TP - Noelle

[legendofthelion]

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WK 1 Post-Trial

[legendofthelion]

[There's nothing easy about a murder, but at least it's not the first time Dehya's seen conflict. That's not the case for everyone.

She notices Noelle when she's heading back for her own dorm and stops. Dehya doesn't really know what her past is, but they'd all gotten a fresh look at the profiles and with how shaken she was...

Dehya pivots and approaches quickly before Noelle can disappear behind a door.]--Hey.

[noellemadic]

Oh.

[She tried to disappear a little fast, but seems like she got seen! It'd be rude to just close the door.

.......

She closes the door, but then reopens it a second later, not having the heart to just...be really rude]

Sorry. I guess I'm still jumpy about everything. It's what happens when the first thing you see when you wake up was all that in the garden.

[Yeah, Noelle's default state is not being fine, but this murdergame isn't helping, is it, haha]

[legendofthelion]

[Dehya waits a second and is relieved when Noelle peeks back out.]

It's okay. [She says it softly.] That's actually why I wanted to check on you. That all happened really quickly, and you were in the rose garden first, right?

[noellemadic]

Yeah, it was...it was pretty scary, to wake up and see Lavi there. I even though someone had left him there to try to pin this on me.

[Noelle fully steps out]

Kind of spent the whole time waiting for everything to come back to accuse me. Is that paranoid?

[legendofthelion]

I think that whole thing was supposed to make us paranoid. [Dehya frowns.] If we don't trust each other, we can't work together. It makes it that much easier for this god to manipulate us.

[It's not easy bouncing back from a betrayal. Everyone was pretty willing to come together this time, but...]

[noellemadic]

You know, that's what Solomon was telling me. That I just had to trust him and others, and they wouldn't let anything bad happen.

[......

Noelle smiles a little]

It was comforting. I mean, it's not like I have been framed for anything, ever, but to know someone is willing to believe I had nothing to do with this...it was very welcome.

[legendofthelion]

[Ah. Dehya smiles a little.] I think... Gabimaru could have waited a little, and not jumped straight to taking someone else's life for his own wants. But I also don't want that to be the reason to rest of us start pointing fingers at each other.

[Like... she did start pointing fingers but she's learning from it. She will be very careful in the future.] I'm sorry you had to wake up in the middle of it. You know, if you want to talk about it...

[noellemadic]

I dunno. I can't fully blame Gabimaru. I think it's...well, having a want strong enough you'd do anything for it is tough. Having such a wish might be the kind of thing that can make you go mad, so I guess that's what happened to him.

[It sure will be what will happen with Noelle very soon, really, her own hopes weighing on her shattered psyche enough for her to go and kill]

...you know what, I think I will. No point in staying quiet, right?

[The offer is welcome, and she'll take it!]

[legendofthelion]

I know. [Dehya has convictions, but it's sure she's ever wanted something that bad, often as she does go with the flow of life.] But we have to remember we're not the only person that matters.

[They can't just tear each other apart for selfish reasons, or else all that's going to be left is broken bodies and empty shells.

But she gestures for Noelle to walk with her.] Let's go to the cafe--I think eating something sweet is the best way to talk about something heavy. What's your favorite food?

[noellemadic]

[She wishes more people would remember that. Maybe she herself should have. If more people did, perhaps her fate would have been better, she thinks. Oh well, no point in getting mopey about it.

The question makes her clear her throat]

Um, just--just coffee is fine. It can be sweet. I'm not very hungry right now.

[But a coffee would be nice]

[legendofthelion]

Sure. [She gestures Noelle along. Maybe she can just get extra treats to go with coffee, like chocolate croissants and if Noelle changes her mind she can take some.

Though Dehya doesn't let the trip there be totally silent:] Have you ever seen a building like this before? It still doesn't feel totally real sometimes.

[noellemadic]

Kind of. I'm no stranger to underground complexes, but schools normally aren't towers like these. It's so weird. And that Dramaturge guy gives me the creeps.

[Wow, apparently she's not a fan of Sika Madu]

[legendofthelion]

[That gets a snort out of her.] I guess anyone doing all of this long enough would get a little crazy.

[noellemadic]

And his title doesn't fit. When I think of a dramaturge I think more of someone like Fandaniel.

[Now that's a man who exudes drama and also stokes drama]

[legendofthelion]

That guy is pretty dramatic. Think he really was an actor before?

[Or is he just Like That.]