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]

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[integratedsoul]

Miach was... She was beautiful and isolated... She'd only speak to me and Tuan, our other friend. When she was talking, she was always sharing facts about the cruelty of mankind and making up ways to hurt society. A rebel.

Looking back now, I think I can say what I couldn't then... Miach was a very cruel person, but she was cruel because she believed in something. I admired her. I still admire her.

Miach wanted all sorts of things... "You can kill 50.000 people just by altering a few lines of code. It's only a matter of wanting to do it." She'd say things like that. I can't agree with that. Not at all. And still... I really love Miach.

[ She trails off here, staring into the sky for a moment. Deep breaths... Talking about Miach like this, about the friendship they shared... It is always hard and it is harder after the day they just had. ]

Sorry, that got long... What I mean to say is just... I don't think it's wrong to disapprove of Nine-kun or Crow-kun and still think of them fondly.

[doublelammy]

["She was cruel because she believed in something."

That resonates with her. In its own weird way, is that not an apt descriptor for Nine and Crow, as well?]

It's okay. I don't mind if things get long... it's nice hearing about it, the things that are important to other people.

Because I... I don't really know how people are supposed to feel. All these things, they're brand new to me... and it was easier when I was with the class, you know? We could make it through anything, so long as we were together. But now... it's just me.

So I'm... I'm trying to learn, from you guys. What it is I'm supposed to be like by myself. Millium the Ironblood, she'd have an easier time here, but...

I think she died with Crow.

[integratedsoul]

[ Yeah, that... that really strikes a chord with Cian and within a moment she's back to wrapping her arms around Millium like she had done at the trial. ]

It's hard when nobody is there to tell you how to feel and act anymore... I don't know how to be just me either. Miach taught me how to be and then my society taught me how to be and just as me.... I don't really know.

You're not alone, Millium-chan. Even if we're losing someone, even if it's... really, really painful...

[ There's a tighter squeeze here, but then Cian lets go again. She shouldn't be falling apart on a child that she is supposed to support, no matter what awful things happened to them only hours earlier. No matter how much her own heart feels like it's breaking. ]

You'll be fine. You'll remember them and become a much, much better person for it.

[ Cian herself isn't sure if she believes such growth from pain to be possible... but she wishes that it is. ]

[doublelammy]

[This time, Millium can actually hug her back, and she does. She hugs back tightly, not tight enough to hurt poor Cian but enough, and lets her eyes well up and run over one more time.

It's okay, here.

When they both let go, she sniffs a little and wipes at her eyes.]

...thank you, Cian. I dunno how much of that is true, but... I guess I gotta try, right...?

[...and speaking of being a better person:]

Umm... I'm sorry about what I said about Dabi in the court room.

[Things she should probably say to Dabi, but, well. She's honestly more upset that she hurt Cian, and she's not dumb enough to have missed that.]

[integratedsoul]

[ Cian looks surprised by this apology. She honestly hadn't expected Millium to ever refer back to this incident. ]

You were upset and Dabi-san's not everyone's kind of person, I understand that.

[ Though overall naive, Cian isn't stupid enough to not realize that 'villains' and terrorists and the likes are.. pretty problematic when it comes down to it. ]

It's not something you owed me an apology for anyway.

[doublelammy]

I know that, but I know you were upset when I said it, too.

[Still, she knows what Cian's really getting at.]

I really don't ever see him or talk to him, but I'll apologize to him, too, when I do. 'Kay?

[integratedsoul]

Mhm, that sounds good.

[ Millium is such a good girl, Cian is legitimately touched by this. Apologies as a favor to society are one thing, but as a favor to her personally it just means a little bit more. ]

Thank you.

[doublelammy]

[Millium is a girl, that part of that statement is correct. The rest of it is extremely questionable.

She makes a quick "mm-mm" noise as she shakes her head no.]

Thank you. You didn't have to come find me.