Let's end this spiral down, pick ourselves off the ground [W5, Sunday]

[hydrokinetics]

[It's early evening when the Bounty group gathers again. There's more to discuss now that they've had time to cope and pick themselves up again, ready to get back to work. Time is still marching on and it's nothing that they can waste.

Together again, they settle. The room is quiet for a time as they all gather their thoughts. With everything that came up this weekend? They need a new plan of action.]

Comments

[impulsiveness]

Milla and Noctis have Sara covered, too. Who else do you think could help us out?

[WHEN ALL YOUR FRIENDS ARE DEAD...]

[insincerely]

... Yuna will probably try and help us, though I'm not sure if she's smart enough to get past the censor. Same goes for Seizaburo—former Bandit or not—but again, he might be a little too stupid.

[impulsiveness]

Might as well try. I'll write to those two and see if it gets us anywhere.

[insincerely]

... I'll try writing to them too, I guess.

[impulsiveness]

The more the merrier. I bet they'll like getting a letter from you.

[SINCE YOU'RE A MEAN ONE, SHINNOSUKE.]

[insincerely]

... I sincerely hope you meant that sarcastically.

[impulsiveness]

No. I meant that in the "getting a letter from a friend" way.

[insincerely]

I'm not their friend.

[elemancy]

...Yuna?

[impulsiveness]

She was our Bartender. Might as well give it a shot.
I can kill two birds with one stone and get my apology in there, too.

[HA...H...A..........]

[thatsthespirit]

[. . . HA. . .]

I'd like to write her as well.

[. . .]

Also for personal reasons.

[impulsiveness]

[...]

Guess she'll be happy to hear from both of us, then.

[thatsthespirit]

[closes her eyes for a moment before she responds]

Yes, I think so.

. . . I doubt she blames us. That's just the kind of person she is.

[impulsiveness]

[s...ighs...]

She should blame us.
I should have stopped her from going out there at all.
I knew the Sheriff told Damian he wanted her DEAD at that point.

[thatsthespirit]

As did I.

[her voice gets a little softer, although she's trying not to let herself be too torn up about it]

I tried to convince her to stay inside, but she wouldn't have any of it. That was also the kind of person she was, and as much as I hate to admit to it now that she's died, I admire that trait in her.

[impulsiveness]

Yeah. She was pretty stubborn when she wanted to be, wasn't she?
I guess that's a trait all three of us shared.

[He'll continue to feel guilty regardless, though. Ugh, Yuna.]

[thatsthespirit]

[so will she because :( :( Yna :( :(]

I think even if I had told her that the Sheriff wanted her dead, she still would have gone.

[a sigh]

She's a bit foolish.

[but it's said fondly]

[robitussin]

[Tapped out:

Stop that. Seriously.]

[impulsiveness]

[He looks away, but he still taps out:

Sorry.

He's being a hypocrite, he knows.]

[robitussin]

[She shakes her head.

Don't say sorry. Say you'll stop. I worry about you, too, you know.]

[insincerely]

[...]

And maybe Yuna would've been able to save herself from the coyotes if she hadn't gotten injured last week protecting me.

We can play this blame game all we like, but just drop it. It won't get us anywhere.

[impulsiveness]

Fine.

[He's just going to keep blaming himself in secret, then. Gosh.]

[insincerely]

[They'll all just keep blaming themselves in private like healthy, well adjusted people.

smh]