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

[ninehundredlives]

[Susan pauses in the doorway to the kitchen.]

You're welcome.

[And she will be back shortly with tea! It doesn't take so very long, after all.]

[charcoalfeather]

[And Rakka is here, resting against the table, head in her arms.

It's been a long day, and she's not going to sleep easy tonight either.

But at least there were people right here she could count on.]

[ninehundredlives]

[Oh dear. Is the poor girl asleep? Susan approaches slowly, trying to see.]

[charcoalfeather]

[Rakka isn't asleep! She's just... closed her eyes for a little bit!




No, she's kind of drifted off. So much for not getting any rest.]

[ninehundredlives]

[Ah, well.

She shouldn't sleep here - indeed, she can't past a certain time. Susan doesn't want to know what the Conductor's idea of punishment entails. But they have a little time, and she hasn't the heart to wake Rakka just yet.

She sets the tea down and takes a seat herself to drink her coffee. She'll give her a little more time.]

[charcoalfeather]

[You are too kind, Susan.

While she may get to sit and enjoy the relative silence in the moment, it's not long until the tiny girl is roused by the scent of tea and coffee filling her nose. She gives a small snort, followed by a yawn as she picked herself up again.]

Susan...? Mmm.. [Did she...? Oh.] Oh no. I must have fallen asleep.

[ninehundredlives]

Only for a few minutes.

If you're that tired, you might just want to go to bed.

[charcoalfeather]

Y-yeah... I probably will.

[It's been A Day. At the end of it all, it was just another day, too.]