audience: naminé

[cyclists]

Comments

[cyclists]

...it's hard to know what the right thing is, especially when it's people you like. I don't know how many knew, but it was more than I thought.

[whitewalls]

... I know at least four, including myself.

[cyclists]

[...sigh.]

I'm not gonna tell, obviously. But people are eventually going to find out. What then?

[whitewalls]

... then they'll have to deal with it, I suppose.

[ however dealing with it is. ]

[cyclists]

[...yeah he just groans and falls back on the sand, Wednesday jumping into his lap.] How are you always so calm about everything?

[whitewalls]

[ for some reason that gets her to pause ]

Am I calm?

[cyclists]

Maybe calm isn't the right word, but...you always just kind of take everything. It's both impressive and worrying. [He never knows if she's actually fine.]

...either that, or you're distracted by thoughts of someone. [By Shess. :|]

[whitewalls]

[ ......

SHYLY LOOKS AWAY..... ]

[cyclists]

[sIGH.]

Did you have to volunteer?

[whitewalls]

I knew that I wouldn't have done something weird.

[ like what milla did to kara ]

[cyclists]

That's a good point. So it was kind of about making things easier for everybody else?

[whitewalls]

... mhm.

It would have been distracting. And... I guess if I was hiding what Emma did, I should have wanted a distraction, but I think Julius deserved better than that.

[cyclists]

Yeah. I do, too. I get that they wanted to be thorough because he was corrupted, but my thing is now wondering if people are going to use that as an excuse going forward.

I know she's your partner, and I like North most of the time, but I don't know what's going to happen to them next. Especially if Milla finds out.

[whitewalls]

... I don't either.

I don't want someone to kill them in retaliation. Or if there's every a time where we can't figure out who to vote for in a trial, people might default to them.

[cyclists]

Exactly. And if it comes out in the open, I'm worried the corruption will latch onto that. Even if it's not so much about what they did people are pretty resentful of secrets around here.

[whitewalls]

... yeah.

[ she sighs ]

I wonder why they didn't just let us catch him in trial? Unless they were worried there would be another corrupted person...

[cyclists]

I think they were counting on another corrupted person when they did the murder in the first place. Even then, you saw what happened when people tried to pin Shirasu, didn't you? It was a lot of chaos.

[whitewalls]

... yeah.

I'm surprised they didn't try to do the same to Akane, but maybe they figured she wouldn't put up a fight?

[cyclists]

The worst part is we can speculate all we want and we may never get an answer. I don't get how this keeps happening. [Ugggh...] But I'm surprised, too. Then again, Akane's a little...dangerous.

[whitewalls]

... well, I guess we won't have to worry about her.

[ ... ]

Can they hurt each other over there?

[cyclists]

Lune and I can step in and stop them if we have to, if things get out of hand. There are still people who spar together and their elements are all still working, but nobody can die again or anything.

Besides, if I have to I'll just seal away their elements if they aren't behaving.

[whitewalls]

That's good. I can imagine that there might be some tension there, especially after the last few weeks...

[cyclists]

It's weirdly more peaceful than you'd think. Besides the obvious problems, most people seem to be getting along because they know there isn't anything worth fighting about anymore.

[whitewalls]

... when you put it like that, it sounds more sad.

[cyclists]

I know. But at least they don't have to be scared on that side. That's what I have to remember.