post-trial garbage feelings

[ballisdeath]

[ The campfire is still roaring. S'mores supplies are hanging around the area. There's still a faint scent of copper on the air, for those who can really recognize it.

Leon is leaning against Mami on one of the logs around the fire. He's been acting like he's uncaring-- and a lot of it stems from bitterness that this happened to him and he had to watch it AGAIN. But he's calmed down now. He actually looks rather peaceful, if a bit weathered.

There's also now a pizza sitting on another nearby seat. It's cheese and a little cold. ]

Spell didn't work. Delivery man practically blinked out of existence. I thought I'd try since... look at all of us now.

[ That's all he murmurs. Join the campfire? ]

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[le_mat]

[His cocky attitude falls to something more solemn, and he nods]

Yeah. I mean, we didn't think of it like that at the time. We were just... just kids trying to fight back against the people that hurt us. Our first target was this scumbag, Kamoshida- he broke my friend's leg, was beating on students, tried to force my other teammate to sleep with him... one student even tried to kill herself because of his abuse. People like that... it's hard to think of the fall out when you get the chance to really get some revenge. We never hurt anyone... but we could have, really easily.

[When you're hurt, angry, beat down... eventually you lash out. You can so easily become what you hate. Ren saw that path open to him that last conversation with 'Igor'.

He hates to think that, for a moment, he considered it]

[fallbymyhands]

[. . . she gets it]

[SEES was similar, in many ways. there wasn't a single person on that team who hadn't been deeply affected by the sins of her grandfather, of the Kirijo Group's ruthless pursuit of power. and that included her, didn't it? and while SEES didn't necessarily lash out the same way it sounded like Ren and his friends did, she. . . gets it]

I'm glad that you didn't. There is a lot to be said for recognizing your own moral alignment and sticking to it.

[le_mat]

[He makes a small sound, almost like a laugh... if it was grim and aimed straightly at himself]

S'not like I haven't been... tempted.

[fallbymyhands]

[she shakes her head]

Believe it or not, imperfections are nothing to be ashamed of.