It's time for an after party!

[perpend]

[About an hour after the trial and subsequent execution, Cabanela makes a decision.

They need to do something, keep the morale up, however little it may be.

Under each occupied room door people will find the following note written:


In difficult times such as this, it is important to carry on.
Don't give into despair; we must preservere.
If you don't want to be alone this evening, meet me in the dining hall.
-Cabanela

[Upon entering the dinning hall, you will find Cabanela sitting at one of the tables; he has lit two candles that are placed at the center of the table, but there's nothing else to note.

You'll have to supply your own food, since he doesn't have much of an appetite.]

Comments

[oftheland]

[...what a mess, what a mess... it'd been a rough morning, and they didn't even have the alcohol to deal with it. Maybe that could be fixed at some point or another, but for now...

...well, he wasn't as down as some people, as he was quite certain that whole "Reaver dying" business would probably sort itself out instead of resulting in the deaths of six million people. Things always did, after all... but ah, Giovanni had liked him. Ken, too, even if he was apparently some sort of human-eating monster.

Trapped in a building full of humans, of course, with no choice but to kill and die or starve. HMMM. What a load of Trubbish, really. Well, they did know the stakes now, so...

...no, it wasn't going to be that easy. If anything, it would be harder, unless he had a good idea of whose kneecaps to shatter in the near future. He'd just have to try and keep a lookout.

Well, you know what he was interested in trying? Those peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that were really popular in Unova. Yeah, those sounded pretty good, didn't they?

He was just going to make so many sandwiches and empty every jar (except maybe strawberry, because that just seemed a little tasteless.) Then he was going to appropriate the jars for Reasons, but nobody had to know that.

(and damn, he'd already missed out, hadn't he... it's a shame. that would've been a good one.)]

[housenurse]

-- Oh, don't kids usually eat those? [she says, rudely, while making tea]

[oftheland]

Oh, do they...?

[...no offense taken, actually]

I just know they're popular in Unova, but I guess being popular with kids is still a thing. Still... stuff you used to eat as a kid makes you feel a little better, doesn't it?

[housenurse]

It does! The easiest way to cheer my kids up is with croquettes! [which. y'know. they eat all the time anyway. details.]

Unova... You're from the same world as Blue-chan, right? The world with Pokemon? [which, she assumes, are readily used as living underwear.]

[oftheland]

That does sound like it'd cheer anyone up, honestly. Ah, by the way, thanks for the lunch. I was a little too caught up in things to pay my compliments to the chef.

[...things like the food, it was pretty good tbh]

And yes, you've got it. Unfortunately, I don't have any of mine with me or I'd show them off.

[...hopefully Blue didn't give people too weird an idea of what they are...]

[housenurse]

It was the least I could do! I hope I never have to do it again. [her mouth, god's ears.]

Are they as cute and useful as Ditty-chan? [HAHA SHE DID THO]

[oftheland]

I'm hoping the same, really. Although... we know the stakes now, so who knows. I'd like to think that would be even more of a deterrent, but I really can't say.

[...really he has no moral qualms about killing, like, 26 people, he just likes everyone and would rather they survive for Reasons]

...hahaha, well, I can't really say they're all conventionally cute, and Ditto are pretty unique... but they all have their charms, I'd say.

[housenurse]

What kinds do you have? Which one's your favorite? [SO MUCH BETTER THAN TALKING ABOUT MURDER]

[oftheland]

I have a lot of Ground-type Pokemon, which are usually pretty big and... well, rocky or spiny. Definitely pretty different from Ditto, although I think Ditto could pretty easily mimic them. That's my preferred type, though they often overlap with Rock and Steel, so I tend to know a lot about those groups, too.

...of course, my actual favorite is a Bug-type, which... probably seems a bit odd.

[announcemyvictory]

[That's a lot of sandwiches.]

Is this... some sort of rationing thing, like those crackers in the closet?

[oftheland]

...Ah, no. They're for everyone.

...

I may have lost control of myself a bit.

[announcemyvictory]

Ah, really? I suppose that does happen a bit. Getting carried away, that is. I knew someone who made fifty jars of jam in one sitting as soon as their farm installed a maker shed. Honestly, I don't know why you wouldn't build one to begin with instead of waiting months to do so...

[oftheland]

...fifty jars of jam?

[...he thinks about it.]

Honestly, that seems like it'd go pretty well with what I'm doing right now, so I can't judge.

[announcemyvictory]

Peanut butter sandwiches are popular out in Cabin Country. I'm not sure why, but at least they're healthy and don't taste terrible?

[oftheland]

They're pretty good, actually. Though, do they just put peanut butter between two slices of bread, or do they eat it with jelly, too?

[announcemyvictory]

Jelly, jam, honey, whatever they can think of, I'd imagine. Apparently also bananas?

[withabigsmile]

[...What the fuck are you making over there dude, isn't that something from Unova?

...]

Can I have one?

[She has made an absurdly large amount of rice and Actual Food to exchange, if that's how this is gonna be.]

[oftheland]

No, I made literally all of these sandwiches for me and only me.

[...he smirks and hands a plate with a grape PB&J over.]

[charcoalfeather]

[.....quietly peers at the many sandwiches being made.]

[oftheland]

[...]

Ah, go ahead and take one, if you'd like. That's what they're for, after all.

[charcoalfeather]

Oh.... you sure?

[Well, he wouldn't have said that if he wasn't. So, she'll just pick up one of those sandwiches then.]

Uhh, thank you!

[oftheland]

It's no problem, really. They're probably the easiest kind of sandwich to make, so it was easy to get a lot of them together.

[...

and he probably wouldn't accidentally poison anyone with them.]

[charcoalfeather]

[....Well, when you say it like that.]

If they're this easy, then I'll have to learn how to make them too!

[Just gonna nibble on one of them. She'd already eaten the packed lunch Sukuyo had given her, like a good person.]

[oftheland]

Well, the trick is to put peanut butter on one slice of bread and put jelly on the other, and then be sure to put the peanut butter half on top of the jelly half because peanut butter sticks better.

That's it. You have learned a new recipe.

[charcoalfeather]

....Hehehehe! [Yeah, that's going to get some laughter out of her - the honest kind. Congrats, Giovanni.]

I'll try to remember that then!