And it's the stars, the stars that lie to you.

[neverheardofhim]

[This week, Varric opted to take a page from Vanille’s book. Gathering everyone together after the roller-coaster that the first trial had been proved to be somewhat cathartic for himself. He hoped that it would prove to do the same for the others.]

[He wasn’t alone, of course, having found himself blessed with the most ragtag team of chefs and party-planners. He might have had words for and thoughts on Elda and Kimbley, Mikazuki was welcome company, and he wasn’t about to turn away potential allies, even in a fight as simple as cooking dinner.]

[Once everyone’s set to a task, baking a cake, brewing tea, or stirring stew (the only task Varric could think to assign Elda to), Varric excused himself to his room. His first task was writing up cards, each personally titled and signed by Varric.]

Food in the Library. 5 p.m. Don’t spend the night alone.

[Each note was slid under a door and accompanied by a single rap on the wood.]

[With his tasks completed, Varric returned to the kitchen to put out any potential fires and, with luck, set the food out. A table in the library would be adorned with plenty of tea, cake, pancakes courtesy of Viktor, and stew thanks mostly to Varric (sorry, Elda).]

Comments

[plegia]

You know me, I won't bother getting out of bed until we're forced to go to trial.

[EVEN IF IT'S YOU. ESPECIALLY IF IT'S YOU. SHUT THE FUCK UP.]

[tsugomori]

Oh, of course. It is pretty hard getting up in the early morning, even with that alarm...

[ He'll never shut up, ever.

Unless Gangrel admits he gets along with people~ ]

But I'd still have faith in you, hahaha.

[plegia]

You're disgusting. Don't start thinking I'll put in any effort if you turn up dead, because I won't! I'll put in even less effort than usual!

[...what effort do you even put in???]

[tsugomori]

[ Gangrel, pls.

Mikazuki is sure that he's just being embarrassed, d'awww. ]

Well then, I never knew you felt so strongly about me. My feelings are hurt, how will I live now?

[ Now he has this stupid grin on his face as he pours Gangrel said cup of tea since the black tea is now done! o/ ]

[plegia]

[S H U T U P!!!!!]

You're so obnoxious.

[UGH. But thanks for the tea even if he won't actually say it because he never thanks anyone for anything ever!!!]

You should consider yourself lucky that I even bother putting up with you!

[...he might appreciate it a little. maybe.]

[tsugomori]

[ In his mind, Gangrel is saying 'thank you', and that's good enough for him. ]

I feel very lucky that you don't mind being around me.

[ He starts to pour himself a cup of tea too; this is why he stays up late. Because of all this damn tea he be consumin' all the time. ]

[plegia]

[...shush!!]

You're one of the more tolerable people here. You're not disgustingly optimistic and you're not as annoying as most of the others. You're also not Lusamine.

[which is clearly just a good point all by itself.

...]

But don't go getting any ideas! Just because I like you a bit better doesn't mean anything.

[tsugomori]

[ Slowly, his expression begins to pretty happy that Gangrel's said that... even if he is sort of like putting down someone else. It's probably because he knows it's a compliment coming from him. ]

Of course it doesn't~

[plegia]

[HE WAS ALMOST NICE AT NO ONE'S (direct) EXPENSE, CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY]

Ugh, you've got that look again. Why do I bother...

[because we're ~friends~]

[tsugomori]

[ Mikazuki is starting to consider himself very lucky as of this moment, and he's pretty happy about it too, considering he's going to be bouncing in his step after this. Thanks Gangrel. ]

What look? I have no idea what you mean...

[ He tries to play a little innocent; he's also definitely not going to remove this smile for hours, either. He's going to try to gather up both tea kettles he's used because whoops he's not going to want to just leave the tea to get cold. ]

[plegia]

[groan......]

Yeah, yeah, go off and make tea for everyone else. And don't forget it's black tea, if any of them want to try what Alani was talking about.

[Speaking of, he'll pick up his cup of that and eye it suspiciously. This is probably going to be bitter as hell...]

[tsugomori]

Oh, right. I'll keep that in mind then, thank you.

[ ... Mikazuki made the tea sweeter by accident because he got distracted but shh. ]

[plegia]

[mikazuki you are a lifesaver... he can actually drink this without making faces...]

Huh, I would've thought it would taste worse. Oh well.

[Here's to you, Alani.]