[ NU DID THIS!!!!!!! diluc has taken up post behind the bar just to keep himself busy—there isn't very much else they can do before trial.

thankfully his hair is all back to normal—save for how it looks like it's made of fire, flames curling around his face and shoulders.

he passes todomatsu a glass of whatever it is he requested. ]

Here.

[ NU SURE DID DO THIS!!!!

diluc looks like he's on fire around alcohol and todomatsu is completely in greyscale. this is all fine. ]

Thanks.

[ immediately takes a much bigger drink than he should really be doing this early in the day.

... ]

It's hard to believe, right?

[ HELP YOUR B&W

and it's okay they're both adults here and can make terrible adult decisions in the face of (yaywon voice) grief. (diluc is not drinking, however, for his own reasons.) ]

...He was the best of us.

Mm.

[ looks down into his glass. ]

That would have kind of pissed me off, normally. I always thought that was such an annoying character archetype.

[ diluc nods, not necessarily in agreement but in acknowledgement of subverted expectations. ]

It's difficult not to be drawn to his earnestness.

...I wish we knew the reason for any of this.

[ another week without definitive answers. another set of bodies on their hands. ]

Yeah. [ a more moderately sized sip... ] It's just... too many weird things with too regular of a pattern for there to not be a reason.

Yes. It's also inconceivable anyone would wish harm on Sidon.

[ or ashe, or the others before them. ]

...Whatever it is, it's thinning our numbers.

[ it's only w2 help us ]