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

[buriedstar]

[ That is plenty different, which just goes to speak about how sideways this whole situation is. Seo Dawon nods, closing his eyes briefly. ]

Part of it, at least. Figuring out the cause doesn't do much if there's no will to fix it, or strength to. No one would call me kind, but listening to others talk is a service for the both of us.

[visiblepattern]

I believe it, yes.

[...]

I...tried to speak to the others as much as possible after that horrid incentive was revealed, in hopes that I could at least deter them slightly by being willing to listen to them; I suppose it wasn't enough.

[buriedstar]

If you failed, then so did I.

[ He picks up his tea, though doesn't sip from it yet. ]

I'll be honest—if someone's mind is made up, there's little anyone can do to deter them from their course, at least wholly. Which goes to say that I think as long as he continues to give "incentives" like this, and why wouldn't he, that someone will take the bait. However, there's still merit in keeping the casualties as low as possible, and conversely morale as high.

This all could have been much worse, unfortunately.

[visiblepattern]

I'm somewhat accustomed to boosting morale, at least - it's what I try to do back where I came from. But the fact of the matter is that I'm used to being alone. I grew up without contact with most people I should have been close to, family and all that - and so I just became accustomed to it, whether I liked it or not.

So I try to do my best for the people around me, because I don't want anyone else to feel as though they have to do that.

[buriedstar]

Coming from a prince, that's a bit surprising. But you're right, everyone could use some form of company, even if they don't see it themselves at the time. It's usually the stubborn ones that need it the most, of course.

[visiblepattern]

...I've noticed that too.

[Both here and...well.]

There were some I didn't try hard enough with back home. I want to try to avoid doing that here.

[buriedstar]

Like a second chance, then?

[visiblepattern]

[He hesitates for a moment at that.]

Yes. I think so.

[buriedstar]

It's not an uncommon sentiment, but it is rare to get the actual opportunity to do so. Though in a place like this...it's almost like a curse.

[ He sets his teapcup back down. ]

But even curses can be what you make of them.