I'll wait, so show me why you're strong

[isafraid]

[And so the day's trial for the attempted murder of Gabriel Knight draw to a close with... charitably better results then usual.

They were alive, at the least, but that didn't mean there wasn't several blows against the trust that had been built up here. One mole that attempted murder, another that quit, and another that was given the offer no doubt put strain on several relationships... most notably Sigrun's.

It was all, in a word... frankly shitty. But now it's all out there, no sense in trying to get it back.

An hour (or two) after the "trial" ends and everyone's gone off on their own business, Speedwagon heads back to the kitchen. It was the usual plan in mind, what they did after every trial. And everyone, regardless of what was said or done, would soon find a note being slipped under their door.]

[Name],
There's gonna be food in the dining hall, in case anyone's got an appetite for it.
I know some might want to be alone after that mess of an investigation, but if you don't then the offer's as open as it's always been.
I'd say sticking together might still be safer then not.

-R E.O. Speedwagon

[And yes, folks that arrive in the dining hall will find a nice spread of sandwiches, soup, and what leftovers Speedwagon could scrounge out of the fridge. Speedwagon isn't the best cook in the group, but there's definitely stuff here that's good enough to eat.

...Sigrun's 'masterpiece' was, thankfully, left out of this. Keeping folks alive is the goal, after all.]

Comments

it's ungodly cute I want to die when I see it

[goodforsomething]

You got it.

And hey - Ford said somethin' about ghosts gettin' stronger the longer they're around too. If we make it long enough, they might be able to turn things upside-down around here.

same

[cherryblooded]

Would absolutely love to see the Kingmaker get his ass kicked by a bunch of ghosts. - But I guess there wouldn't be much to see.

[goodforsomething]

Hahaha! Who knows, maybe we'd get our very own horror movie!

[We've got Norman Bates who is now a ghost, so we're like 80% there]

[cherryblooded]

[We also have a vampire!]

I'd film that. We'd make a killing.

[...har.]

[goodforsomething]

Ha! [no one said stan had refined taste in jokes] Talk about slayin' at the box office!

[cherryblooded]

At least he can achieve immortality through his work.

[goodforsomething]

He doesn't deserve it. But it'd be a real nasty death, so that's fine!

[cherryblooded]

He really doesn't. If it were remotely possible, I wouldn't be surprised if some of us would want to forget this happened.

[goodforsomething]

...gotta say, I wouldn't recommend it.

[yeeeeeeeah]

[cherryblooded]

...Wouldn't either, come to think of it.

[goodforsomething]

Yeah. Wouldn't feel right, losin' somethin' as big as this. Even if that'd probably be easier.

Besides, there's some good parts.

[cherryblooded]

Certainly there are. I'm glad we met - it would be a shame to lose those memories.

[goodforsomething]

[Stan smiles.]

Yeah. It really would.

[goodforsomething]

[...and then, because he's allergic to feelings:] Though I would be able to eat shellfish again, so that's somethin'!

[cherryblooded]

I thought I wasn't kosher?

[goodforsomething]

Ahhhhh, I haven't worried much about keepin' kosher for decades!

But I'd rather have a ham sandwich than shrimp cocktail any day. It's cheaper!

[cherryblooded]

Guess I'm glad that eating me would be an expensive habit...?

[This is such a weird conversation.]

[goodforsomething]

Yeah, we're not close enough to the coast to get the cheap seafood. Besides, it'd be too weird now.

[cherryblooded]

Then it's probably for the best I'm not something like a pig.

[goodforsomething]

Yeah, my niece's pig made that bad enough...she made me get all the ham outta the house because it'd "traumatize Waddles".

[cherryblooded]

Somehow doubting it's that smart of a pig, but good on you for appeasing her.

[goodforsomething]

Yeeeeah, a couple sandwiches ain't worth upsettin' Mabel. I've only got a summer with them - or, I did.

[cherryblooded]

Don't get to visit them at all?

[That'd be sad.]

[goodforsomething]

It's a long drive.

.....nah, that ain't it. The real reason I never went down myself was because I didn't wanna leave the Shack that long. I couldn't risk anyone findin' the portal, and I spent most of my free time out lookin' for the rest of Ford's journals.

Guess I could visit now, dependin' on what things are like back there.