do it for love

[penduli]

[ Every week is the same song and dance, but it never really gets easier, or works, or ever seems like it’s going to stop.

There will be time for everyone to rest before Black comes knocking on their doors (a moot point, given the soundproofedness of them) and slipping a note beneath them. He needed the respite too, and they needed to prepare food, and… he still thinks it’s a little weird to have a party after a trial, but he’s starting to really understand why it’s not a bad idea, either. ]

[Name],

Misa would’ve wanted us to keep a smile on our faces, or at least put a smile somewhere. There’s a pancake bar up in the chapel, if you’d like to come by and make a few happen. If you don't want to come, that's fine, too. The offer's open all night.

Ever yours,
Black

[ …the ending is something he’s never quite shaken, unfortunately.

Those that make their way up to the chapel will, indeed, find a pancake bar, courtesy of Yosuke and Stan (because Black never feels that hungry after trials and someone needs to stress bake here). That is, there are pancakes! There are syrups, whipped cream, fruits, berries, candies, etc! Sprinkles! Hot chocolate, ice cream… everything you could want for your build-your-own-pancake masterpiece. It’s all set up on some tables shoved against the chapel’s walls.

…special Stancakes (or pancakes with a hint of Stan in them, aka some of his hair that might’ve gotten in there accidentally, whoops) are also available.

There’s also alcohol—dessert wines mostly, to pair with their overwhelming sugar bias, but there’s some ordinary stuff there too. Pancake bar.

The framed photos are where they’ve always been on the center area, along with their matching stuffed animals. …or most of them; some haven’t been made, some pictures haven’t been put up, you get the idea. ]

Comments

[cherryblooded]

Oh - thank you. That's very thoughtful.

[He'll take the bowl from him.]

How are you holding up?

[notjustawriter]

About as well as I can be, given everything.

I'm sure everyone is shaken up after.... after everything that's happened.

[cherryblooded]

You never do get used to it. No matter how many times this happens, it'll always be awful for those of us who remain.

[notjustawriter]

We should start lookin' for a way out. Try to get out of here while we can.

[What do you mean he's talking to someone who used to be in the mob? He never read that piece of paper, nope.]

[cherryblooded]

[Never ever.]

What have we been doing this whole month?

[notjustawriter]

Not making enough progress. We've... we've lost too many people.

[cherryblooded]

Easy to give into despair now. We're finding clues, but they don't add up to anything...

[notjustawriter]

The clues all much mean something.

We've got proof people were here before, we just don't know why or how, or even when.

[cherryblooded]

...All we can do is go forward. Every floor is a new opportunity. Every day there's a chance.

[notjustawriter]

I'm with you on that. We can't give up, not now. Not ever.

[cherryblooded]

No. It'd be a disrespect to the dead if we gave in.

[notjustawriter]

We'll fine a way out. We'll find a way to make sure everyone who has died here is properly remembered.

[cherryblooded]

I'd like to have real funerals, if possible. And burials.

[notjustawriter]

Yeah.

[......]

We don't even know where he's keeping the bodies.

[cherryblooded]

We'll find out. There are only so many places to look.

[notjustawriter]

It's probably on one of the upper levels.

Or maybe he's hiding a lower level around here. Wouldn't surprise me either way.

[cherryblooded]

How far down does the elevator go? There's really no way of knowing.

[notjustawriter]

That's a good point.

We don't have much of a choice for when the elevator opens, after all. There doesn't look like there's a way to call it.

[cherryblooded]

No emergency stop button inside, either.

[What to do about that.]

[notjustawriter]

Maybe it's hidden behind a panel. It doesn't seem possible for it to just be something that you call remotely.

[cherryblooded]

Should we investigate next time we're in there?

[notjustawriter]

Might be a good idea, if we think of it.

[cherryblooded]

Let's hope we remember after...

[After someone dies.]

[notjustawriter]

...Kinda grim, isn't it? What a horrible thing to want.

[cherryblooded]

We don't want it. At this point, we've just accepted that it's going to happen anyway.