trusthell | WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? OUR TALES RIVAL JUST TURNED INTO A ZOMBIE!

[...so, uh, that was a thing that happened. Tarrlok was completely ready to do the politician thing and come up with a speech or something for most of whatever the hell that excuse for a trial was, but everything got all confusing, baffling, and horrifying and completely inexplicably, he can't find the words.

Maybe he just... needs a day. Tomorrow will probably be fine. For now, though, Misa volunteered to make brownies, and he was going to make a Northern Water Tribe comfort food specialty.

...even if they only had shortening and not actual animal fat and it'd been a while since he'd made it, but it tasted... alright? Definitely not as good as the stuff back home, but it was hard to get that good, anyway.

...there's also the matter of setting things up in a location other than the dining hall, because even though that's cleaned up, it still feels pretty tasteless to hold a wake literal feet from the place you found someone's bloody corpse.

So, a little later on in the day, a lovingly personalized note will be slid under everyone's doors:

And if the Survivors choose to head to the library, they'll find a... well, okay, it's a bunch of boxes from the storage room of comparable size stacked up on each other to kind of resemble a table. The dining hall ones don't even seem like they'd fit in the library, so Team Afterparty clearly had to improvise. One side is filled with plates, bowls, and spoons, and the other is filled with brownies, cookies, and a big bowl of berry aqutak. There are also chairs dotted throughout the room in a sort of vague circle --- close enough together that if people want to talk, they can, but far enough apart that it'd be easy to drag it off for some privacy.]

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Please don't actually bet your life on it.

[Not... right after that trial, please.]

You know what Misa-Misa means...

[ She curls up a bit more under the blanket... ]

...I miss him a lot, Cherry. I want to know what he would say...if he thinks we did the right thing...

You'll see him soon.

[Hesitantly, he puts a hand on her shoulder, through the blanket.]

Don't lose hope.

A-ah! Yeah, you're right! I don't know what I was thinking, getting all dejected like this...it doesn't fit me at all.

We're just...going to have to try a little bit harder, is all!

...It is alright to let other people see that you're upset, though. Even for a model.

No one expects you to be happy all of the time.

I know that, but...at the same time, I know a lot of people are counting on me, too.

It's like with my fans back home. If I can keep smiling for them, then, they can keep smiling, too. That sort of deal.

Doesn't that put too much strain on you?

[The life of a celebrity is a difficult one.]

Nonsense. ...Everything's gonna be fine. Those are magic words, right?

If they work for you, then I'm glad.

They do.

[ They don't. ]

Misa-Misa's already trying to think of a way to bring everyone together again for next week...

Don't be afraid to get some help, now.

I won't. Mister Tarrlok was a big help, really. I'm happy he helped put this whole thing together...and it was his idea to have it in here, too.

For the best. Doubt anyone wants to return to the dining hall so soon.

Yeah, for sure. ...Eating there tomorrow might be tough. We should probably stick to the kitchen.

Hopefully it'll fit all of us, or else we don't decide to all eat breakfast at once.

[It is a bit smaller than a dining room...]

It's bigger than here, and we're managing to cram a whole bunch of us in the library just fine...

We aren't doing any actual cooking in here.

Then we'll just have to try and work together to make enough for everyone!

It might be a challenge. Looking forward to it.

[He'll be up bright and early tomorrow, for sure.]

...I'm really glad that we can try to stay positive, even in times like this, Cherry. I think everyone here is really strong.

I hope that I don't end up getting in the way...

Now, why would you do that? You're as strong as the rest of us.

Maybe, but, Misa-Misa isn't very smart. Or very brave. She's good at making people like her, but...that's not gonna help very much in a situation like this, is it?

Caren would probably say that I'm putting a target on my back...

With all due respect to Miss Caren - you shouldn't listen to her on things like this. She means well, but she's a pessimist.

I'm sure if you asked her, she'd say she's being a realist...

I'm an optimist, so maybe I don't know.

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