62 | DAY SIX (morning)

What Shijima said!

[Alice frowns, shifting the bedsheets she's carried out to rest on her shoulder so that she can fold her arms across her chest.]

Before we go in there for that sham of a trial, you need to at least put on some clothes that aren't bloody, or you're going to be an easy target for anyone who wants to get someone else killed.

[ he wasn't expecting to wake up like this either, okay. Bigby doesn't take to surprises all too well, especially if those surprises involve him. Alfendi's insults are enough for him to shoot a piercing glare towards the man that seemed to have been even more exhausted than the guy who was royally screwed up. if he had the energy, his body would be pinned up against a wall with an arm to his throat.

but he doesn't. it takes everything he's got to even be moving right now, and he's lucky he didn't receive any damage to his legs. Shijima's and Alice's attempts at calming him are (ironically) more peaceful than the other male in their apartment, but that doesn't mean they'll be anymore successful. ]

I remember plenty. [ he seems to be aware of his surroundings, at the very least?? and not in some blood lust. considering his current state, that is a miracle. ] I was attacked in our apartment last night. All there is to it.

[If he were his nicer self, he'd possibly be more placating. Unfortunately, that isn't happening right now. It's probably lucky for everyone else that he's in a terrible and rather sickly state right now - he drags a hand down his face, trying to grasp the implications.]

You were awake? [Now that's a surprise. He's still iffy on all the details surrounding this whole thing, but what he read from notes in his notebook, it seems they're all drugged during the night. Huh.]

Well, now. [He shakes his head.] Was that man part of the staff, then? Because if he was, you did quite the boon to all of us.

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Anyone who came into our room while we were sleeping obviously wasn't up to any good.

[ whatever she doesn't care if bigby killed a dude? ]

But you could have killed him a little less messily if so...Since you seem to be saying you made the mess, you have to help clean it up later.

[ shijima... ]

We believe that, but you're going to have to convince all of them.

[And she wouldn't put it past them to panic and vote for someone who was confirmed to have killed someone, even if it was self-defense, should they be unable to identify another staff member.]

You're going to make your injuries even worse at this rate.

Getting stabbed in the fucking shoulder will tend to wake you up.

[ kudos to him for being able to still talk? even if he seems to be cursing more than usual. it can't be helped. ]

I don't know if he's staff. Didn't have time to ask him. [ AND HIS GLARE IS NOW TOWARDS SHIJIMA. don't you dare add to this, cat girl. ] I'm so goddamn sorry. Next time, I'll just let whoever else comes into our apartment do what they came to do. Sound good?

[ he doesn't care about how bad his injuries will get right now. they're either going to have to ride together or let him... die... alone...? that's the proper saying, right? ]

Ha, how bold of him! To sneak in the middle of the night and try to stab a man...it isn't at all like the previous murders, is it?

[Since Bigby is a) not in the operating theater and b) still has his foot intact, thankfully .]

I'd say that if he was staff, he was getting desperate. And if not, then he was an absolute fool. Serves him right. [He peers down at Bigby's hip, eyebrows, furrowing.] What the hell did he do to your hip, though?

How did he even get in there to attack you? He was supposed to be asleep. We all were.

[It's lucky for Bigby - and probably for the rest of them - that the stab wound was enough to wake up him up.]

He deserves what he got, but you're going to have to be careful from here on. [She scowls.] He probably wasn't working alone, whether he was staff or not. If anyone tries to point the finger at you in the trial later...

You can kill whoever comes into our room, obviously...but this will make people panic, unfortunately, because they're idiots.

[ #faith ]

I have to say that stabbing someone in the shoulder is a bad way to kill them in their sleep. How idiotic of him...well, he probably regretted it after you took care of him. Good work, despite the mess.

[ shijima... ]

[ thanks for the support and confidence in him guys. he'd appreciate it if what blood left in his body wasn't boiling.

and also, at this point, Bigby doesn't really know where he's going. he just starts dragging his body through the atrium, doing his best to keep himself from keeling over every step that he takes. ]

Mmf. He was working with someone else, alright. Was... nnn, given a second weapon on top of his sword. Said another guy told him to come find me after we... fuck, wrestled on the ground. ―With a sword in my arm.

[ something that has apparently disappeared since coming to. that was definitely still stuck in his arm, last he remembered. ]

[Another guy told him to come find Bigby...?

So either Kei was a staff member, or he was being ordered around by one. Alice tries to think on it harder but brings a hand up to her temple instead, wincing.]

Get some rest, get patched up, and then get ready. We're going to take... [She takes a breath.] We're going to take whoever this "other guy" was down in today's trial. They have a lot of nerve.

I concur with Alice. If you won't let us see to your wounds, at least go sit down and attempt not to pass out.

[ this is concern? for her? she looks over at alice when the other girl puts a hand to her temple, eyebrows rising, but doesn't say a word about it. ]

I suppose the rest of us shall have to think about the coming trial.

A joint operation?

[Sorry, Bigby, he has to laugh at that. Not at Bigby, thankfully, but just the idea of someone needing help to murder. How pathetic.]

What a coward! And another weapon is just cheating, really...well, looks like it didn't help him, anyways.

[Does Alfendi show any kind of concern for Bigby's state? Nope. Not at all. Sorry, Bigby.]

We'll definitely find that little weasel of his friend and we'll bring him down. He didn't mention anything else about him?

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[ so many voices around him. Bigby can't help but groan with every step he takes, but stubbornness still wants him to ignore their demands to make him stop. eventually, however― ]

Oh my god, fine. If it makes you all shut the... nnn, hell up about it.

