And we're all adrift together through the cold mist, 'til we're lifeless together

[dokkalfheimr]

[The preparations hit differently this time.

Last weekend was at least an attempt at being festive, even with the light supplies they have; at being joyous, at giving people at least one nice thing to look back upon before things inevitably took a turn for the worse. And now two people are dead, and instead of trying to figure out structure placement and how best to keep everyone entertained and occupied and well-fed, the preparations now are given to much more practical purposes.

Large amounts of bottled water from the machine. Bagels and bread and muffins, light starchy things to avoid forcing anyone to keep meat or seafood down after seeing a corpse. Fruit for the sake of providing energy. Avoiding including bananas for any reason. Quietly pulling aside one of the first people she sees with any experience in the matter and asking them to help her make tea.

Once she's got one of the tables at the party zone set up and the tea is on its way to being prepared, she'll set around letting people know; the invitations are simple, written in Freyja's broad, elegant handwriting:

I think another gathering tonight would be beneficial. Not to celebrate, but to remember; perhaps more importantly, to ensure that no one is alone if they don't want to be.

Tonight is hard. There is nothing further to do but get through it.]

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[oceangirlfriend]

Your definition of normal is quite off from most of ours, isn't it? [Adeline says this after she went diving off the edge of the ship, so she's dripping water everywhere. It's fine. She's fine.]

[queceracera]

Prooooooobably? Like, we're all from different places and stuff but.

[oceangirlfriend]

The way you said some things...made it sound somewhat like your world itself is a video game. That's not something familiar to me at all.

[Oh, the irony.]

[queceracera]

Really? [He perks up, just a little.] So you know about saves and extra lives?

[oceangirlfriend]

In the context of video games that people play, yes. I've been to a few arcades in my time.

[queceracera]

Yeah, uh. Those are just standard where I'm from? I got an extra life a while back and I realized I probably won't be able to use it, which kinda sucks. I'm not even sure saves would work here - I haven't seen a save point recently.

[oceangirlfriend]

Since this seems to be a completely different world, I suspect those may not exist here. So...all those people you mentioned killing-I assume they also did not die permanently?