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

i lost this tag rip

[sleepytimegal]

It was so horrible, it- ...what are we gonna do?

i see how it is

[greenmamabear]

[Oh honey.

She's just gonna quietly sit down on the bed.]

...Recover and survive, I guess. Not much else we can do.

[sleepytimegal]

How do you recover from something like this? Especially when...it could just keep happening.

[greenmamabear]

...Day at a time, I suppose. Just gotta keep... taking the steps to move forward, every day.

[sleepytimegal]

Everyone's got different ways, or...different things to do for that, but I- I don't...know mine.

[greenmamabear]

I don't know if there is a good answer. I think it just... happens. Eventually.

[sleepytimegal]

[ ... ]

You've seen something like this before, haven't you? Something...horrible like this.

[greenmamabear]

[She stops looking at Alex and seems very interested in her hands.]

....Something similar, yeah.

[sleepytimegal]

...I'm sorry. You've already been through enough and...you shouldn't- none of us should be here.

[ It sounds like there could be some anger in that, but it's mostly dissipated, by now. Just exhaustion's left. ]

[greenmamabear]

[She puts a hand on Alex's shoulder.]

Its alright. Its nothing you need to be sorry about.

Its just... a big mess.

[sleepytimegal]

...If you need to...um, talk about it sometime...

[greenmamabear]

...Maybe later. I think all you need to focus on is sleep and getting to tomorrow. [Or at least that's what she wants Alex to focus on.]

[sleepytimegal]

Ha. Sleep, after all that... I'll try.

[greenmamabear]

[She squeezes her shoulder comfortingly.]

And if you need anything....

[sleepytimegal]

[ She nods. ]

I know. ...Thank you.

[greenmamabear]

[She nods back.

...and then removes her hand awkwardly.]

Oh, uh, just so you know, the green isn't. Contagious so.

[She keeps forgetting people see that, suddenly really hoping it wasn't weird.]

[sleepytimegal]

Oh- oh, uh- I didn't think it was, it's. It's cool.

[ we're all fine here ]