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

[magycks]

[ She heaves a long, overdramatic sigh, before just talking about it anyway! Indicating one particularly elaborate design with her index finger: ]

This one is meant to enable communication with the shadow realm, specifically. The rest aren't dissimilar to your... Scandinavian ghost trap, or whatever that was yesterday.

[silentscout]

It's Icelandic magic to keep ghosts out, not to trap them.

[But it's close enough. And that first one in particular seems important.]

Think you can use the first one to talk to someone outside of this boat?

[magycks]

Ha! No, nobody's about to pick up there. But it is a parallel realm existing atop our own, if it exists here at all.

[ So, like, maybe Jack's using it as storage space? ]

[silentscout]

...think it can talk to our own dead?

[magycks]

Wow, give the boy a prize.

[silentscout]

The prize can be talking to the dead, I want to see it now.

[magycks]

And I want my powers back, but we can't have everything. Did you just miss the clearly stated "if it exists"?

[silentscout]

We'll find out by trying, when our powers are back.

[He's going to bug you later for that, Magica.]

[magycks]

When our powers are back, first thing, I'm going to feed Jack to the Kraken, reconstitute his remains and cram his pitiful excuse for a soul back inside, and then feed him to the Kraken again. But sure, after that I'll pencil you in.

[silentscout]

Don't desecrate bodies, they should be treated with respect. Even if someone is an asshole. Kill him once and then send him on to the next life.

[He is! Frowning!]

[magycks]

Oh, you are really not gonna like the rest of my death threats.

[silentscout]

Probably not, no.

[Magica why are you like this?]

[magycks]

Too bad, not going to stop, I really need this right now. Should I keep it to pre-mortem agony for your virgin ears?

[ Blame Scrooge McDuck!! It's not really his fault all things considered but blame him anyway. ]

[silentscout]

I've heard worse than what you're describing. But just because I have doesn't mean I want to hear it again.

[magycks]

As previously established, I don't care.

... Eugh, you're not going to get all moral and upright on us when we do have him in our clutches, are you? The ethics ratio here is lame enough as it is.