drove to Chicago, all things know, all things know

[cherryblooded]

[This is getting so routine.

Cherryblod had thought about napping the rest of the day, like he'd said, but there are people to take care of, people who'd been closer to Aiden and Shirazu than he had been. So after about an hour in his room to decompress, he'd headed to the kitchen and started cooking. At some point Stan and Bruce had both joined him.

Almost everyone seems to want to take care of those who are remaining. Almost everyone.

The food this time is mostly soup and sandwiches - nothing fancy, nobody's in the mood to appreciate it - but it's there set up in the dining room by the time everyone (alive) receives notes under their doors. ...He slips an extra one for Sigrun under Mettaton's door, just in case.]

[name],
If you want to spend this time by yourself, that's fine.
If you'd rather have some company, there's food in the dining room, and you're all welcome there.
If you want to take some food and go, that's fine, too.
Take care of yourself.
-Cherryblod, Stan, Bruce

Comments

[captainobnoxious]

More than anyone, Black, I understand.

[And she's letting a little tiredness show through in her smile, just a little.]

But the fact is that we do, so we'll make sure it gets there one way or another. Even if we've gotta burn it.

[penduli]

[ ...right. ]

Okay. [ ... ] He's left instructions about who the leader position should go to and what they should do about his little sister. I—

[ a hard swallow, because that part's still the one kind of hitting him way too hard ]

I want to complete that second one, somehow? Because I don't want her to suffer, either. She's in the hospital just like White was, but her situation sounds much more serious. There's nothing we can do though.

[captainobnoxious]

Yeaaah, that sounds tough... but I guess that just means that no matter what I'll have to find a way to his world to take care of his sister then. What's he want us... or whoever... to do about her?

[penduli]

To let her die peacefully.

[ ... ]

From the sounds of it, he's paying for... whatever treatment she needs right now, but he won't be around to do it anymore. It's not too much of a stretch to say he'd like us to pull the plug to keep her from going through any more pain. [ That's what he's always imagined it as; hospitals, dying peacefully. ...just letting people die because it's better for them to, as opposed to letting them live when it hurts.

(Except he's in no position to judge people like that, is he?) ]

[captainobnoxious]

[... What are the chances that she's going to have to end up just putting a knife through her head instead.]

... Alright then, that's fair. I'll make sure it gets done one way or another. It's basically his dying wish, after all.

[penduli]

[ DON'T DO THAT TO HARU. ]

I'm sure he'd thank you if he could. [ ...he's gonna fold this letter up, very gently. ] Do you mind if I hold onto this until then?

[captainobnoxious]

Go ahead, honey. You're the one who found it after all.

[And she trusts him not to die with it.]