Post Crossing Meeting

[knockingatthedoor]

WHO: Kel and anyone who wants to discuss The Crossing
WHAT: Second 'Town Meeting'
WHERE: Oasis
WHEN: A bit after the crossing, when everyone has time to calm down and breathe.
WARNINGS Talks of death, definitely, mention of blood and wounds, other CWs to be added.

[Kel has seen people scatter around and, despite still acting like a foolish fool around Mari and Sunny... he is doing his best to try to coordinate things as he can. Armed with a set bright of pink pencils, definitely merchandise of the Sweetheart brand from his place, he prepared a whole wall in one of the shelters to work as a rough chalkboard and, written on it, there are his few observations from staying behind.

- Nothing beside the wraiths did show up. What are we running from?
- Ferryman honest or not?
- When you don't pay the tool, you may still lose memories
- Our bodies can get hurt as if we're still alive.
- Discussion About Crossing from both sides?

It's not much but try to get stuff to appear properly on a blank wall when all you have is a bunch of pencils that don't even write that well. He's trying, though, he really is. A message is sent out to everyone after he's done gathering enough pillows for everyone to sit in, inviting people to come and share experiences, and... that's all. He did, at least, prepare water for everyone to drink.... it's somethin, right?

"Why, thank you for coming! Take a seat, mingle and let's get down to businesses!"

OOC: This is a mingle thread. Feel free to interact with each other and have discussions about things. The 'chalkboard' will be updated if anything is brought up to Kel's attention, I'll leave an open post for that.

Comments

[blindluck]

Keep up the good work, Kel-kun! [Even if Nagito insists on writing cryptic Silent Hill messages as information.]

[knockingatthedoor]

Gotta do my best, Nagito! I mean. Got friends here I don't want to see cry. You understand the feeling, right?

[It's no secret how much he cares about Sunny and Mari, but he is also starting to care about others too. Even if the two siblings still are on the very top of his priorities and will probably always be.]

Honestly, it's not so bad if we look at this all like some big murder mistery from the afterlife or something. Or a video game.

[blindluck]

Oh, this is much less tense than solving a murder. That probably makes it easier! [He's trying to be encouraging. He sounds encouraging.]

[knockingatthedoor]

Is... it? Did you end up solving a murder during your life, buddy? That sounds intense. And I GUESS- we're all dead already [he hates that] so it's not much like solving a murder but... figuring out what the heck is going on down here.

up here?

This is not the afterlife I expected.

[blindluck]

Only a few! [Nagito waves his hands dismissively; really, don't focus on that part, he isn't that important or special!] This is more interesting than just wandering around being dead, don't you think?

[knockingatthedoor]

That's still a few more than normal people usually solve! What were you? An investigator? A crime CSI person? [Nagito, you can't drop personal lore and ask a teen not to question things.] I guess? I'd rather not be dead- and I'd rather not see my buddies being dead either but I can't say it's boring at least.

[blindluck]

Oh, no, nothing so important. It was just a situation I ended up in, that's all. [This was really not supposed to be a big deal!]

[knockingatthedoor]

... you had to be quite the interesting life, huh? I don't know, man, people don't usually get involved in murder mysteries and all... if that was the case.

[blindluck]

Ah, well, these sort of things just happen to me, I guess. It's different from my life having been important... [It wasn't important.]

[knockingatthedoor]

Everyone's life is important. That being said... man. It sounds like you had a rollercoaster of a life.

[blindluck]

Well, of course. My talent is luck, after all. [He sounds serious about that being a talent.]

[knockingatthedoor]

that sounds more like an innate skill than an actual talent, buddy. It's not like you can cultivate your luck or anything, right?

[It's a conversation stupid enough he can go with it being stupid...]

[blindluck]

Talent is innate. [He says this with absolute certainty.]

[knockingatthedoor]

Is it? I guess I'm not that good with semantics, huh? Still... luck feels more like a stat point in the background rather than anything else? But maybe I'm just jealous because I'm not really lucky. Tried to win the spaceboy cap for years and I never got a single one.

[cloversandcranes]

[Makoto was mostly just hanging out at the meeting, quietly reading everyone's notes when he hears Nagito's words and nearly trips. You can't just say things like that, Nagito!]

Komeada-kun!

[blindluck]

[Nagito looks over, surprised.] Did I do something wrong? [This he says not because he knows exactly what Makoto is objecting to but because that is often Nagito's default assumption about his own actions.]

[cloversandcranes]

[The surprise on Nagito's face almost made him let it go, the almost innocent confusion at his actions.]

...You can't just say things like that! What will people think?!

[He is sure that Kel wouldn't misjudge Nagito by these words but that still didn't stop the panic Makoto felt at those words. It wasn't what it sounded like!]

Just...be careful with what you say, okay?

[blindluck]

Ah, I see. I thought it would be a reassuring comparison, to know it could be worse, but maybe not? [So he shouldn't talk about his experience with solving murders. Alright, he can remember that!]

[cloversandcranes]

[Makoto sighs as he listens to Nagito's reasoning. He wasn't wrong per say but...]

That could work but also open a can worms for you. Like why you were investigating murders. What will you say if they ask?

[blindluck]

That it would have been much less hopeful to have murders happen around me and not try to investigate them!

[Airtight logic! It's not technically incorrect!]

1/2

[cloversandcranes]

...

2/2

[cloversandcranes]

[Makoto hesitates as he thinks of what to say. He isn't quite sure that is correct.]

I mean...I guess that works. But what if they want to know more?

[blindluck]

Then I'd say that these things just happen to me sometimes. Which is true! [Solving murders probably isn't the most difficult thing to believe has happened to him, if he tries to put everything that's happened to him in some sort of list.]

[cloversandcranes]

[Makoto looks at Nagito silently for a moment before sighing and smiling sheepishly. Maybe he was worrying about nothing. Nagito would be fine!]

That's true I guess... Good. Just be careful. Others can misunderstand what you're saying and they might not react well to it. ...I'm probably worrying over nothing.

[After all, there's so many good people here.]

[blindluck]

I'll be sure not to mention it again! [It isn't as if Makoto ordered him not to, but he'll treat it like one.] I've never been very good at knowing what will upset people before I open my mouth anyway, so it's good to have guidelines!