An understandable guess. But what difference would our involvement make? Principal Bear holds far more authority than we do, and he could do nothing to stop either.
Ah - not to say that I mean to argue. Only that... Well, the supposition that we weren't present for a reason leads to a 'why'. And it is hard for me to believe without that 'why'.
I very much wonder the same thing. But unfortunately, I don't have any guess as to why you four in particular would have been taken aside like this. Unless it was perhaps your Principal Bear's attempt at keeping you from having to go through such an unsightly mess.
[HE WOULDN'T BLAME THAT BEAR he did end up almost getting stabbed.]
Principal Bear is a very kind and considerate man. However I can't imagine he'd go out of his way to prevent us from doing our jobs and serving all of you. Though I suppose he might know trial procedures better than the rest of us - I hadn't even been aware those systems were in place.
[The way Sakyou's just staring at his phone for a second like MAN??????]
Unfortunately it seems like there are quite a few things at play that you may not have been aware of. [The "IF you're not LYING LIARS" is mercifully left unsaid.] I can't image that serving a student body typically includes handling executions and murder in any case.
No, I wouldn't say that's typical either. From what I understand, the mechanisms are in place due to an incident that happened closer to the founding of the school. Which was quite a long time ago. Thus this the first time that many of us have seen it.
I hope the incident wasn't also murder. [It was probably also murder.]
I don't intend to give you more to concern yourself over when you're still trying to recover, though. Perhaps we can discuss more later when you're feeling well again.
While I appreciate your concern, I consider this an important enough matter to discuss. And there is no great harm to my health from responding to messages from the comfort of my room. All the same I do not wish to keep you as well - I'm opening to discussing more whenever you might have time.
I would still advise as much rest as possible, given the uncertain nature of your illness. But if you don't mind, may I at least ask for your honest feelings on the goings-on currently?
You may. My feelings are... complicated. I consider the rituals themselves to be disquieting - to suddenly have a part of my school's history revealed when I was certain I researched it all already. And I am displeased by the way that everyone is feeling, of course. Someone died and another was expelled. I am not so cold-blooded that I can even make play at being neutral.
In addition, I find red tape to be frustrating - but I wonder what more I could have done if I was not feeling ill this weekend. At the end of the day, I am still a student, even for all that I care about all of you.
It has been suggested to me that things may be more nefarious than they seem - Ultimately, I do not mind engaging in thought experiments and partaking in logic exercises. I want people to feel heard, and know that I am doing my best to understand as well. Though all the same... I am not there yet. I do not have all the answers I'd like to... But I hope to eventually. I am not an easily daunted or deterred person.
[hate that he reads this message and it immediately shoots viola to the top of his dorm heads list.]
I understand. It's a difficult thing when one wishes to help, but everyone appears to be equally without grounds for a starting point to do so. It's also difficult to discover that something you thought knew well is not as it seemed. At least for us, we had no expectations or beliefs. Only suspicions and speculations.
But in such a situation, a strong determination will always do one good. If nothing else, it's heartening to hear that.
The suspicions and speculations pain me a bit as well, in truth - I wish I could have shown you all the fun and festive time that could be had on this campus. It truly can be a wonderful place. But now everyone's experiences are marred with this. It's frustrating - very nearly infuriating.
But your understanding is kind. Thank you. At the very least, I hope to try to build an understanding with all of you. I understand your doubt and your wariness of all of us... Trust is simply something that must be earned, then.
I can imagine so. One should not be treated as criminal for crimes without proof.
[Which is why he finally reached out at all, after thinking over his stance on Kaoruko. He really would have felt like garbage if they turned out to all be innocent and he just like peaced the hell out even knowing they had apparently collapsed.]
I find it difficult to trust, but I'm willing to see what the future may bring without direct condemnation.
Is that so... Then I hope that you're able to find something to trust in, Sakyou. Even if it's not any of us. I think it'd nice to have some things still worth believing in.
Though I'll do my best to try to earn it from you regardless.
[He is a sad ronin about it but he's not keen on burdening others with his sad ronin-ness so:]
Thank you. I'll do what I can to help where I can as well, as the situation stands now. Please don't hesitate to let me know if there's anything I can do.
