What I want to hear on nights I can't sleep is your voice

[philoxenia]

[ ... Well, that was an absolute shitshow, wasn't it? Instead of dwelling on how she feels about everything that just happened, Mira's channeling that energy into something else--and she has a little bit of help doing it. Zerinda and Ema are here in the bar to make drinks, and Mira's brought in a ton of food that's definitely not healthy for anyone, but screw it, who cares about health right now?

Della's here to pass out invitations, too--they let everyone know there's a gathering in the bar, if they'd rather not be alone.

If you choose not to come, well... Mira's got that taken care of, too. She'll place a little container of cookies and hot cocoa outside your door. Maybe it'll help someone feel a little less alone--at least, that's what she's hoping. ]

Comments

[lovelikeyou]

I think it's some kind of fruit juice?

[It kinda doesn't matter.]

I never liked the taste of alcohol.

[nothingcanstop]

...I forget not everyone likes the burn.

[ Was she trying to get Gem alcohol preferences...? ]

How, uh... How're you doing?

[lovelikeyou]

I think organic people get more out of it than I do.

[Although some Gems might like the burn, who knows.]

I'm okay. [she's always okay] I'm sorry. I probably shouldn't have done any of that.

[Nobody likes arguments in the courtroom, and obviously Rose is always at fault.]

[nothingcanstop]

[ ...To be honest-- ]

If you hadn't, I was going to. Some of the things she said... They were crossing a line. And- and like, I'm friends with William and they were crossing a line.

[ The guy who says all the insults to make people spill their secrets! That guy! ]

[lovelikeyou]

I know. [Trust her, she knows.] But I never want to make things harder for everyone in there.

[She just does, over and over again. She'll never really change.]

[nothingcanstop]

...Sometimes someone just says something and, you get so mad, and you gotta...

[ At least, that's how it is for her. ]

[lovelikeyou]

[Rose's eyes go wide, like she's just been accused of something awful.]

No, I - that wasn't what I meant to do!

[nothingcanstop]

[ Oh jeez- Della starts. ]

H-hey, I don't- I don't mean that in a bad way, it just-- it happens, sometimes, sometimes you just- sometimes you just get angry.

[lovelikeyou]

No. I don't.

[nothingcanstop]

Rose, are... Are you...?

[ Della raises her hands, trying to find a way to- to calm her down, to something. ]

Hey. Hey, it's okay.

[lovelikeyou]

[Luckily, she seems to immediately realize her mistake and force herself to calm down. Or shut down. Just sort of repress all her feelings and never think about them again, one of those things.]

...I'm sorry.

[nothingcanstop]

Sorry...? You don't have to be sorry. I... I upset you.

[ Again... When she talked about getting angry. ]

Do you want to... Do you need to talk about any of...?

[lovelikeyou]

No, no. I'm okay.

[shut up della it's time to pretend that didn't happen!]

[nothingcanstop]

...Are you? [ LIKE. ] You don't...have to be, this all is really bad.

[lovelikeyou]

Well - no, of course not. I mean, of course it is. But I can manage!

[nothingcanstop]

You- you know you don't have to manage alone, right? That's why we keep having these things.

[lovelikeyou]

Of course. It's very nice of everyone.

[she says, continuing to refuse to confide her feelings in anybody]

[nothingcanstop]

[ Oh, she's an immovable object, isn't she? ]

Which means if you have to talk about something, you're- you're encouraged to! Very encouraging!

[lovelikeyou]

[Better than being an unstoppable force. She learned that one the hard way.]

Of course.

[nothingcanstop]

So- what I'm trying to say is...is you can talk to me about these things. Whatever's got you down! Or...whatever.