night two;

[unnames]

[That...sure happened.

Honestly, despite how violent and awful Wonderland can be, Alice? still isn't used to it. It's something that bothers him immensely, and he can feel it now too--

That execution was horrible.

He staggers his way out of that room somehow, though when he ends up getting a little ways away from the crowd...he just slumps against the wall and covers his face with a hand, sighing shakily.

This was not how anything was supposed to be--this is awful, and he isn't sure he can cope with something like this.

(He's looking pretty pathetic right now.)]

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[unnames]

[He sure can honestly, this is something above and beyond what he's made to deal with.

Still... he blinks at that, brow furrowing a little.]

...You okay? [Alvin sure doesn't look so good either!!]

[betraitor]

[he feels like the human garbage that he is, it's fine.]

Kinda hard to feel good about sentencing an innocent person to die like that.

[in the end, he wasn't alone in the blame, and he has no idea if not abstaining would have changed a damn thing, but—well, it feels shitty anyway.

either way, there'll be time to talk about it over drinks, so alvin pushes himself off the wall, waiting for alice? to follow suit.]

[unnames]

... What are you talking about?

[He frowns a little, though he follows quickly enough. Alvin, wait up, your self-hate issues need addressing!!]

We all... voted not to do that. It's just...

It just went wrong. That's all.

[betraitor]

It's kind of an understatement, isn't it? It went wrong.

[is anyone really ever ready to deal with alvin's issues, though?]

Whoever killed that kid is still around, too. Got away with it clean while someone else had take the fall. [he'd probably feel less guilty about it if he hadn't been the one pushing to abstain, but whatever.]

We'll really have to be on our toes now.

[unnames]

... Yeah, I know.

[Honestly, he thinks it's terrifying while also being totally aggravated and angry that someone murdered a kid.

Motherfuckers.]

But we'll find that shithead eventually. They can't hide forever.

[betraitor]

You're right about that. We're just gonna have to keep our guard up.

[as they make it to the bar, where alvin's not going to hesitate to order a couple of strong drinks for them both, because fuck this noise.]

[unnames]

[... Yeah alcohol's probably not a great idea for Alice?, but he's taking it anyway.]

... It's not like it's gonna be easy when we don't even know who the killers are.

[betraitor]

[alvin is A Good Influence.]

If we stay on our toes, someone will show themselves... most people can't keep up that kind of charade too long, especially not in close quarters like this.

[unnames]

...Right. So we just gotta wait for someone to slip up then.

And pay attention to everyone.

[A beat, and...]

Maybe...it'd be better if we both watched them. So--maybe you can tell me who you think's suspicious and I'll do the same thing and then we can both watch 'em and maybe we'll figure it out better. Two sets of eyes is better than one, right?

[betraitor]

[it's not a bad idea.]

It's tough to say who's suspicious by name yet, so we'll have to keep a close eye. A few people were a little too quiet though, and the first ones to try and pin blame may be worth keeping an eye on too.

[funny, how the most suspicious one in the room most of the time is now the one pointing out signs for how to spot people just like him.

what a weird situation.]

Anyone in particular stick out to you?

[unnames]

[Alvin, you're useless.

Alice? is more useless, though, so don't expect much of him.]

Uh...

I guess-- Leo's kind of weird? [No, Alice? just doesn't like him because he's mean to him.]

I dunno. I'm not very good at this, honestly. [He's too straightforward.]

[betraitor]

Not like we've had all that much time to get a handle on everyone. Probably best to just keep an eye out for anything that seems weird or suspicious and report back if you come up with anything.

[he's kind of interested to see who would make that list for alice? honestly. leo aside, though he does make note of it.]

And you know, I'll tell you too, of course. A deal's a deal.

[unnames]

... Alright. Well. I'll do my best, but you better remember your end of the deal too, okay?

[He means that mostly facetiously because Alice? can't be threatening in any way, shape or form.]

[betraitor]

You've got my word already—that's what a deal's all about, right?

[it's less because he finds alice? threatening and more because he actually is trying to build some semblance of trust here.]