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unknownseas2022-06-25 05:33 pm
giddyundertaker) wrote in unknownseas2022-06-25 05:33 pm
Funeral Service for Adaman and Hodaka Morishima
[ 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.]
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.]
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[It wouldn't have been better, really. It's not like Brett wanted to end up dead either. But like...maybe it would've been better, a little?]
Maybe I could have...done something. [Not that he's that good at fighting. But was Hodaka?]
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[Maybe he could have done something, maybe she could have done something...it's...something could have been done, doesn't matter who, she thinks. Perhaps she herself should have somehow.
...no, she can't continue thinking like this, she decides.
Both the hamster and the projection lean forward, looking determined]
The past can't be changed. We will only make ourselves feel worse if we get locked into a cycle of wondering if we could have done more. There must be something that can be done so tragedies like these won't repeat again.
From tomorrow on we need to get back on working on that.
[Even though she says that, Aiba remembers her simulated scenarios of what may happen still say a few more deaths will happen. Those were without taking into account the Mayor using motives like the hostages. Were she take that new factor into her scenarios, it would all get pretty grim.
Thankfully, Aiba refrains from saying a word about the terrible days that may still be ahead]
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[These are, of course, all things Brett already knows. This isn't his first time losing people. But it never really gets easier. It isn't always easy to take one's own advice.]
It's harder to know how to prepare for something like this. We don't even know what else he might pull.
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[So Aiba is pretty sure there will be more motives, welp. The variable is what it will be -- and the only certainty is that it will be cruel]
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[Great, thanks, fun talk.]
Do you think there's anything we can do?
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[It takes a moment for Aiba to reply, and when she does, it's one word:]
Unknown.
[Welp]
Admitting this...I don't like it, at all, but it's unknown. My function is to assist and aid, especially at times like these, but...I cannot think of a good plan.
I'm sorry, Brett. I truly am.
[Great, fun talk, this one. Geez]
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[yep, this is uplifting]
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[Clearly she's not good at this, she wasn't made for this kind of support. Doesn't help she does have pretty glum thoughts about all that happened, so it's kind of futile to try to aid someone else when she's dealing with that.
Uplifting times in the wake of a murder. Oh well, such is the murdergame life]
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[Brett himself would be upset, if he knew...say, Peregrine, was doing the same thing. It's always easier to give advice than to follow it yourself.]