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

[innocentloveholic]

[ THERE YOU GO, ONE FUCKED UP THREAD TO COME. ]

Let me help you drop this stuff and we can go together? [ The third option, obviously. ] And... just Aligula's fine, Attentive. I've been meaning to tell you that, like, ever since Pragmatic told me what "-san" means.

[destage]

[AWW YEAH]

Alright, that works perfectly. [...oh, that--that actually gets Sayaka to pause, but...you know, she's been dropping it from people steadily, so...well, alright. She smiles.] And...Aligula it is, then. It's...still a request I'm getting used to from some of you, but I'll be sure to keep that up.

[Lets get a'walkin', then.]

...It's mostly out of respect, that I use it, though. And...because it's usually expected? Is it really that weird seeming?

[innocentloveholic]

As much as I totally like the respect, we're... [ ...steeling herself a little, though it's not evident at all in how she says it. ] Friends, right? And she said people who're friends just call each other by their names.

[ ...so it stands to reason that her and Sayaka can do that too, if they ask? Yeah? Something like that. ]

[destage]

[...Sayaka smiles a bit.]

Yeah. Yeah, I'd say we're friends, Aligula. But...don't feel like you have to do the same, okay? It's more than okay.

[innocentloveholic]

If you're sure... [ ... ] I'll just think of a cute way to shorten your title.

[ She's heard "Sayaka" so much she reasonably knows how it's said

but consider: Attenty. ]

[destage]

...Is there a way to do that?

[It seems like a pretty straightforward word to her. But maybe she's just basic?]

[innocentloveholic]

[ ...Give her a second to think about a few... Okay, okay, she's got this. ]

Attenty, Tivvy, Tenten, Atty— [ some giggles. ] Not as cute as what I could make out of your name, but they're not bad?