and every broken heart will mend

[scourgingstars]

[Not too long after the trial, a note found its way under everyone's doors, all of them written in the same neat handwriting that had been asking after a ring not that long ago.]

If any of you would prefer not to be left alone after all of that, I propose we meet in the dining hall. Nari has taken up cooking at the moment, and should anyone wish to talk I will be present regardless of whether or not the group at large should choose to join us.

-Ardyn

[True to his word, Ardyn was at a smaller table in the dining hall with an untouched cup of coffee in front of him; lost in thought leaning his head on one hand as the other turned a silver coin over between his fingers.]

[King in an empty hall, and savior of nothing. All that effort to prevent bloodshed, and it had come down to a situation designed to force their hand from the beginning.]

Comments

[misanthropicprinciple]

Maybe it could work as a poison. I'd say pour it down the drain, but what if it corrodes the pipes?

[buddyoldpal]

If it corrodes the damn pipes in this place, then the fuckin' pipes deserve it. I'd like ta pour this shit on PAL if I could.

[ Aw, it'd be like a poetic gift from Mai... ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

Maybe you could get away with it as not being violence if you say you just wanted to offer him a drink. You know. Make friends.

[buddyoldpal]

Yeah, I'd like ta give 'im a nice friendly drink like I'd like ta give' im a punch in the dick.

[misanthropicprinciple]

As your friend and plucky sidekick, I can't recommend punching a robot computer house in the dick. I mean, where would the dick even be? Closet in the basement? Do we have a basement?

[buddyoldpal]

Aw, ya lookin' out fer me, Tenmyouji-kun? I'm real touched.

[ He says this mockingly but he means it, promise. ]

Best guess would be the basement, yeah. If any house is gonna have one, ya think it'd be a creephouse like this one.

[misanthropicprinciple]

...If we have a basement, I wonder... where would the stairs be?

[buddyoldpal]

Prolly the guest house? Or under somethin' big, I dunno. We could be standin' on top of PAL and not know it!

[misanthropicprinciple]

I've been in the guest house, and I don't remember seeing stairs there. Though I didn't get to see all the rooms.

[How to cope with horror and grief: immediately bury yourself in investigation. Nothing could be healthier!]

The kitchen's suspicious, too. Nothing else has been locked at night.

[buddyoldpal]

[ Sounds sane and healthy to me! ]

Huh, yeah good point. Wonder what the fuck's goin' on there... Ain't like we can't take the knives out of there.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Yeah. Though, please don't. Keeping track of who's got what is kind of, uh, necessary. At this point.

[TWO GIRLS ARE DEAD...]

[buddyoldpal]

Ain't keepin' it a secret, ya can ask Nari-chan, she knows I got it.

[ A man needs his trusty knife because of things like accidental murder, Junpei!! ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

All right. As long as it's accounted for.

[Okay, okay. See? Junpei can be a reasonable man, Nishitani.]

On that note... I know we talked about teaching me how to--teaching me better fighting techniques. [#NiceSave] When's a good time for you?

[buddyoldpal]

Yeah, see? I'm bein' responsible an' shit.

[ He's everyone's favorite murderer c: ]

's not like I got much ta do round here... [ He ponders this. ] Hm, but I did promise Queenie-chan I'd give her my full attention this weekend... How's Tuesday or Wednesday work for ya? Or we could train at night, I got all the time in the world after dark.

[ Sounds sketch af ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

[The fuck was that about Queenie? JK, HE DOESN'T WANT TO KNOW, HE NEVER WANTS TO KNOW, NO ONE NEEDS TO KNOW.]

Tuesday should be fine. [You know, barring the institution of some terrible motive or something.] I like to take time to go over my notes at night, so maybe in the afternoon some time?

[buddyoldpal]

[ Yeah, you..... probably don't. Keep it PG-13, Jumpy. ]

Sounds good ta me. Tuesday it is.

[ He smirks. Gosh I sure hope there isn't some awful murder motive that day!! ]

I'll go easy on ya and leave the knife in my bunk, how's that?

[misanthropicprinciple]

My unstabbed body thanks you for the consideration.

[IT'S FUNNY 'CAUSE--you know why it's funny.]

[buddyoldpal]

Yeah, well. I try ta keep my friends unstabbed if they can't take it.

[ Implying some of his friends can take it???? ]