Afterparty 5.0

[forcegalactic]

[There's not much that can be believed about that trial. Or that execution. Still, like before, two hours after everyone leaves, they'll find a note slipped underneath their doors.]

We have to stick together. The dining room is there for anyone that needs a quiet space, and I cooked dinner.

Hibiki made some coffee and dessert for all of us.

-Mordecai Benmont Jiminy and Hibiki Ganaha

[Today's selection includes potato pancakes and a light coffee cake. Hibiki has lit two more candles in the dining hall. It doesn't take long before Mordecai lights a third.]

Comments

[ninehundredlives]

[...fuck, Logan, you're going to make her cry. It's been a long hard day to begin with, she's already broken down once, and then to have someone actually thank her? The last time that happened...

Susan visibly struggles for a moment, but manages to contain herself.]

Thank you. That's...that's kind of you to say.

[decrees]

[Oh no, Susan...]

You don't need to thank me. I'm sure everyone here appreciates your assistance. We wouldn't have made it through without you.

[He's positive of that, at least.]

[ninehundredlives]

Right, that's - that's just...nice to hear.

[Privately, she's thought the same. But it's one thing to think that herself, in a way that feels almost arrogant, and another entirely to have it voiced.]

[decrees]

[I know nearly leaves his mouth before he catches himself. Sure, a lot of people have been really kind to him, but that's no reason to spill the "also literally everyone in my country hates me because I'm an awful tyrant" thing.]

...I'm sure everyone agrees with that. It... must be very difficult. Thank you for everything.

[Asking her to continue doing that is kind of... awful, so uh. He won't.]

[ninehundredlives]

...you're welcome.

[Of course she'll keep doing it. She can't leave that to anybody else - the only other person who has any knowledge about such things is Cabanela, and she's seen how the stress is getting to him. Let him just do his job, and she'll do hers.]