hey mom, dead mom, i need a little help here

[nothingcanstop]

[ ...All of that happened, huh. That's the sentiment each and every week, and it's no different this time. Except, this time they've lost more people than before. Five.

The gathering invitation is slipped under everyone's doors, but it specifies something a little different. ]



[ That's a good two hours or so of difference. Enough time to wander around, for sure.

But, in the garden, at the appointed time, there's a variable arrangement of fresh-cooked food. A good amount of beef stew, some Chinese hot pot, and...watermelon? Just, an absurd amount of watermelon, cut up and set on plates. All the food's set on tables that seem to have been moved from the library, and the ground is littered with blankets, for those who don't want to sit on the grass.

And yes, she did not lie. There is, indeed, a variable fuckton of alcohol. (And coffee, for our underaged.)

This has become routine. But, we're still here. We're still alive. ]

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[fivestagegod]

[Has he ever seemed good with feelings when left to just sort them out on his own...]

If you've got questions, you can ask. You know I usually don't stop you.

[nothingcanstop]

[ ...oh, god, that's true. ]

Yeah... You really don't, huh. [ Is she just realizing this? ] ...Honestly, every question seems stupider than the last, but... ...When did you start actually...start thinking about some of the others like this? Start...missing them?

[fivestagegod]

...Good question.

[It's actually something he doesn't really have much of an answer for, if he's honest; give him a moment.]

Ema kind of screwed me up unexpectedly, but I don't know if I'd say I miss her. It's more like it hit me all at once, I'd rather have them here than have their stupid letters. I don't know.

[nothingcanstop]

I mean... If it all just hit today? It's kind of hard not to look at what Rose put down and not get...hit. [ If your letter is anything like hers, at least. ] ...If there's a chance it'll turn out poorly, we...want to get our thoughts down. But, all it leaves everyone left with is a big pile of regrets.

[fivestagegod]

Yeah, pretty much. I'd be lying if I said I'd never written anything like that, even. But it wasn't for any of you.

[nothingcanstop]

...Is it weird that I haven't? I mean- not even when I was stranded. I kept recording video journals, but I...deluded myself into thinking my family would receive the transmission. I just refused to believe I wouldn't be getting back. Here, too.