week 6; post-trial (Belph)

[discardia]

[ It takes some time to find him, and she doesn't think to check the tailor-- until much later, when she's poking her head in. ]

Hello?

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[axilium]

[belph looks up from where he might be wrapping ripped strips of cloth around his hands, which definitely aren't bleeding or anything.]

... Cardia. What can I do for you?

[discardia]

I wanted to see how y-- are you bleeding??

[axilium]

It's nothing. Don't worry about it. [...] I think you've got bigger things to be focusing on right now.

[discardia]

... I'm aware. But this is still important.

Can I wrap them for you?

[axilium]

What, you don't trust my handiwork?

[discardia]

No.

[axilium]

I'm hurt!

But if you insist.

[he'll hold out his hands, which happen to have small cuts over them that definitely weren't there during the trial.]

[discardia]

... What did you do to yourself?

[ as she gets to efficiently bandaging. ]

[axilium]

Threw some bottles around.

[anyway.]

... I'll need you to make an announcement tomorrow. Everyone needs to hear this as soon as possible.

[discardia]

[ No rest for the weary, huh.

She'll just nod. ]

[axilium]

...

Each faction has completed the minimum number of objectives to achieve Dragon's ending. It doesn't matter if, in terms of objectives, we're imbalanced.

So seriously—stop murdering, you assholes? [a beat.] Uh, I guess you don't have to say it like that.

[anyway.]

... But it means that if your objective would require killing, don't do it. You don't need to! Congrats! At this point, we're in danger of having a faction fall below three, especially with whatever the Blotter kill is next week.

And you don't have to worry about the Editors. I've got an agreement with them, so unless the Crafters screw us over, they won't be a problem.

[...]

Everyone's factions are as follows—if I've made a mistake, correct it now. If you're thinking about switching, wait.

Heroes: Ion, Magnus, Rebecca, Sanji, Souji, Stephanie.

Civilians: Cardia, Eichi, Hikage, Nico, Shirasu.

Villains: Belph, Kyouka, Veronica.

[discardia]

[ A very silent nod, once again. Because she's (once again) committing this all to memory. ]

All right. I'll report this tomorrow.

[axilium]

Thanks. Sorry for putting you on the spot like this.