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foundationmods ([personal profile] foundationmods) wrote2019-04-06 12:27 pm
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??? (Round 3)

[Once the trial begins, all of the dead will feel themselves being lifted out of their bodies. For a short while, they are able to watch the proceedings, including their own bodies as they continue to move and act on their own. But eventually the area starts to grow dim, fading into an inky black nothingness.

Then glowing sakura petals will start to trail by. A path in the darkness, perhaps?

If the dead follow the petals to their source, they will eventually find an enormous sakura tree, it's large branches hanging over the area and providing shelter from the darkness outside. Here, under the sakura tree's branches, the dead will feel 'whole' again. It is as if this is where they need to be to be themselves, with no influences from the witch outside. And indeed, the very air feels heavy with magic, a single point of calm in the storm of the void.

And there, at the base of the tree, sits someone familiar.
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oceanicbutterfly: ([k] Shut up!)

[personal profile] oceanicbutterfly 2019-04-06 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Shut up!

[There's no sign of defensiveness, or anything. Karen is well and truly pissed off.]

Do you have any idea what I went through--what we went through? Do you even care? Have you ever given anyone else a single thought?
very_good_end: (:>)

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[personal profile] very_good_end 2019-04-06 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
... Do I care?

[she giggles a little more, not resisting at all as Karen pins her or does anything else.]

Yes, of course I cared. [said sweetly, demurely]
very_good_end: (trollolol)

[personal profile] very_good_end 2019-04-06 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
...

The thought of the look on everyone's faces as they realized they couldn't solve the mystery of "who killed Great Detective Furudo Erika"...

...that was pretty good.
oceanicbutterfly: ([k] Sly)

[personal profile] oceanicbutterfly 2019-04-06 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Karen's grip on her shoulders tightens a bit... but then loosens again.]

What most people were concerned about was the innocent girl about to be executed, actually. Even if it came down to just accusing someone who looked suspicious in the end, we all would have been fine with it if we'd picked the correct culprit that way.
very_good_end: (The Uninvited)

[personal profile] very_good_end 2019-04-06 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[sneers some more]

A stupid conclusion for a stupid group of idiots. "Just take the obvious choice"... but then, isn't it your own fault for making me an enemy? I don't recall antagonizing you. --Directly, at least.
oceanicbutterfly: ([k] Serious Business)

[personal profile] oceanicbutterfly 2019-04-06 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
You're the one who decided we were enemies.

Though I suppose that means it really is my fault, because I should have realized then that you live in your own absurd little world. One where it's more important to have a death dramatic enough for your tastes than for anyone to be able to tell who killed you. One where anyone cares in the slightest about "failing to solve the mystery" in the abstract when they have an innocent scapegoat and an acquitted culprit to worry about.

That was my mistake. Thinking that, on some level, you lived in reality with the rest of us.
very_good_end: (The point is: blackmail.)

[personal profile] very_good_end 2019-04-06 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I did not. I acknowledged what you had done had made us enemies: your words and actions.

[she scoffs again]

"Not living in reality?" Here's a news flash for you: I'm the only one of all the pieces out there who understood what the witch was, and what the game was. And therefore my own role within it. You understand, right? It doesn't matter if I die, or live. My Master, also a witch, will revive me and put me wherever she likes.

That poor killer. Choosing to murder the one person who knew exactly what was going on... for the record, I did try to warn you all. I offered all the inside information buried in my little grey cells, to no avail.

Really, whatever happens out there will be just desserts... not that I ever cared about justice.
oceanicbutterfly: ([k] Piano playing)

[personal profile] oceanicbutterfly 2019-04-06 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Karen takes this all in, considering it.]

So what you're telling me...

[She gets to her feet, standing over Erika for the moment.]

...is that you really have no redeeming value as a person whatsoever, and in fact, you were probably meant to be that way.
very_good_end: (Deja Vu)

[personal profile] very_good_end 2019-04-06 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[shrugs! From her place on the ground, that is] Maybe. But you made us enemies before you even figured that out, didn't you?

Though I suppose I do have one redeeming trait. --Can you guess what it is?
oceanicbutterfly: ([k] Just as planned)

[personal profile] oceanicbutterfly 2019-04-06 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
You look cute in a maid uniform.

[There! She'll turn her weakness into an advantage.]
very_good_end: (Do you still wish me to throw it away?)

[personal profile] very_good_end 2019-04-06 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[...]

Seriously?
oceanicbutterfly: ([k] Tea)

[personal profile] oceanicbutterfly 2019-04-06 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
When Frieda mentioned the guests saying inappropriate things, the first thing Vinea thought of was that they were hitting on her.

[...she's... not entirely sure where she's going with this now?]
very_good_end: (Birth of a New Witch)

[personal profile] very_good_end 2019-04-06 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I see. And you're telling me this was a concern born out of jealousy?
oceanicbutterfly: ([k] Headache argh)

[personal profile] oceanicbutterfly 2019-04-07 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
[...Karen steps to the side and sits, because this conversation is going in a direction that's weird enough without Erika having a clear view up her skirt.]

No, she doesn't see any of them as competition. It's...

[Icon.]

It's actually a pride thing. She wants to be able to say none of the servants have to deal with things like that.
very_good_end: (small sigh)

[personal profile] very_good_end 2019-04-07 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[not quite that far, but lying on the ground is getting old too, so she sits up.]

Whatever. I'd complain that it's not even a unique design... but then, I remembered, this dress in itself is supposed to be someone else's. [sighs]
oceanicbutterfly: ([k] Bored)

[personal profile] oceanicbutterfly 2019-04-07 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Sighs right back.]

I'm pretty sure I've seen what Vinea wears in an anime.