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murdermanor2013-11-07 09:26 am
productions) wrote in murdermanor2013-11-07 09:26 am
[Poland's not used to getting talked to by Kaoru like this...]
I wish you hadn't given up...
Because I'm going to figure out who it is.
I wish you hadn't given up...
Because I'm going to figure out who it is.
[ She clenches her teeth together. ]
...Don't.
[ She reaches out; her hands touch upon his shoulder lightly before withdrawing. ]
...Don't.
[ She reaches out; her hands touch upon his shoulder lightly before withdrawing. ]
[ And then she looks at him, and the look is long, and strange... and it lingers.
Then she lowers her gaze, turns, and excuses herself. ]
Then she lowers her gaze, turns, and excuses herself. ]
[Kaoru was kind of surprised too honestly...]
I did not intend for May to take the fall. There isn't a guarantee that ochimizu will kill someone, so I planned to ambush Beat after his attack to look like a murder of self defense - or protection, in this case. If anything, Rapture is who I wanted to target. [see: him actually vouching for May all through the previous day's trial.]
I wouldn't have minded seeing Gundam dead either, to be honest.
I did not intend for May to take the fall. There isn't a guarantee that ochimizu will kill someone, so I planned to ambush Beat after his attack to look like a murder of self defense - or protection, in this case. If anything, Rapture is who I wanted to target. [see: him actually vouching for May all through the previous day's trial.]
I wouldn't have minded seeing Gundam dead either, to be honest.
[ That was terrible. Not as gross as Kanaya's or Touko's, but terrifying and full of despair. The trial has been so draining and awful. Sonia gives a silent sob and turns away when it's over. ]
[a beat, and then:]
That is fine. If you find my venom weak, there are others with stronger venom yet.
That is fine. If you find my venom weak, there are others with stronger venom yet.
A gift...Bernkastel said the same thing when she was executed. [Though it was only a few weeks ago, it seems like a lifetime's passed since then.]
How long...how long have you been planning this? Since this week's incentive was announced? Or perhaps...since we first met?
How long...how long have you been planning this? Since this week's incentive was announced? Or perhaps...since we first met?
Edited 2013-11-10 00:39 (UTC)
Hm.
[Susan manages, if not a neutral expression, at least to stop looking angry for a moment.]
My opinion on that stance remains the same - absolute nonsense. But I expect you don't need me to say that.
In the end, the facade proved useful to you from a strategical standpoint nonetheless.
[Susan manages, if not a neutral expression, at least to stop looking angry for a moment.]
My opinion on that stance remains the same - absolute nonsense. But I expect you don't need me to say that.
In the end, the facade proved useful to you from a strategical standpoint nonetheless.
It is the truth. I was a little surprised as well, to be honest.
Well I'm not surprised about Gundam at all.
[It isn't that she wants Gundam dead, but with his attitude it's amazing someone didn't whack him off yet. She is glad, if nothing else, that Kaoru didn't want May to take the fall on purpose. Even if Kaoru is still a criminal, it puts him a step above someone like Touko.]
Well...that's all I have to say I think. Even if you were lying to us about your true feelings up until now, you'll leave people who trusted you. A shame for them.
[Poor May...]
[It isn't that she wants Gundam dead, but with his attitude it's amazing someone didn't whack him off yet. She is glad, if nothing else, that Kaoru didn't want May to take the fall on purpose. Even if Kaoru is still a criminal, it puts him a step above someone like Touko.]
Well...that's all I have to say I think. Even if you were lying to us about your true feelings up until now, you'll leave people who trusted you. A shame for them.
[Poor May...]
I will ask you the same question that I asked Susan: would you truly still believe any answer that I have to give?
I've no doubt of that. But I have long developed immunities to such things.
But now I suppose we have done the kindness of allowing you to be swallowed into hell. I doubt the journey will be a pleasant one, but it will be a swifter fate than Spain's. Still, I do not regret it.
But now I suppose we have done the kindness of allowing you to be swallowed into hell. I doubt the journey will be a pleasant one, but it will be a swifter fate than Spain's. Still, I do not regret it.
[if Kaoru is bothered by that, it doesn't show. an unkind smile is offered.]
It always does, but it is a struggle to maintain.
It always does, but it is a struggle to maintain.
[he lapses into silence at that as well, and the smile promptly leaves his face.
the look he gives Sonia as she leaves lingers until the next person comes to him with questions.]
the look he gives Sonia as she leaves lingers until the next person comes to him with questions.]
[he offers a small, quaint smile.]
It is no one's fault but their own for choosing to openly trust in a place like this. You have said so yourself, have you not? [and then a quick nod; an obvious mockery of the usual polite ones he gave.] But I hope that has sufficiently answered your question.
It is no one's fault but their own for choosing to openly trust in a place like this. You have said so yourself, have you not? [and then a quick nod; an obvious mockery of the usual polite ones he gave.] But I hope that has sufficiently answered your question.
[the smile that Kaoru gives is nothing like his usual ones. there is nothing soft or kind about it.]
I will leave it in your hands, then. Work hard, Lord Polska.
I will leave it in your hands, then. Work hard, Lord Polska.
[Before anyone's had the chance to leave yet, the Hostess returns, looking a little embarrassed.]
That's right, I nearly forgot. We do have another killer this round, don't we?
Well, I believe we can dispense with the formalities this time. Miss Chang, do you plan on continuing or retiring from this game?
That's right, I nearly forgot. We do have another killer this round, don't we?
Well, I believe we can dispense with the formalities this time. Miss Chang, do you plan on continuing or retiring from this game?
[a soft laugh.]
I will thank you for that much, at least. There is no way that I could have been successful in the end, so... an early exit may be for the best.
What was it that you had said earlier? I concede to the opponent who has beaten me, or something like that?
I will thank you for that much, at least. There is no way that I could have been successful in the end, so... an early exit may be for the best.
What was it that you had said earlier? I concede to the opponent who has beaten me, or something like that?
I did.
[Alice never came into this house with a lot of trust since day one, but the levels of her humanity and ability to trust feel tested almost every day. It's exhausting. Even with what she learned in Rhizome-9, it's very hard to keep her promises from there in here.]
Goodbye Kaoru.
[Alice never came into this house with a lot of trust since day one, but the levels of her humanity and ability to trust feel tested almost every day. It's exhausting. Even with what she learned in Rhizome-9, it's very hard to keep her promises from there in here.]
Goodbye Kaoru.
It would be a sad tale indeed if that were the truth, wouldn't it?
Goodbye, Miss Alice.
[a bright and very lovely smile is given. much like the one given to Sonia earlier, something about it is unsettling and wrong.]
[a bright and very lovely smile is given. much like the one given to Sonia earlier, something about it is unsettling and wrong.]
...I certainly allowed myself to be misled as well.
I was never in a position to trust anyone before I came here. That I should continue not to do so until our safety has been assured is obvious now. I suppose I have to thank you for that.
I have one final question -
Did you purposefully deflect suspicion from Spain last week? Were you the one cutting his ropes?
I was never in a position to trust anyone before I came here. That I should continue not to do so until our safety has been assured is obvious now. I suppose I have to thank you for that.
I have one final question -
Did you purposefully deflect suspicion from Spain last week? Were you the one cutting his ropes?
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