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trustfell2017-10-14 10:31 pm
matchbreaker) wrote in trustfell2017-10-14 10:31 pm
One day we'll reach to emotions: unexplored, unprecedented
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
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. ]
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A question? Uh... Go ahead, I'm all ears.
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Do you...have any plans, for when we get out of here? [Not if. When. Sayaka wants to believe that much.] Like...anywhere you absolutely have to go.
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...I...don't know if...how they'd react, but...I want to...see my family. My mom, and my step-dad, and...Jonas. ...And my friends who were on the island. [ Clarissa. She has to apologize. ] After that, I... I don't know.
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...I don't know if I'll be going back home myself, honestly. But...um...Mo--Elda offered to take me back to Shihaba with her, and she told me that if...I wanted, and you were okay with it? You could come with me too. You know, if you...if you want to.
[...Her gaze averts and her cheeks color a bit? But at least she remembered to ask this time.]
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...With you? [ It's a little shocked, but in a breathy kind of voice. ] I... You mean to live?
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[Ahhh god, she's going redder and redder, she thought admitting her feelings was tough but this is somehow harder?]
S-She said she was okay, so...I...yeah.
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But if...I can do both, th-then...
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[Sayaka clutches a little tighter. She doesn't want to think that she'll have to make a decision, and she promised the Sunken she'd get Alex out of...that horrible, horrible place she was locked in, but...]
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[ She just...she hesitates and bites her lip. ]
I just...don't know if they'd, um...if it'd be like with Clarissa, when I locked her in there in the other...timelines. If they...would forget about me, s-so, it's all kind of...
[ ...Up in the air. ]
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"You're saying you'll protect her. You'll keep her safe?"
"...I will. I--I will. I swear on my life, that I'll keep her safe. She's my best friend, after all."]
...Where there's a will, there's a way, Alex. There always is, and...
["We have come to want her to survive...outside of the void that traps us."
"Take her away from there.]
We'll find it. I...I like you, after all, what kind of girlfriend would I be if I couldn't even help you...?
["Strange...girl. We..."
Sayaka brings Alex in close, and kisses her forehead.]
...I'm sorry. I didn't realize that...asking that would be so horrid. But I swear--I swear I'll find a way. No matter what it takes. We'll see your family, and I'll do everything I can to help.
[...Perhaps she needs to speak with them again, sometime. Maybe she could take Alex's place...]
I swear on my life.
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All she knows is her girlfriend's being sweet to her, comforting her. Alex reaches up and puts her hands on Sayaka's wrists, with an almost serene smile. ]
It wasn't horrid, really. It's...actually really nice to think about. About- choices to make, or options. I was starting to think I didn't have any of those.
...With your support, I...it even feels kind of like I can do anything again.