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

[captainobnoxious]

Sure! Why not! I'm great at destroying things, it'll be no problem.

[unless we potentially die, i guess.]

[sleepytimegal]

[ the moment death is an option we are so done ]

Sounds fun, then. [ ... ] Thanks. For this, and- ...for what you said back there. When I was...being a brat.

[ That seems to be what she's deciding to refer to it as, the whole Thing with the voting. ]

[captainobnoxious]

[Oh, please. Sigrun'll drag her closer and give her a long noogie while she talks.]

Don't thank me! I'm just doing what comes natural, kiddo, and that wasn't you being a brat -- that was you standing up for yourself. It's a good thing! It just happens that you... can't really not do what they say.

[And she'll release her, though her hand remains settled on Alex's head. Her left's hurting a bit... but Sigrun doesn't show it. She's practiced.]

If I were you, I'd keep that rebel spirit burning. It's important to keep that alive when everything's bad. It'll help others, too. Got it?

[sleepytimegal]

[ Oh that, that was unexpected, Alex squirms a little but she's pretty clearly not trying to get away. Kind of blinking a lot, but not trying to get away. ]

Wh- how? I mean- me being a little nuisance, that's, uh, something good here? Mostly it just gets me in trouble.

[ ...Even after Sigrun's released her, Alex is...leaning a little. It's been a long day. ]

[captainobnoxious]

[She can do that, Sigrun doesn't mind.]

One of the best things! Don't call yourself that anyway, you're allowed to be that way at your age.

[DUBIOUS AS IT IS, MISS QUESTION MARK.]

When I was that young, I'd sneak off to climb the mountain by myself even though my dad said it was too dangerous and for me to stay on the sea a little longer. I took out a nest of trolls I found and, while I did get grounded, my old man put me on a team to go out that summer. So it worked out!

[sleepytimegal]

[ HER AGE IS WHAT IT IS DON'T ASK ABOUT THE QUESTION MARK..... ]

...Whoa. That's hardcore. We don't...have trolls where I come from ,but I... I, uh...helped a friend uh, borrow her parents' car and sneaked out to a weekend concert...?

[ she wishes she was as hardcore as sigrun tbh ]