trusthell | Love of mine, someday you will die, but I'll be close behind

Please join us in the greenhouse should you feel able or need company. There will be food and comfort. None of us should be alone right now.

-Hanyuu, Jasper, and Silver

[That's the note that gets slid under everyone's doors after such a somber and saddening trial; it's not like it's going to be a big ordeal anymore given how few of them there are, but that doesn't mean that they should spend it alone.

The location of their setup is the greenhouse! ...The greenhouse has had a new addition; there is a massive blanket fort set up using an absurd amount of rope, blankets, and duct tape. The blankets span across three trees to make a considerable amount of space roughly shaped like a triangle for them to hang out under. Under the fort is a small pile of scissors taken from the sewing and art rooms. Next to them are a couple of flower crowns. They're relatively simple and don't involve many different flowers, but they're good examples of what the pile of scissors are there for.

There's also food, of course; a blanket is laid out on the floor with a large set of plates, a massive amount of eggs and rice, some of Elda's spicy fries, and... Sandwiches. Jasper's made everyone sandwiches, and the sandwiches are absolutely absurd in size due to how many cold cuts she's stacked into them. But don't worry! They aren't all meat. There's a lot of mustard, too. Luckily, they're still of a reasonably edible size.]

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[ UH- ]

Do elves often eat plants raw like that?

[hm?] Oh, no. That's just a "me" thing. [...] Not everything I do has to be because of that, you know. I'm not some kind of textbook case.

Well, I have never known an elf! For all I know, there are dietary limitations you have been denied too.

[ . . . And she might've been worried about that a little. Maybe. ]

[elda worrying about him is about the highlight of his life.]

You know all of the exciting stuff already! [beat] Except the magic. But, other than that, you know everything!

W-well, then it may as well be everything, right?! After all, you will have been denied your magic as much as I've been denied the ability to erase memories!

Oh, I don't have any, besides my crystal. I was a slow child! [said cheerily]

Really? [ She laughs, ] Then ever are we opposites; as a child I was a prodigy with vampire skills!

[ A beat and- ] What does the crystal do?

I am sure you were always very advanced, Elda!

It tells me when people are in trouble. So, something that would have been very useful here. That would probably be why he took it.

... I would say so.

[ Holy shit, she- ] You do not feel guilty because you do not have, right?

[ She said, sort of idly starting a new flower crown ]

Of course I do. Why wouldn't I? [said equally as idly]

... You shouldn't.

[ Sincerely, even as he hands sort of idly continue this ]

I know.

... It will be different, when we save everyone. I know it will.

[ . . . ]

Sportacus, never have I considered this, for it is not my nature. But I am well certain it is yours. Do you, as a self-styled hero, feel burdened you could not prevent these deaths?

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[smiles, slightly] It would be hard not to be! Even when everyone is safe and alive again, what they have gone through will not go away. Knowing how much everyone has suffered, and that I couldn't do anything...

... There is a reason I only answer the letters of children. I was never meant for this kind of heroics. It would be very nice to go back to a place where scraped knees are my biggest worry.

Honestly, considering all of that, I think you've done well.

[ . . . ]

At the very least, Sportacus, ever have you been "supportive" to me.

I've been doing my best. Some of you are a bit more complicated than nine-year-olds, but... [grins] It's a little funny, how similar your problems are! It's all about feelings, at the end of the day. Mostly people not realizing they have them, or that they can hurt others'.

[ Snort. ]

I should take that as an insult! [ But- ] But no matter, I meant to pick up your spirits, but if you already are riding high, then I can excuse some ribbing.

I don't really know how I feel! I think I'm just all nerves, now...

... You're a very good friend, Elda. I don't know what I would have done here without you.

[ . . . Holy shit. ]

A----Ah? I-- Thank you?

[ SHE DOESN'T WANT TO THROW IT BACK IN HIS FACE AND ALL, BUT. ]

[he laughs, just a little bit.]

You would have been mad at me for saying that, just a little while ago! Isn't it amazing, how things can change?

I know that-!

[ She... Ugh, she waves a hand dismissively at him. ]

But if I can call Lusamine and Silver and Orihime friends, then it seemed unfair to lord that against you in particular.

It gives me hope, that people really can change...

[COMPLETELY UNRELATED] I hope that, when we get out of here, we can visit each other. There's someone I know I think you would really like.

Is this another situation like where you were trying to get your girl to play with my granddaughter?

... I actually do know adults.

Just checking.

[ With a wave of "go on, please speak"

As she fiddles more with this crown ]

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