week 2, friday afternoon: room 118

[lohengrins]

[ he knocks, and yet he pushes open the door nonetheless. concern outweighs common courtesy! ]

Knoll?

[ if velvet happens to be in there (she isn't), he can't exactly bring himself to care. ]

You were distraught. I wanted to check in.

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[rextenebrae]

[ After everything, the dark mage had decided it was acceptable to try to hide himself in his bed covers until trial.

Needless to say he also didn't expect anyone else besides Velvet to come to his room, so when Percival barges in, he quickly tries to throw off the covers, almost tossing a book he had on his bed to the floor. But, he grabbed that swiftly. ]

...Lord Percival?

I simply hadn't expected...what had happened, however foolish that may sound.

[ He didn't expect someone he spoke to wind up dead, even though he knew that is what could happen. He also didn't expect three people to be dead. ]

[lohengrins]

[ his lips are pressed into a thin line at the sight of knoll leaping out of his covers. his expression softens upon hearing his voice, however. ]

You're soft. Even if you'd expected it, you would still be unnerved.

This incident...it's unacceptable.

[ anger claws its way up his throat. he forces it back down. ]

You're stronger than this, you know.

[rextenebrae]

... I once told Hibiki and another that I wasn't a very strong person. So, I...wouldn't know. I have never thought of myself as such.

[ He didn't want to say it (especially in front of Percival), but he feels saying anything else would be a lie. And he saw him like this anyway, as embarrassing as it was. ]

I have at least faith that we'll be able to uncover a lot of what happened. However, one concern is that with all of these deaths...there won't be just a single killer we're trying to catch.

[lohengrins]

I was once a weak person as well. Perhaps I still am.

You two were friends, weren't you? Then allow those memories, as short lived as they may be, to be your strength.

[ he stares him down, beckoning him to stand tall. ]

It's going to be a difficult trial -- and a demoralizing one at that.

If you find yourself feeling helpless, however, I will be at your side.

[rextenebrae]

[ Knoll looks surprised for a moment...he hadn't expected the man to say such a thing. ]

You-- you're strong. I can't imagine you as still being weak. But, it is true, that those memories could give me strength...and perhaps, remind me that Hibiki would not want to see me despair. Indeed, he would be very cross with me.

[ He closed his eyes, and then he opens them again. Is it strange he wonders...to feel just by those words, he has been given strength, and a bit of determination. ]

...Yet, perhaps knowing that you would be by my side, should it come to worse, makes me feel as if I could face anything.