[not again] catchall for ant cabin

[fishingforcompliments]

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[vigilantics]

[ she is here! for blankets!

... and also to check on them to see what they're doing. ]

Are you all okay?

[menially]

Okay is not the word I think I'd choose for any of this.

[He'll shrug.]

I feel like I should be asking you that, though.

[vigilantics]

I'm just... tired.

[ she rubs at her face. ]

[menially]

Yeah. I can imagine.

Evan was someone you knew, wasn't he? He seemed nervous, but nothing more than that.

I'm not surprised the whole thing was an accident.

[Which makes this more infuriating, honestly.]

[vigilantics]

... he's a really good friend of mine.

[ one of her favorite people from the castle, and she hated that he ended up here.

she hates it even more now. ]

It's... such a bad joke.

[menially]

Yeah.

They made all that fuss about no one murdering anyone else, and all it takes is for a single, honest accident for someone to completely turn this whole thing on its head. This entire thing is being put on his shoulders because they were both in the wrong place at the wrong time, and we still have to treat it like anything else.

[NOT. HAPPY ABOUT THAT.]

The damn kid deserves better. They both did.

[vigilantics]

... they both probably feel really horrible about it too.

[ evan obviously does, and given what his friends were saying about him in trial, she can only assume that tsurumaru would too.

... it's horrible. ]

We need to figure out how to end this as soon as possible.

[menially]

Yeah. Keeping information to ourselves is just going to make things worse.

The bus told me something that I've been having to think about a lot the last week - I still don't know if it's important or not, which is the only reason I can't explain it right this minute. Now that all this has happened... I'm going to see what I can confirm with the directors about my suspicions.

Either way, I'm sure that this isn't going to be anything close to a simple answer. I'm not sure force is going to make things any better, either. But I think we all know better than to just sit and wait.

[fishingforcompliments]

[okay is such a lie right now



and steph is probably the one who needs to be asked that, not doing the asking]

—are you?

[vigilantics]

I'll... deal with it.

[ she'll go over to her bed, slowly, and grab a pillow. ]

[fishingforcompliments]

Is there anything we can do to make it easier for you to deal with..?

[vigilantics]

[ she thinks about it ]

Just try as hard as you can to get us out of here.

[fishingforcompliments]

Of course.

[None of them is going to take this lying down. One way or another, they will escape.

(Or die trying.)]

[vigilantics]

... that's all I want then.

[ none of them deserve this. ]

[fishingforcompliments]

We all do. And we will succeed.

[They're getting out of here. Every single one of them.

She's sure everyone here will accept nothing less.]

[recrypt]

For some measure of it, I suppose, though who can really be happy that we're all in for another round of this.

But it's you and Flayn who deserve the most concern right now.

[fishingforcompliments]

[piping up:]

This injury is nothing that I cannot handle, so please direct your concern toward Stephanie, Evan, and the others who are afraid for him.

[recrypt]

[ ...

she smiles, a bit, but it's not kind. just an empty platitude.

those who are afraid for him, right. for all the good it does, huh? ]

[fishingforcompliments]

[flayn tries to smile back, but this whole situation has left her feeling uneasy, so it doesn't come out looking quite right]

[vigilantics]

[ she nods her head slowly ]

... I'm going to spend the night in the cabin with him.

[recrypt]

... Right. Take care of yourself, then.

[ what do you even say to that. ]

[vigilantics]

You too, okay?

[ this situation sucks for everyone, after all ]

[recrypt]

Don't worry. I'm as selfish as they come.

[ her, not take care of herself? ]

[vigilantics]

... yeah. Sure you are.

[ most of the people who say that is a LIAR ]

[recrypt]

[ what's that she can't hear you ]