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

[bloodisthicker]

[...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.]

Comments

[goingdigital]

[It could of taken minutes or a couple of hours, but Tai would of waited. He couldn't imagine how Aqua was feeling, she was the one that suggested it. Though the red in her eyes gave him some clue.]

Aqua...

[What do you say in this situation? He didn't know really know, but four words did pop into his head.]

It's not your fault.

[prismbloom]

I can't help but feel it is.

[ Aqua's spent most of her life taking responsibility--ha--but it's never felt so... terrible. ]

He didn't deserve that. Neither of them did.

[goingdigital]

I know, but you need know it's not. You weren't going after him. And you didn't force the choice on us. Or him

[A small nod and pause.]

No they didn't...and...

[No, it would be better not to finish that sentence. He's learned at least a little bit from his fuck ups before.]

Well, no one here deserves this situation.

[prismbloom]

No, of course not. I didn't want anyone to die. I still don't.

[ The first day in the vault feels like an eternity ago. Funny how it's been only a week... ]

[goingdigital]

I don't think any one does. Which I hope some people realize that you saved us all.

[Which may be a bigger issue now...]

We need to find a way to find and stop this Kingmaker.

[prismbloom]

I didn't think saving everyone would feel so terrible.

[ She takes in a deep breath and nods. ]

It's the least we can do, for those who have lost their lives.

[goingdigital]

[He nods.]

And to prevent more losses too.

[prismbloom]

[ She nods, taking another deep breath and squaring her shoulders. ]

... Thank you, Taichi. For coming to see me.