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.]

Comments

[housenurse]

Why wouldn't he let her die? [there's so many awful things cycling through her head right now, and the wheel happens to land on that one this time.

she tries hard to get her hysterics under control, and manages to tamp it down to slightly hiccuping sobs by the time she speaks again.]

I'm sorry for messing up your clothes, Rick-san. I'll clean them if you want.

[rickdiculous]

Yeah, no. I-it's - don't worry about it.

[he's more for letting this happen, honestly, and just doesn't really do anything but raise a dismissive arm.]

Some people are just...t-they're bad.

[housenurse]

... He let grief get the best of him. That's all. It was just a mistake. [though she seems more focused on convincing herself of that.] Nobody would be that cruel on purpose...

comes back to this because it makes me sad

[rickdiculous]

O-or some people are just fucked up.

[He gently uncoils the scarf from her neck, looking down at her.]

Really, there's - there's no way that this guy is capable of rational emotions. He can't just take out his frustration with furious masturbation like - like normal people.

[housenurse]

He's not a normal person. Normal people don't sit around and watch people kill each other... But, he is a person. Sometimes we act like he isn't.

... I really do think he loved her. Ashley-chan. But, I think he loved her the way you love a doll. He's upset she's broken and he can't play with her anymore. But nothing more than that.