into each breaking wave

[thisaroma]

[ Well, that was — no pun intended — unfortunate. ...But in light of what they already saw happen the first two weeks, maybe it's not really that surprising, either; and maybe it's at least a little easier to recognize when something is going to be a lost cause, if not necessarily to accept it.

In spite of everything, this is the first time Decus has been in a halfway decent mood after a trial, which he can gather is... probably not the case for most of the rest. So he figures he can take on the party host duties for this week rather than push it onto someone who needs a break. Anyway, he wants to keep up this feeling-okay thing for as long as he can, and if he has too much downtime and starts to think about what happened a week ago today... he might end up a little less okay.

So, he brings some food down to the buffet from the cafes for a little variety (even though most of them probably aren't going to be too picky at this point), along with some tea and cocoa from Starbucks and a few harder options from the bar, and gets that all set up in as welcoming an arrangement as he can manage. And...

Well. Despite how he may come off sometimes, he actually is self-aware enough to realize that some of the others might not appreciate being reminded that he's still alive when three people who'd never had any intention of killing are dead. It doesn't really bother him, but he doesn't want to create unnecessary drama, either; so he doesn't put his name anywhere on the invitations he puts up around the place, just a simple:

food and drinks at the buffet

...Which is almost always the case, technically, this past week excluded, but hey.

And while he might come by to offer a drink or something to someone who looks like they need it, he's mostly going to hang back and let everyone do their thing. ]

Comments

[hellahighwater]

[ ...She looks up, mouth completely full. Give her a second while she swallows. ]

Hey, Lalli. What's this?

[silentscout]

It's what to do if another ghost shows up here.

[It's sloppy and in Finnish.]

[hellahighwater]

...I...can't read this.

[silentscout]

[He looks at the paper again.]

...this might not work like I meant it to.

[hellahighwater]

Is your handwriting this bad or is this in another language.

[ It's both! ]

[silentscout]

I worked really hard on this.

[It absolutely is both.]

[hellahighwater]

Iiii can tell!

[ SORRY LALLI... ]

Okay, okay, sorry. Can you walk me through it?

[silentscout]

[He's still! Frowning!]

You need to pretend like you can't see them, they'll usually leave you alone if you do that. But if that doesn't work you need to stay in the light.

[hellahighwater]

But, if I pretend I can't see it, doesn't that give it more reason to like...ambush me?

[silentscout]

Not really. Ghosts only bother people who can see them. So if you act like you can't see them, they leave you alone.

I see it all the time: ghosts linger in places, not reaching out to any of hundreds of people who wander by that spot, only to reach out to the one child who does look directly at them.

[hellahighwater]

...Funny, I always thought...ghosts hang around if you look at 'em or not.

[ A moment- ]

That's- I don't know if that's literal. Just forget it, I'm...kinda tired.

[silentscout]

...

[Well.]

Ghosts from your world might be different from ghosts from mine.