Didn't we just do this last week?

[perpend]

[It's starting to look like this is going to be a weekly occurrence.

Just like last week, Cabanela waits a while before he makes his rounds, writing everyone quick notes and sliding them under each occupied door.]

Stay strong.
If you don't want to be alone tonight, meet in the dining hall.
-Cabanela

[Like last week, Cabanela hasn't bothered to provide anyone with food-- that would just be... rude right now, he thinks. Upon first entering, you'll notice that there are now four lit candles in the center of one of the tables.

Feel free to leave mementos for the dead; it's probably appreciated.]

Comments

[charcoalfeather]

[The second time around seems almost worse then the first. There's the drop in energy, the urge to cry and lock herself in her room for the rest of the night... but, there's something different now. An empty feeling that she tried to ignore. This was the second time that someone was murdered and someone was executed... and Rakka was scared it would happen again.

She heads down to the "party" regardless, after a quick stop at the mail room. She slides into a seat at the table and, for the most part, stays there. There's no tea, right now (thankfully Giovanni's got her covered.) Despite her quiet nature, Rakka was here because, well, she wanted to see everyone else.

That... and there was evidently something she wanted to write about. It seems to take her a while before the words begin to flow onto the sheet though.

Dear Reki...]

[icysemblance]

[Weiss looks up from her own letter and manages a smile.]

Hey, Rakka. Looks like we had the same idea.

[charcoalfeather]

Oh, hey. [Rakka glanced up at the huntress, managing a small smile before her eyes wandered to the letter in her own hands. It all clicks together quickly enough.]

...I guess we do. Are you writing to someone you remember too?

[icysemblance]

[She nods.]

I'm writing to my older sister, Winter. What about you?

[charcoalfeather]

That's so sweet!

[...Her eyes turn down to her paper. The words "Dear Reki" being the only ones on them as of that moment.]

Well, I'm writing to someone I think I knew. She showed up in one of my memories.

[icysemblance]

It's been a long time since I've seen her. I figured she'd want to know -

[...what I'm doing to get out of here...]

- how I've been, you know?

[A nod.]

I'm sure you do. Is she a friend, then?

[charcoalfeather]

I... I can't remember.

[Like always. Memory fragments and all that good stuff.]

All I know is that, Reki - that person - she helped me. And, she had wings like I do too!

[And she probably bit her thumb off. She'll need to apologize for that.]

[perpend]

[Cabanela isn't writing anything himself, but he eventually makes his way over to Rakka just the same.]

Hey, there, Rakka. You writing to someone?

[charcoalfeather]

[She's... already gotten a few words down, though it seems like she's hit a roadblock in terms of what exactly to say. What can one do when they want to thank someone they barely know, that helped them through a difficult time in their life?

One that they can't even remember?]

Hmm... Oh, inspector! [Rakka perks up, just a little, giving a tired smile.]

Mm hmm. I actually remembered something a few days ago, so I'm trying to write a letter for someone in those memories.

[perpend]

Did you? That's good to hear!

[Especially for someone like Rakka, who started out not remembering anything.]

I hope that person gets it-- it's hard to tell, with the Conductor.

[charcoalfeather]

[For someone like Rakka, it's probably the best thing to happen to her here.]

The Conductor has to send it! I... [Hmm. aha!] I'll make them promise to do it. If they could get us here, it's probably easy to get something out.

[perpend]

It's worth a shot, isn't it? I'm sure if you ask nicely enough, he'll do what he can.

[Maybe, anyway. Being polite seems to get pretty far with the Conductor.]

[charcoalfeather]

It is worth a shot! [She can concur!]

...Oh, that's right! Inspector, did you ever ask the Conductor about the building?

[nankurunaisa]

[Well, Hibiki did say she'd talk to Rakka about Hamuzou, but now she kind of doesn't want to interrupt her...

Ah, well, it's just a letter.]

How are ya holding up, Rakka?

[She'll take a seat right next to her. She's a bit curious about the letter, but that can wait until after she's said hi properly.]

[charcoalfeather]

[She did say that! Which is part of the reason Rakka had come down to the after party. The latter was a last minute thought, something to focus on rather then... everything else.

Which was a lot to focus on.]

Huh? Oh, Hibiki... [hey there.]

...I-I'm okay. I guess. Maybe.

[nankurunaisa]

I don't think any of us are okay, but at least we can say we're tryin' to be. That's good enough, right?

[Undyne and Byakuren. Two girls. On some level, she'd thought the girls were all tight, that there wasn't anything to worry about there, but...

...turns out they chose to fight. That is some intense shit right there.]

Are you writin' a letter, too? It's...not to the Conductor, is it?

[charcoalfeather]

Right... [Of everyone, she never expected anything like this to happen to Byakuren. She was always so... quiet, and non-threatening. Who knew that she had it in her to fight like that...]

Umm, yeah. Actually, I'm writing it to a person I saw in my memories. It's a girl who has wings like me.

[nankurunaisa]

A girl from your memories...wait, I don't get it. The way you say it, it sounds like you don't really know her.

[Is she getting that wrong?]

[charcoalfeather]

Well, umm.... I can't remember anything about myself - not even my real name. But, I don't think I've ever met this girl before from anywhere I've been. I can almost feel it.

[So Hibiki is... not wrong??]

... But I do know her name, it's Reki! And she helped me at one point.

[sunsong]

Hey, angel. Who're you writin'?

[charcoalfeather]

Oh, Sol.

[Everyone's asking... she might as well talk about it.]

It's a letter to Reki. Uh, she's someone I know.

[sunsong]

You remembered somethin'?

[charcoalfeather]

Uh huh! I think I'm finally getting somewhere!

[sunsong]

What all did you remember, if you don't mind my askin'?

[charcoalfeather]

You really want to hear about it? [She smiles a little sheepishly.] It's, umm, kind of a hard memory to talk about... But, I did remember a few good things, like how I got my wings.