and it takes, and it takes, and it takes

[acherontiastyx]

[It... definitely takes a while for the weekly after-execution note to arrive, but it does --- kind of scrawly and on ripped paper rather than nice stationery.]

EY. YO. WE GOT EFFIGIES IN THE DINING ROOM AND WE'RE GONNA BURN EM.

FOOD TOO. THE USUAL AND HOT COCOA. GOOD FOR THE SOUL. GET SOME. MAYBE TAKE IT BACK TO YOUR ROOM IF YOU HAVE TO. JUST GET SOME.

[Anyway, in the dining room, there's plenty of mugs set out, with a janky looking arrow sign pointing into the kitchen to where you can get your hot cocoa. On the table, there's Vichyssoise, a pot of green tea, and some booze. There's also a cookie tray on the floor away from the table on which to burn the Wordsmith and Kimbley effigies, which are handily placed near the food on the table.

...also if you go in the kitchen without shoes on just. Watch the northern corner. There's no kidneys, but there's a lot of broken plates there for some reason...]

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[foundfate]

Ah. I can tell.

[Okay, the pokemon will get hugs then. Because Watanuki can at least do that much.]

Are you going to take care of them, from now on?

[feistytrader]

Yeah. We're family.

[And he's joining in on the Pokémon hugging, at least.]

...While you're here, you can check out the wall, if you want.

[You know, the dreaded wall of hot or not. That's twenty times easier than, you know. Feelings.]

[foundfate]

[Does this mean that Watanuki can reach his long, noodly arms around the pokemon and hug Silver too? Because he's trying to.

He might also be glancing at the wall too, because he's curious now.]

[feistytrader]

[There's a lot of Pokémon between the two of them, but Silver's upset and eventually adjusts himself because you know what, if Watanuki's going to be gentle and comforting, then he is absolutely not in the mood to reject it.

As for the wall, well.

Adelina - 8
Alani - 8
Angela - 10
Chiyuki - 10
Elda - 8 4 8
Estelle - 10
Hanyuu - 8
Jasper - 8
Kyrie - 10 7
Lusa - 10
Mikazuki - 10
Milla - 10
Orihime - 9
Phi - 9
Vanille - 10
Viktor - 10
April 1st - 8
Gold - 8 9
Gangrel - 6
Sportacus - 5
Bruce Wayne - 7
Kimbley - 3
Varric - 6
Silver - 9

The handwriting in the red is different than the rest.]

[foundfate]

[You know what? Now that he's actually looking, he can see that the handwriting is different. And it makes him frown.]

Did you make changes to the wall?

[feistytrader]

Yeah. Gold and I-

[...He stops, shakes his head, and starts again.]

Gold and I talked about a lot of things when we decided to go through with this. I added some people to take our minds off of it.

[foundfate]

...oh.

[Yeah let's. Not talk about how you two tried to effectively kill everyone here.]

So the different handwriting, the stuff at the bottom, that's you then?

[feistytrader]

Right. Starting at Gold. He filled the number out for mine, though. Said he was a ten.

[He's silent for a moment, then-]

Why are you here?

[...This has much less bite than it would if he wasn't in a giant cuddle pile with him and the Pokémon. Weavile even punches Silver in the arm.]

[foundfate]

I said it at the trial, didn't I? I won't let you be alone.

[He knows how painful it is to be alone, so he's not going to let Silver suffer like that.]

[feistytrader]

[... ... ...]

It should've been me down there.

[He doesn't even know what he's trying to say anymore. He's just throwing words until something sticks. For what it's worth, that does get Weavile to backhand him.]

[foundfate]

Things don't always work out the way we think they should.

[Good job, Weavile, that was totally deserved.]

For what it's worth, I'm glad you weren't down there. I mean, I'd rather neither of you had gotten involved in this, but for a moment there I honestly thought that both of you were going to get punished.

[Watanuki is a little bit selfish there, but it's the truth. He honestly thought that he was going to lose both of the friends he had just made.]

[feistytrader]

No. We were supposed to be together. Live or die, found out or not, we'd get through it and move forward together, and-

[What the hell is he supposed to do now? How is he supposed to explain this to Crys? Gold's mom? All the people in New Bark that love and cherish him?

Are any of them even alive?

He gets up in a hurry and slams his fist into the nearest wall; he's going to seriously injure something at this rate.]

How are we supposed to figure it out later if you're not here to figure it out?

[foundfate]

[Woah hey there, no need for sudden injuries.

Watanuki will scoot the pokemon aside so he can get up and go right over to Silver. He doesn't want Silver to punch stuff anymore.]

Silver! I understand what you're feeling, but punching stuff isn't going to help.

[feistytrader]

It's not going to hurt, either.

[Well, actually-]

[foundfate]

Then why is your hand bleeding?

[He can't actually see if it's bleeding or not, he's trying to get Silver to stop and look.

...but he will look too because if he needs to rebandage Silver's hands he will.]

[feistytrader]

[...Well, he has his gloves on, so he has to pull one off to check.

It's bleeding a little, but uh. He totally forgot to change the bandages on that since entering his room, so there's a load of dried blood on that bandage. Whoops...]

[foundfate]

[Well then.]

Do you have more here, or do I need to run to the infirmary?

[feistytrader]

...The first aid room is closer.

[Too soon, Watanuki, too soon-]

[foundfate]

[That's why he said he would go, instead of telling Silver to go.]

Right, first aid. I'll go and get the stuff, it shouldn't be long.

[He goes to walk out, but he stops suddenly and turns back to Silver.]

And no locking me out! Because I'll just sit outside your door again until you open it.

[feistytrader]

...I won't lock you out.

[In fact, he won't even close the door until Watanuki gets back. He doesn't know how to feel about having Watanuki around, but he's one of the few people he trusts in here at this point, and... He doesn't want to be alone. He really doesn't want to be alone.

He'll be in the bathroom when Watanuki returns; he's unwrapped the bandages and is rinsing his hand off with cold water.]

[foundfate]

[The open door does worry Watanuki when he makes it back, but as soon as he sees Silver is fine he sighs and relaxes a bit. He's brought a couple rolls of bandages, but also some antisceptic cream as well.]

Here, this should help it heal faster.

[He doesn't hand it over, though, and instead gets the stuff ready to bandage Silver's hands himself. Once Silver is done washing up, that is.]

[feistytrader]

[He rinses it for a little longer- the cold water feels nice- then shuts off the water, pat dries his wound, and holds out his hand.

You know, his good hand.]

I can take care of it.

[foundfate]

It's harder to do it on your own. Trust me, I've done it more than a few times.

[He's not handing it over yet, but they're right there on the counter if Silver wants to just snatch them.]

[feistytrader]

I'm aware. I've done it before too.

[...But he relents anyway and holds out his injured hand.]

...I'm sorry. I'll have it together better tomorrow.

[foundfate]

[They really are too similar, and in bad ways.

Watanuki starts spreading the cream and bandaging up Silver's hand, taking care to do it well and not accidentally bump anything.]

It's alright. There's no time limit on how long you can be upset. Anybody who tries to tell you to 'get over it' is going to have to 'get over' my fist being in their face.

[That might be a better threat if it came from someone who looked like they could actually throw a punch.]