Post-Trial I Afterparty

[cellpreservation]

[They're down two of their number, and who knows how many more will follow, but for tonight at least... They have a chance to rest.

The school has already been cleaned, leaving no signs of the deaths that occurred on this very day, but that's just as well. After looking around to make sure of that much, Yuta marches into the kitchen and, after a bit of looking around, ends up gathering some snacks: boxed crackers and apple slices that aren't perfectly even in cut but look, he's not the chef of his group, he did his best. These he sets out on some plates in the cafeteria before finding his usual seat to lounge in, eating some apple slices off of a smaller plate he grabbed just for himself.

And then, he waits - to see who trickles in, and who doesn't.

Where is your character in the aftermath?]

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[hashtagwoof]

[ That is probably not how you make tea, but... Just be glad Hunter's not looking at Valmont either. ]

You know, there are coffee machines that also make tea in the future. Maybe use that if this school actually has one.

[ He says as he puts on the oven mitt, picks up the piping hot kettle with said oven mitt, and goes to fetch a coffee mug. Because a beverage at boiling lava temperature would probably melt a regular cup.

Is this actually tea, by the way? ]

[britbrat]

[ Valmont thought he had a pretty decent handle on the tea-making process. You take water. You make the water be hot. You put the water in the teacup. If even a servant can do it, how hard can it be? ]

Coffee machines that make tea...? How?

[ Not that Valmont has ever used a coffee machine in his life, but coffee is coffee. Tea is tea. Never the twain shall meet, right? What's next - dogs and cats living together? Mass hysteria.

(It's in the process of being tea! That is to say, it's boiling water. Lying abandoned on the counter is the teabag Valmont's gotten out to pour said water over. He knows that much about how it works, at least.) ]

[hashtagwoof]

Same way coffee machines make coffee. [ He says flatly as he drops the tea bag into the cup of hot water. ] Just put the tea thingy where the coffee thing goes and let it brew.

[ Very useful for when the hired help is busy or asleep, and the live-in servant is a cat that can only do so much for you.

He sets the mug of hot water and tea bag on the counter in front of Valmont. ] There. Just let it sit for a few minutes and you should have your tea. [ Don't quote him on this, he's used to brewing it in the coffee machine. ]

[britbrat]

Isn't coffee made by grinding? How does it know not to grind the tea?

[ He's interested enough in this cool future technology that it actually distracts him from the pain in his hand, at least for the moment. ]

So you're meant to wear one of those when you pick up the kettle? [ He indicates the oven mitt, presumably hanging back up now that it's completed its heroic task. ] How on earth do they expect anyone to know that?

[hashtagwoof]

[ He rolls his eyes. ] Because when you make coffee, you usually buy it pre-ground. So you don't have to worry about doing it yourself before you put it in the filter.

[ Does he have to go find a Keurig style coffee machine? Does he have to demonstrate -

Oh, now the mitt is being pointed out. ] Oh, this is just a personal precaution because you set the stove at, like, a hundred degrees.

[britbrat]

Well, how am I supposed to know? I've never had the stuff in my life.

[ Probably a good thing. Can you imagine Valmont all jacked up on coffee? No one needs to deal with that. ]

What's it supposed to be set to, then, if you're such an expert?

[hashtagwoof]

[ Week 2's victim: Valmont. Cause of death: Caffeine Overdose.

Whatever. Hunter doesn't drink straight up coffee himself, but... ]

I dunno, not lava hot?