Looks like this will be a weekly thing

[forcegalactic]

[This whole week has been awful. This whole experience has been awful. Mordecai wants to go straight to his room and deal with his frustrations, but that's not what a mayor does. A mayor takes charge, a mayor fixes what's wrong, a mayor makes things better. Even if he can't do everything on his own, he's has to do something.

Two hours after the end of the trial, the living will find another note slipped underneath their doors.]

There's cookies in the kitchen. The dining room is ready for anyone who needs a quiet place to talk it out. I'll be in the bar if you need a drink, alcoholic or something more appropriate for the underage crowd.

-Mordecai Benmont Jiminy

[There's a pile of warm chocolate chip cookies in the kitchen. Two more candles are lit at the memorial - one for the victim, one for the culprit - and Mordecai has left a pile of blankets from the storage room on one of the dining room tables.]

Comments

[ninehundredlives]

It's entirely possible.

He did seem to be directing it. Not the relationship I would expect of man and god.

[decrees]

It's not something I would expect either, even with my limited knowledge of gods. I'm not sure what to make of this situation, but perhaps we'll learn more about it in time.

[ninehundredlives]

We probably will.

We'll have to figure out good light sources in the meantime. Just in case. I don't trust the candles.

[decrees]

The candles might be too small to be effective. I'm not sure what else we can make though.

[ninehundredlives]

There's plenty around we could burn, but that's not really a long-term strategy. It would be helpful to know if the thing can be killed or not.

[decrees]

[If it can be killed...]

It would be best to be cautious for now, but we should not be idle. That thing has remained in the pit so far, but there's no guarantee that it won't get out at some point. We need to find a way to combat it, at least to fend it off if we cannot kill it.

[ninehundredlives]

I don't know about anyone else, but I haven't gotten anything out of the machine that can light up at all. Much as I hate to say it, that could be something for Rick - he probably has the skills to cannibalize the lights or something around here.

[decrees]

That's a very good idea. I haven't received anything that will be useful either, but Rick will most likely be able to assist us. Assuming we can find some way to convince him to do it, of course.

[ninehundredlives]

I'd say we could just point out that he's in as much danger from the thing as anyone.

But that would require using logic on Rick.

[decrees]

[He looks really amused, alright.]

Perhaps we can bribe him into it. Unfortunately he has access to all the alcohol he could ever want, but maybe there's something else that would work?

[ninehundredlives]

Morty might know of something. I try not to talk to him much myself. Unless he starts another ridiculous petition, I haven't got any ideas.

[decrees]

I try to avoid him as well. I do talk with Morty frequently, however. I can discuss it with him.

[ninehundredlives]

Alright. I'll keep an eye out for anything else. I got a clock with some batteries in it, so if we find anything that needs those we have a couple.

They're energy sources for electric things. Anything portable will probably need them.

[decrees]

[What the hell are-- Thank you, Susan.]

I see. Thank you for the explanation. Should we find anything that needs them, I'll have it sent your way.

[TECHNOLOGY...........]