i feel the love, and i feel it burn, down this river every turn

[oyashiromama]

[The trial, as usual, was taxing. It's for different reasons every week, but what it all comes down to is there are fewer of them than there were, and that keeps on happening. The note comes, as it always does, earlier than last week, but still with some delay. There's a note slipped under everyone's door. ...One under Gold's door because of course Silver will be staying there, she knows.]

Please come to the dining room, if you would like not to be alone. There will be food, and there will be some cards and board games if you need a distraction.

- Hanyuu & Elda

[True to that, there are a variety of foods. It's nothing too fancy. Rice, grilled fish, eggs in various styles. ...No creampuffs this time, it seems Hanyuu thought that would be a little in poor taste. Also a bunch of fries? ...Really spicy fries, like incredibly so.

On a far table, board games brought from the games room have been left out, along with many decks of cards.]

Comments

[tsugomori]

[ He looks down into the drink, and of course he wonders if Killia would've liked to have some. Has he ever tried cocoa before? He sighs thinking it was a mistake to have that train of thought, and now he's not sure if he really wants any, but it'd be rude to just refuse things, so he just holds onto it. ]

... You didn't need to give me this.

[acherontiastyx]

Man, I rarely do things out of obligation. If I need to do something, it makes me not wanna do it.

[He smiles a little.]

I did it because I wanted to. That's all.

[tsugomori]

Thank you.

[ Mikazuki takes another gaze into the cocoa, and brings the beverage to his lips to take a sip, and then because we can't have nice things, he drops it by accident due to his unsteady hands, spilling the drink at their feet. ]

Ah...it fell. I'm really sorry about this.

[acherontiastyx]

...Oh.

[...

He pauses a bit and turns away.]


Yeah, I probably shoulda... gotten you to a table or something. Eh. It happens.

[tsugomori]

[ He'll nod, and then... softly: ]

It wasn't bad. It tastes different from tea, though. Not as sweet...but good, and warm.

[acherontiastyx]

Yeah, it's got a little bit of salt in it and it's a lot thicker, so it's great on your mouth, right?

...I mean, I've got more on.

[tsugomori]

It is.

[ He'll take a moment to think upon this for a few seconds, before he's made his decision. ]

Well, if you have any more of it, I think I would like a second chance at trying the drink again.