POST-TRIAL LOOSE ENDS & SHARING

[trashmouthtozier]

[that night, after a KO'd Eddie has been brought back to Cabin 3 to recuperate and everyone has scattered, Richie returns to the campfire with a book tucked under his arm, and a flashlight. he's not thinking about bringing supplies for s'mores, or hot dogs, or burgers, or any of that, not this week. so if anyone wants to show up with food, they're welcome. if anyone has appetites.

this week, he's focused on the remnants of a word he scribbled in the dirt earlier, flipping through the book he found on Thursday. he exhales, slowly, looking like he might just be sick all over again, no matter how tired he is. the makeshift scarf Cielo made him is draped over his shoulders to keep away any evening chill]

Oh, God. I ... I know what they said, you guys.

Comments

[homeecspacecop]

But... [but Chuuta's question is still etched in his heart, and it's not eating at him as much as it was but it's never going to leave him] what if it's something like last week? Are we really going to try and tell someone it's better for everyone to die than for them to kill someone?

I... I don't think that's right.

[soulcandy]

That's...

[Okay, Kon doesn't have an answer to that, and he glances away nervously.]

[homeecspacecop]

I don't think it's always... wrong to kill. [He thinks about Sonokata, iridescence and angel wings and vanish without a trace, and it can't always be wrong to kill.] So I don't think we can convince someone not to do it. We just have to make it harder to get away with it.

Unless... something like last week happens.

[soulcandy]

...

Maybe it's good we disagree on that. If we go at everything with more than one solution, then one of them has to stick, right?

[homeecspacecop]

Yeah! [Chuuta actually smiles a little, relieved. Different approaches, covering their bases, and maybe... maybe nothing bad will happen.] I'm sure we'll figure out how to protect everyone!

[soulcandy]

[They can try at least.]

Hey, where's Drew?

[homeecspacecop]

Huh? He's still here, he just doesn't always have a visible form. I don't think I'd be able to live on Earth if he did.