trial 4 afterPARTY

[keyringwitness]

After the chaos of the trial and its aftermath, their tradition of the morbid "afterparty" almost seemed insulting... to everyone else, at least. Yasu is more than happy to provide.

The rest of the class might be drawn toward the cafeteria by the alluring scent of well-steeped black tea and baked goods. Inside, Yasu sips from her own cup, looking totaly composed by the tray of scones—sorry, everyone, cookies are a Kakuya-only privilege—and the teapot.

There are plates set out, too. Much more sophisticated than the mopey crackers, apples, and cheese everyone is used to.

Comments

[temmapathy]

Hi, Adorabat. Are you...okay?

[violence_ensues]

Uh, yeah... just... thinking...

[...]

[temmapathy]

... about monsters?

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat nods.]

[temmapathy]

Well...there was something I wanted to say, about monsters, several weeks ago. That maybe...it's only the monsters that want to hurt people that show up where you live, so that's the only kind of monster you meet. Maybe there's lots of peaceful monsters living in their own valley.

[Only a few weeks ago, really...and yet it feels like forever.]

[violence_ensues]

That's the thing! They don't care about hurting civilians or not, they just want to eat and smash! But... but I've never had to deal with monsters that think before...

And I don't know what Mao Mao would do about them.

[temmapathy]

Well...what has he done before, when he found something that was totally new to him?

[violence_ensues]

Ummmm.......

[Adorabat... tries thinking back to those times.]

...I... I can't think of any times like that... I wanna be just like Mao Mao, but I can't if I don't know what he'd do...

[temmapathy]

Well...you don't have to do EVERYTHING like Mao Mao, do you? I bet he and Badgerclops do things differently. You can also try and figure out your own way to do things.

[violence_ensues]

[...]

["You have to be your own type of hero, in your own special way. You just have to... Try Hard."]

[ADORABAT GASPS.]

You have to be your own type of hero, in your own special way. You just have to... Try Hard... ...Like... like that one mission I had to do on my own to save Mao Mao and Badgerclops...! I FORGOT ABOUT THAT!

[temmapathy]

[Emma smiles.] See? It sounds like Mao Mao had the same idea. That you need to decide by yourself what to do, and try your best.

[violence_ensues]

Yeah...

[Adorabat will give a bat hug before moving away to speak again.]

Thanks for reminding me... I think I got so caught up in trying to be like Mao Mao that...

[Adorabat rubs the back of her head with a wing.]

I... Eheheh... I amember thinking that I didn't have to be just like Mao Mao, but I said naaah to the thought and continued trying to be like Mao Mao...

[What? She's never been obsessed with Mao Mao.]

[temmapathy]

Well...now you have a second chance to be your own kind of hero. Don't forget this time, alright?