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unknownseas2021-03-06 09:13 pm
ahelpingpaw) wrote in unknownseas2021-03-06 09:13 pm
Welp We're Here and That's What Matters
[Perhaps it's tradition by now, he doesn't know. Still, he does send a note to everyone some time after the trial. Simple and to the point:]
Because everything on this ship is awful, I think a drink is needed. Come get some at the bar, it'll do you some good as long as you don't drink too much
Filbo (pawprint)
[Indeed, if you come to the bar you'll find there's one of everything. Filbo seems to have asked literally every drink he knows or has at least heard about, and lined them up from the most mellow to the strongest. There's one of each, so it's limited, take yours before it's gone! Or...ask Jimmy Buffett for more, he's right there.
Should he be encouraging drinking? He's not completely certain, but he had to do something! And this is as good as anything -- not festive because this is no time to be festive, but also social enough to encourage coming.
This will do.]
Filbo (pawprint)
[Indeed, if you come to the bar you'll find there's one of everything. Filbo seems to have asked literally every drink he knows or has at least heard about, and lined them up from the most mellow to the strongest. There's one of each, so it's limited, take yours before it's gone! Or...ask Jimmy Buffett for more, he's right there.
Should he be encouraging drinking? He's not completely certain, but he had to do something! And this is as good as anything -- not festive because this is no time to be festive, but also social enough to encourage coming.
This will do.]
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[You drink for everything in the guilds. Celebrating? Mourning? Just because today sucks? Drinking's the way to go.]
Today was very difficult, but you did an excellent job. Thank you, Filbo.
[He knows it was difficult. Having to accuse someone you care for so much and holding an important piece of information like that... Honestly, he can't really imagine what it was like. But Filbo's keeping his head up, and that's important.]
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I-It's not like I helped solve the case...honestly many times I felt the impulse of defending her and had to hold myself back. I feel bad that I jumped in Decus' defense and didn't do the same for Freyja.
[Well, he really did relatively early in the trial, but he turned out to be wrong about that part about Freyja, it seems. Oh well]
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[And yeah, he won't lie, he wanted that to be the case. Because the alternative - the truth - that this all started because of Plumeria, is difficult to accept. It's easier to blame someone he already wasn't fond of than to think it was someone he thought so highly of.]
Things had to be different with Freyja. If you defended her and you were wrong and we all voted incorrectly... we all would have died. She could defend herself from the accusations - but I do think you were instrumental in getting her to confess. I don't think she would have, were it not for you.
[Maybe he's wrong and she would have broken down eventually, but there's no denying that Filbo knew what to say and how to say it in a way that worked.]
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[Filbo kept refusing to look at him to the face not because he was angry with Decus, but because he was so deeply embarrassed he let his frustration with everything get the best of him even for a moment, no matter how justified he felt at the time at what he perceived as Decus diminishing Filbo's worries -- worries Decus had no way of knowing about]
Maybe she wouldn't have. When she showed me that picture two days ago...I couldn't believe what I was seeing! Because this was the same person that not that long ago threatened with killing us all. I asked her to think about if she truly wanted what Jack was showing her. She said she figured it out, and I believe her.
...doesn't seem to me like she's the kinda person to back down once she made her mind.
[Maybe he did help her confess, maybe he didn't...he can't tell for sure. Especially because he knows if the Captain hadn't proven to be absolutely despicable, he...perhaps would have tried to cover for her, all to try to get that picture's result. After all, isn't everyone being alive what Filbo wants, too? Thankfully, Jack's horrible behavior is so blatant it cuts through any optimism Filbo has]
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[They didn't talk much, and they were civil when they did, but... things were different with Sylvando, and Yeager can hold a grudge. He won't say he's glad Decus is dead, but he's not going to mourn his loss either. You pick up and move on, just as we've done with everyone that has died before.]
I think... I think it was different in that moment, because it was Plumeria. If she had stumbled across someone else in that exact same situation... I don't know if she would have done the same thing. But Plumeria was hers to look after, and I think in some ways, that played a part in her decision.
[Because Plumeria was bleeding out, and maybe she thought poison would be faster. Easier. The fairies didn't know anything about the medicines in the first aid room, maybe Freyja didn't know much about cyanide. He doesn't know, and it's not like he can ask her about that now.]
She had a chance, and she took it. But... who's to say if she would have taken that chance if circumstances had been different? Perhaps she was hoping she'd be caught.
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[Would have been easier to make it look like Decus was out for blood, it wouldn't have been hard to make others believe that. Maybe Freyja did want things to be solved]
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[So. Yeah. It's certainly possible that that's what she wanted.]
I... am sorry, Filbo. I know the two of you were close.
[He's quiet for a moment, thinking.]
If you need anything at all - a distraction, someone to listen, anything - please let me know. I want to be sure you'll be okay after this.
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You know, I was feeling tempted, my motive was tempting me, and it was entirely selfish, unlike hers. I doubt I'd have gone through with it because...well, I don't have the mean bones for that, but I didn't hesitate to tell her I couldn't get it out of my head. Most people would have been alarmed to hear that, but I knew she wouldn't immediately fear I was gonna kill someone.
[That's definitely a sign of how close he felt to Freyja, yeah]
Thanks, Yeager. I...probably will need something like that at some point because I'm not invulnerable to pain, you know, so it's good to know I can count on you.
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[And where it's very difficult not having someone to go to for that anymore. There's no telling what the next motive will bring, after all.]
I'm glad you can.
[And for a brief moment, he's tempted to leave it at that.]
...Truthfully, I'm not usually a very nice or kind person. But I don't want to let you down. You've placed this much faith in me so far, and I intend to continue doing what I can. So whenever you need me, I'll be right here. You can count on that.
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['Not usually a very nice or kind person', he says. Probably true, he thinks, but...somehow, Filbo can't stop thinking of Yeager in far more positive terms than he probably deserves. What can he say, he really likes this guy]
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[It's light, but it's entirely serious...]
There are a few of you here who remind me of someone I cared for a long time ago. It's... nice to have a reminder that no matter what the circumstances are, there will always be people willing to look out for others and try to help. Thank you for that.
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Wow, I...I...wow...y-you're welcome...!
[Needless to say, nobody had ever said something to him like 'I'd feel bad if I started disappointing you now'. This murdercruise has been full of kind things he had never heard said at him before, really]
It's great that you wanna be better, even if it's just a bit, and if there's one thing I think is that you're not the kinda person to secondguess yourself. [He thinks, at least] Don't push yourself too hard, though! Or else we'll be wondering if you hit your head and changed personalities all of a sudden!
[Despite the joking, Filbo sounds proud]
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[He's been unsure of exactly who he is and what he wants - from himself, from life in general, maybe - a few times before, but the confidence he answers with isn't faked. There's no reason to second guess himself.]
I really must tell you about Regaey sometime... Well, anyway, as entertaining as I'd find that, I don't have any plans of doing any such thing. I've learned a few things and changed a bit since coming here, but you won't be rid of my usual personality that easily~!
[much to everyone else's chagrin, i'm sure.]
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I wouldn't ever want you to change that much anyway. I dunno about the things you have done in the past, but honestly I just...think you're a fun guy. Who probably can do better than even you think you can. I-I'm not expecting you to turn into some kinda phigrumpist-- [Philanthropist, he means] --but you're already not so bad.
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I certainly do appreciate your faith in me! I suppose sometimes it does take a dire situation for one to reexamine their life and make the necessary changes, though you have my word I won't ever stop being fun.
[...........fun for who is sort of up in the air, but he will always be Like This. You can count on that, if nothing else!!]