Only if you promise to do the same. Even if you do not trust me, then at the very least be sure to make use of me. I promise I won't hold it against you later, so long as it's for everyone's well-being.
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But what difference would our involvement make? Principal Bear holds far more authority than we do, and he could do nothing to stop either.
Ah - not to say that I mean to argue. Only that...
Well, the supposition that we weren't present for a reason leads to a 'why'.
And it is hard for me to believe without that 'why'.
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But unfortunately, I don't have any guess as to why you four in particular would have been taken aside like this.
Unless it was perhaps your Principal Bear's attempt at keeping you from having to go through such an unsightly mess.
[HE WOULDN'T BLAME THAT BEAR he did end up almost getting stabbed.]
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However I can't imagine he'd go out of his way to prevent us from doing our jobs and serving all of you.
Though I suppose he might know trial procedures better than the rest of us - I hadn't even been aware those systems were in place.
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Unfortunately it seems like there are quite a few things at play that you may not have been aware of. [The "IF you're not LYING LIARS" is mercifully left unsaid.] I can't image that serving a student body typically includes handling executions and murder in any case.
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No, I wouldn't say that's typical either.
From what I understand, the mechanisms are in place due to an incident that happened closer to the founding of the school.
Which was quite a long time ago.
Thus this the first time that many of us have seen it.
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I hope the incident wasn't also murder. [It was probably also murder.]
I don't intend to give you more to concern yourself over when you're still trying to recover, though. Perhaps we can discuss more later when you're feeling well again.
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And there is no great harm to my health from responding to messages from the comfort of my room.
All the same I do not wish to keep you as well - I'm opening to discussing more whenever you might have time.
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But if you don't mind, may I at least ask for your honest feelings on the goings-on currently?
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My feelings are... complicated.
I consider the rituals themselves to be disquieting - to suddenly have a part of my school's history revealed when I was certain I researched it all already.
And I am displeased by the way that everyone is feeling, of course. Someone died and another was expelled. I am not so cold-blooded that I can even make play at being neutral.
In addition, I find red tape to be frustrating - but I wonder what more I could have done if I was not feeling ill this weekend.
At the end of the day, I am still a student, even for all that I care about all of you.
It has been suggested to me that things may be more nefarious than they seem -
Ultimately, I do not mind engaging in thought experiments and partaking in logic exercises.
I want people to feel heard, and know that I am doing my best to understand as well.
Though all the same... I am not there yet. I do not have all the answers I'd like to...
But I hope to eventually. I am not an easily daunted or deterred person.
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I understand.
It's a difficult thing when one wishes to help, but everyone appears to be equally without grounds for a starting point to do so.
It's also difficult to discover that something you thought knew well is not as it seemed.
At least for us, we had no expectations or beliefs. Only suspicions and speculations.
But in such a situation, a strong determination will always do one good.
If nothing else, it's heartening to hear that.
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The suspicions and speculations pain me a bit as well, in truth -
I wish I could have shown you all the fun and festive time that could be had on this campus. It truly can be a wonderful place.
But now everyone's experiences are marred with this. It's frustrating - very nearly infuriating.
But your understanding is kind. Thank you.
At the very least, I hope to try to build an understanding with all of you. I understand your doubt and your wariness of all of us...
Trust is simply something that must be earned, then.
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I can imagine so.
One should not be treated as criminal for crimes without proof.
[Which is why he finally reached out at all, after thinking over his stance on Kaoruko. He really would have felt like garbage if they turned out to all be innocent and he just like peaced the hell out even knowing they had apparently collapsed.]
I find it difficult to trust, but I'm willing to see what the future may bring without direct condemnation.
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Then I hope that you're able to find something to trust in, Sakyou. Even if it's not any of us.
I think it'd nice to have some things still worth believing in.
Though I'll do my best to try to earn it from you regardless.
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Thank you.
I'll do what I can to help where I can as well, as the situation stands now.
Please don't hesitate to let me know if there's anything I can do.
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Even if you do not trust me, then at the very least be sure to make use of me.
I promise I won't hold it against you later, so long as it's for everyone's well-being.
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He's also not above a little lie here and there, though.]
Then we have an arrangement.
Please take care in the meanwhile.