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

[hesperos]

...It'd be too much to expect them to be any different elsewhere, huh?

[ Figures it'd be like that in other Empires too. ]

[notaccurate]

Of course. Traditions might be different, but an empire is always an empire.

[And empires are usually only good for the people at the top.]

[hesperos]

Pretty much. It's practically impossible to change that.

[ Probably, Yuri thinks, and he can't help but think of Flynn, who had originally been fighting to change things. He wondered if that was going to work out. ]

Can't help but enjoy imagining the people in charge being knocked on their asses so things don't go how they want, though.

[ Sometimes less imagining and more doing... ]

[notaccurate]

Yes, that is always a treat to see. It is a shame it doesn't happen more often, though.

[hesperos]

Yeah, it really is.

[ ... Don't mind him reminiscing about when he kicked a pair of tax collectors into the river. ]

[notaccurate]

[That sounds like a good memory.]

You know, this isn't quite what I had in mind when I thought of 'talk to someone to avoid how depressing this place is'.

[hesperos]

[ Actually, it's not exactly what he hadn't had in mind either. But... ]

Well, we're avoiding talking about how depressing this place is, so I'd say we're doing a good job of that, right?

[notaccurate]

Avoiding this depressing place by talking about other depressing places? I suppose you are technically correct.

[Which is the best kind of correct.]