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

[forcegalactic]

[Mordecai eats some of his food. It's nothing surprising to him.]

Practically anythin' they set their minds to. Makin' science guns that turn things and people inside-out, science guns that switch bodies, science guns that shrink things, makin' the animals of Mars talk. One we had a war between science and technology beings right on that planet. Took over my saloon AI and nearly turned Mars into a giant metal weapon.

[swirlied]

That's so scary...

[ It doesn't even sound real. ]

[forcegalactic]

Well, you get used to it. That's why we need the Marshal and the military to make sure the rest of society is safe enough to function.

[swirlied]

Do they do a good job?

[forcegalactic]

The Marshal? Yeah, he love his job, almost too much. You can count on him to stop someone from breakin' the law, even when he's out on a date. Which...ain't a healthy attitude. But I try to remind him to have a social life.

[He pauses his eating and contemplates. Always thinking he was a lone hero that didn't need help, that Sparks Nevada. Shooting all of his problems. If he were here, would he have tried something as stupid as Dio?]

And now we got a sheriff. So I think the town's protected mighty well while I'm gone, even if there ain't nobody to run it.

[swirlied]

[ Yuuri takes another bite of cake. ]

That's good to hear. At least you don't have to worry about everyone being safe while you're gone. You probably have a lot of work to catch up on, though.

[forcegalactic]

[He groans and holds a palm to his forehead.]

A whole month! All this paperwork and meetin's I'm missin'! Who knows what state the town'll be in once I get back!

[swirlied]

[ Yuuri can't help but smile a little at that. He totally knows the feeling. ]

I'm sure you'll be able to get everything back in order.