DAY 6 (POST TRIAL) ALFENDI & SHIJIMA & BIGBY & ELIZABETH & ALICE

[selfdenying]

[Well, what a trial. Back and forth accusations between several people, a search for wounds, inquiries galore, the discovery that Bigby has weird kinks, Adam's sudden confession...it was one giant rollercoaster, but somehow, they've all made it. Somehow, this apartment is still ticking away with its strange inhabitants, now plus one in the form of Elizabeth.]

[Alfendi seems pleased by the whole affair- outwardly, at least. Once they've all gathered, he pulls out Bigby's whiskey bottle from last time, offering it to his fellow roommates (and Liz) with a devilish smile. It looks like his nicer side still isn't ready to come out - and honestly, he still looks sickly, but he's in a good mood.]

[He lets out a laugh.]

Well, I'm pretty sure I'm going to die. I don't suppose anyone is going to help me write my last will and testament?

[Another laugh as he sits on the edge of the couch, smiling wide,]

Anyways, never mind that, we're not out of the woods yet. We may have caught the guilty party, but there are still a few rats running around. What are everyone's thoughts on the matter? [A beat, as he glances to their newest occupant.] Also, before I forget, I just wanted to give a warm welcome to Elizabeth. You definitely came to the right place.

Comments

[liven]

I agree, but I think it's for the best he's dead. He was a distraction who wasn't going to work with any of us any longer because of our great crime of "murdering" a staff member.

[puffing]

Yeah, I know. He pretty much clocked out, either because of Luke or because he killed Franziska and was satisfied with that. Guilty is guilty.

[ even if he's guilty of a kill as well. that's a different conversation. ]

[liven]

He made his choice. He did not have to kill her. He woke with her and a baton. That woman wouldn't have killed him, I do not think. She truly did want to protect all of us, though she was foolish about it.

They could have sat and waited for morning. Instead, he killed her. It's one thing to do that, but I didn't care for his rhetoric. He saw himself as a "hero" at the end.

[puffing]

I don't know. I'm sure the staff was intent on seeing one of them die. Could have very well been a kill-or-be-killed situation. If that's the case, Adam had even less of a reason not to do what he did.

[ he's all for killing under the right causes, okay. Bigby's done it here and he's done it more than enough back in Fabletown. ]

Mm. The only thing I didn't like was how confident he was that we were all fucking up. You obviously had the right idea from the get-go, but I guess people had a problem with believing things to be too expected.

[liven]

He simply didn't want to admit that Alice and Alfendi and I were correct that he was a killer. And everyone else who concurred...but if he wanted to die believing he'd pulled the wool over our eyes or whatever, what of it. At least he won't be a nuisance any longer. He was only going to be a liability with his mindset at the end.

[ shijima is a dick, news at eleven ]

And perhaps the staff was intent on that. However, he still chose to play their game. I do not think much of that.