alittlemaster | GOD!!!!!!!!!!!

[ we'll say that Bigby has left the bar, went to the viewing stage and got patched up by Elizabeth only to... return to the bar to sober up as opposed to drink. maybe in the earlier part of noon since everyone else was going to the courtroom at that point and he can't go making himself look anymore suspicious than he has thanks to the course of events that have occurred??? yeah.

he just groans when he hears Ciel come in, knowing that this was going to be a pleasant conversation. he is totally not in the mood to be harassed by his teenage boss. ]

We can't talk for long. [ totally bandaged up and half naked, btw. ] I got attacked by Kei. Said he was told to look for me after midnight and find out if I was staff. Someone gave him a weapon on top of the sword he had. Asshole.

[YOU LISTEN HERE yeah that'll work.]

I know that already. [Um, excuse me, he's thirteen AND HE'S TOTALLY NO HOMO.] There's no witnesses, and he's dead. [He rubs the socket of his good eye.] He was killed more brutally. Dammit. No one is going to worry about Franziska.

What weapon?

[ it was just a fact worth knowing!?!? god ]

I didn't have a choice. He stabbed me with the sword and went after me with the other thing. It was some kind of... pole with barbs at the end. Almost like a fucking mace.

[ for once, it was justified self-defense! Bigby hadn't killed anyone. just, you know. moved two people into a room to fight to the death on their own terms. he didn't even stick around and watch. there's a difference. ]

Never even seen the guy before last night. What's funny is he thought I was suspicious for the kid thing. That it fit my profile. I was the only one fucking against it.

[ and the thought alone makes him want to both laugh and punch the bar until his knuckles were bleeding as bad as the other wounds that have since been sealed up. ]

My roommates seem to be pretty sure it was a justified kill. If everyone else can see that, maybe they'll refocus their attention on her. I doubt they'd think I'm involved in both.

It seems someone is thinking you are the Big Bad Wolf. [Ciel's face draws into a tight frown despite the flatly delivered joke.] They could doubt you were involved in both, and they could even doubt you are a staff. However, humans are fickle and simple. When they are voting, they are going to try to arrive at the easiest decision, and you are going to be the easiest one.

But three people are dead. One is missing, but I'm assuming she is dead. We have two other concerns to which to draw focus. Minatsuki's disappearance and the bloody fountain, and Franziska.

At the trial, I want you to pay attention to who seems to be interested in calling you a liar. We have to find the rat that sent Kei to you. Even if they only had a hunch, they had access to a weapon to give. The bat from the commissary was taken by Rhys; unless there were multiple, no one else should have received one.

[A pause. Ciel looks over Bigby's bandages.] How well would you say you liked and trusted Elizabeth?

Ha, fucking ha.

[ HE DOES NOT APPRECIATE THAT JOKE RIGHT NOW, CIEL. you asshole. ]

Well aware of what I need to do, cap'n. [ sorry, he's more sarcastic than usual. at least it is understandable to an extent, one would hope. ] Let's just hope I'm able to stay awake for the entire trial. Going to be pissed to wake up and find myself dead. Again. Or about to be dead. Whatever.

[ Bigby is certainly squinting his eyes with suspicion at his question regarding Elizabeth. as if he's struck a nerve or something. ]

Don't worry about Elizabeth. And what the fuck does trust have to do with anything? You know better than most that there's no weight to that word here. She helped me stop bleeding out. That's worth at least something.

[Slowly, Ciel begins to smile. It's not a nice smile certainly, and it's not a smile a thirteen year old boy should be capable of mustering. Silly Bigby, Ciel can tell you care.]

Do you think everyone else, in general, trusts and likes Elizabeth?

[ SQUINTS AT!!! ]

Stop being illusive. What are you trying to involve her in?

I have tasked Rhys with creating two synchronized monitors. They will read heart rates, and an increase in the stress of one person will affect the other person.

If you survive the trial, I want you to wear one. People won't vote for you when they realize your death will also kill another innocent party.

Rhys is too much of an idiot to wear it, and Ava doesn't have the right emotional levels.

... What the fuck. Is that what the foot thing was really about?

[ he doesn't like this. Bigby knows he can't protect Elizabeth with how the experiment has been explained to him. not forever. but with the monitors... ugh. his brows furrow and he rubs at the lines on his forehead with his good arm. ]

Alright. Let's say I think this is even close to a good idea, and not something that will get both me and her fucked over. How do you plan on getting the monitor on her?

No. Not initially. Rhys wanted to tinker, so I gave him something to build with what he had gathered. Something we can use to help us survive.

I'm going to put it on her while she's asleep. It will either be on the wrist or on the neck. But Elizabeth has to be someone other people trust as well, someone they wouldn't vote for, someone they would want to protect.

They couldn't kill either one of you because, essentially, your lives would be linked. An increase in heart rate of one person would cause "discomfort" for the other person. We would have to show them that the next morning.

[ it's so hard keeping up with tags during trial nights, omg. ]

What if something else happens by the end of the night, and they're no longer worried about me being suspicious? Would we make it seem like I was some unsuspecting target again?

[ this... this is all making some weird form of sense. huh. ]

And why did you wait until after I get attacked by some suspicious asshole to come up with this idea?

It is only going to be a precaution. Our options are limited.

How was I to know you were going to be attacked?! I only just recently spoke with Rhys!

GOD!!!!!!!!!!!

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