The world is all one! Unity mind!

[brandnewday]

[Another week, another set of disasters. Hibiki’s head is still reeling from the lengthy ordeal that was Solf J. Kimblee. But it’s because of that exasperation that she’s able to turn her restlessness into something useful. It’s too late to set about making curry for everyone, so it’s time to make some easier dishes. A replication of Fern’s mac-and-cheese, somehow she’s whipped up some kind of donut to go with her animal-shaped rice balls. There’s coffee, tea...hopefully it’s enough? And if it’s not, Rin has provided some delicious Chinese food. And that always tastes better late at night, doesn’t it?

And for the adults (or the exasperated teenagers), Susan is carting down booze from the bar. Joy. Hibiki’s never written to the group en masse before, but she delivers a piece of paper to everyone while Rin and Susan finish up the preparations. Each paper has a drawing of an animal on it, too.]

Too much has happened today. Whether you want to get angry, cry, smile, laugh, or just be out of your room, you don’t have to do it alone. Rin and I have prepared food for everyone, and Susan’s brought the drinks downstairs so none of us have to go into the bar tonight.

Even if it’s just for a little while, won’t you think about joining us in the dining room tonight? Being together is just as important as working hard. And remember, nankurunaisa!

-Hibiki Ganaha

[Three more candles are lit today. Tabitha Smith. Sigrun Eide. Solf Kimblee. They’re all Cabanela’s doing. There aren't any decorations, but the food is spaced out so everyone should be able to grab something and munch if they need it. It’s not clear how many people will come, but a serious attempt was made this time.]

Comments

[matchbreaker]

Well clearly, if he survived being turned into some pile of blood and then shoved on onto some other person!

[ That's... that's so far outside what she expected, she can't help but - well, it's sort of weird and she got a little surprised-shouty.

... Doctors can do that after a thousand years? Jeez. ]

[innocentloveholic]

[ ...sorry, Elda, that kind of reaction's the type to get her to laugh. She's having such a good time!!! ]

That's my Deldro~! He's great. [ A sigh. ] I wish he was here though, you know? Him and me could be a power couple!

[matchbreaker]

[ and you know in spite of herself... she laughs too. Aligula's madness might well be infectious sometimes. Still, a man who can survive that and- sheesh.

She smirks. ]

Clearly. I'm not even sure who would be called the "power couple" here. We killed the corner of one triangle today, and the only other one I've taken note of hasn't even begun to bloom.

[innocentloveholic]

[ ...HOLD UP!! ]

We did what? Wait, wait, who was the triangle? And who's the unbloomed couple? Come on, Indomitable, you totally can't keep this from me! I'm Amorous!

[matchbreaker]

Well, there's clearly something between Archer and Kimblee, but then him and that damned Priest were basically flirting there before he died.

[ so, see, triangle.

But... ]

As for the other couple, well, it's someone I refuse to betray the confidence of.

[innocentloveholic]

Ambitious really doesn't have an interest in stuff like that, thoouuugh... You might be onto something with Inquisitive, but he's a priest! He's probably too stuffy for that kinda stuff.

[ Not that it matters anyway, seeing as Kimblee's dead now, so..!! ]

Anyway, you know it's like, a top offense to keep love secrets from me, right? [ ...is it?? i guess it is. ] Buuuut now that I know there's something, I'm gonna be on the lookout for it and just sniff it out myself!

[matchbreaker]

Oh please. Priests are all depraved at their core.

[ Hand wave... ]

Well look there, I gave you a mystery! [ ... Look she just isn't going to betray things she aren't sure are Sayaka's interests OK? Ok. ] So, you noticed any other ones?

[innocentloveholic]

[ it's okay, alex decided to go ask her for love advice on sunday so |) |) |) ]

Mmm... No, not really. [ Not that she can think of, at least. ] People are sooooo not into making their lives better here.

[matchbreaker]

I mean in our cases, we've got the complication that most of them are far too young for us.

[ Being older and all. ]

[innocentloveholic]

...Oh, sure, I guess there's that too. [ . . . ] Ardent explained why people have a problem with that sort of thing, but like, most people are gonna be younger than me all the time anyway, you know? I meaaan, my boyfriend's like, mid-30s at best? And Hummer's just about that age too!

[ She knows how to pick them. ]

So it's a total non-issue for me.

[matchbreaker]

Mid-30s I can somewhat understand, at least they're old enough as humans. But ... Like that Yosuke boy? Alex? Hell, even that Lowell man. They're all too young in my eyes.

[ But hey, if it's a non-issue for her then she... sort of gets it? ]

[innocentloveholic]

[ Thanks, fellow old person. ]

You'll turn your thinking around when you get closer to my age, I promise. [ A small pat on her back, there there. ] I probably wouldn't have picked Meteoric either though, really, and I'm not interested in girls, sooo Alex is out!

[ ..... ]

Submerged is out. [ Mrrgh. ] She asked me to call her Alex, so I have, but now it's totally getting harder to keep referring to her by title since I'm getting way too used to her name.

[matchbreaker]

[ When she gets closer to her age... huh.

... That's impossible. Not even Dracula himself lived that long, as far as she knows. But she won't give voice to that, instead nodding a little, and smirking. ]

Why do you do that, anyway, with the titles?

[innocentloveholic]

Because a lot of people have really boring names, and some people have really ugly names, aaand some people have names I totally don't know how to say.

[ ...So. That's not entirely it, but the other part requires more emotional competency than she can manage right now. ]

The titles are pretty neat too! Ooor most of them are. Submerged is kinda weird.

[matchbreaker]

So it's purely a matter of convenience? I guess that would make you not all that dissimilar to Terumi or Tabitha with their nicknames. ... Or Hibiki, for that matter.

[ she exhales and. ]

Indomitable does have a fun ring to it.

[innocentloveholic]

[ ugh don't compare her to hibiki, she's pulling a face briefly. ]

It does! It makes you sound super powerful~! In-dom-i-ta-ble! And Amorous makes me sound super cute. [ It's a very soft, smooth word. Amorous. ] Like, if you'd prefer I call you by your name, I caaan... but your title's not awful, so I might turn you down.

[matchbreaker]

No, no. I don't mind, specifically. It feels a bit impersonal, but I suppose my personal moments have been few and far between with you in the first place.

[ WOW??? but she says it in an upbeat tone like that's not a bad thing. ]

Amorous is quite cute though.

[innocentloveholic]

[ That's because it isn't a bad thing!!! Less feelings less mess. ]

Right, right~? And it super suits me! [ c| c| c| ] That's like, one thing the Coordinators did right here.

[matchbreaker]

Well there you go. How about I ask you this then, Aligula?

Whose titles suit them most and whose suit them lead?

[innocentloveholic]

Attentive's definitely does! Ambitious's does too, I guess... In a way. Let's see... [ ... ] Observant's did, too.

[ Who's doesn't fit... ]

Alex's is obviously super weird, so that's a no-go for her. Evolutionary's was pretty strange too, come to think of it? [ Huh. ] Noble's is hilarious, given today's show. I wonder if Vindicated would suit her better right now~?

[matchbreaker]

Or "Insufferable" or "Stubborn."

[ THE FACT ESTELLE WAS TECHNICALLY RIGHT IS THE FUCKING WORST.

... Evolutionary, though, that is weird. ]

[innocentloveholic]

I always thought "Naive" would've been good for her too.

[ YOU GET HER THOUGH, ELDA... ]

[matchbreaker]

Honestly. Though after today I can't help but think that's too kind in the first place.