[Newt tracks down Mary as soon as he can after the trial. They, uh, sure have some things to talk about, huh!
He finds her at the kotatsu in the greenhouse. This isn't all the private, but... Whatever? It probably doesn't matter at this point. Everyone's just kind of milling around, anyway.]
Hey. [He sits down next to her and gestures at her back.] I like your wings.
He finds her at the kotatsu in the greenhouse. This isn't all the private, but... Whatever? It probably doesn't matter at this point. Everyone's just kind of milling around, anyway.]
Hey. [He sits down next to her and gestures at her back.] I like your wings.
WEEK ZERO
WEEK ONE
WEEK TWO
WEEK THREE
WEEK FOUR
WEEK FIVE
WEEK SIX
MONDAY:hermann - "You still think breaking a few eggs is worth it?"
TUESDAY:mary - "I hope you've been tossing around ideas for the new tattoo you're gonna give me."
SATURDAY:mutsu - "Look, none of this is easy, but you know we can't save everyone, right?" ranpo - "Next time, why don't you get a better look at the crime scene, then?" clarke - "Where'd you pick up that medical knowledge?" mary - "I, uh, I don't know if you're worried about this, but I'm not gonna let anything bad happen to you, alright?" hermann - "If we're gonna erase someone, we have to do our homework."
WEEK ONE
THURSDAY:mary - "And I promise that we really are friends, okay?"
SATURDAY:ranpo - "57%? That's as good as you've got?" lenka - "You thinking about playing vigilante, Lenka?" alex - "This should feel like more of a win than it does." izaya - "Not that I'm planning to kill anyone, I mean. Just, like, hypothetically." hermann - "There's no way we guessed right out of forty-some people just based on luck."
SUNDAY:mary - "Yeah, I guess I am scared. I'm trying not to think about it too much." clarke, lenka, hermann, & inuyasha - "Maybe not medically, but I can, y'know, tell the difference between blood and freaking ketchup."
WEEK TWO
WEDNESDAY:ranpo - "Most of the people around here are totally incompetent."
FRIDAY:hermann - "Don't... Just quit saying 'we' and 'us' like it means something, alright?"
SATURDAY:hermann - "Even with those bullshit entry fees, you and I are still the smartest ones here and even we don't have a fucking clue!" undine - "Well, for starters, I think you need to reevaluate your definition of strength." mary - "Yeah, well, I yell a lot. I yell at everyone. Friends included." magnus - "So, it's not that you trust me when I say I'm not a Reaper. It's that you don't care if I am." caren - "I don't think we have enough information to make that call definitively."
SUNDAY:max & hermann - "It's my pin, Hermann. And we did discuss it." makoto - "I know you and Yusuke are pals, but it wasn't anything personal." akira - "So what are you actively trying to do?"
WEEK THREE
MONDAY:caren & hermann - "Figured you'd want to know we could all trust each other." mary & hermann - "Me and Hermann got some good news the other day, Mary." kaiba - "Can't even trust your partner. That sucks."
SATURDAY:mary - "Tell him it's for his Schwanz. He'll know what it means."
WEEK FOUR
MONDAY:max - "Hey, uh, so if Hermann and I do this together... Do we have to decide on the prize in tandem too?"
THURSDAY:jacopo & hermann - "Guess this sort of mix-up must've been what caused that four-car pile up a couple weeks back, huh?"
FRIDAYcaren - "If it makes you feel any better, whoever did this was quick about it." hermann - "Well, playing connect the dots while trying to open a man's throat is a little bit on the tricky side, okay?"
SATURDAYmary & hermann - "I think you probably saved us a little bit there, kiddo." hermann - "Maybe it saved our asses, but you had no right. At least I had the respect for you to manufacture my story." seizaburo & hermann - "Sorry. I... He was a Reaper." caren - "Let's, ah, let's just said I paid it forward." makoto - "I think it just means the killers are getting smarter... But we are, too." magnus - "Players fighting Players isn't going to get us anywhere." lenka - "If I wanted information out of him, I'd just have talked to the guy." taako - "Yeah, the whole 'look me in the eye and tell me' thing? It doesn't actually win you any points." undine - "I don't... I-I thought I was helping. You have to believe that, okay?" izaya - "How... did you get that?"
