Week 3 Post-Trial

[xxxx_me]

[It's hard to feel much cheer after finding out the culprit. Everyone's welcome to do whatever brings them peace after such a tense time, whether it's jotting down memories before the next loss or finding other things to occupy themselves with.]

Comments

[seventhlittlemonster]

[Ah. He noticed him looking and yanks a piece right off the wheel.]

You want any?

[strictura]

...No, I'm fine, thank you.

[seventhlittlemonster]

Hm... More for me I guess. [He'll continue with his devouring.]

[strictura]

[ ... ]

You seem to be doing better.

[seventhlittlemonster]

I'd be lying if I said it wasn't because of Neku. As much as I wanted to argue against him, he's older than me and... he's been through the same things as me. [He paused.]

In hindsight, if I actually went through with my plan, I doubt it'd actually have helped...

[strictura]

Being older doesn't mean he knows better than anyone else.

[ There's something almost snappy in how quickly he comes back with that reply, even though his voice is still quiet and restrained. ]

...But if he shares common experiences with you, I suppose what he says could be valuable.

[seventhlittlemonster]

[...he's mildly terrified at just how quickly he said that.]

...I don't want to push or bring up anything that you don't want to remember, but... does this have to do with... [He was afraid to directly talk about the scars, but...]

[strictura]

What?

[seventhlittlemonster]

T-The scars. [He. looked genuinely distraught and like he wanted to help Nagisa, despite their differences and the potential baggage Seven's presence carried in the first place that he doesn't know about...]

[strictura]

[ He blinks; they're not even that obvious unless you're looking up close, are they? He would have expected Manaka to notice since she was specifically checking for wounds -- or was at least pretending to -- but not anyone else. ]

...Yeah, they're from adults who wanted me to believe that what they were doing was for my benefit. Being older didn't make them right either.

[ He says that last part firmly and ties it back to what he'd said before to get back on track; he has no intention of going into personal details right now. ]

[seventhlittlemonster]

[And immediately his heart sunk.]

Th-That's so horrible... _{[look he's even lowering his voice for him...]} How could they... get away with that...?

[Oh don't worry Seven almost none of the adults in Towa City get away with it]

[strictura]

Because they're the ones who traditionally hold all the power, and that "justice" system von Karma spoke so highly of was the same way.

[seventhlittlemonster]

...Ah... _{[Hm! Fuck the police ig]}

[strictura]

[ absolutely fuck 'em ]

Even her first response was to hit a kid who disagreed with her. She might as well have been one of them.

[ So even if he's never at all happy to see something bad happen to another kid, he's not mourning this particular loss quite as much as might have been if it were someone else.

He also has enough tact to refrain from speaking too badly of the dead in this kind of situation, so he stops there; and after putting his half-eaten cookie back down on his plate, he stands up and collects his dishes. ]

Anyway, if whatever Sakuraba said helped you, that's good.

[seventhlittlemonster]

[These. revelations were incredibly distressing.]

I'll take my leave then. I hope everything gets better...

[strictura]

Things only get better if you make them.

[ And with a curt nod of acknowledgement, he's off. ]