arsgoetia | [Day 4] Hell

The room is very plain! A bed, a desk with a few books, a barred window, another door presumably leading to the bathroom,

Bastien is reclining on the bed, looking bored, glancing up when Shuri comes in. He . . . actually looks happy to see him for a second, before his expression violently neutralizes itself into something more Bastien-esque. "Shuri Oak, fancy meeting you here. I thought I just left you."

[...lol] Too bad, I'm here for important trial things, for the important trial~

"I don't believe that," Bastien drawls, not bothering to sit up. "Who would leave important things to you?"

Baal-Berith. ♥ Anyway!! I need to ask you something.

Bastien gives you a dubious look, but rolls over onto his side to face you more fully. "What is it, then?"

[looks A BIT LESS like he is prepared to pick a schoolyard fight at any moment]

I need to ask you about your contract with the Sword...

"About... my contract with the Sword?" Bastien sounds momentarily confused.

--Like when you first met it. Did you have a contract? You know they're trying to arrest you for working with him and stuff, right??

"For working WITH him? Like I'd ever willingly help that--" he makes a disgusted noise.

See! You have to explain why it was against your will then! [FLOPPING ON THE CORNER OF THE BED] He said that if you can explain that the Sword broke your contract or something, then you can get out of it easier.

"We didn't have one."

Really...? Is that good or bad.

"It didn't work out very well for me, did it?" Bastien almost snaps. He huffs and runs hands through his hair, then... moves over so Shuri can sit next to him if he wants to. "It -- is like I took up the sword and he started taking me over."

[...scooting over next to him... we're having a normal conversation together I'm not sure if this has ever happened.......]

So... You can say that in court! That you didn't know that all of that would happen. And that it made you do things that weren't your fault!

Bastien puts his head in your lap. This has also never happened.

"It... convinced me to do a lot of things," Bastien agrees.

[SLKJDSLKJ] What are you--

[...this is an emotional moment maybe I should be considerate...]

Y... Yeah... So...

"So...?" Bastien closes his eyes.

So hey, don't fall asleep on me, I was going to visit Lucia too and I don't want to be stuck here forever...

What did you keep a bunch of souls in your house for...? Who was that talking about??

"You'd stay here being my pillow if I fell asleep?" He sounds surprised, then... makes a face. "Ah. Um. Look, in my defense, I was completely insane."

You have to say that you were insane because of the Sword though... [IGNORES THE FIRST QUESTION]

"Well, I was! Of course I'd say that."

And since you didn't have a contract it was all totally against your will...! Right, that's probably exactly the kind of thing we should say about everything.

Bastien looks a little dubious. "You think that'll work?"

How else do you expect to be not guilty...? You did actually do all of that stuff.

[...idly playing with Bastien's hair a bit...]

Where's Christian, anyway?

"You do have a point." Bastien sighs. "I assume I am inclined towards the insane, but I had successfully staved it off for years -- getting the sword destroyed me and everything I cared for. So it's the sword's influence." He seems to enjoy the hair playing, leaning up into it. "Not in hell. Probably back at the Bellcourt house."

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