[ his breathing is labored as he instead finds a rail to sit on top of, hands on his knees and bent over. Bigby doesn't look at any of them, even if Alfendi deserves a proper slap in the face for yapping off as much as he is. he can't comprehend the fact that he is the "other" side right now. ]

Unless they out themselves with some kind of... kind of accusation to me, it'll be another blind guess. [ at least he's finally trying to wipe some of the dry blood off of his mouth! ] Nothing I can think of right now. He was definitely dead, right?

[ he thinks he bit deeply enough. ]

One hundred percent dead. You got him good.

[Good job, Bigby! And Alfendi does deserve the slap. He does. Nobody deserves to hear him and his weird critic nature when it comes to murders.]

I'll ask that terminal person - what was it, Julie? - about his status, about whether he was staff or not. She could have some answers. Meanwhile, anyone who tries to accuse you after this is just a genuine idiot.

[Alice nods her agreement.]

Shijima and I both kicked him, and he didn't so much as flinch.

[But then she makes a face at Alfendi.]

Judy. If you call her by the wrong name she might give you false information. Some people are stupid and petty like that.

He was extremely dead. And apparently had nothing on his person.

[ because of course 2 of them looted the corpse. ]

At any rate, at least you've agreed to sit down...I somehow doubt we'll get better than that for now.

[ Bigby flinches from something that wasn't related to pain. he was internally aware Kei could be nothing but dead after the contact his teeth made with the other man's throat, but... ugh. he had no intention of killing anyone. back an animal such as a wolf into a corner, however, and there wasn't much of a choice that he was given. ]

Right. ―And you all thought it was a good idea to just leave him alone in our apartment to follow me?

[ he should be touched, and he may find the time to feel it if he survives the end of the night. for now, however, he shrugs and immediately groans with the pain of moving his shoulder in anyway. ]

What the fuck is his problem, while we're at it?

[ just going to weakly point at Alfendi, the one that has taken King Dickhead from the rest of the apartment for the time being. ]

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[WOW ALICE. He turns to her, frowning.]

Excuse me, who's the actual damn amnesiac here, huh? You? Or me?

[He would make a rude gesture here too, but he's distracted by Bigby's questions, and he turns back, glowering.]

You had answers that a corpse didn't. [He lets out a huff, the strands of his hair in front of his hair flopping a bit from the rush of air. What do you mean, what the fuck is my problem? I woke up yesterday for like the fifth time after something happened with her - [He points to Alice.] - and that other guy with the bandana. Dickson, or whatever.

[Tch.] Hi. Nice to meet you, too.

[Dryly:]

We've all forgotten things, so the answer would be all of us.

[Also, he has the advantage of someone writing shit down where he can find it? Like, wow, nice Alfendi went through all that trouble to leave notes and here he is acting like he can't remember something as simple as a name! ...actually if he purposefully left the wrong names in the notes that would be pretty hilarious and would bump Nice Alfendi up a few levels in Alice's book.

For now, though, she huffs.]

I had nothing to do with that. The other you just totally lost it, is all. But at least we managed to knock him into the fountain, so I'm satisfied with that.

[That's not to say she won't take another swipe at Alfendi if he so much as looks at her funny, though...]

Alfie looked at the body but we left to follow you after it was obvious we wouldn't learn anything from the corpse, because that's what good roommates do.

[literally no one wants to hear that from you, Alice]

So this is the other personality?

[ honestly she just figured he was in a bad mood. weird. ]

I'll go back to the apartment after this...but it's not as though any of us want to deal with the questions we'll get more than once. Ugh...what a pain this is.

Alfendi. I don't care if you're feeling pissy or not. Shut the hell up.

[ NICE TO MEET YOU TOO. if Bigby was in any mind to pay attention to his and Alice's petty bickering, he would definitely want to find out what the hell crawled up their ass and made them so aggressive towards one another, Nice Alfendi or no.

he pats around his bloodied pants for the slim chance that his cigarettes were on him, taking the risk of causing even more tearing in his shoulder wound while doing so. of course he didn't have his cigarettes on him. they must have spilled out at some point during the confrontation. with a deep sigh, he uses his one good arm to rub at his temples, trying his hardest to get in control of himself. ]

Either way, at least... at least he decided to just go after me. Could have very well tried killing the entire apartment if he wanted.

[ is that him showing some appreciation that they were all okay? d'aww. ]

Tell that to yourself, moron.

[He snaps, but he doesn't seem all that angry about Bigby saying that - he just narrows his eyes, peeved. He's really not feeling well enough to exert enough energy to do anything else besides throw insults back.]

Odd though, that he chose a guy like you. Ha, you didn't paint some kind of target on your back, did you, Bigby?

[OH LOOK, HE CAN REMEMBER NAMES. He's just being irritable and forgetful for the other ones, he'll catch up eventually.]

Yes, that is lucky...perhaps he was only permitted to kill one person, and opted for the perceived biggest threat? One has to wonder why they've only been killing once nightly, after all...they could simply slit all our throats and have done with it.

[ being that. they are all asleep. ]

...Again, sloppy work. If you must kill someone in their sleep, have the decency to do it so they die on the first stroke. Still, it's good he was sloppy...it'd be annoying if you were to die.

[ that's as close to aw she cares as she's getting re: it being good he lived i guess ]

Tell what to myself? You came to me expecting me to tal― never fucking mind.

[ Alfendi's always been a bit of a vulnerable, easily offended guy. but this version? oh my god, just find the sword and stab him again, this time aiming a little closer to his heart like what was probably intended. ]

Thanks, I guess? [ to Shijima, who has a horrible time showing some genuine relief at Bigby not having been killed. yet. ] They were going after kids for the most part... and I don't think I painted as big a target on me as someone like Elizabeth or the lawyer. No way of telling.

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