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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[elepe]

[...She's not sure what to make of it at first, really, there's a long pause of simply blankfacing her way through the page.

Eventually, a few tears prick right back into her eyes.]

Ah...

[This is fine. This is fine. She'll...shakily hand back the paper.]

...Thank you. I was worried and...hurt.

[And she still kind of is, if her tone's any indication. But it's not at this, and the smile on her face is a little soft.]

I'm so sorry. To both of you.

[feistytrader]

...We talked about how we'd go looking for your kids, if we fixed everything. Since you're from the future, we could look out for them. It wouldn't make up for what we did, but it seemed like the right thing to do.

[So there's... That. Maybe it's not the right thing to tell her, but...]

Gold said we could even see if Ho-oh or Celebi would help fix things for you and Guzma. That made things a little easier to swallow, but it was just wishful thinking, even before we failed.

[elepe]

[...Silver goddammit, don't do this to her, her head already hurts from crying. Like. A lot.

...does he mind if she just. Pulls him into a hug. God. Child, you have put her on a rollercoaster tonight. She'll back off if he minds, though.]

...I think they would have liked you two. They were always very shy children, but...you two would have made them very happy to have more friends to play with.

[There's a bit of a pause.]

I'm not angry with either of you. I'm disappointed that this situation happened at all, but that's...the extent of it.

[feistytrader]

[...He's not sure if that's a relief or not. If anything, it makes things worse. But he doesn't say anything. He stares at Lusamine for a moment, then pulls her into a hug.]

I'm sorry. I'm really, really, sorry, I-

[He doesn't regret it, he can't regret it, but- Lusamine deserves better than this. Better than him. And yet, he's still relieved that she doesn't hate him.]

[elepe]

[She'll return it, at the very least--she doesn't really speak up at first, while he's rattling off apologies, but...

She just kinda runs her fingers through his hair and keeps him close.]

Shhh...just let it out. [It's...not very okay, but she's trying to calm him down a little. Poor kid...]