week seven afterparty

[clearities]

[ so how is everyone doing today? pretty badly, I'd assume, but there's so little of them left, not to mention that Bolin is going to get executed because of an accident. on top of that, there's the confusion coming from the public.

so what's going on.

today's going to be a little different - as Sakura seeks everyone out. she knows it's tough, but given the circumstances, she wants to invite everyone to meet her in front of the police station.

yeah.

we're having a jail cell afterparty, apparently. oh, and she's brought pancakes because... you all probably need that after. All of This. of course people can always ignore her request and just go somewhere else, but where are you tonight? ]

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[relieable]

[well, Osomatsu was going to go to the jail cell anyway to talk with Bolin. but it's fine if everyone else is there. it's better, even.

he's brought along the courtroom requests he obtained from the bailiff, and he'll wait until people are around to say what they are]

I guess these were requests that were made for using the courtroom. They... weren't made by the Sergeant, any of them. In fact, one of the papers said I made a request, an' I sure as hell didn't. Ever.

[clearities]

Do you think that the Sergeant-san might have forged them...? Or made them think that our group made the requests so they would have been put under our names? [ like, actually. are these courtroom requests signed by the ones who requested them or what??? ]

[robitussin]

[Like previous weeks, Natalie doesn't attend the party. Unlike previous weeks, though, she can't be found anywhere else in the town. She's missing from the pond, the library, and any other place she tends to frequent when she needs to think. Anyone with good timing might run into her on her way from the courtroom to the motel or, much later, from the motel on a brief trip to the jail, but other than that...

Well, her door is available to be knocked on, at least.]

[relieable]

If he can do all the other stuff he does, then it would've been easy for him to forge 'em. Right?

...I just wonder if these were the papers the other guys wanted us to find.

[marmoron]

[There is eventually a knock on Natalie's door, yes. It's a little later into the evening, after they've both had a little cool down time, but they clearly have a lot to talk about... so.]

It's me. You in there?

[robitussin]

[There's a pause before there's any indication she's heard him, but... After a minute or two, the door swings open. She's looking at the ground, and she doesn't say anything to him just yet.]

[clearities]

Probably.

[ on both accounts... ] You think we can find out?

[relieable]

How?

[clearities]

I don't like the idea of it, but... maybe we could ask Bolin-san to pass messages for us. [ to you know. the others. ] We always hear from them on Thursdays, right? Maybe they'll respond back to us that way...?

[marmoron]

[She's quiet and in turn that makes him quiet. He's not sure if this is a situation where she should get the first word and he should just take everything she says or just... say what's on his mind and let her respond to it. In the end, the silence just gets to be so stifling that he talks just to break it.]

I'm sorry, okay? I'm really sorry.

[relieable]

...it might work if he goes to the same place as... them... [this is a bit scary to think about]

[robitussin]

[That gives her another pause, expression growing tighter, before...]

You don't have to... [Say that. Regardless:] I was just - scared.

[marmoron]

[Keith wasn't exactly planning on being at the party, more than he wanted to talk to Bolin, but...

He pauses when Oso brings this up because he'd really stupidly gotten sidetracked by arguing with Natalie instead of paying attention to that stuff with Juno.]

...Can I see that?

[marmoron]

And I'm sorry for scaring you I was just ... [Deep breath.] .. trying to do what I thought was right.

Not saying I was, but...

[He rubs the back of his neck.]

Can I come in?

[Would prefer not to be talking about this in the hallway and all.]

[relieable]

Yeah, sure.

[he'll hand over several papers to Keith. the requests for the use of the courtroom were apparently taken out by Bolin, Dazai, Frasier, Hawks, Kino, and Osomatsu, himself]

[robitussin]

[She pauses and then nods, backing away from the door so he can come in. Once he's inside, she shuts the door behind him.]

I know you were. But I don't think you realize... How important you are.

[To everyone... But to her as well, definitely.]

[marmoron]

[He reads through the list, but seems... confused.]

Did Hawks and Frasier ever execute anyone?

[Doesn't think so, but he's tired as hell right now, and frankly still has no clue who executed Nine since he was uh... still in jail at the time.]

[quickpersuader]

[It's amazing what actual days of sleep will do for a sudden cold. Kino's exceptionally well rested now and fully intending to make a soup run when she sees Natalie walk into the motel.]

Ah... [Good. She survived.] How did it go?

[quickpersuader]

[Kino had to be retrieved from the kitchen most likely, but she is here and alive, fancy that.]

...Changing perceptions again...?

[robitussin]

[She looks towards her, and Kino will probably notice that she looks... discontent is an understatement.]

It could have gone worse.

[But it certainly could have gone better, too.]

You feeling okay? I didn't see you there.

[relieable]

[he shakes his head]

Don't think so. I'm pretty sure Oda and Milli-chan were the first two executioners, an' they're not there. Wayne isn't, either.

[marmoron]

[Keith is only ever incidentally at the party when he's there to try speaking to Bolin. After everything that happened at the trial and afterwards with the call for volunteering for executioner, he's just kinda drained and doesn't have a whole lot of spare energy for socializing.

He's more present at the park later with Cosmo. The two of them are hanging out in a secluded area, further away from the statue + fort monster combo. Hard to believe that was a big concern of his at the end of last week.]

It's all over next week, huh.

[He's giving the space wolf idle ear skritches.]

[quickpersuader]

Got sick.

[Somehow.]

I think I must have slept through everything... who died, and who was the culprit?

[relieable]

[welcome, Kino]

Hm?

[robitussin]

...Glad you're okay, at least.

[As for her questions... She looks towards the ground.]

Kinzie. And... It was Bolin, but I don't think culprit is the right word. It was an accident. He didn't mean to hurt her.