Aftergathering 6

[clearasmud]

Rule 17 hits like a gutpunch. The plan she'd talked about, as improbable as it already was, had just become much harder.

But something - someone - digs its heels in inside her, the same way it did prior to their most recent trial. The presence of their latest, insurmountable hurdle, has the odd effect of only making Youko more determined.

They're going to win.

There's hot soup, rice, and tea in the kitchen. We're holding a meeting tomorrow morning in the conference room. I want you to be there.

- Youko

Comments

[ninehundredlives]

[Susan is curled up in the big leather chair behind the desk, but she jumps as she's addressed, rubbing an arm over her face and lowering her legs back to the ground.]

Wh-what?

[sunsong]

[ "are you okay" is a stupid as fuck question Sol isn't even bothering to ask these days, so: ]

...Want to talk about it? Or just quiet company?

[ninehundredlives]

I...

["Neither" is the answer that immediately springs to mind. But Hibiki wouldn't want that, would she?]

I...guess company might be alright.