No party like an pope party??

[archboxer]

[That... that was a thing for everyone. There should be no celebration for Lif but, well, even if Rhea has a very cynical view of such things it's probably for the best that everyone stays together. Her first stop is the cafeteria, after all nothing better to keep people in one spot than free food. There she bumps into Mira, leaving the snacks to her Rhea ends up writing notes to everyone to come to the cafeteria in a few hours.

Some she hands personally and if she can't find someone she slid it under their door. Rin's she slides into her room regardless.

Fortunately, you won't hear a sermon.]

Comments

[hardnosed]

It's not their duty to care about us!

[ She's really just saying the quiet part out loud now. ]

I've seen those mindless beasts. It doesn't mean I trust you.

[lovelikeyou]

It is their duty. They made us. Why should they demand love they won't give?

[Even when they acted like they loved her, or said so, they never did. She was just a toy; entertaining sometimes, something to be hurt and thrown away when she wasn't. And she knows she has no right to complain when she had it so much better than any other Gem.]

[hardnosed]

Because they made us! They gave us a reason to exist! They salvaged us after your treachery meant they could have shattered us all, and no one would have thought twice about it!

[ nah Jasper that's just you and the other Quartzes on zoo duty ]

Why wasn't that enough for you? Why did you decide we needed more?

[lovelikeyou]

They made us to be their belongings! Nobody deserves to be treated that way! We're people, Jasper, our own people with our own thoughts and feelings and dreams! And they would shatter any of us like we meant nothing!

[hardnosed]

And you just couldn't wait to do the same thing to one of them.

[lovelikeyou]

She left me no choice. If I had to choose between her life, and the lives of everyone and everything on Earth, I'd do the same thing again.

[hardnosed]

Ugh — that's not what you chose! [ she's... so loud... ] Maybe it's what you thought you were doing—

[ Jasper bristles like an angry cat, pointing one finger at Rose. She's been doing this the whole time, to be fair, but this is a new wave of bristling. ]

—but now you know better. You destroyed them both. And I'm done here.

[ And, unless Rose stops her or says something which gets her to start yelling again (incredibly easy to accomplish), she's going to turn on her heel and walk away. ]