i'll wait, so show me why you're strong
[ Generally, people need time to cope and gather themselves after a... thing... like that. Unfortunately, that's not how Vanille sees it. Her thing is avoid, and once she gets out of that hellhole that's the courtroom, she makes her way to the supplies closet, then to the library. She spends some time setting up things, pushing things aside to make room. Once she's finished, and she's met up with the Party Brigade, she makes enough invitations for everyone. She slips them under everyone's doors, or hands them out if she sees someone walking around.

Inside the library, there are candles set up to provide some soft, comforting lighting. There are pots of tea, courtesy of Mercy, pancakes made by Viktor, and books (picked out by Estelle, of course) laid out on the surrounding tables. The others have provided their own touches, and Vanille's even managed to make something: sugar cookies, which are actually very good. They're flavored lightly with all sorts of flavors--not all in the same cookie, okay--and each plate is marked with whatever flavor she's put in them.
After a successful trial, it's healthy to indulge, right? Let's mingle. ]

Inside the library, there are candles set up to provide some soft, comforting lighting. There are pots of tea, courtesy of Mercy, pancakes made by Viktor, and books (picked out by Estelle, of course) laid out on the surrounding tables. The others have provided their own touches, and Vanille's even managed to make something: sugar cookies, which are actually very good. They're flavored lightly with all sorts of flavors--not all in the same cookie, okay--and each plate is marked with whatever flavor she's put in them.
After a successful trial, it's healthy to indulge, right? Let's mingle. ]
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[ She, too, seems tired but trying to be happy. ]
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[ A tired smile. ]
It is. Maybe I should see if anyone else wants to meditate too.
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I think so, too. It's always a lot more fun to do stuff with a friend.
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[ She made a friend!!!! ]
Have you ever meditated before?
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Nope, can't say I have. So you'll have to teach me, if that's okay.
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Did you like it in the monastery?
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[ This is the kind of line ripe for looking back on in two memory regains and laughcrying. ]
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[ She nods. ]
I know it's been only a week... [ yep, definitely only a week and not 1600 years ] but I really miss my home.
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[ HAHA SURPRISE SHE'S A HEALER THIS IS ALL A LITTLE. ROUGHER. THAN SHE LETS ON. ]
But that's not working here! Which is sort of like being without a limb, but uh. Change and adapt. Surely the Bluemother is testing me.
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I know what you mean... Being without magic when you've known it all your life is really hard, huh?
[ Maybe not her whole life, but... eh, close enough. ]
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