![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
we're all living under loaded gun
[Every week was bad, but this one? This one most likely has hit them all the hardest.
All well, almost all of them. Bruce certainly can't speak for everyone here... not that there's a lot of them left now.
Anyway.
Working with Speedwagon in the kitchen the two of them whip up a decent, simple fare of food just so that their stomachs won't go empty - Bruce knows that a lot of them won't have much of an appetite at all after what happened, and he can't blame them. He doesn't have much of one himself even after the food is done.
Once everything is set up in the dining hall a couple of hours later after everything that happened downstairs Bruce goes around to slip a notice to every body's room. (Everyone that is still alive, that is.)]
I know what happened was hard to take in. I feel the same as well.
If you wish to be alone I understand, but if you need company, or somebody to talk to... there is food in the dining hall made by Speedwagon and I.
I sincerely hope to see you there.
- B. Banner
[For Sigrun and Cherryblod respectively, he'll have the note along with a plate of some food from the gathering by their door.
As mentioned earlier, there's a small fare of simple, light food and snacks for everyone to eat if they have the stomach for it. For better or for worse there's alcohol too, although Bruce certainly isn't going anywhere near it. But if anybody needs that drink after what happened, he can't blame them for the need for it, either.]
All well, almost all of them. Bruce certainly can't speak for everyone here... not that there's a lot of them left now.
Anyway.
Working with Speedwagon in the kitchen the two of them whip up a decent, simple fare of food just so that their stomachs won't go empty - Bruce knows that a lot of them won't have much of an appetite at all after what happened, and he can't blame them. He doesn't have much of one himself even after the food is done.
Once everything is set up in the dining hall a couple of hours later after everything that happened downstairs Bruce goes around to slip a notice to every body's room. (Everyone that is still alive, that is.)]
If you wish to be alone I understand, but if you need company, or somebody to talk to... there is food in the dining hall made by Speedwagon and I.
I sincerely hope to see you there.
- B. Banner
[For Sigrun and Cherryblod respectively, he'll have the note along with a plate of some food from the gathering by their door.
As mentioned earlier, there's a small fare of simple, light food and snacks for everyone to eat if they have the stomach for it. For better or for worse there's alcohol too, although Bruce certainly isn't going anywhere near it. But if anybody needs that drink after what happened, he can't blame them for the need for it, either.]
no subject
Just... turns back to the Mettaton she'd been working on, fingers tracing the grooves she'd so carefully etched and the section that opens up. The only reason it's closed it because she's afraid of what she'll do inside.]
Hi, kitten.
no subject
God. ]
I'm really sorry, Miss Sigrun. [ ...he doesn't know what else to say there; he's useless in a situation like this, with anger still quietly simmering in him and a heavy heart at the state of someone he'd become so fond of. It feels a lot like when White'd come home crying after some bad break-up, only—Sigrun isn't White, and this isn't a break-up, it's a lot worse.
He'd just held her then, but leaning against Sigrun is probably enough for now. He hugged her earlier, after all. (She probably appreciates the contact more than the hug.) ]
no subject
She... also doesn't know how to respond outside of just humming softly, acknowledging his words. At least at first.
Eventually she will open the box - it's just like she said, it opens kind of like a chest, except it's more like a suitcase honestly from the way it goes bottom to top - and take out a few of the orange-white hearts, not minding the glitter that comes off onto her fingers.]
I learned something interesting at that drawing contest the old man did.
no subject
going to fulfill that request and then tear it up. That's how he feels right now, but he's careful not to let it show. Not in front of Sigrun, and especially not when things are the way they are. ]
What was it?
no subject
[To Mettaton.]
I wasn't really sure how to feel at the time, even if I didn't mind it all that much. I didn't think about that kind of thing a lot back home either, and here it seemed a little.
[She shrugs.]
Well, you know. This place is pretty unpredictable, huh?
[Sigrun's doing her best.]
no subject
That's why I'm not interested in dating while I'm here, Miss Sigrun. [ It's horrible of him, but there's the small thought of I knew I was right with regards to his conversation with Yosuke a few weeks ago that makes rounds in his head, right up there with What can I do?
There's not much he can do, he knows, except hear her out and not be an asshole. ] I... got told once that you need to get your happinesses while you can. I think it's good you managed that, and that you gave Mettaton the same in return, even if it hurt and it's going to keep hurting for a while longer. It isn't to lose someone important to you.
[ As he knows, as she knows, as Cherryblod knows, as... a lot of people know now, really. ]
no subject
Sorry I kept pushing you to go for it. I... can't regret it though, you know? It was a lot of fun. I really, really liked him.
[Though that doesn't sound quite right, and Misa's words about love rears its head, though she's shaking the thought out of her own.]
