MEETING: TUESDAY, WEEK 4

[violentenvies]

[Hello and welcome to the cafeteria. Salieri has set up one of the tables with some sandwiches and water, as well as papers and pencils. Once everyone is settled, Salieri stands. He’s conferred with the SQUIP on the purpose of this meeting, and so clears his throat. It’s a much smaller crowd, but perhaps, with the right amount of push, they can still make a difference.]

Good afternoon. Thank you all for coming. I have discussed today’s topics with the SQUIP, and have organized them by topic, so that we may be sure to address all areas.

((BIG OOC NAVIGATION))
||SUBJECT||sub-subjects|and volunteering if applicable||

• ||INVESTIGATION pt 1| Already Done/Info Share | Possible Door in the Costume Room (LP and B) & BRUTE FORCING IT MAYBE (Varian and Discord)|


• ||INVESTIGATION pt 2 aka signups| The Lobby | The East Hall | Living Area | West Hall| The Grounds | Second Floor - East | Second Floor - West/Roof| Theater/Stage||


• || SECONDARY CHARACTERS?? | Pls Define “Secondary” (LP and B) | The Libretto AND the Music (LP, B, SQUIP)||


• ||CONTACTING THE LIVING |Contacting Experience | Whomst is Nana?


• ||GENERAL MEETING CHATTER| What do we know so far?||

Comments

[voicerights]

It is the only guess I can make without learning more. And even then...

[...]

I have misread humans before.

[violentenvies]

...it doesn't help when this one in particular has surrounded himself entirely with metal.

[voicerights]

[A nod]

Body language and facial expression are integral to my social analysis. I am at a substantial disadvantage without them.

[violentenvies]

That's what makes Hester easier to read, I suppose.

The most that could be observed of the Wizard was his outbursts.

[disharmonizes]

He does get outbursty, doesn't he? I didn't even get the proper voting spiel.

Though he did sing.

[violentenvies]

[wh...that's new]

Did he? [frown!!] That's new. Any particular reason that you could surmise?

[disharmonizes]

Hester was having trouble keeping the song going.

[violentenvies]

[....oh.]

...I see. So he was in a hurry to get it done and wasn't about to wait for her.

[disharmonizes]

It certainly seemed that way.

I didn't particularly care about that, of course, seeing as it was always my plan to take over the performance. But I wasn't expecting to get to interrupt him.

[...it did make things a lot more fun, honestly.]

...I suppose more charitably [eugh] it could've been him jumping in because he felt bad about her struggling.

[violentenvies]

[his expression maybe goes a little funny and soft again for a moment because Discord you interrupted the Wizard and he loves you so much before he refocuses on the details]

If he's seen fit to adopt Hester as somewhat of a daughter, one has to question...why her? What is particularly special about Hester?

[voicerights]

For you. For me, Hester may as well have been behind a metal wall of her own. [It sounds a little frustrated] These outbursts were only at the trials?

[violentenvies]

Hester and I spent much time talking. But even before I knew her well, she was fairly easy for me to read.

So it seems...though it's hard to know if there was a different time, because we only saw the Wizard during trials, save for one exception.

[voicerights]

The Balladeer's death.

What was it like, from your view?

cw: blood mention, flashback

[violentenvies]

[Salieri can't help but go still at that, hands clenching on the edge of the table, expression going neutral, pulling that mask into place so he doesn't think about blood, wet and sticking, limbs at odd angles and his arms shaking, trembling as he lifts--

He blinks once, eyes closed perhaps a moment longer than necessary, but--]

...he was...annoyed with us. But he did speak to us, and lowered Janis down from the bubble. He said that there would be no trial, for there were only trials for people. [all reported in a neutral tone] I didn't engage with him much myself, but some of the others did.

[disharmonizes]

[...just. gonna lean against Salieri.

hang in there.]

[violentenvies]

[that's...comforting. He's maybe just gonna try and find Discord's hand under the table]

[voicerights]

[Watches Salieri.

Watches Discord.

Then nods slightly]

I see. Thank you.

[violentenvies]

Of course.

[tellthestory]

[The Balladeer swallows and looks down at his hands, as he wrings them together. That expression...that one's his fault. When he speaks, it's low enough to be nearly a whisper.]

I - [He swallows again.] - I don't think there would have been one anyway. If there was, you probably would've just voted for me.

[violentenvies]

None of us would have voted for Janis, I'm sure.

[...]

Though there are several of us who would have voted for the Wizard, if it was possible. [dryly, trying to affect something that isn't melancholy back into the discussion]

[disharmonizes]

Perhaps we should've all just scribbled over part of Varian's button and then voted.

[hey he's the one with Wizard in his title. let's be honest this is at least slightly less stupid than their other plans.]

[violentenvies]

[There is both a pang at that--Salieri hadn't been able to vote, then, of course he hadn't. But there's a bit of a very black humor to that, and he huffs]

Alas, I believe the time for that is well past. [a lot of drawled sarcasm here]