Looks like this will be a weekly thing

[forcegalactic]

[This whole week has been awful. This whole experience has been awful. Mordecai wants to go straight to his room and deal with his frustrations, but that's not what a mayor does. A mayor takes charge, a mayor fixes what's wrong, a mayor makes things better. Even if he can't do everything on his own, he's has to do something.

Two hours after the end of the trial, the living will find another note slipped underneath their doors.]

There's cookies in the kitchen. The dining room is ready for anyone who needs a quiet place to talk it out. I'll be in the bar if you need a drink, alcoholic or something more appropriate for the underage crowd.

-Mordecai Benmont Jiminy

[There's a pile of warm chocolate chip cookies in the kitchen. Two more candles are lit at the memorial - one for the victim, one for the culprit - and Mordecai has left a pile of blankets from the storage room on one of the dining room tables.]

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[swirlied]

[ A little while after the trial, Yuuri knocks on Sol's door. ]

Hey, Sol. Can I come in?

[sunsong]

[ It takes a minute or two, but she does come to the door. She's already in the dumb shirt and her shorts, her hair thrown up into a messy bun, and...

...yeah, her eyes are definitely red. Who can blame her? It looks like the room behind her is a disaster, too, but she wordlessly opens the door and stands aside to let Yuuri in. While her room is pretty cluttered in the sense that she doesn't seem to feel a need to tidy things - her bed isn't even made - it's not like she's throwing things everywhere for the hell of it - at least, not usually. The desk chair is on its side as though she kicked it over, which she...you know, did.

There are even some decorations. Some toys are on the desk, from the machine, as well as a jar of star sand...that sort of thing. Pinned above the desk is more weirdly a sheet of paper with several cross outs that seem to be done at different times; the end result that is the only thing not scribbled out currently reads 6,084,240. ]

Hey.

[swirlied]

[ He gives her what he hopes is a comforting smile as he walks into her room. It's no messier than his—actually probably a little cleaner. He notices the desk chair kicked over and so he walks over to pick it up, taking a seat.

Since he doesn't want Sol to feel like he's examining every little thing in her room, Yuuri tries not to pay attention to much else. Although, he does notice the paper above her desk, but doesn't do more than give it a small glance.

There's a small pause, since he has no idea what to say. What do you even tell someone who just lost their twin? ]

...If there's anything you want to talk about, you can tell me. [ He doesn't want to bring up her sister right off the bat, not when she might not even want to talk about it at all. Normally Yuuri just goes with the first thoughts to pass through his mind, but he knows he should be careful with his words for now. ]

[sunsong]

[ Sol wouldn't be able to begin to tell him what to say. It's not like she knows any better than he does. Luna's...the last person she had left of her family. Her parents - well, maybe they're still alive. Who knows? She hasn't seen them since she was small.

Luna was the moon to her sun. The world's never going to stop being off kilter now. ]

I...I don't even know what to fuckin' say. She's...she's gone, you know? We've been through...we've been through so much shit and we've always come out of it together, so I never even thought...I didn't consider...

[ People warned her all the time, but the idea of her or Luna dying without the other just...never computed.

It still doesn't. ]

[swirlied]

[ He nods. It's not something he can really understand himself, since he's never lost someone so close (at least, that's what he wants to believe for now since his memories are so disjointed and confusing). ]

It doesn't feel real, does it? [ None of this feels real, actually. He still sometimes expects to wake up in the morning in his room, with all of this being a messed up dream. ]

[sunsong]

It doesn't. [ Her voice is very small when she says that, and she looks up from her clasped hands. ]

She's...always been there. Always. I don't remember a time we weren't together. And we lived - it was a fuckin' prison, and we've been through wars, and this, this is what kills her? Game night with someone we both liked.

[swirlied]

A lot of us here have survived a lot of things but... Somehow this school manages to get to us.

[ It's weird, how life can work. ]

[sunsong]

Yeah. Luna and I...it's not like we didn't expect to die someday. We deserve that, but even so...even so, I always thought it'd be together.

[swirlied]

[ He really wants to give Sol a hug right now. But he doesn't know if that would make her feel any better so he just sighs. ]

...I'm really sorry, Sol.

[sunsong]

...I am, too. I - I couldn't protect her after all, huh? What's the use of bein' the strong one if I couldn't...even do a thing like that?

[ ...okay we're just going to start crying now ]

[swirlied]

[ He immediately rushes to Sol's side, putting an arm around her shoulders. ]

It's not your fault. We can't always protect everyone, even if we try our hardest. [ Which, before coming here, is something Yuuri never would have said but. A lot has happened since then. ]

[sunsong]

She's - Luna wasn't everyone! She's my little sister. I couldn't save my little sister!

[ Her twin, her other half. ]

She was - she was my entire family, Yuuri - how'm I meant to do anything now?!

[swirlied]

You'll get through this, Sol. I won't let you give up.

[ And he's really determined to make sure she doesn't. ]

[sunsong]

I know I...I know I don't have the right to do that. I haven't even begun...to make up for anything. Her part...I have to do her part, too, but I -

[ But she doesn't even know where to start. They're losing people way more quickly than she ever expected. ]

We're losin' people so fast. We haven't saved even one person.

[swirlied]

We'll find a way... We have to. [ Watching more people die every week is taking a huge toll on him, and he doesn't want to let it go on any longer. ]

I mean, this can't keep going for much longer, right? We'll manage to find a way out.

[sunsong]

...Hey, Yuuri. Do you...have any siblings?

[swirlied]

Yeah. I have an older brother. We aren't that close, though, since he's so much older than I am...

[sunsong]

...What's he like?

[swirlied]

He's nice, and really protective. He plays a lot of weird games, though... His name is Shouri.

[sunsong]

[ She's not even sure why she asked. But...

At least other people here have people to go back to. Right? ]

...Even if you're not close, I don't think...he should have to lose his little brother, so...so, for that reason...

[ So no one else had to feel the way she does right now. ]

...I'll try my best. Yuuri.

[swirlied]

[ He smiles down at her. ]

I'll try my best too. I'm here for you, so don't forget that. [ They have to stick together here! ]

[sunsong]

[ She'll just lean into him a little bit. :c ]

...Thanks. No matter what, we...we definitely can't kill anyone. And make everyone go through another trial...this time, definitely - we all need to work together and stop this.

[swirlied]

[ He squeezes her shoulder, pulling her a little closer. ]

You're right. We just have to get ourselves organized and find some other way out of this.

[sunsong]

...Can we kick the Conductor in the shins a few times after we do?

[swirlied]

Of course. I'm planning on it, at least.