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[he'll seek everyone out individually on friday after the investigation, telling them to head to hua cheng's room for an important reason. he won't specify the reason, of course. it's not safe to.
but as everyone files in one by one they'll find sora pacing the room nervous and clutching a lion kigu in his hands? this is his emotional support kigu now. as the last person shuts the door...
...he wastes no time, really.]
Sumire was on Swan's team. Also, all of you are on Swan's team, too.
[hi.]
but as everyone files in one by one they'll find sora pacing the room nervous and clutching a lion kigu in his hands? this is his emotional support kigu now. as the last person shuts the door...
...he wastes no time, really.]
Sumire was on Swan's team. Also, all of you are on Swan's team, too.
[hi.]
You and me both. [he frowns to himself.] Mob said she left her doll behind, so...I hope that means she fought back somehow.
...maybe because she already got hit with an axe? [HE HAS NO IDEA AND THE IDEA UPSETS HIM.]
We found a charred and bloody...lizard? I think. Like one of these things. [he holds up his kigu.] It was hanging up in the shop behind a bunch of stuff.
[which. haha. maybe taako will understand why he's exasperated.]
We found a charred and bloody...lizard? I think. Like one of these things. [he holds up his kigu.] It was hanging up in the shop behind a bunch of stuff.
[which. haha. maybe taako will understand why he's exasperated.]
[i forgot to mention taako is having this conversation just. In a unicorn kigu. But half of one? It's been cut into a cute little crop hoodie, and he's wearing his ordinary pants. It's a Look. But then yeah he's holding onto a second one, also a unicorn. Apparently he's got a kind he likes.]
What the fuck.
What the fuck.
[ fiora doesn't look particularly enthused about the evidence. also, she has a tamarin monkey sitting on one shoulder, and another one seems to have followed her in, but that's not important right now. ]
I'm sure that'll be helpful, but... I really don't want to execute anybody. This all just needs to stop. [ a big frown. ] I haven't talked to Swan as much as you. There's got to be another way, right?
I'm sure that'll be helpful, but... I really don't want to execute anybody. This all just needs to stop. [ a big frown. ] I haven't talked to Swan as much as you. There's got to be another way, right?
Yeah. Zuko had it last, I'm pretty sure he turned it in. We didn't get a good look at it but if neither of our victims were burned then we might have a lead to follow.
[ Why are there monkeys in his room, he thinks, as if there isn't a miniature spinosaurus rolling around in the leaves of his bed area (that weirdly look like they've taken the other "bed" and just piled it up).
More important matters. He shakes his head at - well, everything. Because for as much as he effectively thinks Fiora should continue sticking to her guns, on this... this he's got no other answer for.
the realm is unstable, and gets worse every time a rule is broken. this counts. this is in the rules. we don't follow them, we all die - either by becoming husks, with no memories or thoughts to speak of, or because the realm has come crashing down on our heads.
if there's another means, then we don't have it yet. ]
More important matters. He shakes his head at - well, everything. Because for as much as he effectively thinks Fiora should continue sticking to her guns, on this... this he's got no other answer for.
the realm is unstable, and gets worse every time a rule is broken. this counts. this is in the rules. we don't follow them, we all die - either by becoming husks, with no memories or thoughts to speak of, or because the realm has come crashing down on our heads.
if there's another means, then we don't have it yet. ]
Less ground to cover means we'll have more time to look. Can I count on you to still help check for injuries tomorrow?
[ Hua Cheng whistles, just once, a short and sharp noise to get everyone's attention.
He's already typed it out on his PHS, so holds it for everyone to read at their discretion. ]
for any of you that are hesitating about execution: we can't.
bending rules is one thing, but when we break them, it is literally affecting the structural integrity of the realm. it is affecting the leaders. swan is better off than others, because we've done well at not running our mouths or breaking rules - and we need to keep it that way. if we don't, there's a whole fucking slew of things waiting to kill us besides each other. if the stability continues to fail, we risk losing everything and becoming husks. if it completely falls apart, it comes down around our heads - this place wasn't meant to host us. and all else fails, we have a monster out there waiting, siphoning off nova.
if you have information, now's the time to share it. if you want to ask questions, now's the time to do it. but sumire is dead. [ He is - stormy, angry. That was a girl that didn't deserve what happened to her, who spent the last time Hua Cheng saw her concerned about others more than herself. ] and because she and shiro were killed, that's it. it's in the rules: if someone is killed, we have to find someone and claim they're guilty. i don't know about you, but i'd rather find the guilty party than sentence someone innocent to death again.
if it's a small comfort to you, they're in a limbo space - compare it to a shadow that's being cast by the realm. they're removed from the realm during execution, and this is where they go. there's a chance we can restore them, maybe once we've stabilized the realm, but we cannot let them just go unpunished for killing innocent people simply because they've been told that their nova is "splintered." we cannot fuck up again and repeat the mistake we did with kano.
you heard shima last week.
what you decide is your choice, but really think about that choice before you act on it.
He's already typed it out on his PHS, so holds it for everyone to read at their discretion. ]
for any of you that are hesitating about execution: we can't.
bending rules is one thing, but when we break them, it is literally affecting the structural integrity of the realm. it is affecting the leaders. swan is better off than others, because we've done well at not running our mouths or breaking rules - and we need to keep it that way. if we don't, there's a whole fucking slew of things waiting to kill us besides each other. if the stability continues to fail, we risk losing everything and becoming husks. if it completely falls apart, it comes down around our heads - this place wasn't meant to host us. and all else fails, we have a monster out there waiting, siphoning off nova.
if you have information, now's the time to share it. if you want to ask questions, now's the time to do it. but sumire is dead. [ He is - stormy, angry. That was a girl that didn't deserve what happened to her, who spent the last time Hua Cheng saw her concerned about others more than herself. ] and because she and shiro were killed, that's it. it's in the rules: if someone is killed, we have to find someone and claim they're guilty. i don't know about you, but i'd rather find the guilty party than sentence someone innocent to death again.
if it's a small comfort to you, they're in a limbo space - compare it to a shadow that's being cast by the realm. they're removed from the realm during execution, and this is where they go. there's a chance we can restore them, maybe once we've stabilized the realm, but we cannot let them just go unpunished for killing innocent people simply because they've been told that their nova is "splintered." we cannot fuck up again and repeat the mistake we did with kano.
you heard shima last week.
what you decide is your choice, but really think about that choice before you act on it.
Edited 2020-10-24 02:35 (UTC)
Yeah. [he just. sighs.] I don't know what it means, but that happened.
[he reads. and he nods.]
...Tiger said something interesting to me the other day about how a lot of people view this place as black or white. And I don't think we can do that anymore.
Did any of you get to talk to Sumire about what happened to her yesterday?
...Tiger said something interesting to me the other day about how a lot of people view this place as black or white. And I don't think we can do that anymore.
Did any of you get to talk to Sumire about what happened to her yesterday?
[ well minor point of order one, homura has her hair down like it's been all week, and point of order two, her glasses are gone. destroyed in some freak building destroying incident that definitely didn't involve a group of angry gorillas and a pterodactyl. ]
... have we done this before?
Has all this happened before? What are the other things trying to kill us? And how do you know this, if it's safe for you to say?
... have we done this before?
Has all this happened before? What are the other things trying to kill us? And how do you know this, if it's safe for you to say?
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