[ After the trial, Kate walked very quickly away from the pyre and ducked behind a building. Maybe it's the one Erin's staying at. Or she just happened to turn the same corner...
Here, she has her back pressed to the wall and her hands against her chest. She takes slow, deep breaths, one after another, like she's trying to regulate herself. ]
[Erin definitely is looking for a place to be at that's far away from Boothill, and truthfully, she also isn't very into seeing Karma right now, and since they have the same building...yeah, she was deciding to stay alone for a while.
Didn't think she'd encounter the shadowy girl.
Erin is trembling a little as well, although she's not trying to relax herself]
Oh, it's you. My bad, didn't think there'd be someone back here.
[Well dang, where else to go to for a bit of private panic. She doesn't feel like she can move too far away]
It became a little too much to deal with. What a nightmare.
[When the trial had started Erin had been pretty okay with everything, even eager to put some order into the sitaution. The longer the trial went, the more uneasy she felt, and that final hour was the worst one, that's for sure]
[Erin absolutely hates that. It's not entirely foreign territory, to see this kind of stuff happen, but Erin hates it anyway]
So that's what got you shaking?
[Erin has been trembling less while she talks with Kate, so she manages to ask that question while pretending she hadn't been just all shaken up by the trial and its events]
I'm trying hard not to think about that. [Because it makes her feel horrible] Instead I'm trying to think about what could happen if he hadn't been caught.
[........it's not really working]
We didn't do the right thing, but with how things were we didn't have that many options on what to do. We got royally screwed over by the cult.
There always is. There's always a chance, it's all about taking advantage of it once it appears.
[The crux of it is, of course, still being able to take it once it appears. That's the problem, because what if you can't do it once the one and only opportunity presents itself?]
if erin checked the bulletin, she may have noticed a trail of dark soot on the ground that leads away from there... to a thin, dark cloud of smoke hanging over the cemetery. sitting on the ground between the worn gravestones is a familiar shadow. as always, her face is unreadable.
she seems almost still and lifeless, merely sitting there without moving or making a sound. until finally... ]
... Is someone there?
[ she turns her head to look through the haze at erin. ]
[The words make Erin jump a little. She had just...ended up wandering. The cemetery ended up being a place as good as any to end up at, and she hadn't expected somebody to be here. Seeing Kate makes her exhale]
Cor...just me. Trying to get over everything. Absolutely horrible day, you know why.
... I don't know who to be angry at right now. The killers, Ichiban, or Karma... or an unknown number of cultists, who won't even show themselves to us.
[ the more she talks, the more her composure, and her voice, wavers. ]
[She's not sure if more soot coming out of your head is good or not, but better err on the side of caution and not end up with, like, Kate accidentally spilling her sooty self all over the place]
It really has been. Welcome to this side, we have showers, Jamba Juice, bees, and like three different springs.
[A nonchalant respose as usual! It's been some time, but Erin hasn't changed in this regard at all, hah]
You'll get used to it all. And--I know I won't be your first choice because we're anything but close, but if you need anything later you can bother me.
[Erin will never admit it aloud to Kate, but she feels bad for her. Not even in a pity way, she just feels bad for the last few weeks Kate had]
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Week 0, Saturday
Here, she has her back pressed to the wall and her hands against her chest. She takes slow, deep breaths, one after another, like she's trying to regulate herself. ]
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Didn't think she'd encounter the shadowy girl.
Erin is trembling a little as well, although she's not trying to relax herself]
Oh, it's you. My bad, didn't think there'd be someone back here.
[Well dang, where else to go to for a bit of private panic. She doesn't feel like she can move too far away]
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[ she tries to slow her breaths more and more, trying to return to some kind of "normal." ]
I just... can't believe this. All of this.
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[When the trial had started Erin had been pretty okay with everything, even eager to put some order into the sitaution. The longer the trial went, the more uneasy she felt, and that final hour was the worst one, that's for sure]
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[Erin absolutely hates that. It's not entirely foreign territory, to see this kind of stuff happen, but Erin hates it anyway]
So that's what got you shaking?
[Erin has been trembling less while she talks with Kate, so she manages to ask that question while pretending she hadn't been just all shaken up by the trial and its events]
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We just condemned someone to death for something he couldn't control.
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[........it's not really working]
We didn't do the right thing, but with how things were we didn't have that many options on what to do. We got royally screwed over by the cult.
[It's infuriating, really]
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There must be a way to fight back.
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[Erin exhales forcefully]
There always is. There's always a chance, it's all about taking advantage of it once it appears.
[The crux of it is, of course, still being able to take it once it appears. That's the problem, because what if you can't do it once the one and only opportunity presents itself?]
Week 1, Friday
if erin checked the bulletin, she may have noticed a trail of dark soot on the ground that leads away from there... to a thin, dark cloud of smoke hanging over the cemetery. sitting on the ground between the worn gravestones is a familiar shadow. as always, her face is unreadable.
she seems almost still and lifeless, merely sitting there without moving or making a sound. until finally... ]
... Is someone there?
[ she turns her head to look through the haze at erin. ]
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Augh!
[The words make Erin jump a little. She had just...ended up wandering. The cemetery ended up being a place as good as any to end up at, and she hadn't expected somebody to be here. Seeing Kate makes her exhale]
Cor...just me. Trying to get over everything. Absolutely horrible day, you know why.
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[ her voice is calm and quiet like always, but it trembles slightly. ]
I suppose I'm doing the same.
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[With three people gone, and in terrible circumstances, yeah, of course the mood is real low right now]
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[ the more she talks, the more her composure, and her voice, wavers. ]
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[Thinking about the cultists manages to ignite some of Erin's usual anger, seems like]
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[Since, well, getting upset with someone around here only will make you feel worse and worse, since you probably will keep seeing them for a while.
After all, it's not like we can arrange a three-way tie. Killers will survive!]
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[Shout at them, try to attack them...?]
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and there's a fwoosh as even more soot just pours out of her head. ]
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[She's not sure if more soot coming out of your head is good or not, but better err on the side of caution and not end up with, like, Kate accidentally spilling her sooty self all over the place]
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... We've lost some dependable people. It's going to be very difficult to make up for their absence.
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[Easier said than done when you have done it successfully, Erin. Also much harder to do when there's, you know, possession]
Week 6, Tuesday
... It's been some time, Erin.
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[A nonchalant respose as usual! It's been some time, but Erin hasn't changed in this regard at all, hah]
You'll get used to it all. And--I know I won't be your first choice because we're anything but close, but if you need anything later you can bother me.
[Erin will never admit it aloud to Kate, but she feels bad for her. Not even in a pity way, she just feels bad for the last few weeks Kate had]
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[ why. ]
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[Erin sure subscribes to that theory, at least]
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... Somehow, that does seem possible.
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[Who else other than Karma would create bees with teeth]
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[ beeth real... ]
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