Honor Society + Whatever-The-Hell-Nier-Is Picnic

[overlimit]

[Sometime on Monday, Nier will get a text informing him that they're having a picnic, as well as the time and place.

When they do get together, somewhere on the campus grounds, there's a large picnic blanket spread out over the grass. There's also a pitcher of iced tea and some cups. Kon and Yamato have been encouraged to bring food.]

Good; everyone's here. We've got a lot to talk about, so let's get started.

[tagging is free-for-all, feel free to just make toplevels for different topics or whatever!]

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saturday, w6

[amain]

[ well........ where are we going i don't know, but we are in a nice discreet place this fine Saturday post-trial. Anais bullied me into this. ]

It looks like we did it.

[ghoststrums]

[ can i please put us in the woods for how funny this would be. yamato runs a hand through his hair and sighs ]

... And you're sure this will work?

[amain]

[ THEy'RE JUST IN THE WOODS. ]

Unless Riku is lying to me, yeah. Denji doesn't suspect anything at all, right?

[refate]

[ this is like a cult meeting if it's in the woods i'm in tears

kon, meanwhile, looks exhausted. ]

No. Denji shouldn't know anything.

[amain]

Then we just need to keep it that way.

[ laughs at iki ]

[refate]

[ laughs at him also ]

I'm... I'm not going to go talk to him tonight. Just in case - I can keep my mind pretty blank, but I don't want to risk anything.

[ghoststrums]

[ clear fall bias, but: ]

Riku wouldn't. So now we just... wait, and hope whoever is picked tomorrow doesn't try to sacrifice themselves for him?

[ for once the compulsion might fucking help ]

[amain]

[ It's okay. Nier also loves Riku. ]

... It'd be ideal if one of ours was picked to ensure that, but.

[ This place is awful. He sighs. ]

[arcsplainist]

[ Zia wishes for the woods and who am I to deny her. Also wow?? you asked for this. anyway. ]

And what a relief it is. I can only but pray our plan succeeds to the very end.

[amain]

[ THEY ARE IN THE WOODS! ]

Yeah... I still wish that we solved Sakyou's case.

[arcsplainist]

'Tis for the best we did not. Manwol was the victim of another compelled killer– [ But why must it be her? he still thinks. ] –which means whoever took Sakyou's life is the likes of Byleth and Otome.

... I would like to know who they are myself, however, do not get me wrong.

[amain]

With everything we know, I'm sure most people would know not to touch them, but...

[ It's for closure. ]

[overlimit]

[rita shows up looking pretty miserable, her eyes red and her movement sluggish. she just sits and listens to everyone for a bit before finally saying something.]

... We did what? What the hell are you guys talking about?

[amain]

... Is that the memory you sacrificed?

[ oh MY GODDD ]

[ghoststrums]

... Right, she told me she would... do something to make sure she couldn't leak it.

[ he forgot. ]

[refate]

[


closes eyes ]

[overlimit]

[...?]

I mean, I wouldn't know, but... what?

[amain]

It's all right. Don't worry about it.

[arcsplainist]

[ ... ]

Rita? What do you mean?

[overlimit]

I mean, I know we had a plan, but I don't see how the hell it's supposed to work...

[arcsplainist]

[ He's just. Looking at her, then the others, and when he hears their responses: ]

You used those vouchers to give up a memory?

BTW

[overlimit]

[oh also, while they're hanging out, rita checks her phone... and her eyes go wide.]

What the hell...? Guys.

Maya says she found Malik outside that night. Sleeping in the garden.

[ghoststrums]

... There were four cups, for Sagihara's death.

[overlimit]

But... how does any of this add up?

For the record, it really doesn't look like he got up and walked around at any point.

When Maya found him, she put an orange in his hand and left him there. He woke up in his bed Friday morning with it still in his hand. Asked the rest of the dorm if anything similar happened to us. At the time, we thought maybe it was sent from the daycare, because that's when we got the letters...

[ghoststrums]

... I don't know. It's also the first time someone mentions actually having seen someone outside.