WE ALL SEEK JUSTICE AND NOBODY IS OKAY

[tenrules]

[Another murder, another investigation, another trial, another execution. Unlike last time, it wasn't self-defense, and although they caught him, she's pretty sure nobody is happy. It was sentencing someone to death, after all.

Knowing that, Dlanor writes something on the back of profiles she took from the bulletin board, passing them under the doors. When in a hurry, use what you have, and those profiles will be back sooner or later, anyway]

Please come to the train station. Let's spend some time in each other's company, for our sake

[If you decide to come, you'll find whoever wrote that note has been working hard to make things somewhat nice. There's a few...whatever we all have been using as cups all this time...filled with milk -- evaporated milk with some water, it seems. Tastes almost like normal milk. Dlanor also brought a few twigs and a small piece of log from the sawmull, and seems to be currently trying to make a fire. Some warmth should be nice, right?

Come on, everyone, let's sit around this bunch of wood and strengthten our bonds]

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[tenrules]

That is ACCURATE.

[Dlanor blinks]

I admit part of the reason why I set this reunion up was because I felt guilty about showing that part of ME. I don't want to be seen as someone invested into sending people to their deaths, all I want is to help you ALL.

[pegathesis]

[WELL IT'S...NOT GREAT...they're very much stick drawing approximations of what they're supposed to be, but in one corner there's a little pudgy dragon. In the other she's drawn a couple...what are probably ponies? One with no unicorn horn or wings, and another with wings but no horn.]

It's not great, but...since it takes concentration to keep the paper floating like this, it does its job.

[maedae]

[A look.]

Two people did die for no reason--or at least, Angus did. He didn't need to die like that.

[onlyexplainit]

[He shrugs.]

I suppose you're not wrong.

[junosteel]

[He snorts.] As if he could go around asking, "Hey, could anyone please volunteer to die for the greater good?"

[Juno probaby wouldn't have minded that. It's not like he has much else to live for.]

No one should have to make that decision.

[maedae]

You suppose?

[Might want to fix your wording there, buddy...]

Strolls in 4.20 hours late with coffee

[patternfinders]

[Angus is here. Angus is translucent and kind of teal-ish, but he's here. He's had a very long day despite not being in the trial and being dead before morning started.]

Uh... Hey. How's it going?

[Small talk is good! Although he should probably do a lot more than just pretend this is just one of those parties without Gregg being his anchor. Thinking of his boyfriend pains him even more than dying. Maybe he can look and seem calm long enough before he starts screaming and haunting these woods or something.]

Funny how life works out.

[there is nothing funny about this]

[onlyexplainit]

[Looks he's not great at tact]

... Yes?

[junosteel]

Well, clearly, something is manipulating him in some way.

[He shrugs.]

Even if he never meant it, he's still responsible for the death of four people. We can't forget that.

[maedae]

... Holy shit, how is it that even as a ghost you still talk like a guy in need of a punch to the face?!

[onlyexplainit]

[... Oh hey

It's you.]

... Angus.

I wanted to apologize to you.

[onlyexplainit]

[He seems genuinely confused.]

I'm sorry?

[onlyexplainit]

I have a feeling that Mae will still blame me.

[What with, you know.

Her attacking him.]

Regardless, as much as it pains me knowing that I will never truly be my old self again, I am much more comfortable in this form.

[dearboswell]

True enough.

[Another sip.] How much of this stuff do you have left, anyway?

[maedae]

Angus!!

[Hi buddy, you're the very first person that Mae is going to talk to before anyone else when she finally shows up late to the party. Seeing him is a relief, in the sense that this means Cheryl gets to escape an ass-kicking, but...

... but he's still dead. This is not the reunion Mae wanted to have, and as such, she looks like she's dangerously close to crying again.]

Dude, I am so, so sorry... none of this should have happened, I should have... I don't know, gone with you, or--something...

[patternfinders]

[small, stoic nod] Shoot. [HAHA OKAY MAYBE BAD PHRASING]

I didn't quite make out what you were saying back in the bar.

[pegathesis]

Oh no, I absolutely agree. I just hope that if some sense ever does get knocked into him, he'll realize how horrible all of this is.

[onlyexplainit]

I wanted to explain to you that it wasn't personal, and that I was only doing it because I didn't want all those planets destroyed.

I won't ask you to forgive me, but I wanted you to know the whole story.

[patternfinders]

Mae, this is in no way your fault...! There- there's nothing anyone could've done, I-- [There's a sharp wheeze- beginnings of a slight panic/asthma attack perhaps?]

If anything, it's all on me. No one in their right mind heads off alone, and--

[Angus, the somewhat smart and responsible one, is sort of short-circuiting at the moment. Words are hard and this cursed town threw off his whole view and it's...going to take some time to adjust.

Well, at least one of them has all the time they need.]

--I'm sorry I died.

[patternfinders]

...Ah. [The motive, he guesses. He didn't believe it out of selfishness and skepticism, though if it were something that happened, he'd definitely feel even worse.]

Like the Trolley System. I understand, now.

[His blank expression never changes, even when he's genuinely curious about something.]

How did you know I was asthmatic? I never got to see that trial.

[tenrules]

[Dlanor really would like to believe that, but it's a bit hard to take it at face value. She nods, though]

How would you continue doing this? Tell me, what do you do to show others you want to support them?

[tenrules]

...you are taking this much calmer than I EXPECTED.

[Especially with such bad final moments, yet here is Angus, as soft-spoken as usual]

[tenrules]

Is this an improvement to your old self?

[Not the being dead part, the being a ghost part]

[patternfinders]

Someone's got to. [There is a definite unease to his posture saying otherwise.]

I admit, it feels a bit selfish to stay calm when others worry. I should've done more before things happened.

[tenrules]

If there's one thing being a ghost gives you is TIME. True, you're not alive anymore, but you still EXIST.

As long as you exist, you can be of HELP.