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

[fuckingguy]

Exactly as I said earlier. I have spoken to Eleanor, of course... but nothing doing. She seemed a bit surprised that I was not being provided for.

[hotpaprika]

Dear G- [He stops himself short, remembering how Nandor hates the g-word.] goodness, what would Fontaine gain from torturing you like that?

[He rubs at his neck. He wished he could help Nandor but... his best solution is one he isn't eager to do himself.]

Can you consume animal blood? Perhaps I can look through the restaurant menu for alternatives to hold you over.

cw emeto

[fuckingguy]

........ That will not be necessary.

[ This makes it sound like he's going to eat someone, but it's actually just about the fact that he will projectile vomit like an exorcist reenactor if even the bloodiest human food passes his lips! He puts a folded-up piece of bespoke paper in his copy of Twilight and sets it down. ]

At any rate. His goal is very obvious, Jonathan. I am to be here as a wolf amongst sheep, slowly starving until I finally cease to resist. Except now everyone knows I am a vampire, so, not much of a surprise.

[hotpaprika]

[Luckily, he had already picked up how strange it was that Dracula never eats, and since it's likely a vampire thing he just figures that it must be human blood.]

... I suppose in that case, I was to be the bait. I have a feeling that it was not a coincidence that we were placed in the same suite.

[There is a pause, before Jonathan pulls up a chair to sit next to Nandor.]

I have a confession to make, actually. I had... in fact noticed some peculiarities in your behavior, as well as your profile, but I had disregarded them. And that is solely due to how... nice you've treated me and everyone else here.

I know the Count feigned kindness to me, but it was short lived, and you... you checked up on me when I was in confinement, and you showed concern when you saw me breaking the rules intentionally with Obi. And the fact that you did not try killing anyone even before we had even known about the exact rules of the game...

[He sighs, giving Nandor an apologetic look.]

I... I am truly sorry for thinking all vampires were soulless monsters. Now that I have met you, I know that is not true.

[fuckingguy]

[ Ever an absolute hater of having to hear about anyone's feelings, including his own, Nandor tries to cut this off at the pass once he sees Jonathan pulling up a chair! But he doesn't try all that hard, and it's immediately too late. ]

Oh. No, that's really not... Okay, you're going for it.

[ And from that point on, he's just kind of along for the ride! As Jonathan continues, he's starting to feel extremely stupid for not having caught on to the fact that he didn't know his dark secret the whole time... but, more than that, he's getting increasingly angry with himself.

Several equally self-loathing narratives have been duking it out inside Nandor's head for the last three days, but they have one very important commonality: his undeniable cowardice. He does not want this soft little man to tell him that he is nice. He knows for a fact that he is not. But Nandor, if for no reason other than the fact that he is constantly No Thoughts Head Empty, can be a bit hard to read sometimes! His expression throughout is uncomfortable, more than anything else. ]

Wow. [ ... ] Well, firstly, apology accepted.