[ch. 6] post-trial, w/ belph

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[Hey, Belph.

Veronica won't be doing much when he stumbles across her. Mostly, she's doing a whole lot of sitting and a whole lot of staring into the void. She does look up when she hears him approach, though, even if... she doesn't say anything. Doesn't seem like she's in a talkative mood tonight, huh.]

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[immortalizes her mood for the people reading after unlocks]

You... [SHE HAS ONE (1) EMOTION AND IT'S YELLING.] Who?

[axilium]

... Melloi and Reyna had a deal: that if either of them was picked to be a Blotter, they'd kill the other.

[and again, that same, grim smile.]

I promised Reyna that I'd get away with it and win this. That I'd bring everyone back. That's all the more reason I can't fail now—I've literally killed for this purpose.

[... which he's in no way happy about, but it doesn't matter. he's long since given up on something as fragile as "happiness".]

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... Jesus Christ. I can't believe that asshole Zelos was right.

[rip, zelos. can't believe regina george is mcfucking dead tomorrow.]

That's all the more reason why you shouldn't have died, though. You made a promise, and now we're going to see it through.

[axilium]

Well, so was Melloi. Zelos did kill Monika.

[so there's that.]

... I guess. Feels kind of weird to be the only Blotter—aside from whoever killed Melloi—to be alive now, though.

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Of course he did...

[Yikes. Monika deserved better???]

Well, you won't have to be the only Blotter for long. There's still next week to think about.

[axilium]

[belph does not understand why he went around wearing her ribbon, but who knows, he might've had a death wish.]

... Yeah. Well, that can't be helped. They'll have to pick wisely. That's part of why I'm making sure everyone knows everything tomorrow.

So... look forward to it, I guess?

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... I'm not sure I'm physically capable of looking forward to anything tomorrow. [With, um, Varian potentially getting set on fire/cooked/vored/etc.] But I get what you mean. So I'll do my best.

I don't think we have anyone that's actively stupid or malicious left at this point, anyway. [...] Well— Besides Eichi, I guess. Asshole got both Varian and his boyfriend killed by being a drama queen.

[axilium]

... Akechi thinks he'll be more bark than bite, but yeah, we have to keep an eye on him. At the very least, Akechi of all people is still wishing for the best ending, so...

[he shrugs.]

Hopefully? That'll help?

[asswipe]

Hopefully.

[But she doesn't sound entirely convinced. Not after he outed Varian, who in turn outed Akechi, which... resulted in a three way tie.]

Worst case scenario — and I hate to say this... One of us kills him before he can become one of the last civilians standing.

[axilium]

[...]

I guess that's an option.

[asswipe]

An option that we hopefully won't have to explore.

[axilium]

... We'll see how he reacts to everything tomorrow.

[asswipe]

It's all we can do at this point, anyway.