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]

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.