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

[hardnosed]

Don't call it that.

[ Weakness, she thinks. She's seen death from the moment she came out of the ground, and it taught her lessons that can't be quite embedded during the incubation process. Weak Gems die and strong Gems survive, and part of being strong is feeling nothing when the inevitable happens. If you carry useless sentiment, if you let it drag you down, it'll destroy you just as surely as a physical enemy. How can humans live so close to death and still let it harm them every time?

... which is totally different from her self-appointed duty to crush Rose because she killed someone Jasper never even met 5,000 years ago! That's honor and duty and it's completely rational. ]

I asked a question, and I got an answer. That's not consideration.

[drladysounds]

Let's call it checking on me to make sure I'm not having a breakdown because if I did then I'd be bringing down the group.

[Seems like a compromise -- asking such a question to make sure she wouldn't be a hindrance]

[hardnosed]

... sure. We can’t afford any more weakness and infighting.