SUNDAY:max - "So... So killing Jacopo. That was the right thing to do, wasn't it?" hermann - "Izaya happened." mary - "Um... It's really complicated. We're colleagues, not... Not friends."
WEEK FIVE
MONDAY:setz - "I'm telling you this in the interest of working together, okay?" ichigo - "This game looks like bullshit on the tin, but it isn't, not really. Remember that we're all getting a second chance at life, here."
TUESDAY:max - "Save it, kid. I'm covering my bases."
WEDNESDAY:magnus & taako - "Let's get one thing straight: Hermann had nothing to do with it." lenka - "I guess I have reason to believe you're sitting on some intel that I might be interested in. I figured we could trade."
THURSDAY:ichigo - "I don't want to cause a distraction at the trial in case anyone decides to rip my shirt off again." anthy - "Man, that's so... Simple. That's really all you wanted?" hermann - "Before curfew hits, y'know, we should make sure... we've said everything we wanted to say." tape recorder - "Okay, actually, you know what? Go to hell, Hermann. Like, don't actually, if you don't win this I'll--whatever, just, fuck you, okay?"
SATURDAY:hermann - "Sorry about that whole thing with the tape recorder. Should've figured Taako would gun for me like that." hermann, magnus, & taako - "Who's to say that our actions haven't helped? Get off your fucking high horses." lenka - "At first I did regret it, you know? I mean, hell, I killed a guy. That's... I have to live with that, one way or another." mary - "You're just as real as the rest of us, kiddo. This kinda proves it." undine - "You were just doing what you had to do. You're a Reaper. It's not your fault."
SUNDAY:kaiba - "Speaking of distractions, what was up with you pushing to vote for Max?"
WEEK SIX
FRIDAY:hermann - "I should tell you something. This is shit timing, but it's not like I've got a lot of wiggle room, so..."
SATURDAY:mary - "I like your wings."
[Hm. Well, this "judgment day" thing has Newt a little rattled. It's probably a good thing, isn't it? He's pretty sure they've won this... If not collectively, then at least he and Hermann should be in the clear. Right?
"Pretty sure" isn't sure enough to calm him down, it turns out.
Not too long after the investigation ends, Newt catches Hermann's eye and nods back toward the sewers. He wishes they had better options for meeting spots, but, well. This is it.
He leads Hermann all the way back to the beginning of the little tunnel, into the station underpass with all the flower graffiti. At least it's cleaner over here? And away from eavesdroppers, which is the most important part.
He sticks to Germann, anyway. Just in case.]
You met with the Conductor?
[but i'm not italicizing this entire pc so just pretend]
"Pretty sure" isn't sure enough to calm him down, it turns out.
Not too long after the investigation ends, Newt catches Hermann's eye and nods back toward the sewers. He wishes they had better options for meeting spots, but, well. This is it.
He leads Hermann all the way back to the beginning of the little tunnel, into the station underpass with all the flower graffiti. At least it's cleaner over here? And away from eavesdroppers, which is the most important part.
He sticks to Germann, anyway. Just in case.]
You met with the Conductor?
[but i'm not italicizing this entire pc so just pretend]
[Well, that sure was a trial... Newt finds himself thinking that after every one of these things, but this game just keeps escalating. It's more and more true with each week that passes.
Normally, he would flounce off for some alone time after the trial, but he and Hermann need to go reclaim their stash, so... Here they are. Heading toward the parking lot. Alone. For the first time since, uh, the last time they were here together.
The silence should be nice after nine hours of arguing, but nope. It's just awkward.]
Um... So, uh, how about Mary, right?
[Is this better?]
Normally, he would flounce off for some alone time after the trial, but he and Hermann need to go reclaim their stash, so... Here they are. Heading toward the parking lot. Alone. For the first time since, uh, the last time they were here together.
The silence should be nice after nine hours of arguing, but nope. It's just awkward.]
Um... So, uh, how about Mary, right?
[Is this better?]