... I was lucky that I got to tell him all the things I did, ask him the questions I wanted to, before he died. I just want to make sure you get that chance too. So don't be too afraid, alright? It hurts more than any wound a troll could put on me and I can't even put a bandage on it, but it could've been worse.
no subject
I'll think about it. [ It rings a little less hollow than he thinks it should, and maybe he really will think about it, but—things are still... it's still... ] I got to hold his hand on Sunday. It was nice. I almost asked him to stay the night with me, but I knew you'd be coming by, so I didn't.
[ ...that's so much, oh god. Leaps and bounds and he's still not sure if the guy likes him like that or not. ]
I... don't know if I'd regret not telling him if anything ever happened. [ Easy breathing. ] I might regret telling him more. That's why I haven't, really.
no subject
[She's amused, because the way Yosuke reacted said so much more, it was hilarious, but her mood becomes more subdued again.]
What makes you think you'd regret telling him more, though?
no subject
I've never been good at making friends—so I never had a lot of them. Whatever ones I did have were usually just White's. It's different here, though. [ He wishes he had something other than the hem of his sweater to play with, but he doesn't. ] And... Yosuke's probably one of my best? That feels weird to say, because it's not like we've known each other that long, but I've told him things I haven't told anyone else.
[ Like—almost everything. And his name. And— ]
He's easy to talk to like that. [ A smile. ] And... I don't want to mess that up. Even if he was interested in guys—and he might be, or he might just be interested in the one guy he's besties with back in his world that's so incredible and wonderful—that doesn't mean he's going to be interested in me.
[ There. He said it. That's the portion he hasn't said to anyone else. ]
I like being his friend, Miss Sigrun. I'm happy being his friend. I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't be over the moon if it was anything more, but I don't want it to be anything less, so what we have now is fine. [ ...god, that's actually kind of painful to say? This is so bad for him. ]
no subject
Guess it's a little different than just me telling Mettaton we were dating, huh. Though... I didn't really get the whole weird feeling thing until after that. I think the first time might've been when he showed me his soul?
... No, maybe earlier than that. I told him he could stay with me before the whole dating thing because of what he told me and how much he seemed to like my world, so, maybe then... Or when I got mad at him for... I guess he wasn't sacrificing himself then, right? He was offering to kill someone then... Maybe that's when, since I got pretty wigged out at the thought...
[Juuuust a bit different, as much of a tangent as it trailed off onto. She'll decrease her tilt, but there's still the contact.]
That's fine, though. About you and Yosuke, I mean. If anyone has to step forward it'd have to be him, right? So just bide your time. Who knows, maybe something'll come out of it if you're patient.
[... Such a different opinion, huh.]
no subject
I don't think he will. [ It's a hunch, and one he's torn on—does he want to be right, or does he want to be proven wrong? Both options give him an aching heart. ...he has it so bad. He wants to die.
This isn't what he planned on at all. ] You should eat a little, Miss Sigrun. Mr. Banner made it for you and everything. [ a beat. ] I got you the alcohol, though.
no subject
[Automatic response, and she hesitates a moment before taking the gin.]
I have plenty of food back in my room if I get hungry though. Sometime.
[Ever, her tone leaves unspoken.]
... But I'll thank him for the thought later. Thanks to you, too.
no subject
I was worried about you. [ ...he's gonna grab her plate then and hold out his free hand to her. ] Speaking of your room—let me escort you back? Everyone's in the dining hall, pretty much, so no one'll be stopping us on the way, and I'd really rather keep you around and not... around the way Taichi was when he fell asleep or passed out in the game room.
no subject
Not a single part of her wants to pass through that hall. But she'll take his hand after a moment, stuffing the gin away so she can heave up Woodaton to carry it with them.]
Can we take the long way around? Not the straight shot to my room.
[Where it passes by Mettaton's room. She can't avoid going near Aqua's, since the girl had stayed in the room right in front of her, but... it's good enough.]
no subject
...she's really taking that project with her, isn't it heavy—it's Sigrun, it doesn't matter if it's heavy or not. ]
I don't mind. [ Either way he's backtracking. ] If anyone tries to talk to you, I'll glare at them and send them running. Just like I did with all the boys that broke White's heart.
[ okay, well, you can guess how well that actually worked ]
no subject
Oh, I'm sure they all went running, honey. How many of them dared to break your sweet sister's heart anyway?
no subject
Not that many. She broke more hearts, I think. [ A thoughtful hum while he gently pulls her down the hall and the stairs... ] She called me a heartbreaker once though. Can you imagine?
no subject
[Heheh.]
Too bad you're not into girls.
1/3
no subject
um. ]
no subject
no subject
... Sounds like you're just as tired, kitten. Don't stay up too late.
no subject
I... will think about not staying up late. I was going to hang out in the library for a little bit. [ Books. Y'know. ] It'd be a good way to wind down this week.
no subject
Think I'll...
[... She'd usually play her lyre to wind down.
Or hang out with Mettaton.
Her hold grows tighter and she hums softly.]
I guess I'll just try to sleep, maybe.
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)