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

[firstaid]

I'm glad you can. A good drink can often compliment a good meal.

[She thinks for a bit.]

Perhaps we could make a meal together for everyone this upcoming week. [Right, she was also going to have Killia help her if she could get him to, but she's not so sure that's a possibility now.]

[tsugomori]

Oh, really? You'd invite me to help you with such a thing? I'd be honored.

[ If anything maybe it could be a wonderful surprise! ]

Everyone would need something like that, I think...and I'm sure that it'd be appreciate by quite a few someones.

[firstaid]

Of course. I think the more the merrier!

[That and maybe they could in time attempt to make good curry!]

In any case, we should do that. People are down in spirits right now and someone needs to help uplift them, right?

[Given this hasn't affected her as much as it has others, she's using that as reasoning to not let her get down. They need comfort more than she does. A lot more than she does.]

[tsugomori]

Yes, and people would be glad to not only see food but also know that others cared about them well enough. Even if some of those here may insist that they wouldn't care about it all~

[ Mikazuki can already think of two certain someones off the top of his head...and honestly, the more smiles he puts on people's faces, the better he feels, so. Yeah. ]

[firstaid]

I also think we should still build trust with one another on top of showing that care. I know our trust feels broken, but it's because of that I wish to try harder to make those bonds of trust.

[She actually smiles sincerely while saying that. Call it naivete, call it optimism, it's Estelle at her purest.]

[tsugomori]

[ Mikazuki has an incredibly good amount of optimism but that tanked when Alani took action. Still, he doesn't want to become some kind of cynical prune. That'd suck. ]

Maybe when we're handing out the food, it will naturally build up some trust. So it can be like a 'two birds with one stone' type of deal. I'm sure it'll even work to an extent. What do you think -- should there be something else as well?

[firstaid]

What else should we do? Perhaps each meal should come with a positive saying?

[Something inspirational to help someone get through the day... or something like that.]

[tsugomori]

Yes, that's perfect.

[ He'll smile a bit. Spread the positivity around and it'll come right back, he thinks. ]

Hm, I'm already thinking of some right now. How does "Someone out there cares about you deeply.", sound for one of them?

[firstaid]

That sounds wonderful. I believe other saying in that same vain will help as well.

[Anything to keep the positivity up.]