One day we'll reach to emotions: unexplored, unprecedented

[matchbreaker]

[ Sometime shortly after the trial small notes will be folded underneath the doors of everyone still alive, and also posted to the staircase leading up to the upper floors. Not many of you have probably seen Elda's penmanship yet unless you checked that Penmanship check a while back, but it's impossibly impeccable fancy cursive script, to match with her old timey appearance. ... She also writes a lot more proper than she talks. ]

To My Fellows,

The half of you who didn't assist me in this are cordially invited to a celebration of our continued living, and to the memories of those who aren't. We are a mismatched group,
but it has become increasingly clear that we are together in this. Do not allow yourself to be alone.

We will be congregating in the ballroom for the rest of the night.

Better chefs than I will be providing food.

Sincerely,
Elda Marker

[ she's being somewhat facetious about half the group, but the fact does remain that she got more offers than she expected, when she set out to do this. She had expected that Sayaka would help, and indeed both her and Alex provide cookies and curry for the tables. Elda herself sets up the tables, dotting one longer central one made of smaller ones in the ballroom for things to sit on. The bulk of the food's provided by Tarrlok of all people, Chinese food by any other name. Susan, bless her, provides alcohol. Hibki, once she was clean, decided to run backup on preparing the food.

And then perhaps fittingly, Aligula provided the decorations. Steamers line the room, and little cut outs hang around. At Elda's instruction, it's a mix of cats, snakes, and bats. The majority of them have little faces on them. And finally, as and afterthought more than anything else, Elda makes some tea.

... Said tea is black tea and is impossibly dark and bitter because she can't taste it, but maybe that's what you want on a night like this. Who knows. ]

Comments

[matchbreaker]

.... Oh come now, I cannot accept you as that shallow.

[innocentloveholic]

[ . . . ]

I'll go back to what I always do, probably. Hanging out with my fellow kings, watching the city move along. Stuff like that. Unless I die here, then like, I guess I'm just gonna be a totally spooky ghost. What about you?

[matchbreaker]

All this is really so banal to you?

[ She gestures, waving an arm around the room, but she's not gesturing to the room to much as the whole facility and everyone in it. ]

To me, it's... challenging, I suppose is a word I'd use. Nothing I cannot or will not conquer, but I do know it'll have changed how I handle things from here on. To get back to the question, I suppose first I will hold all my family close.

[ She... misses them. A lot. ]

[innocentloveholic]

[ ...Ah, well, mmm. ]

What happened to not having personal moments, Indomitable? You sounded so cheerful when you said we didn't really have any!

[ well, she said they were far and few between, but details! details. same difference, even.

and this is sort of a deflection, but let's not dwell on that. ]

[matchbreaker]

I observed we didn't have many, not that none existed. Honestly, to be uncomplicated like that might be for the best, but, well.

[ She hums ]

... Life is complicated, ultimately. That's all.

[innocentloveholic]

[ ...... ]

You're feeling pretty sentimental or something tonight, huh? Did someone you like kick the bucket recently?

[matchbreaker]

No.

[ She says that quickly, still looking at the clock. Time... it's been too much time... ]

Terumi was an annoying blowhard of a god, Chie was interesting but just some little human woman, Archer was... well, clearly you got more of a kick out of him than I did. Didn't know Weiss from anyone and as near as I can tell Everdeen conspired to make sure no one knew her. ... That Suoh man even more so.

[ Mmm. ]

I'm just feeling thoughtful about it, I think. That could have easily been me there, and that Suoh man did reach out to me, despite this madness today.