[CONTINUE] Week 1 || Act: mingle

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Monday comes onto the snowy town once more, though it still looks as if it's 'night' as ever.

Then again, you are underground. That's just to be expected, considering no natural light can get down here in the first place. The Monsters around you are just as friendly as ever, despite this being your second 'time' trying this monday.

...Though....are there a few less Monsters here than there were before? ...Nah. You must be imagining it.

You still have a mission - and after the events of the last trial, you want to do your best to stop whatever is causing this.

But, hey. You really do have nothing but time now to figure it out.

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[improbablenotimpossible]

You looked like you needed something to relax yourself before turning in for the night.

[He pauses in mid-step, glancing back]

[finalring]

I'm fine.

[ okay maybe not, but he's not going to tell the detective this. ]

And you don't look the best either. Perhaps you need this more than I do.

[improbablenotimpossible]

...You're about as fine as I am.

[He waves his hand - rather wobbly]

I already took something.

[finalring]

I hope whatever you took is in the tea.

[ he'll take a sip of it regardless. ]

Thank you. [ pause. ] And you didn't have to do this. The others...probably need more help.

[improbablenotimpossible]

[He sits on the arm of the chair, rubbing his temple]

They got each other - and it's just a bloody cup of tea.

[finalring]

I am, I am.

[ he's drinking the tea, damn it! he leans against the wall, eyeing him with a raised eyebrow. ]

And you? Who do you have?

[improbablenotimpossible]

Takumi, Erhard - they're back on site.

[A pause]

Amamiya has been listening, but it's not fair for someone like me to unload on him.

[finalring]

...I believe that as long as you let him do the same, then there should be nothing wrong with that. No man is an island-- I suppose this fact applies to Servants as well.

[ hypocrism 101 from the guy that is currently trying to emotionally detach himself from everyone in this group. ]

[improbablenotimpossible]

..."Physician Heal Thyself" I think is what Young Mr. Kiske told you?

[He murmurs]

Funny of me to say that, I who try to shut down all feelings to be a logical machine.

[finalring]

Pot calling the kettle black, then.

[ he can't help but give sherlock a small, sardonic smile. ]

I was an unfeeling machine for so long that it's difficult to be anything else.

[improbablenotimpossible]

I'm still puzzling out when I should let my guard down - well, besides the small circle that already earned my trust.

[finalring]

Trust really is difficult to obtain, huh? Not because I expect any of you to betray me, but because I believe that I have a role to fulfill.

[ and it's a role that he's no longer sure if he can fulfill. ]

If it is not too much... may I ask you a question?

[improbablenotimpossible]

[Mood]

Of course... go ahead.

[finalring]

Romani Archaman. What did you think...or do you think of him?

[ he pauses, wringing his fingers on his lap. ]

I'm aware that you didn't know him personally-- [ he's played the game, come on. ] but I was...curious.

[ though that may be oversimplifying his emotions. ]

[improbablenotimpossible]

Ah.

[That was not the question he was expecting at all, he pauses - looking at his hand]

I feel like I should apologize for wrongly suspecting him. I've read and watched the data - he seemed like a flakey man that will pull through even when the pressure's on, that cares but tries not to let it show, but sentimentality is present in his words and actions.

Whether I would get along with someone like him? It's difficult to say.