[7rings] catchall for steven

[shiftingwinds]

i'll make this post pretty when i'm less canonblind to steven

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[kokytos]

[ He nods, that's the one. ]

Madly swinging around a dangerous weapon in unknown environments speaks of someone who's less, ah, lawful, in my opinion.

[shiftingwinds]

Well, I can't say I disagree with that.

[...]

Though it would make for a rather obvious weapon.

[buuut, after today, "obvious" might be how any potential killers decide to hide in plain sight.]

[kokytos]

It's not the weapon of choice in this incident, at the very least. The boy's death spoke of blunt force trauma, not ripping blades.

What exactly... is the point of his death? [ Is, present tense -- it's not over yet. ]

[shiftingwinds]

I'm not sure. If someone was... indulging, then...

[maybe someone really did decide to indulge in some murder?]

...but if we're all meant to indulge, you'd think there would have been some sort of safeguards against it. I find it hard to believe any other sin is being indulged in now, aside from Despair or Wrath.

[kokytos]

I did wonder about that.

After something like this, I don't imagine it would be exactly comfortable enough to be in the mood to indulge in the lighter, more pleasurable things.

[shiftingwinds]

I find that hard to imagine, as well.

[...]

Well, no. I'll likely be indulging in quite a lot of alcohol later.

[kokytos]

...Yeah. "Indulge" by drinking, fucking, sleeping away your sorrows until we eventually forget about it.

[ What kind of hellish hedonism den is this? ]

[shiftingwinds]

It doesn't sound quite as nice as it did at the beginning of all this, does it? ...but it doesn't seem as though we can simply quit.

[after all...

they're all here for a reason. if they didn't feel that what they wanted was worth whatever they had to do to get it - they wouldn't be here.]

[kokytos]

Well... I figured from the start that there must be a catch to it.

[ It's just sad because everyone else is also down about it. It pulls at Steven's more still-empathetic side. ]

...Well, if you need a drinking partner at any rate -- I don't think I could keep up with you, but at least in company.

[shiftingwinds]

I think I'll take you up on that - tomorrow, though.

[...]

Since we can't keep investigating, I want to write down as much of what I remember from the trial today as I can before I drink. It might not be enough to find who did it with what we found, but if anything similar comes up later...

[it's better than just trying to go by memory in a few weeks!]

[kokytos]

That's true.

If not for ourselves, for the boy, and any other possible ones down the line. [ There's a bigger picture here. Surely. Most definitely. Must be. ]

...We'll figure it out. Whether by running, by walking, by crawling -- as long as there are people willing to try, we'll find an answer.

[shiftingwinds]

...right.

The one thing I'm not willing to do is to just forget about it.

[so no booze for her tonight]

[kokytos]

[ Wow what a rare occasion! And honestly depressing given SQX's disposition towards alcohol. ]

If you need a second mind to help try to keep track of things. [ Or just to talk, get thoughts out of your head. ] My text line is always open.

[shiftingwinds]

[she smiles faintly at that!]

Thanks, Steven.

[kokytos]

Always, Miss Qingxuan.

[shiftingwinds]

If it's "always," you may get sick of me bothering you.

[wow! sure is nice to have people to rely on.

anyway this officially means i need to accost you for a drinking thread tomorrow. i for one am terrified of what the execution is going to look like.]