WE'RE STILL HERE AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS FOR GRUMP'S SAKE

[ahelpingpaw]

[Well today was quite the unusual way. Filbo pretty much went into his room and collapsed on his bed and just fainted because hey, everything that happened? It's overwhelming. Bluuuuuuuh.

A few hours later, once he recovered somewhat, Filbo just goes and gets paper. This is a ridiculous situation, but...hey, no matter what, stuff needs to be done]

I know today was a really weird day, but let's try to gather and see what happens. There will be ice cream at the ice cream parlor in half an hour. With everything that happened we really should try to at least not forget we need to stick together for whatever reason.

---Filbo Fiddlepie (pawprint)

[Geez.

Well, he goes and does exactly what he said: this time it isn't booze, it's all kinds of ice cream available for anyone who comes. The tables all have spoons and water because really, this is going to be a whole lot of sugar for everyone. Better this than alcohol, especially since things clearly have gone off the rails one way or another, so may as well gorge yourself with ice cream and try to gather your wits for whatever the next week can bring]

Comments

[ahelpingpaw]

You're...not wrong. You know, sometimes it really helps there's someone who can say things so bluntly.

[Because really, when it's said like it's so clear it's fact, it's hard not to take it like it's true -- or at least to Filbo it's like that, hah. He really places other people's opinions and thoughts way high, so Data confirming it's irrational to be blaming himself does help to some extent, yup.

That latter part, though, it's one he had never considered. Until now he had taken for granted that entity had tried to incinerate him because he was a convenient target. That there may have been another reason...goodness, what a thought]

Really? You think he was trying to destroy group morale by trying to kill me?

[Well, pretty much anyone dying by its firey hands would be bad for group morale, he thinks. It'd make pretty clear the ghost is capable of murdering them all when it feels like it]

[ltcommandroid]

I cannot say for certain, but it is possible. You have done a great deal of work in keeping the group unified. Your loss would be a significant blow.

[ahelpingpaw]

[Filbo isn't...very sure how to feel about that. In theory it sounds like a positive thing but still, 'a significant blow', he says. Did the Captain ghost really think Filbo was keeping people unified that much? That's...kind of a scary thought, if he has to be honest. Filbo hopes he'd never be the kind of person anything revolves around of]

...I'd hope it wouldn't be.

[Filbo frowns]

I have seen how it's like when someone keeping a group together isn't there anymore -- it's horrible. But thankfully that's not how things are like around here! I'm not the leader or a cornerstone or anything like that. It wouldn't be as significant of a blow as that ghost may think it'd be, and it's better that way.

[Maybe a month ago he'd be saying it because he considered himself unimportant for the murdercruise group, but nowadays it's because he truly believes everyone is strong enough to keep going forward no matter what]

[ltcommandroid]

[Data arches his eyebrows, clearly not quite getting it, but...well, he's not gonna argue.]

Nonetheless. It was no trouble.