at the end of the river, the sundown beams

[destage]

[Well...that trial was most certainly a thing, now wasn't it.

It's probably a while after the trial that some notes will be going underneath people's doors, written in a nice, clean scrawl--]

For anyone who hasn't gotten anything to eat, there will be food and refreshments provided in the dining room courtesy of Estelle-san and I. Feel free to take as much as you need.

Please stay strong, everyone.

♥ Estelle and Sayaka

[True to the word, there's plenty of food to go around--potato stew courtesy of Estelle, and curry courtesy of Sayaka. There's coffee and tea out as well, for anyone to drink, and...well, it's more or less an optional thing. After today, some might need it.]

Comments

[brandnewday]

Mm! They're riceballs. You gotta make 'em while your hands are a little wet so they stick together nicely, and I'm pretty good at usin' ingredients to make 'em look like something else.

[Animals, mostly. A few seem to be dyed with sauce, another few have vegetables to give them mouths and features.]

I would've made them before the, um, party if I'd known. It's a little too late to be sharin' them.

[Party is the worst word for what they're doing? Wow.]

[ninehundredlives]

[...she means the speed dating thing, probably. Right?]

...maybe another time. I think people would like them. Some people, anyway.

[brandnewday]

[She means more she'd have offered to make them if they'd invited her to help out. But she wasn't in the state of mind for that, so maybe it's fortunate.]

Yeah? Like who? Have ya made any friends? O-or at least is there anyone ya enjoy talkin' to?

[ninehundredlives]

...I don't know. I guess I like talking to Fern. And I like Angel.

[brandnewday]

Fern-san is really great, ain't she? But that's good!

[Now she knows Susan isn't alone even if she seems kind of...alone.]

I wish we could all talk and get along, but I'm not that simple-minded.

[Not after tonight.]

[ninehundredlives]

We're all pretty different people. Most of us barely even have worlds in common.

[Which is still weird and sci-fi, but at some point you just have to take these things in stride]

It'd be nice if we could still all be friends, but after this...I don't know.

[brandnewday]

I still try not to think about that...it kinda makes my head hurt.

[But, you know, she has to. And she will.]

Things are gonna get really weird from now on, aren't they? I wonder if I'm gonna die.

[She says it uncharacteristically nonchalantly. She's been shaken pretty hard and has to look at her feet while she says it.]

[ninehundredlives]

[.........hm.]

Just be careful, okay? You're probably alright during the day, but I wouldn't go out at night.

[brandnewday]

Yeah...that's probably a good start, huh? I don't want anyone thinkin' I'm up to no good.

[A repeat of this tragedy, basically.]

[ninehundredlives]

...that's not really what I was thinking. But yeah, that too.