bloodisthicker: because that would be the worst (did i break a nail)
Tarrlok ([personal profile] bloodisthicker) wrote in [community profile] trusthell2016-03-05 04:01 pm

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? OUR TALES RIVAL JUST TURNED INTO A ZOMBIE!

[...so, uh, that was a thing that happened. Tarrlok was completely ready to do the politician thing and come up with a speech or something for most of whatever the hell that excuse for a trial was, but everything got all confusing, baffling, and horrifying and completely inexplicably, he can't find the words.

Maybe he just... needs a day. Tomorrow will probably be fine. For now, though, Misa volunteered to make brownies, and he was going to make a Northern Water Tribe comfort food specialty.

...even if they only had shortening and not actual animal fat and it'd been a while since he'd made it, but it tasted... alright? Definitely not as good as the stuff back home, but it was hard to get that good, anyway.

...there's also the matter of setting things up in a location other than the dining hall, because even though that's cleaned up, it still feels pretty tasteless to hold a wake literal feet from the place you found someone's bloody corpse.

So, a little later on in the day, a lovingly personalized note will be slid under everyone's doors:



And if the Survivors choose to head to the library, they'll find a... well, okay, it's a bunch of boxes from the storage room of comparable size stacked up on each other to kind of resemble a table. The dining hall ones don't even seem like they'd fit in the library, so Team Afterparty clearly had to improvise. One side is filled with plates, bowls, and spoons, and the other is filled with brownies, cookies, and a big bowl of berry aqutak. There are also chairs dotted throughout the room in a sort of vague circle --- close enough together that if people want to talk, they can, but far enough apart that it'd be easy to drag it off for some privacy.]
lackinginfaith: Caren being a downer. (oh sorry. thought she was dead)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2016-03-06 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
All right. [small nod] You two were close, weren't you? It must be hard on you.
cherryblooded: (calm / talking)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-06 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
It is, a little.

[But he's still doing better than most.]

He reminded me of myself at that age.
lackinginfaith: Caren looking up. (tell him it was the mermaid!)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2016-03-06 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
It's hard to imagine you like that.
cherryblooded: (smile / kind of smug actually)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-06 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
You'd be surprised how strong the resemblance is.
lackinginfaith: Caren being a downer. (oh sorry. thought she was dead)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2016-03-06 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
We had a fight on Wednesday... something like that, anyway. I assume you heard about it.

[y'know, because you were assuming she'd clawed him to death.]
cherryblooded: (smile / sigh)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-06 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
That explains some things, but no, I didn't hear about it directly.
lackinginfaith: Caren giving an unsure face at Seira. (1 child doesn't like the dead goldfish)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2016-03-06 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
He said the political climate in his home was tense and might result in war, but it was like he didn't even care about it. He said I shouldn't care, because it wasn't my country.
cherryblooded: (calm / say what)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-06 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
...Some people are like that, Caren. They only care about things that directly concern them, and don't worry about anything or anyone else.
lackinginfaith: Caren is moved. (oyakodon. look at it. it's beautiful.)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2016-03-06 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
You mean, people who just like playing around.
cherryblooded: (calm / thoughtful)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-06 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Not what I mean at all.

Some people are that way because they've been hurt too many times before - caring about things opens you up for disappointment and pain. Some people are that way because they're helpless to affect the bigger picture, so why bother worrying about it? Some people are that way because they're hard-hearted, and they only have compassion enough to care about a few things, instead of everyone.
lackinginfaith: Caren eating with a smirk. (we don't have that kind of logical reaso)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2016-03-06 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
Shouldn't someone have a duty to protect the people they can?
cherryblooded: (calm / talking)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-06 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
I don't agree. Protecting people just because you're obligated to doesn't turn out well, in my experience. Fosters resentment.
lackinginfaith: Caren looking to the side with disdain. (you got told)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2016-03-06 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
What about resentment for people who failed? My people deserved better than what they got. My sister did, too. Nobody protected her.
cherryblooded: (calm / actually kind of sad)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-06 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
I can't talk about your sister's situation, and I'm sorry.

But you can't force people to care.
lackinginfaith: Caren in shock. (like the worst game over)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2016-03-06 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
...No. I guess you can't.
cherryblooded: (calm / wait what)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-06 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
...I'm glad he went down having fun.
lackinginfaith: Caren looking nervous and contemplative. (she's just a bunch of pixels)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2016-03-06 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
He was always happy about fighting, huh?
cherryblooded: (smile / pleasant)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-06 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
He was undefeated. Finding someone who gave him a real challenge must have been a thrill.
lackinginfaith: Caren eating with a smirk. (look at me look at me i'm so pretty)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2016-03-06 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Undefeated, in his entire life? No wonder it was an obsession.
cherryblooded: (smile / peachy)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-06 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
In his whole life. Never been even injured in battle.
lackinginfaith: Caren frowning and leaning on a table. (iiiii'm just gonna chill here)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2016-03-06 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
I guess we'll never know what happened now.
cherryblooded: (smile / polka dot)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-06 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Suppose not. But I do hope he finds some happiness, in his next life.

I hope that for both of them.