Funeral Service for Adaman and Hodaka Morishima

[giddyundertaker]

[ An hour or two after the first trial's end, Hild and the Undertaker set out to invite as many people as possible to the Restaurant for the funerals of our dearly departed friends.

Why the restaurant of all places? Because there aren't enough chairs and tables elsewhere.

Indeed, some of the tables have been moved against the wall to make room for the seats. The chairs have been set up in four rows of six, like an improvised theater or a church. To the side, a small buffet has been set up courtesy of Obi, Mafuyu, and Hild. As for the main event? Two tables have been set up and decorated in black fabric and white flowers. In lieu of a live viewing, two drawings referenced from the profiles have been set up in the center of funeral wreaths... They're not the best, due to the artist's handicaps, but it does look like Adaman and Hodaka at least.]

Comments

Closed to Forrest

[hotpaprika]

[Between Jonathan hiding in his room and going to the garden, he writes a letter, which he places at Forrest's bedroom door.]

Dear Forrest,

I wanted to formally apologize for my repulsive behavior today. I had said things that I regret and I am sorry for letting my emotions get the better of me. I am writing to you so you can deal with it how you want to. You may dispose of it or not, I will understand either way.

I wanted to particularly apologize about the statement of you abandoning me. I unfortunately had experience with trusting people and them turning around to stab me in the back, but I should not have taken it out on you. It was a horrid thing for me to say and I deeply regret it.

I am deeply sorry about your own hostage situation as well. I did not mean to disregard it the way I did. I should have found solidarity in the pain we have both experienced. We have both suffered and I did not mean to act like I only cared about myself.

You do not have to forgive me. I will not judge you if you think me a monster. But I did not want to die with such things unsaid.

Yours,
Jonathan Harker

[visiblepattern]

[You can have this on yours before he goes downstairs.]

Dear Jonathan,

Assume that you may do likewise with my response; read it, destroy it, or do something in-between. Whether it is read or not is ultimately up to you.

I do believe that emotions were running quite high at the trial, and as such many things were said that were either not clearly expressed or otherwise simply not what we meant to say. I do not believe you to be a monster, at the very least, nor do I believe that you're going to die anytime soon. I think it's clear no one wanted to take you up on that offer, at the very least, even if it was made in the interest of protecting those younger than yourself.

I do certainly agree that it's tasteless that we're being made to do this at all, and I didn't mean to insinuate that we should just all roll over and accept it. At the same time, please understand that I still believe acting on the incentives at all is a matter of personal choice, and as such I believe the culprits should be treated with compassion, but still found out in the first place. It would have been doing Adaman a disservice to do otherwise, and honestly I believe the guilt would have eaten Hodaka alive in the end.

I am sorry for arguing with you at such an inappropriate time, and likewise for calling you a disgrace. I know how it feels to be called such things to your face, and I didn't like it when it was done to me, so I shouldn't be doing it to others. I'm also sorry that your wife was involved in this; let's say that's another thing I understand.

Hopefully we can speak more moving forward.

Yours,
Forrest

[hotpaprika]

[A little while later, after Jonathan leaves to go to the garden:]

Forrest,

I thank you for accepting my letter. It still pains me when I think about how ungentlemanly I was at the trial. It was not fair to you, to Adaman, to anyone.

As well, I did not mean to insinuate that we should not look for Adaman's killer, or that he did not deserve justice. I just could not stop thinking about what Hagakure said. While we did not know the full story, I realized that Fontaine would be likely to kill whoever was the culprit, even though no one here would likely even consider murder without Fontaine's pressure.

I suppose I knew I could not hate the killer from the beginning. My Mina is everything to me, and while I did not pull the trigger, I realized that I could never truly hate the culprit, no matter what their reasoning was. I hate to admit it, but even if it turned out that they were a horrid murderer who killed Adaman for their own sick enjoyment, I would not be able to deny that they did save her and twenty-four other people.

I am sorry for not making that point across in a more level headed manner, particularly since it would not have mattered in the end. And I forgive you for the things you called me. We may have disagreements, but at the end of the day we are still captives under the same madman. I mustn't ever forget that.

Yours,

Jonathan Harker