week 2 - execution & aftermath

[vicedirector]

seven vices execution & aftermath ♫ sunday After everyone has voted, the paper and photos will disappear. Miata will usher everyone outside, only allowing them to grab their coats and weather-appropriate gear, and lead them to the bonfire. Floating in the middle of the flames, a list appears, clear as day. >Gather? victim culprit cast setting rulebook

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[princessantly]

[ He can be mad! She's faintly mad, too, but Mikazuki had been such a gentle person when she'd met him, and Urashima's definitely devastated. Her flaw, the one her teacher had mentioned... was that she was too soft, and honestly, it still applies.

But she at least tries to smile, shaking her head. ]

We're friends. It was the least I could do.

[ Besides, you know, the mad scramble to clear his name. His and Urashima's both. ]

[stupidly]

...This game is too cruel, though.

[Making people insane and murderous and revealing the shittiest parts of them all and pitting them against each other and ALMOST KILLING HIS ASS...]

[princessantly]

It's incredibly cruel. Taking people who wouldn't ordinarily harm each other [ she hopes ] and throwing them into a game where they kill their companions-- and worse, we can't seem to prevent it from happening.

... But I can't forget my oath, either.

[stupidly]

Your oath?

[Somewhat curiously, but not openly prying.]

[princessantly]

"The strength of a knight exists to protect. Their kindness serves the people."

I was raised to believe in that by someone who was practically my mother. [ And yet, she only seems to look sadder, mentioning it. ] And that's how I've always lived. Regardless of what motives they put us through, I would die before I destroyed that belief.

[stupidly]

...You're a very strong person, in that case.

[He could say more, but that's really the long and short of it - the most important part.]

[princessantly]

... I don't feel strong at all. And I've been called foolish, more than anything.

[ Not that it's enough to change her mind. ]

But thank you.

[stupidly]

I think there's some strength in being able to stand by something you believe in like that.

[Even if it is a little foolish in terms of being surrounded by murderers and all... You do you, Alisha.]

[princessantly]

[ She'll at least die not in a fire for her sins, probably. ]

Stubbornness, at any rate. [ But she's grateful. ]

[stupidly]

[PROBABLY.......

But gosh, stubbornness can be pretty good when it's about survival and all! So he just offers the faintest flicker of a smile, but then turns his attention back away toward Mikazuki.]