The future's in doubt, you're on your own [Week 6, Friday]

[hydrokinetics]

[Silence fills the room. They've lost one of their own and their biggest chance to end the game. It's no surprise no one's in a good mood, but they all know they have to be here.

So...who will speak first?]

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[impulsiveness]

[Haha, does anyone want to speak up first? Probably not. Not with both Shinnosuke and Xion dead, shot down by someone they're most definitely going to fail to catch tomorrow. And with Natalie being found in the most suspicious position imaginable... well. They don't have the majority vote now, he thinks.

Exhausted as they all are, though, Jason writes something down and presents it to everyone else.]

I got a letter from Hannibal. What about you guys?

[... Not Dr. Lecter. That implies respect. Fuck him.]

[thatsthespirit]

[everyone is Very Tired. . . including Milla, although one might never guess it from the way she keeps working]

[she brought all of her letters to this meeting again, along with a brand new one from Hannibal. she also has a flower language reference book in her lap with the page opened to "nasturtiums" -- conquest, victory in battle. she seems focused. intent on trying to figure out what the heck these letters are trying to say]

[she's quiet for a long moment, before she lifts her head and speaks]

. . . with the Deputy dead, we may need to rethink our strategies a bit. We still have the ability to revive one dead person, correct? Do we still want to use that as insurance for Damian?

[a pause]

And considering the scene of Dr. Lecter's death. . . we may also want to focus on protecting Natalie tomorrow.

[thatsthespirit]

[after the discussions have died down, Milla returns to her letters and her flower language book. she flips trough it idly, expression a bit distracted, until she reaches the page for black roses. her eyes scan the words-- death-- and for a moment she just. lifts her hands to her temple]

[then she glances at Higekiri's letter. then back to Sara's. a sigh escapes her lips]

. . . at our last meeting, Shinnosuke brought up the fact that one of Higekiri's letters asked him to come visit.

[taps Sara's letter]

Sara also mentioned black roses, which are symbolic for death, in her letter to me. We know they both are in the train at the station. The train that is sealed off, but running, as though it's getting ready to leave.

[just. scrunches her face together THIS IS HARD]

What are they trying to tell us? It can't be a coincidence that both of them are referring to the train in different ways.

[elemancy]

[and before i forget to mention this.]

Hey. How much do you guys trust Barnham?

[it's kind of out of the blue to ask that specific thing—but it's probably pretty clear from noct's casual form of address that he does—quite a bit.]

I think we might need someone who isn't... in as deep as we are for another angle here.