trustfelled | come out of hiding, i'm right here beside you

come out of hiding, i'm right here beside you

[A while after the execution has ended, everyone will find a simple note slipped under their door.]

If you don't want to be alone after everything that's happening, some of us will be in the dining room. Even if you decide not to come, please remember that you aren't alone here.

[The note isn't signed, but the handwriting is feminine and neat.

For anyone who decides to come, there's a good array of food laid out on the table. There are some small and simple cakes, cookies, and pastries, a healthy amount of okonomiyaki, okayu, and other Japanese dishes (with a focus on rice and eggs), along with curry. In addition, there are pancakes, and a large pot of soup. It looks like a few people collaborated to make enough food for everyone here.

Just like the meal they shared together earlier in the week, the candles from the storage room lend a more peaceful light than the fluorescent lights above.]

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Along with its environmental science ventures, the Martel Group runs a children's home in Kazamatsuri. Most of the orphans are disabled, many were abandoned, and many have trouble socializing or making friends.

I see... are you able to help them?

We do what we can, and with our resources, we can do more than most.

That's very kind of you. [ He pauses, fiddling with his scarf.] I wish we were able to help her before she made that choice.

It was a snap decision of hers. Perhaps it could have been helped; there are as many possibilities as there are worlds. However, we're now in a place where it can't be undone.

No, it can't. Once you begin something you have to follow it through to the end. [ He sounds firm on this, more sure of it than anything else he's said so far.]