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[sageguidance]

wow how convenient that I already had this post made :^)

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w0; friday, again

[sageguidance]

—Ah, Estellise!

[ He's been walking around, so, time to bump into her. ]

Have you just awoken?

[mustbepurged]

[She looks a bit pale.]

Y, yes, but...

[She shows the "invoice" she'd woken up to find.]

[sageguidance]

So you are already aware.

[mustbepurged]

Flayn... is she really...?

[sageguidance]

[ ... ]

My sincerest apologies, but it is the truth. She is no longer with us.

[mustbepurged]

Oh...

Even knowing it would probably come to this, it's still... just terrible...

[sageguidance]

[ ohhh, you're breaking his heart. ]

Aye. It does not bring me any less sorrow.

... Will you be all right?

[mustbepurged]

[She wipes a tear from her eye.]

Y, yes... Don't worry about me.

I know I should try to focus on what we can do now...

[sageguidance]

You need not force yourself. If you wish to take the day to grieve, then none shall fault you for it.

[mustbepurged]

Thank you. [She manages a small smile.]

I'll take some time... but I'll still need to do my best.

[sageguidance]

Today, we rest. 'Twould be wise to conserve your energy for what is to come on the morrow.

[mustbepurged]

There's going to be a trial... right? And then we'll have to choose someone else to die.

[sageguidance]

[ ... ugh. ]

That—that is correct. Should fortune be in our favor, it will be the one to have done the deed, but...

'Tis not so simple.

[mustbepurged]

I wonder if that's any more fortunate than the alternative... What if the killer didn't want to do it?

It looks like there's only one murder to investigate, too...

[sageguidance]

In my experience, the chance it was an unwitting action is... unfortunately, great, but there is little else we can do.

I suppose the whole point is to see how we fare when faced with only being able to decide on the lesser of two evils.

[mustbepurged]

I... I suppose you're right. If we can't do the right thing, then we should do the next best thing...

Which begins with trying to understand exactly what happened last night.

[sageguidance]

Aye. And we can, at the very least, do that much. For Flayn's sake.