[ wandering around the gates and looking at the still-blank screens like... man... he'd kind of thought maybe the start of a new week would have made something happen up here. ]

What do you think they're going to use this space for? Trial room or something?

Maybe... I don't know what really speaks trial room, or if trial needs to be hosted in an enclosed space. Ours was apparently in a church.

[ So Like? It can be anything? ]

I'm going to pray it isn't in the restaurant or the coffee shop. I'd like at least one place to stay sacred.

Well, I can confirm that it doesn't need to be an enclosed space. Ours was just outside around a bonfire in the middle of the village... Though I guess they did put some kind of magic barrier around it so people couldn't just leave.

At least we have a backup coffee shop if one of them gets ruined.

Magical barriers? There's so much that's unexplainable and I'm a bit concerned by how quickly I'm starting to accept it.

[ he closes his eyes. small blessings. ]

True. [ Realizes something. ] People could murder at the coffee shop...

[ he thought most of these things had weird magic involved in one way or another... jacopo really out here denying the power of god ]

I mean, I wouldn't be surprised. Kind of feels like the more appealing a place is, the more likely it is that someone's going to die in it.

[ In the lounge after everything, just sipping a small amount of wine this afternoon going to evening. ]

Had a chainsaw back in Scawwy?

...You know you really don't have to say that name out loud, you can just call it the village.

[ it's embarrassing both to say and to hear. ]

But yeah, in the executions there, they'd give each person a weapon. Or, you know, a "weapon".

[ air quotes. his fucking plastic fork. ]

He got a chainsaw.

It's the official name.

[ You think he doesn't feel stupid, but he's more mentally tired than anything. ]

And you got a fork.

[ sorry sir ]

[ official things can still be bad. ]

I sure did.

[ Are they here to eat shrimp or touch grass? ]

[ NOT THE FLOWER HATE TOTTY

Jacopo doesn't seem as combative as he was on the network. ]

I'm not going to complain because I do like shrimp, but is there... Really nothing else in this establishment?

Yeah, it's... a little overly committed to the bit, I think.

[ flips the menu over to the drinks. ]

Kind of feels like someone took a "shrimp cocktail" joke and ran with it... and kept running.

[ i hope you're at first aid... ]

Hey... How are you doing?

[ he would never be so stupid and pitiful to leave

He's bandaged up, likely more around the torso considering some of it peek past his loungewear sleeves. The other obvious place is his neck being wrapped well. He's BSD Dazai now. ]

I'm fine. [ He's using his phone. ] Body hurts, but that's normal for these things from what I've seen.

[ momentarily confused when he sees him texting like ARE YOU IGNORING ME?? but oh ok. ]

Ah... I guess you hurt your throat, huh... It should heal, though, right?

[ HE MAY BE RUDE, but he isn't that rude. ]

I think it should be fine by tomorrow or at least by Saturday. I don't want to make it worse, though.

[ projecting vibes of anxiety and frustration as he stops to look at the ye olde claire's with a frown. ]

Just give it a different name at this point...

I think Claire's would have been fine, too. It's not like all stores are completely the same.

[ Totty. There's some like... Pity in the emotions, though also wariness. When are we not wary, though? ]

Have you reconciled with Yoru at all through texts?

Yeah, but it's unnecessarily confusing in airport directories. Imagine wanting a unicorn scrunchie and walking into the arcane arts discount warehouse.

[ ...sighs. ]

I sent one message with an apology a few days after it happened but it was more for Asa-chan. And all I got back was "Die", so. That's how that went.

I'm sure the young girls would love this store, too.

[ They are not the demographic—well. Maybe not Jacopo. Totty can have a bejeweled trampstamp whenever he wants. ]

I see. [ ... ] You're in trouble.

[ to the speakeasy after trial... sits down with a drink. ]

So, how unsatisfying was it to watch that?

[ Drinking very well. It's great to have a high tolerance. ]

They were on track, technically. The theories were interesting.

[ I can't say stupid because all of what happened was stupid. ]

It doesn't take a genius to press a button on a roomba.

Seriously, especially when everyone's seen them by now. It's not like they're some mystifying unknown technology to anyone at this point.

It also takes a button to connect them to a remote.

[ so funny. ]

Either way, maybe if they had more time... Not that it matters since we have enough to come back, but I'll have to have a word with Rupert after.