It's like I'm carrying the weight of the world

[hesperos]

[ So, Yuri's going to be going around, putting up slips of paper for everyone to see, because even with everything that was that trial, he is sure it could help. He doesn't know--it's worked from time to time before anyway and someone should do it. ]



[ Yuri, for once, is going to be making some food for the afterparty that isn't desserts. On his side of things, his food is generally going to be geared towards something more western-style and hearty. In essence, there is some things of curry with beef, chicken, and vegetables in them, take your pick. Sayaka and Kyrie also will be assisting with food, providing stuff that is likely to be geared towards something asian.

This whole set up, of course, is going to be done in the dining hall, since that's where it usually is. ]

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[heritrix]

[Well first things first, before the afterparty technically begins, you can find Rin in Susan's room, Room 13. It's right next to her own, and Susan was... Of course she checks it. She can't help but think of that night they went parading room to room with all of the keys Tabby had, on a quest for that Old Goldie. It was freaky, but if Susan can't have it anymore, maybe she should look for it.

She ends up finding it eventually (if you pass by, you might see some hissing sparks), but also something else. Rin sits at Susan's desk for a while, a green ribbon in one hand, and a paper in the other. She's not really looking at it anymore though, so much as she is the autumn-colored salt crystal tree she gave Susan a couple weeks ago.]

I'm sorry I jinxed you.

[She hangs out in there a little while longer, thinking about the day's events and where to go to next. At some point she needs to talk to Hilda, and there's a few other things to look into... They have to solve this somehow; win this. First things first though, she should probably eat... After returning back to her room briefly to drop off the Old Goldie, Rin will join the afterparty proper.

Thus, you can find her in the dining hall! Specifically, she's by the candles. With Susan gone now, there's no one to draw them anymore, and originally she intends to try it but... No, she has a better idea. Sure, she drew Kirei's for him, but it looked a little stupid and she was fine with it looking stupid. Everyone else should have decent portraits though, so she knows precisely who to ask. She will, however, doodle on one candle, just the back of it. The design she carves into it looks a lot like Angel's tattoos.

Before the end of the night, however, she has an important job to do, and that's to distribute letters. Thusly, if you're not busy at the party or taking out your frustrations upstairs, you might catch Rin playing courier.

Everyone who Susan left a letter for (so everyone except Yuri, Luca, and Kyrie... and also Elda for Reasons®) will find it slipped discreetly under the door, if they don't catch her in the act. It's a private thing, which is why she's doing it when she expects people will be busy elsewhere. No need to know it was from her.]

[perpend]

[Thankfully, being out and about means he'll run into Rin eventually, so there doesn't have to be any discreet letter giving. Unfortunately, that means that the letter giving happens out in the open, and everything award that entails.]

...Thank you, Rin.

[He doesn't move to open the envelope, but he does hold it gingerly.]

[heritrix]

[The keyword is "try". She was trying to be discreet. That failed, but... Well, she can roll with things.]

You don't have to open it now, or anything. I wouldn't put that on you. I just wanted to make sure you got it.

[perpend]

That's fine. I'll open it later. I'm sure... that it's going to give me quite an emotional reaction.

[read: he's probably going to cry]

How... are you holding up right now?

[heritrix]

[Her posture... softens a bit, at his admittance.]

...you really are a tender-hearted man.

Courier

[destage]

[It's probably later in the night that Sayaka just...happens upon Rin while walking back to her room, and she sees her putting something beneath her door...?]

Tohsaka-san? Is everything okay?

[heritrix]

[Rin doesn't jump, but she flinches. It was so quiet here, she was lost in her thoughts and didn't hear someone coming. Disguising the motion by adjusting her hair, she glances in the direction of the voice calling out to her.

...dammit. Putting aside everyone's right to privacy with these letters, Sayaka was exactly one of people she didn't want to run into right now. Rin... frowns, then adjusts her expression into something more casual, pushing herself up.]

Mail service. [Her voice is a little brusque, but it becomes gentler when she's able to look Sayaka in the eye, though her expression might not match.] You'll understand when you open it.

[destage]

[...Ah. That...mmm.]

...Of course. Thank you for this, Tohsaka-san.

[She'll go get that letter, then--she expects Rin to be on her way and not stick around, but she seems confused by the time she opens the letter and...takes...a look...

Oh. Oh, this is...

