[w2] post-investigation, w/ katara

[alienated]

[Keith is carrying way too many tropical fruits around at the moment, but he still ends up calling out to Katara when he spots her at the beach.]

Hey— Can we talk?

[Just. Ignore the fruit for now. There is a Reason for this.]

Comments

[seaclipsed]

[ she's wandering along the shoreline, momo running around nearby. when keith calls out, katara looks up

at the fruit

???? ]

Yeah, sure.

[alienated]

Someone died.

[The "again" is unsaid but heavily implied.]

I wanted to touch base.

[seaclipsed]

... I don't know if you had ever spoken to Joshua, but he was actually pretty knowledgable about all of this. He was going through a game that was kind of similar back home.

[ she assumes that means neku has as well, but... honestly it was easier to talk to joshua than it is with neku, hilariously. ]

[alienated]

... I talked to him briefly, but it didn't come up.

[And now, it's never going to come up again with him or anyone else. Joshua's gone.]

We need to get it right this time. Even if we don't vote for them [for the sake of their partner, if they're innocent], we can't mess it up again like we did with Yato.

[But if feels like, somehow, there's even less evidence now than there was last time.]

[seaclipsed]

I don't even know where to start. I feel like people might start with the typical, "who might have disliked him," questions, but... Joshua had a personality that could easily get on someone's nerves.

[ it feels weird to say this after he just got murdered, but it's true? ]

[alienated]

I can see how. [Quietly, more matter of factly than as something meant as shit talk. It feels weird to say this after he's dead, man.] But I get the feeling people will just be wasting their time if they focus on who his enemies were.

[Shifting... his fruit... in this middle of this serious conversation.]

I think — a lot of us were seeing things that weren't really there last night. It's not a coincidence that happened on a Thursday night.

[seaclipsed]

[ she's quiet for a moment, before nodding. ]

Yeah, that's true.

[ maybe someone hallucinated something awful and joshua paid the pride? or maybe someone will use it as a cover story. who knows. ]

[alienated]

We'll have to keep that in mind for tomorrow.

[even



if no one really wants to. executing someone is horrible enough, but having the murder be an accident is even worse.]

[seaclipsed]

... yeah. We can't just assume the absolute worst every time.

[ ... ]

Keith, while I want to keep this serious, I kind of have to ask. What's with the fruit?

[alienated]

[Ah.]

I'm keeping watch over Hiro with Lief and Yona. They need to eat.

[To keep their strength and all that, though he's aware no one has much of an appetite. Anyway, he's assuming she already heard about Hiro even if she hasn't.]

[seaclipsed]

What happened to him?

[ no she has not heard. they didn't make an Official announcement over him reenacting sleeping beauty. ]

[alienated]

Against all common sense, he pricked himself with a dart. You know, one we found during the investigation.

[He sure does sound pretty mad about that, but. Like. In a concerned way.

Still mad, though.]

[seaclipsed]

How... did he manage that...?

[ she's just in... completely disbelief here. HIRO???? that's something her brother would have done. ]

[alienated]

I don't know. But he's still out and we don't know when he'll wake up. Idiot.

[SAME, KATARA. Same. It sounds like something Lance would have done and why must people be this way.]

[seaclipsed]

Hopefully soon... we don't know if it'll have any other lasting effects though, do we?

[alienated]

No. He could've died and we wouldn't have been able to do anything to save him. He could be dying right now and we still wouldn't know!

[seaclipsed]

I don't even know if any of the medicine we even have is good for something like that.

[alienated]

Unless the chiefs packed some antidotes into that first aid kit you got... I don't think so.

[seaclipsed]

It's mostly just basic things. I think.

[ listen this is the first time she has ever had something like a first aid kit. she's just been reading labels. why did they give it to her. ]

We're going to need another one soon though. It doesn't nearly have enough for two months.