Opinions without 3.1415 are just Onions (Week1 post trial)

[ghostricked]

After everything, the house seems almost too still and too mundane. At least as long as the doors to that room remain closed. One by one those covered in what was once their teammate are lead to the showers or change in silence. There is no warm meal waiting for them. No words of encouragement.

Life goes on, regardless.

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sunday

[deadanimemom]

[Yuri's back in the laundry room today. She washed her uniform yesterday, but she cleaned the living room today and needs to wash the things she was wearing for that.

Oh.]

Did you find everything you need for cleaning? [She asks, quietly.]

[accessorytomurder]

...no brands that I'm used to, but... we've got soap and bleach. With that diluted, it's plenty usable.

[She can almost pretend she's doing a mass load of laundry at one of the summer training camps, like this.

...almost.]

[deadanimemom]

This one worked well. [She did her own laundry yesterday, so she'll pull a bottle off the shelf to hand it to Yachi.]

[accessorytomurder]

Oh, good to know.

[She takes the bottle and estimates how much there is left to it, taking inordinate pleasure in the... the normalness.]

Did you wash multiple times, or soak?

[deadanimemom]

I soaked my things first, and then washed them. That worked well for me.

[accessorytomurder]

I'll try that then.

[...]

...I'll leave it to soak a little longer than you did. Since the... since it dried.

cw: period mention

[deadanimemom]

Exactly. It's just like, well, if you accidentally bleed on your clothes during your time of the month and can't wash them until you get home.

[accessorytomurder]

Yeah.

[She sighs.]

...I'm glad none of the guys are silly enough to ask why we'd know how to do this.

[deadanimemom]

If they ask they deserve the answer they get.

[accessorytomurder]

H-haha. They would, huh?

[Was that... a laugh?!]

[deadanimemom]

[A little laugh is good.]

If you want some help with the laundry, I'm not busy.

[accessorytomurder]

...I'd like that, thank you.

[She shrugs.]

Being alone with my thoughts right now is... um, is probably a pretty bad idea, huh?

[deadanimemom]

It probably is. [Yuri's smile is a little softer.]

It's hard for everyone right now, but spending time with other people and getting to know them will help.

[accessorytomurder]

...

[Her hand fists in the current jacket she's scrubbing.]

...will that help? O-Or... is it just going to hurt us... e-even more?

[deadanimemom]

Of course it will help. [Yuri says, quietly.]

The closer we are, and the more we know each other, the easier it will be for everyone to support one another. That's what we need here, and what this place is going to try to take from us.