do it for love

[penduli]

[ Every week is the same song and dance, but it never really gets easier, or works, or ever seems like it’s going to stop.

There will be time for everyone to rest before Black comes knocking on their doors (a moot point, given the soundproofedness of them) and slipping a note beneath them. He needed the respite too, and they needed to prepare food, and… he still thinks it’s a little weird to have a party after a trial, but he’s starting to really understand why it’s not a bad idea, either. ]

[Name],

Misa would’ve wanted us to keep a smile on our faces, or at least put a smile somewhere. There’s a pancake bar up in the chapel, if you’d like to come by and make a few happen. If you don't want to come, that's fine, too. The offer's open all night.

Ever yours,
Black

[ …the ending is something he’s never quite shaken, unfortunately.

Those that make their way up to the chapel will, indeed, find a pancake bar, courtesy of Yosuke and Stan (because Black never feels that hungry after trials and someone needs to stress bake here). That is, there are pancakes! There are syrups, whipped cream, fruits, berries, candies, etc! Sprinkles! Hot chocolate, ice cream… everything you could want for your build-your-own-pancake masterpiece. It’s all set up on some tables shoved against the chapel’s walls.

…special Stancakes (or pancakes with a hint of Stan in them, aka some of his hair that might’ve gotten in there accidentally, whoops) are also available.

There’s also alcohol—dessert wines mostly, to pair with their overwhelming sugar bias, but there’s some ordinary stuff there too. Pancake bar.

The framed photos are where they’ve always been on the center area, along with their matching stuffed animals. …or most of them; some haven’t been made, some pictures haven’t been put up, you get the idea. ]

Comments

[uro_cyon]

Wouldn't have pinned you as the type.

[cherryblooded]

Suppose I look more like I've just been drinking tea for five hundred years.

But no. Ex-mobster.

[uro_cyon]

Something like that.

It doesn't surprise me that the mob exists in other worlds though. [ Look six weeks later he's finally accepting the lingo.]

[cherryblooded]

Organized crime seems to be a constant, unfortunately. Have you dealt with them?

[He is a vigilante.]

[uro_cyon]

It would be easier to ask me which form of organized crime I haven't dealt with.

[cherryblooded]

Fair enough.

So. How likely are you to punch me in the face?

[uro_cyon]

The same as before.

I wasn't always a vigilante either. [ And he doesn't necessarily like that title anyway, but he deals with it.]

[cherryblooded]

[That's a relief, and some of the tension leaves Cherryblod's shoulders.]

Appreciate it.

[uro_cyon]

[ He gives Cherry a nod.]

I don't think many people here are going to change their opinion of you based on that one fact. [ Not with how hospitable he's been since week one and every week thereafter.]

[cherryblooded]

I know some will, but... Was going to come out eventually, whether I wanted it to or not.

[uro_cyon]

Because of other people knowing?

[cherryblooded]

The Kingmaker, specifically. I'd rather reveal it myself than let him hold it over my head.

[uro_cyon]

Fair enough.

I imagine he's got more than just that though.

[cherryblooded]

Probably. [It'd be nice to think he doesn't have anything else that could drive someone to murder, but let's be real.] But this is what I can control right now.

[uro_cyon]

[ He almost wishes he could think that way.] There's not that many of us left, at any rate.

[cherryblooded]

Fourteen. Less than two months left, at most.

[uro_cyon]

[ Aiden actually sighs -- it's not particularly like him to show emotion, but the situation was getting more and more convoluted.]

Wouldn't have figured Misa for all that either. [ Not even the killing, the whole "God" thing. For someone who acted on his own sense of justice, it was extremely disturbing.]

[cherryblooded]

She'd been sympathetic to Kira when we talked about him, but not so sympathetic that I'd assume she was him.

...A bit unnerving to know how close I was to dying, there.

[She'd wanted to and she had the power.]

[uro_cyon]

And yet she seemingly picked Tarrlok because of his height. [ He didn't trust politicians, but Tarrlok was pretty alright as far as they went.]

[cherryblooded]

Not a good reason, but is there ever a good reason to kill an innocent person?

[Not really.]

[uro_cyon]

... [ He doesn't have a proper answer to that, nor does he want to answer.]

[cherryblooded]

That's what I thought.

[You can die for anything in a place like this. Even just being tall.]