now that you are not around, my world fades to a dull, lifeless grey

[ratherdoweddings]

[Rukia will come around to everyone's rooms later, with bunny-laden notes inviting them up to the diner. When they arrive, they'll find that one of the tables in the back has been covered over with a length of fabric from the sewing room and is serving as a makeshift altar, with rosemary and, for some reason, a bottle of whiskey sitting on it alongside cutesy drawings of all the dead thus far. (Just like last time, Seth gets a spiteful no symbol across his face.)

Yurika's there too, and she speaks first:]

Thank you. I... I'm sorry for suspecting some of you a little. I was worried no matter what happened, and I knew it would be hard, but you were all innocent. If anybody wants to talk, we can.

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[refusedtoleave]

[Natsuhi does show up, surprisingly, given the location. She has brought her own cup of tea though. The coffee can stay well away, the whisky might have better luck.

But she's just going to sit at a table, with the roomba 'sitting' under the chair. Glaring at anyone who accused her when she spots them.]

[ratherdoweddings]

...sorry we made everybody strip.

[refusedtoleave]

Which turned out to be utterly pointless in the end!

[Loud enough for the few people in the room to hear.]

[ratherdoweddings]

Not everything is going to work... But I'm sorry anyway. At least it was just arms.

[refusedtoleave]

Just arms, I had to take the top part off! If I hadn't had my sheet...

[ratherdoweddings]

Oh, don't worry! If anyone was going to be a pervert, I'm sure we'd have punched them!

[refusedtoleave]

Is that supposed to make me feel any better about it?

[ratherdoweddings]

I know it upset you, but if it had been anyone else, except maybe Lightning-san, that would have worked. We're trying to think of the good of everyone. I understand that it's hard to get used to if you've lived an ordinary life.

[refusedtoleave]

And you really think I could have done it? Killed a trained solider?

[ratherdoweddings]

It isn't likely, but neither is most of the stuff that's gone on in that courtroom.

[refusedtoleave]

[That earns a sigh and wry smile.]

...Like a penguin killing someone?

[ratherdoweddings]

Or multicoloured hair being natural!

[refusedtoleave]

...Is it really that strange?

[She's just going to pull a bit in front of her eyes.]

[ratherdoweddings]

Your hair is all the same colour, though.

[refusedtoleave]

Really? I've been told it changes part way through... Must be the light...

[ratherdoweddings]

Maybe there's sort of a fade, but it's not half brown and half pink or something.

[refusedtoleave]

Really? ...Thank goodness. You wouldn't believe some of the things said about it over the years. I was worried that people would think I'd done something odd to it... [She shakes her head.]

[ratherdoweddings]

If it does turn pink, we'll tell you, but I'm sure that won't happen! If anyone puts Kool-Aid in anyone's showerhead, it'll be Togami-san's for being a stubborn nuisance.

[refusedtoleave]

... Do you really think that badly of him?

[ratherdoweddings]

Not completely. He's not Twiright-san. But he is stubborn, unsociable, rude, and cynical, and he doesn't think much of group unity.

[refusedtoleave]

Really? We haven't spoken much, but he didn't seem that rude to me. [They're both unsociable loners.]

[ratherdoweddings]

He thinks he's the greatest just because he's rich and powerful. You know the type. But he's still not as bad as Twiright-san was, by a lot.

[refusedtoleave]

[She knows the type too well, probably why she hadn't noticed.] ... I don't think anyone could be like Twiright was. If there is someone else like that I don't want to meet them.

I'm still not sure what happened there.

[ratherdoweddings]

You mean like how someone can have a mask inside them? That was weird and disgusting.

[refusedtoleave]

Was it really inside him though? I thought actually him.