Week 2 - after trial

[relieable]

[everyone is probably more than a little stunned over what has been going on. while it is true that the Sergeant told them all this would happen, it's different to have to witness it with one's own eyes. while Nine is led away, and the townspeople leave the court, it is up to the visitors to decide how to move forward. do they talk among themselves? do they reflect on the events that took place alone? one thing that is certain is that the Sergeant got his way this week. will he continue to force them to keep picking each other off in the weeks that come? only time will tell.

this isn't really an after party. it's too sad, but perhaps many people will take comfort in the fact that they are not alone. either mingle at the motel, or somewhere else in town, or even visit Nine in his cell. it's up to you as to how you will spend the rest of this afternoon]

Comments

[doublelammy]

[Millium returns the favor, listening quietly.]

It's... hard, being like this.

[The only way she can describe it, but it's sympathetic, at least. Understanding.]

But I don't think doing what he did was the right answer. Just because it's hard doesn't mean we should just lay down and die...

[carbide]

[Olympia shakes her head.]

No, of course not. We have people who are waiting for us. If we never came back...

[doublelammy]

...Yeah.

[Her hand moves to hover over her ARCUS pouch unconsciously.

She loves all of Class VII, but there's no denying she's been keeping up with Jusis the most. She's been calling him frequently, up until now... and now, it's been three weeks since she's been able to.

She wonders if she has messages on the orbment she can't turn on. She wonders if Jusis is worried about her.]

That person who's waiting for you... do you think he misses you?

[carbide]

[Olympia recalls his face, thinks back to the last thing he told her, guesses at where he might be now.

She thinks about his sister, too.]

For now, he probably does. But if I never return, he'll forget me.

[doublelammy]

Why do you think that?

[There's a part of her that hopes she's wrong about how close she and Jusis actually are. That hopes Jusis has forgotten all about her in the depths of his paperwork hell.

That would hurt, too, but it's better than imagining him pushing down terror and sadness. The war was enough. She doesn't want to do that to him again.

She doubts their circumstances are even remotely the same, but that part of her is hoping Olympia's answer will validate it.]