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

[amygdalae]

[He's really not better. He just has enough 'red in his ledger', to quote a certain somebody.

Still, a nod.] The Kingmaker... he needs to answer for what he's done. What he's forced people here to do.

[All these lives lost - they're on the Kingmaker's head. They might have done it but ultimately its more or less because the Kingmaker forced their hand.]

[goodforsomething]

[Well, as far as Stan knows he may as well be a fucking saint.]

He's the one who should've been executed all those times. Even by his own damn rules - where's his responsibility?

[amygdalae]

[A soft hum of agreement from Bruce.]

Just because he's in charge doesn't mean he's got nothing to speak for. [If anything, he has the most to answer for. For setting this up, for forcing this upon them... for even letting this happen at all. There's a lot the Kingmaker has to talk about, that's for sure.]

[goodforsomething]

Means he's got the most to speak for, the hypocrite. Especially if he did get here by winning another game like this.

[amygdalae]

...yeah.

[So many lives, lost because of this one person... Bruce wishes he could understand, honestly, but he knows that's impossible. After everything its hard to take anything about the Kingmaker at face value right now.]