

[accessorytomurder]

I-I don't know about that. But, um... thank you.