and it takes, and it takes, and it takes

[acherontiastyx]

[It... definitely takes a while for the weekly after-execution note to arrive, but it does --- kind of scrawly and on ripped paper rather than nice stationery.]

EY. YO. WE GOT EFFIGIES IN THE DINING ROOM AND WE'RE GONNA BURN EM.

FOOD TOO. THE USUAL AND HOT COCOA. GOOD FOR THE SOUL. GET SOME. MAYBE TAKE IT BACK TO YOUR ROOM IF YOU HAVE TO. JUST GET SOME.

[Anyway, in the dining room, there's plenty of mugs set out, with a janky looking arrow sign pointing into the kitchen to where you can get your hot cocoa. On the table, there's Vichyssoise, a pot of green tea, and some booze. There's also a cookie tray on the floor away from the table on which to burn the Wordsmith and Kimbley effigies, which are handily placed near the food on the table.

...also if you go in the kitchen without shoes on just. Watch the northern corner. There's no kidneys, but there's a lot of broken plates there for some reason...]

Comments

[oyashiromama]

[...Well she was just gonna come up to him and see if he was okay- blinking away some tears (it's okay this is just how she exists now) and-]

I. Th-thank you?

[acherontiastyx]

Yeah. No prob. It's cool.

[...]

You want marshmallows in it? We could go to the kitchen and put some marshmallows in it. That's the good stuff.

[oyashiromama]

[He can't quite make her smile, but dang if it doesn't warm her heart.]

I would love some.

[acherontiastyx]

Yeah, alright. Let's scrounge some up, then.

[...what... to talk about. "are you alright" is a dumb question. nobody's alright.]

...

Do you think anything else would go in hot cocoa and actually work out? I like to live dangerously.

[oyashiromama]

...Whipped cream on top.

[hell yeah]

As long as it's full of sweets, I'll try anything you cook up.

[acherontiastyx]

Oh, yeah. Whipped cream and marshmallows. A woman after my own heart.

[alright. to the kitchen.]

[oyashiromama]

[To the kitchen! ...Where Guzma broke a lot of plates.]

Thank you...for organizing this. Not many- not many of us were feeling like it, I feel, you know?

[acherontiastyx]

...yeah. I get you. Honestly, it... took me a while to get to feeling up to it, but I guess somebody had to do it.

[doot doot doot, get out the whipped cream...]

[oyashiromama]

...Yes. Yes, this... This wasn't going to be easy for...any of us.

[It's still not easy for her right now.]

But you still pulled together and did something about it. ...That's very admirable.

[acherontiastyx]

...

[...he begins putting whipped cream on it and isn't entirely sure how to respond.]

I... guess so, yeah.

[oyashiromama]

[...You know what she's here for today?]

Do you...think you aren't a good person, Guzma?

[acherontiastyx]

...

I've never really actually tried to be one.

[oyashiromama]

But it seems to come to you, naturally. That's what I've observed, at least.

[acherontiastyx]

...man. It's so weird to have so many people actually believing in me and my inherent goodness.

[Or believing in him at all.]

[oyashiromama]

People don't? ...Because you're in a gang? Or...are you in the gang, because people don't believe in you?

[acherontiastyx]

...Team Skull is made up of a bunch of rejects, I guess. That's not an insult, that's a fact. It's basically... well. Society doesn't believe we're worth anything, so screw 'em, right?

[oyashiromama]

That's a mistake on their part, not yours. To give up on so many young people... It's shameful. But that doesn't mean you aren't worth something...nor that you aren't a good person.

[acherontiastyx]

...I mean, yeah, it is. But I...

...Heh. I really should just learn how to take a compliment.

[oyashiromama]

You should. [hanyuu-] But...saying that makes me a bit of a hypocrite. And I don't mind talking to you about these things.

[acherontiastyx]

...I'm not really sure if I wanna talk about it that much, though.

[oyashiromama]

...That's alright. I won't push you, I just...I think it's important that you know.

[acherontiastyx]

...I'll... yeah. I'll keep it in mind.