7rings: harrow

[chevaleros]

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w1 - friday

[chevaleros]

[ Once they wake up and hear another announcement, Vira... just goes back to their room. Staying in the medbay is uncomfortable with her wounds, and while ordinarily she'd go do some investigating, she's tired—and also, why would she? There's not much point.

Also, it's Grell.

Anyway, she's here and just draped on some piece of furniture so she doesn't have to be upright. ]

Harrowhark—are you planning on looking around? [ Just curious. Also, she'd advise her against it. ]

[bonetiddies]

Not particularly.

[I mean, she probably tried a little, on her way back from the medbay, but. . . ]

Investigating on Friday last was generally pointless. I'll save my energy for tomorrow.

[chevaleros]

[ Half-heartedly investigating... yeah, that's the tone of today. ]

Yes, we ought to do our best tomorrow.

[ She doesn't sound as set on that as last week, not by a half. ]

Though, at the risk of sounding callous, the only thing that surprises me about Sutcliffe's death is how quickly it happened.

[ they called this like a week ago ]

[bonetiddies]

I won't shed a tear for her. A vile woman. And a plain threat, which I'm glad has been removed.

[chevaleros]

Yes, I cannot say I'll miss her. Not after that scene during Beau's death.

[ she has no interest in setting things 'right,' in that regard. ]

Still, I had considered it wiser to leave her for a day in trial where we might struggle to find a culprit. [ a scapegoat back-up, so to speak. ] I know it's possible not to vote for anyone, but I find it doubtful that would ever happen.

[bonetiddies]

You think that doubtful?

[She's a little surprised.]

Because of the benefit in reducing the numbers?

[chevaleros]

Partly, yes. And if we all agree to not vote for anyone, or to vote for ourselves—even one person with a grudge could vote and condemn another. Or one who feels they could cause chaos for their indulgence... It does not show who voted for who, so there's no danger of punishment.

[ not voting for someone is a trust exercise, and she does not have much faith. ]

[bonetiddies]

[She hadn't considered it that way. Vira is right, of course. But. . .]

Then, if we cannot decide on a culprit, who will we choose?

[chevaleros]

[ It is cold to say all this. If everyone else acts as they should, then they could be the ones to cause an untimely death.

Still, she has to consider it. ]

It's a good question—I'm in no rush to see anyone gone. The robot, perhaps. Or another that shouts threats so plainly, though after Sutcliffe I doubt anyone would be so careless.

[bonetiddies]

I've heard rumors that Fukuda has gone about making - disconcerting remarks. But he strikes me as almost too obvious - the subtler predators are of a bigger concern to me.

[Still.]

What do you make of Ashiya Douman? They were. . . extraordinarily interested in learning the details of our journey. They seemed convinced we were carrying that bear for the sake of an extra person, and were eager to learn who.

[So. Gross. She's still mad about it.]

But what sticks out is that Beauregard believed her staff went missing while she was at a party with only a few others present, Douman included.

[chevaleros]

Yes, I agree on Fukuda—if someone is openly disturbed, then they make a target of themselves anyway.

[ not a bad choice, but still. she goes much more still at hearing her recount about ashiya—everyone has been relatively courteous to her, but someone like that asking about wounds that fresh irks her.

and also, she has to think on that. ]

I've had no interest in keeping his company, personally. But I had not known that about his connection to Beauregard.

Could the skull be related to him...? Perhaps that skeleton of his—it could've been in the room with me even if he was not. [ maybe the noise they heard were his claws, too. ]

[bonetiddies]

It wasn't the skeleton. I checked it myself. The bone of it is black, and not missing teeth. The skull was a different shape.

[But that doesn't mean her suspicions are gone - just that it doesn't seem as though that particular explanation panned out.]

Nonetheless, there is something I mislike, there. I decided to "confide" in them that I had no objection to Tamaki's murder, so long as it was for the sake of winnowing the population. [A view she doesn't actually hold, really.] They certainly didn't seem put off by that.

That alone isn't meaningful. I'll admit that my own animosity to the crime is driven by personal feelings, rather than moral objections. But it is worth keeping in mind.

[chevaleros]

[ she nods—harrow's been working hard. ]

I think there is little moral ground for most of us to stand on.

[ she feels more strongly of tamaki and beau's deaths than the ones this week. the circumstances matter—the people involved matter. ]

But it is something to keep in mind, certainly. Someone so needling of your grief and hardships is foul enough to be suspicious—if your instincts distrust them, then I believe you.