It keeps happening

[forcegalactic]

[After that horror show of an execution, Mordecai is still restless from the investigation and trial. He has too much pent-up energy, and plenty of others are sure to be upset, too. Ashley was loved by nearly all of them, the trial was mentally draining, and that execution was crueler than it should have been.

Two hours after everyone has returned to their rooms, they'll find a note slipped under their doors.]

We can't go on with empty stomachs. There's food in the kitchen, and the dining room is always open if you need someone to talk to.

Please keep anything outside of eating and civilized conversation away from the dining hall. That room is meant to be a peaceful place for those of us that need it.

-Mordecai Benmont Jiminy

[Today, there's cream of tomato soup warming up on the stove with a set of bowls besides it. It's a more mindless dish to prepare than mashed potatoes, as much as Mordecai wants to vent his frustrations on the potatoes.

He decides to follow Cabanela's tradition and lights one more candle, and after some consideration, lights a sixth. Let those who cared about either girl pay their respects.]

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[sunsong]

[ That trial was a shit show, wasn't it? Sol feels way too tired and sick to her stomach. There's no sense of accomplishment at all - but then, there never really was, was there? Hibiki had been sobbing by the end, and so it's natural to try to seek her out at the afterparty.

When she can't find the idol, it's equally natural to drop by on her way back to her own room. Sol knocks out a particular rhythm without thinking about it, a tune to a song that's been stuck in her head for days... ]

Hibiki? ...You there?

[nankurunaisa]

[Well, Sol is probably the easiest person to let in. She trusts Sol pretty explicitly, and she isn't going to cower and stop trusting people because of what Asuka did to Ashley. That cowardly act...meeting with her and then...

...

Instead of a voice, the click of a door unlocking is the first sound heard before Hibiki backs away from the door.]

You can come in, Sol! Door's open.

[Easy, right?]