[Estelle's out in the courtyard, sitting on a bench. She'll try to quickly wipe her tears when she sees Sebastian coming, though it's a somewhat futile effort.]
[ that's a relief, because honestly, he doesn't feel bad about voting out hua cheng; he just feels a little bad about not feeling that bad. everything else, though... has been rough. ]
Yeah... It's been... pretty bad.
A-at least that should have been the last time, though? Supposedly next week is just... figuring out how to save everyone, I guess.
[ he pauses. ]
These last few weeks... I was really scared that the shadows were going to make me do it too. Early on I was just scared of someone else killing me, but... after the memories and stuff, seeing how people felt about mine...
I... I love my pops, but... I really hated the idea of most people here dying for his sake.
I'm sure I don't know enough about him to pass judgment, but... I think there are some things that only you can do. Things that are more important than that.
[Estelle pulls out a rolled-up paper and opens it up to show.
The paper is actually a painting! A group of people are hanging out in a dorm room with Spring-like decor, smiling together. Conspicuously, Claude, Sieghart, and Mollymauk are among those featured in the illustration.
And since idk who Sebastian would recognize, the other people are: Maya Fey, Malik Ishtar, Rita Mordio, Sakyou Sagihara, Lucretia, Tsuyukusa, Taichi Yagami, and Hugo.
She points, of course, to Rita.] That's her. She's one of the first people I ever became friends with.
[ it must be kind of weird too, though, right? seeing someone you know with these other people you know, not knowing what kind of relationship they had...
...his eyes linger on maya for a second, because he feels like he's definitely seen that hairstyle before, but he has no idea if he saw it on her or on someone else, or where he saw it in the first place. ]
I guess so... They're all good people, but they're not very good at calmly talking things out, sometimes...
But because of all that, Rita ended up coming with me on my journey! At first it was to clear her name, but then it was for her research's sake. She's a magic scholar, and she knows about all kinds of things!
Yes... at the cost of all of the technology in our world. It wasn't an easy choice to make, but given the circumstances... it was the only choice to make.
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Week 6, Saturday
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I... I just don't know what to think about all of this...
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[ ...the head was a lot.
he frowns down at the ground. ]
I don't... I mean, I think the way we voted... wasn't wrong, really.
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I just... it's everything else. Everything that led up to this...
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Yeah... It's been... pretty bad.
A-at least that should have been the last time, though? Supposedly next week is just... figuring out how to save everyone, I guess.
[ he pauses. ]
These last few weeks... I was really scared that the shadows were going to make me do it too. Early on I was just scared of someone else killing me, but... after the memories and stuff, seeing how people felt about mine...
I... I love my pops, but... I really hated the idea of most people here dying for his sake.
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Your father... He's your hostage?
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Yeah, he is. ...For a while I was wishing I could trade places with him, because I thought he'd be a lot more useful in trials than I was.
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I'm glad it was you.
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[ he smiles. ]
I think I am now too.
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... I'll admit, sometimes I had the same thoughts about my hostage. She's an incredibly smart and strong person... much more than I am.
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... I can show you a picture, if you want to see!
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[Estelle pulls out a rolled-up paper and opens it up to show.
The paper is actually a painting! A group of people are hanging out in a dorm room with Spring-like decor, smiling together. Conspicuously, Claude, Sieghart, and Mollymauk are among those featured in the illustration.
And since idk who Sebastian would recognize, the other people are: Maya Fey, Malik Ishtar, Rita Mordio, Sakyou Sagihara, Lucretia, Tsuyukusa, Taichi Yagami, and Hugo.
She points, of course, to Rita.] That's her. She's one of the first people I ever became friends with.
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[ it must be kind of weird too, though, right? seeing someone you know with these other people you know, not knowing what kind of relationship they had...
...his eyes linger on maya for a second, because he feels like he's definitely seen that hairstyle before, but he has no idea if he saw it on her or on someone else, or where he saw it in the first place. ]
How'd you meet her?
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I-I didn't go inside! At first... but then I had to help de-escalate the situation...
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[ does your world not have search warrants, jeez ]
I guess it's... a good thing you were there, then?
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But because of all that, Rita ended up coming with me on my journey! At first it was to clear her name, but then it was for her research's sake. She's a magic scholar, and she knows about all kinds of things!
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[ says the 17 year old prosecutor ]
What was your journey for?
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That's... uh, wow. I think the closest thing my world's ever had to that is like... global warming...
Um, did you... stop it?
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Yes... at the cost of all of the technology in our world. It wasn't an easy choice to make, but given the circumstances... it was the only choice to make.
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