Week 3: Sleepover with Karaoke!

[latebluemer]

[The weekend is ever-creeping towards them, which means it's time for another gathering -- this time in the newly-accessible second floor, which comes with some of the amenities of the first but better. The soft room is pretty much ideal for this sort of thing, and if there are any windows someone's probably hung a blanket against the void.

Extra kotatsu from long-ago sleepovers have been brought up, there are snacks and drinks scattered amongst the endless blanket nests and pillow forts, and karaoke and the animal cafe are just next door. They can choose to head out for those attractions or bring in the pet animals of the cafe if they'd like. Anything is possible if you believe.]

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[latebluemer]

[... It takes a moment before she takes a quick sip, quietly. Though afterwards, her stare is on the starter.]

Cinque...

[whirlingmace]

It's okay, Blueski. I'm here now with all of you.

[latebluemer]

... Yeah.

[Just going to go ahead and lean on her.

It's a cozy nest in here of blankets and pillows and all manner of things, but it's still chilly when they talk about death. There's death above them and all around them and maybe outside, too. She was trying not to think about it. But.

She thinks about it. Monday. They can go home if they die. But--]

Is it really okay? Just being here with us.

[It's quiet enough not to demand an answer. Regardless, they'll probably be talking about this later. Right now she just curls up against the chill.]

[whirlingmace]

[ Leaning against her in turn.

Before death was scary, but now? It's different now. There's hope. ]

It is! Everyone is really nice, and I know I'm not alone.

[latebluemer]

[Death is always frightening, no matter what -- even if there's hope, and there is, there always is -- even if you come back from the brink of it. Or wake up from it. Even if you text with it each day or walk in on it having a great big breakfast on the first floor.

She starts twirling their hair together. Messing with her hair is turning into a weird habit here. It wasn't long enough before.]

Okay. Just remember that. We're in this together, and we're getting out of this together.

[She never thought the weird dream-memories could be comforting, but the connection seems important just now.]

[duskhound]

Well, I can only speak for myself, but... Honestly speaking? Being here like this is a miracle that would be impossible back in Aterra, and I'm not even talking about the fact that we're all from different worlds.

I haven't been able to taste anything in about a decade, you know. Being properly alive is nice. Maybe now I can cook without mixing up the salt and sugar.

[latebluemer]

[Oh, man. She remembers being asked what would happen if she'd lost her tastebuds and just thinking about it is terrible. It's a weirdly practical side to the whole death debacle they've got going on.]

Well... I'm glad you have your tastebuds back? And are alive again...?

[Is Ellie ever going to stop confounding her, probably not. She's kind of just going with the flow these days.]

Did you find a favorite food here?

[duskhound]

Well, that's more an example than anything else. Still, it's the little things. My condition might have kept me in a state of being "life-like", but not really properly "alive". Having a second chance at life is pretty great. Though I guess for me it's a third chance?

...As for favorite foods... I'm still not sure. Sweet things are pretty great, but there's still a lot to try. I mean, I still have something, since they grew near where I lived before I died, but... I don't know if they count exactly? They're still my favorite, but that might just be the nostalgia talking.

...I wonder if they'll let me try to make some here.

[latebluemer]

A third-- Well, um, either way you're here now, so I think you should take as many chances as you can.

[She's not entirely sure how to address someone dying not once but twice, but Ellie seems pretty focused on her food anyway, so Blue Angel's going to humor that.]

And sweet things tend to be pretty popular. If you could make it here, I think some people might even want to learn from you. What is it, anyway?