[ this combination restaurant is his comfort location. :(
she'll find him with his head in his hands, elbows on his thighs and helmet next to him, just hunched on one of the benches that face the wide windows. the vast expanse of space is yawning and silent, and has no answers for what's happened today. ]
[ with a deep breath, one that creaks a little with his wetware, he shifts to sit up. his hands drop down next to him and hold him in place as he mimics her, leaning back, staring at the ceiling, and just - exhaling. ]
No, it's alright. Best to not be alone and brooding, that leads down to a spiral nobody likes. Not really my style either.
[ She slips out a dry chuckle anyway, devoid of much humor, but she definitely sympathizes. ]
I get it. I've wished for a lot of those, too. [ She rolls out her neck, sitting straighter. ] I never come out of those feeling proud about what I've done.
[ it does not count OOCly ftr they just ICly can. ]
Yeah. The same as you guys can vote for us, if you need a throwaway vote. I remember hearing about how that discussion went last week with the other four. [ ... ] Not that throwaway votes helped any in this situation.
[ pikashakes this really was some w6 insanity!!!! ]
I don't blame them—honestly, a part of me wants to do the same, but... I still feel responsible for doing my part in upholding whatever wild justice system we've got here, too.
It really is wild... and not really much justice, when we get to this point. We cobbled together what we could, for this kind of thing, but. The Eudora's taken it and run with it, in a way.
... no. No, it's not. I know that there's plenty of people here that look at it as vengeance, or some kind of justice in their own ways. We're all so different - different worlds, different experiences, different ideals. "Complicated" really hits it.
But I'm just... I can't say I know for sure what the right answer would be, except that no one else should have to die. Especially not when it was never their choice to take a life in the first place.
... that's the real mystery. And we can't even say for sure if you guys would be safe in cryosleep again, considering we can't trust the system as-is. You at least have the choice to stand on your own two feet, like this.
Callisto has been saying from the start that's what we should have done, but it's taking a choice away from you when so many have already been stolen. At least you can fight back when you're not locked away.
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W2 SATURDAY
she'll find him with his head in his hands, elbows on his thighs and helmet next to him, just hunched on one of the benches that face the wide windows. the vast expanse of space is yawning and silent, and has no answers for what's happened today. ]
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The view is normally beautiful, but tonight, it feels so empty.
Silence lingers for a long moment, then: ]
Sorry if now's a bad time.
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No, it's alright. Best to not be alone and brooding, that leads down to a spiral nobody likes. Not really my style either.
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[ She trails off. A beat follows. ]
Need anything?
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[ beat ]
Bad joke. The company's good, though. [ lolling his head to look at her. ] You?
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I get it. I've wished for a lot of those, too. [ She rolls out her neck, sitting straighter. ] I never come out of those feeling proud about what I've done.
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[ grimacing? anxious, unhappy galaxies fizzle off him. ]
It's not really much of a victory.
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Wait, you can?
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Yeah. The same as you guys can vote for us, if you need a throwaway vote. I remember hearing about how that discussion went last week with the other four. [ ... ] Not that throwaway votes helped any in this situation.
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Eeeh... [ She hates that thought! ] Well, I don't think we can even consider any of 'em a throwaway, huh.
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No, not really, in the end. Just people that don't want to vote for those that they care about. Can't say I blame anyone for that kind of thing.
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I don't blame them—honestly, a part of me wants to do the same, but... I still feel responsible for doing my part in upholding whatever wild justice system we've got here, too.
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[ It comes off less matter-of-fact and entirely more tired. ]
Knowing what to do with someone who's taken a life is rarely ever as easy as it sounds.
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But I'm just... I can't say I know for sure what the right answer would be, except that no one else should have to die. Especially not when it was never their choice to take a life in the first place.
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Callisto has been saying from the start that's what we should have done, but it's taking a choice away from you when so many have already been stolen. At least you can fight back when you're not locked away.
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[ Mizuki shifts where she sits again, pulling up her legs to sit cross legged upon the bench. ]
I get where they're coming from—it's the practical way to look at it. But it does kind of creep me out to think about...