don't go breaking my heart

[inaclearing]

[Well. All that sure happened!

Brett hasn't done much for one of these post-trial gatherings thus far, but he's been trying very hard to be functional lately, and...well, the fact that so many other people aren't okay right now just makes that all the more important. So he'll go around telling people, or slipping notes under doors if need be:]

We're going to have some food at the bar, if anyone wants it.

- Brett & Joy

[It feels a little weird to have it there, but...let's be honest. He expects quite a few people will be passing through the bar of the own accord tonight. They may as well not drink on empty stomachs.

There's not a ton going on. Brett's figured out how to turn the light-up dance floor off - it seemed a little inappropriate. Despite being hosted at the bar, Brett hasn't actually set out any alcohol; there's tamagoyaki and a big vat of chicken noodle soup sitting on some tables in the middle of the room, as well as tea for anyone who wants a drink that isn't alcoholic. Everyone who does want to drink can serve themselves. Also, someone has draped a rainbow pride flag over the bar? It seems appropriate given who's throwing the party, at least, and he didn't really have it in his to stop Joy, so.

You're free to turn on some music, if you want. Brett couldn't pick anything out on the jukebox, it seems.]

Comments

[inaclearing]

Not much else to do here anyway. I don't care if they decide to dunk me in the pool.

[He'd live, presumably.]

[howveryglib]

No, I suppose there is not. It is likely easier to do than sleeping after... everything.

[like. you know...]

[inaclearing]

Yeah. Doubt I was gonna sleep anyway.

[He's quiet for a moment, before half-laughing and adding:]

I've thought about taking some of the sleeping pills, but now I'm afraid of being poisoned.

[howveryglib]

Yes, I do not blame you. Honestly, I find myself a bit surprised Dawon did not confess to it, though... again, it does not seem like it would have been his style.

[for more fucked up reasons than Vholran, even...!]

[inaclearing]

I'm not. I don't think he did it. He'd have just...stabbed someone right out.

[From how weakly Brett says it, he knows full well that stabbing might not have been the full extent, and he doesn't super want to think about it!]

I - I hate knowing they're just out there, maybe waiting to do it again, but...

[..........]

Well, we don't really have enough information to figure it out.

[howveryglib]

…no. We do not.

[He really doubts Aiba, Dandy, or Undertaker would have done it, too…]

It does not seem as though they have targeted any of the larger gatherings and have just focused on individuals who have left their food unattended, but who knows how long that will continue…

[inaclearing]

Hopefully we'll all stop doing that...I know I've been a lot more careful with my food and drinks. But that could just make it escalate.

[.....]

I wonder why they haven't done anything at one of the gatherings? I watched the food the whole time today, but that isn't something we've been doing. They probably could've slipped something in a dish if they wanted.

[howveryglib]

Perhaps they do not have the nerve to directly kill the lot of us, or perhaps they are targeting certain individuals for whatever reason. It is difficult to say for certain.

[inaclearing]

[Brett's quiet for a long, long moment.]

Tommy's a big guy. But I'm...surprised Mafuyu was okay.

[howveryglib]

As am I. I am glad of it, at least, given that we did not lose yet another young person...

[inaclearing]

Yeah. Yeah, it's...lucky.

[howveryglib]

As lucky as a group can be while having multiple poisonings in the first place, at any rate.

[inaclearing]

[Brett snorts.]

Yeah. Well, I hope that luck holds.

[howveryglib]

As do I.

…

Good luck in your current endeavor, as well.