dokkalfheimr: (10.)
Freyja, Queen of Nightmares ([personal profile] dokkalfheimr) wrote in [community profile] unknownseas2021-02-06 04:50 pm

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

[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.]
cethflayn: (what is it now?)

[personal profile] cethflayn 2021-02-07 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
...Well. It is customary to come together when someone dies. Food is often eaten, and people can find some solace in company with others.

[Do you not have funerals in Duckburg]
magycks: (pic#14644319)

[personal profile] magycks 2021-02-08 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
... Do you think I don't know what a funeral is?
cethflayn: (A bit disappointing...)

[personal profile] cethflayn 2021-02-08 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Confused look.] You asked why we were doing this. That is why, is it not?
magycks: (pic#14644454)

[personal profile] magycks 2021-02-09 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
That's not the point! And I said you, not we.
cethflayn: (siiiiiiiigh)

[personal profile] cethflayn 2021-02-10 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I am helping because I want to.
magycks: (pic#14441127)

[personal profile] magycks 2021-02-11 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ In perfect silence, Magica looks up at Flayn, pinches what would be the bridge of her nose if her nose and mouth weren't a goddamn bill, closes her eyes, and then breaks the silence with the loudest, most long-suffering sigh the world has ever known. ]
cethflayn: (disappointed in you? yes)

[personal profile] cethflayn 2021-02-11 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay, well, you can go ahead and do that, and Flayn is just going to continue handing out tea. Clearly Magica does not want to deal with her.]