don't wait for a knight in shinin' armor, your savior's reflected in the mirror

[perpend]

[That sure was a fucking thing. That execution was a fucking thing. Those secrets are a fucking thing.

Cabanela retreats to his room, but not for all that long. Everyone will get a note eventually, written in very neat handwriting

I do not plan on bowing down to threats and intimidation. If you did not act, it means you were, like me, aware of the risk, but decided against it. Your reasons are entirely your own.

Join me in the dining room if you agree enough is enough, and that you won't acquiesce to threats. I don't plan to let this stop me, and neither should you.

-C

In the dining room itself, Cabanela has set up coffee and tea for those who want it-- there's no food, because to be honest, he doesn't know how to cook. Two more candles have been lit-- he wasn't really sure what to do about the whole... parasite thing... so Fern's candle will have to make due.]

Comments

[zomgboom]

I wouldn't have pegged you for the cutthroat type. [It's not judgemental, just a statement of fact.] But I get it. Sometimes you just need to, like, put yourself first even if that means stepping on other people or whatever.

[destage]

Not a lot of people do. It's honestly just the way of the business. [Sayaka shakes her head.] Funny, isn't it? A whole business of sweet girls, basically ready and willing to tear each other to shreds on the spot...

[zomgboom]

I dunno. It's, like, people are always making fun of them and stuff? So I think, like, most girls would probably murder for a chocolate bar.

[On second thought.]

. . . At your age, I definitely would have done it for a lot less. Now I have, like, standards or whatever but I was super angry as a teenager so I, like, just wanted to wreck some .

[destage]

...In our case? It's mostly just to be noticed.

[Sayaka sighs a bit.]

I never really felt any of that, I admit...I mean, I was definitely bitter when I was younger. But...I think I had any feelings like that worn down by having so little control over my own life. Maybe it would've been nice.

[zomgboom]

You gotta put training wheels on first. Like - oh! Are you hungry? I could make you pancakes for dinner. Be a baby rebel, Sayaks. [Pronounced to rhyme with "kayaks."] Put too much syrup on your pancakes and, like, eat them with your hands.

[destage]

[fun fact: her official fanbase is called sayakers

So that...is gonna get a lot of giggles from her--but you know what? You know what?]

I haven't eaten all day, actually. That sounds like it'd be heavenly right about now!

[zomgboom]

Ok, then we're making pancakes!

[Tabby's just gonna head into the kitchen. She assumes Sayaka is gonna follow her, because that's what they're doing.]

Hey, you want chocolate chips in them? I think I saw chocolate chips in here the other day.

[destage]

[HELL YEAH SHE IS, she is practically following like an excited puppy, oh my god--]

Um, absolutely! Honestly, as long as it's sweet, I'll totally enjoy it!

[Her eyes are practically lighting up like a kid in a candy store, jesus christ--]

[zomgboom]

Awesome. We're gonna put chocolate chips in them and top it off with whipped cream.

[She's rummaging through cabinets and sticking stuff on the counter. It's probably a good thing she actually knows how to make pancakes and she didn't just offer some random shit she doesn't know how to make.]

Can you grab a couple eggs and the milk?

[destage]

Understood!

[She will do just that, then--milk and eggs, obtained, and set out.]

Is there anything else I can help you with, Tabby-san?