how am i going to be an optimist about this?

[bloodisthicker]

[Almost as soon as the trial lets out, Tarrlok kind of... tears off to the kitchen, because he's mildly concerned that he's going to experience an adrenaline crash before he even starts cooking, and so he begins! He starts on some tea, marinating some beef for kebabs... but he feels like he's forgetting something...

...

OH SHIT. HE FORGOT TO PUT NOTES OUT OKAY FUCK HANG ON LET HIM REHASH SOMETHING HE THOUGHT WAS FUNNY AND SHOVE IT UNDER PEOPLE'S DOORS BEFORE ANYTHING BURNS]

FOOD IN EAT PLACE

[okay whew he makes it back to the kitchen. And so does Yuri at some point, actually! So... Tarrlok will be getting kebabs ready for everyone, since he was hungry for them, Yuri confirmed, and Cabanela said he'd have whatever he'd have. Speaking of, Cabanela shows up to make some chicken soup! And Yuri makes curry, teriyaki chicken, and steamed vegetables. So there's a little something for everyone. The food that gets put out isn't super fancy, but it's nice, and there's tea just like Elda wanted.

So have at, then!]

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[hesperos]

[ Yuri would've felt awkward about that too. So. ]

No problem.

[ ... Normally Yuri would just ask 'how are you holding up' but god. Forget that. ]

You wanna talk about anything that just happened?

[perpend]

[Cabanela sighs.]

...We had a near miss, today. I don't think it's sunk in for me yet.

[hesperos]

[ One, on a big scale. Another one, still just as scary to imagine, but just as evident to him after all of that fuss. Would've been a third if he had moved quicker. ]

Might have something to do with the shock of us nearly getting screwed over. I doubt any of us will be forgetting any of that anytime soon.

[perpend]

I'm sure that's it. Ushiromiya seemed willing to kill us all.

...I suppose we should be grateful no one else tried to do the same.

[hesperos]

Yeah. Well, good thing her efforts ended in failure.

What she really pulled back there was a pain in the ass.

[ ... ]

And maybe a bit of a wake up call too.

[perpend]

It most certainly was.

[He sighs.]

I want to believe none of us will act again. It's time to find Jericho before he has a chance to try and get one of us to act on one of his ridiculous incentives again.

[Or to kill someone because the "clock" has run out.]

[hesperos]

I want to believe it too, and still, that's something that'll probably come up in next week's meeting since we'll need to definitely talk about it then. Especially after he's given one of those incentives he likes so much.

[ Like god. Jericho might as well marry himself to them with how enthusiastic he is about it all the time. ]

Either way, he can't hide away forever. If he thinks we're gonna let him get away with this, he has another thing coming.