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?]

Comments

[gotnothing]

[ oh this girl is incredible already ]

It would be so much easier if I had literally any weapon I'm used to using.

[ Or her powers, which she's trying not to think about the lack of. ]

[normalnotroyal]

I do not generally believe in violence, but I'm starting to believe it might have a place here—not in the way Reika attempted, but... I fail to see how else we might make our way out of here.

[gotnothing]

Well hey, I believe in violence enough for the both of us.

[ ava is NOT dcom-ready ]

And that capitalist jackoff isn't exactly about to listen to reason. They never do.

[normalnotroyal]

[is she gonna, like, condone this? no, but like. she's not gonna tell ava no at this point. it's necessary!!]

Yes, I have met his type before. A man very much like him tried to take over my country because he believe it was his right. Men like that are small and afraid and trying to compensate.

[gotnothing]

Ugh, men. You build something nice and one of 'em rolls in to try to take it or burn it to the ground because he wants money or power or... has a weird thing about his brother and wants to use shock troopers and guns to make it everyone's problem.

[ You're weird, Traunt! You're fucking weird! ]

[normalnotroyal]

That sounds very similar to the man who tried to take over my country. [A beat.] He did not have a "weird thing" about a brother, though. Instead, he tried to marry my mother against her will.

[She shrugs, which seems like a... weird incongruous gesture, on her? Don't worry about it!]

[gotnothing]

[ -r i swear to god ]

Oh, ew, that's worse. Got his ass kicked, though, right?

[normalnotroyal]

Oh, most certainly. I hear he is not enjoying jail very much either. Did your guy also get got, as it were?

[she does, actually like. sound interested in the answer!]

[gotnothing]

Oh for sure. Athenas is going to take a while to rebuild, but... Traunt and his Maliwan jerks are gone.

[normalnotroyal]

Rebuild? Did your home also go through some sort of upheaval?

[She seems very curious about this.]

[gotnothing]

Oh yeah. Maliwan sent, like, so many guys that we had to take care of.

[normalnotroyal]

Ah, yes. A military takeover, I am familiar. We have had many similar problems in Costa Luna.

[gotnothing]

Yeah. Corporate military guys are tough, but man are they stupid.

[normalnotroyal]

[Rosalinda laughs, just a little.]

My mother used to say that people whose only concern is power forget to have common sense. Or "big guns, no brains" as my friend Carter would say.

[gotnothing]

Oh, absolutely. Put a CEO in charge of an army too and he just starts thinking about how to save and make money and it's all downhill from there.

[normalnotroyal]

Or they spend only on their army and forget the needs of their people, but either way they tend to trip on their own egos, no?

[gotnothing]

For sure. Ugh, rich dudes are the worst. [ A beat. ] No, okay, I gotta be fair, Wainwright's great.