is this darkness of the dawn and your friends are gone

[bogwife]

[Everything keeps happening so much and the only real constants are death and parties.

Zerinda takes the initiative to plan things this time, with Della helping her deliver the invitations either being slipped under doors again.]



[It gives everyone an hour or two to settle down from the investigation and trial. By 6 on the dot the tables in the lounge are packed with miscellaneous vending machine snacks, a large pot of a thick and warm white stew, a plate stacked with biscuits and cupcakes. So many cupcakes. Mira has been coping well with her stress.

There's also several bottles of wine, hot coffee and hot chocolate waiting for anyone thirsty.

Welcome to the party, ya'll.]

Comments

[nothingcanstop]

I was the one who kept asking him to talk to me.

[ Serves her right, or...something? ]

...Yeah. Yeah, I think I am, mostly just... It keeps happening. If what Kirei said was true, then Vincent lost control. Neither one of them went out there intending to do each other in, but it's what happened anyway. The Professor could still force the result he wanted, even though all of us just wanted to live through the week.

[fivestagegod]

Yeah.

[He doesn't really know what to say to that; it shows.]

I'm not... God, I think at this point I don't even have it in me to be mad about it. It doesn't feel like it'd solve anything, you know?

[nothingcanstop]

[ She nods. ]

It's...exhausting, having nothing to do but wait, and... Yeah. It's just bubbling up. [ ... ] Honestly, this [ she pats the leg ] crapping out's almost a relief, it's something tangible to...do, instead of wait for his next thing.

[fivestagegod]

I can imagine.

[He'll join her properly, at least, as opposed to just kind of hovering there.]

I'd be lying if I said I'm doing great, but I've mostly just been trying to get my head straightened out. Easier to do that if I'm not around people, so I've been kind of scarce.

[nothingcanstop]

Even if I don't...work like that, I understand. Long as you haven't been...you know. Going even more stir-crazy in your room.

[fivestagegod]

[He shrugs.]

It's hard to say. I've mostly just been writing a lot of stuff down.

Still no letters for any of you, though. It messes me up when I get stuff like that, so I'm going to refrain from subjecting you guys to whatever crap falls out of my head.

[nothingcanstop]

...Thanks. I... I'd want to...let Annette and Sherry know, or...something, but- ...it's like I said to Kirei. I'd rather hear those things myself when someone else is alive. Not in a will.

[fivestagegod]

...I'm not going to go anywhere. So it's not something you're going to have to worry about.

[It's quiet, but it seems confident enough.]

I do think we need to...do something, otherwise our numbers are going to be too low to manage much. But in the interim, I'm not planning on dying anytime soon.

[nothingcanstop]

That goes for the both of us. [ Dying? Not on her schedule. ] ...I do worry the Professor will start to...get bored of us.