...Sayaka's probably gonna start to tear up in the hallway when she reads it, just...kind of struck by this. By the words Susan says, and just.]

...Ashworth-san...

[heritrix]

[Well, Rin probably would be gone, actually. It's a private moment she has no business intruding on, and whatever her grievances are at the moment, the girl has the right to mourn. Rin can be insensitive sometimes, but she's not going to take that from her.

...she just, very unfortunately, has eight letters to deliver, and Sayaka lives in Room #2. She was kinda, uh. The first stop. Second stop took Rin across the hall to Room #9, where she's trying to slip Susan's letter to Alex under her door.

SNEAK, SNEAK... DON'T MIND HER, SHE'S NOT HERE...]

dining hall

[notaccurate]

[Luca doesn't do much with the candles himself, but he always did notice when people did things to them. So when he sees Rin over there, he decides to go talk with her.]

I like the design there, it's very nice.

[heritrix]

Thanks. Though it's probably a little off. [Rin pauses in what she's doing, to glance over at him.] I was trying to copy Angel's tattoos.

[notaccurate]

[Luca nods in understanding.]

It is still a good attempt, I think. If they can see the candles on the other side, then I am sure she will be happy to see it.

[heritrix]

[...oh.]

That's a good question. I wonder what they can and can't see, actually.

dining hall

[bloodisthicker]

...that's a pretty good idea, actually.

[he tries to look a little more closely...]

I kind of like the more symbolic gestures, myself.

[heritrix]

[She's just about finished with it, actually, and was thinking about hitting up the gym because I was about to tag you there when we hiveminded when Tarrlok comes along.]

Hm? So you wouldn't want a portrait of yourself?

[bloodisthicker]

[hell yes. hivemind.]

Well, I'm not sure if I'd go that far, but I think there's something kind of stylish about symbolic representations. We could see who still has Ms. Hori's camera and maybe use that, of course...

[heritrix]

[You know, she's not sure if Tarrlok means they should take pictures with Chie's camera, or doodle a camera, but she's reaching for Chie's candle all the same.]

I think Sayaka was the last person who had it. It would be nice to take pictures with it that aren't dead things, admittedly.

room 13

[hesperos]

[ ... Well, Susan's room is straight across from Yuri's, so when he sees the door open, he comes closer. ]

...What do you mean by that?

[ The whole jinxing thing, he means. ]

[heritrix]

['Sup, Yuri. How does it feel to be the last two people left alive in this hallway? It's, uh. Been dead quiet around these parts for obvious reasons, so forgive Rin if she starts a bit at the desk, jolting when she hears the unexpected voice.]

...Yuri. It's you.

[I mean, obviously. But... She sets the letter down in her lap. Just give her a second.]

[hesperos]

[ Don't remind him. Really, don't!!

Yuri will lean against the door, expression kind of unreadable for a moment, as he's thinking here. ]

Yeah, it's me.

[ ... ]

You think you jinxed Susan? Is that why you're saying that?

[heritrix]

[Rin ducks her head, half-smiling and looking at the strange item decorating Susan's desk. It's a tree, made out of salt crystals.]

I gave that to her. [...] It's just a silly thing. I know it didn't get her killed. But I remember thinking at the time that it would be a good luck charm. I liked seeing her around, so I told myself as long as she had that, she wouldn't disappear.

[Her smile widens a bit, and she closes her eyes.] My timing is always terrible.

courier but also candle

[sleepytimegal]

[ ...Oh. Alex will...read her letter later, she doesn't feel like crying in front of everyone, but-- ]

...I'm gonna miss her too.

[heritrix]

[...oh. It's nice to see someone else remembering Angel. Come to think of it, she does think she saw Alex with her from time to time.]

She was sweet. [Rin inhales, brushing back a few flakes of the candle with a tight smile.] I'm not sure this is how she'd want to be remembered, actually. But we had fun comparing arms, so I don't think she hated her tattoos. I thought they suited her.

[sleepytimegal]

I think... I think Angel was still figuring out what she wanted. She hadn't been able to for such a long time. [ She stares into the candle. ] We talked about that, a little.

[heritrix]

[...]

I knew they were using her for something. They built that bunker around treating her as a resource. [And then she was freed, just to end up in a place like this. Rin sighs.] If we'd gotten out of this place, she'd have been able to do anything she liked.