Second Study Session

[lockdownmods]

After last week, you'd all hope that this wouldn't come to pass again. Yet, after the third week you've all had maybe some of you may have begun to feel a creeping dread. There are a few different reactions to have when you wake up on Friday morning and look around. The hallucinations and the voices are all gone. Get up and walk around, but they're nowhere to be found now; just a memory now.

What's left is the why. Maybe you've all passed.

Or just maybe... you should hurry and check the main building.

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POST-INVESTIGATION COOKING ig we're doing this again

[swordsinternally]

[ At least the cafeteria has yet to be ruined so Shirou's going to be grabbing some ingredients from the home ec room and cook something for breakfast. He'll be prioritizing in making two separate meals-- one for the meat lovers in all of you and another for the vegetarians. It's going to be a rather traditional Japanese breakfast this time (unless you're Max, you're specifically getting a stack of waffles with strawberries, blueberries and syrup on top) so there's a lot of food to be made here, but he's working pretty hard at it, at least.

He's working hard. But what people might notice today is that he... actually isn't looking as fucked up as he was last week?

Hm.

Oh, and there's also beer flavored sodas for everyone to grab if they want that to go along with their breakfast meals, but he can also offer up tea or water, too. Or coffee. PICK YOUR POISON. ]

[whatsmytalentagain]

[Rantaro got an Owl Tea Steeper and a huge regret over sleeping in today. Blame the hallucinations for keeping him up all night.

At least nobody died in the library. Yet.

While he's got tea brewing and the little owl is doing its thing, Rantaro's gonna try and keep his cool. Or, as much cool as a sane person can keep in these trying times.]

Great... Now we're going to have to get someone else killed tomorrow.

[He sighs and rubs at his forehead, glaring at the pleasant breakfast he barely has any appetite for.]

[sendintheclown]

[Hey.

Shirou.

What's that tucked under Gogol's arm?]

Table for two, please!

[swordsinternally]

I'm not making food for whatever you have under there.

[ This is honestly just the flattest response that he's going to get today. He doesn't have the tolerance for this. ]

[sendintheclown]

[Sur-priiiiise, it's Grantaire's head in a jar!]

Oh come on, you'd really deny us a nice meal together?

[swordsinternally]

The dead can't eat, you know. You can take whatever you, personally, can eat, but I don't want food to go to waste.

[ Shirou doesn't seem to be bothered in the slightest bit by the head, it seems like. ]

[covertizer]

[ That marriage offer is still open Shirou, feed him always. Especially seeing as it's traditional Japanese and, wow, it's been a while. Delicious. ]

... You seem more relaxed today.

[ In spite of everything. ]

Have they all gone?

[swordsinternally]

I'm... not happy that someone else had to die, but so many people have been telling me that I really shouldn't continue to beat myself up for it, you know? Even if each time that I see someone else die, I feel like I'm failing to become an ally of justice.

[ He does nod at his second question, however. ]

Yeah. I don't see them anymore. But I'm certain I'll see them again at some point. When I go back.

[covertizer]

... What does being an ally of justice mean to you then? Saving everyone, no matter what? Or helping people, where they can't help themselves?

[ He pauses, to take a bite of his food. ]

I'm glad you're not seeing them right now. You were really out of it yesterday... [ But... ] You remember them from your home?

[swordsinternally]

I have to be able to save everyone. It's... hypocritical, maybe, but I think it's a beautiful dream that I want to achieve. I guess it's just simply that I don't want to see anybody cry. If I could help prevent horrible things happening to everyone, I... I want to be able to do that. Is it wrong?

[ There's definite conviction in his voice, but there's something almost forlorn about it as well. But when Akira seems to ask the second question, he chews a little bit on his lower lip, nodding his head. ]

Yeah. They were trying to kill me, and there were a massive amount of them... almost enough to engulf the whole city. They were asking to 'grant their wish'. Screaming at me for death. That why am I the only one to survive. I could feel the hatred, the agony-- there was so much.

[devotingly]

[ well, you know what? waver's going for the coffee and only the coffee.

even if the hallucinations are gone, it doesn't mean they didn't leave a long lasting effect on waver. a.k.a. he's been awake for maybe the past 36 hours or so. nbd ]

You don't look so bad.

[swordsinternally]

You think so? I mean... it was pretty bad yesterday and it's not like I'm entirely happy myself with someone being dead again, but. The hallucinations are gone. I can't look terrible after each person dies. For everyone else's sake.

[devotingly]

...

[ waver’s expression turns quizzical, almost troubled. ]

Aren’t you ever worried about stretching yourself too thin?

[pathofconquest]

[Alexander noticed. Honestly though it wasn’t hard to tell.]

You won’t be able to make it through tomorrow like this. What you need right now is sleep and real food.

[devotingly]

That’s...

[ waver looks at alex, trying to find some good excuse to push alexander’s advice away. however, he can’t come up with anything besides a stifled yawn. ]

Yeah, guess you’re right. I just... couldn’t bring myself to sleep, perhaps.

[itwasfeyt]

[Ah, a traditional Japanese meal in the traditional Japanese cafeteria. Just what Maya needs.

Seriously, she's definitely looking shaken. Her nerves frazzled from constant accusations of guilt for things she's already been cleared for.

So, yeah. Shell take some tea with her meat.]

Thanks again... hey, you're looking alright. I mean, all things considered.

[swordsinternally]

Well, the... hallucinations stopped, so I'm able to at least distract myself through cooking. And I can't let it get to me. Everyone else is suffering more than I am, so I have to stay strong.

[itwasfeyt]

I'm glad it did. But even still... you shouldn't have to take your own suffering so lightly. We can be strong too, so we'll be around to help too. Don't forget that.

[reshoot]

[SITTING IN FRONT OF A LARGE WAFFLESTACK. This is one way to forget a decapitated head.]

...Woah. It looks incredible. [A soft smile. It's bittersweet after what happened to Henry, but...This is just her life, now.]

Shirou, you didn't have to....

[swordsinternally]

You had a pretty bad week, so I thought I should make you something to cheer you up a little bit, in spite of... everything.

[reshoot]

We all did. [she shakes her head before taking up her utensils.]

I'm not gonna let your hard work go to waste, Shirou. It looks delicious.

[ososoi]

[ Osomatsu just silently eats his breakfast, also chugging some beer flavoured sodas. All things considered, he's handling this better than last week, but only because he's come to terms with the fact that people can perma-die here now. He's still not doing all that well. ]

[ He rests his head on his hand. He might consider getting some coffee later. Maybe that'll help. ]

[ And another thing: where are his brothers? In other words, despite the hallucinations going away, Oso seems to be still in denial about his brothers not actually being here. That's... not healthy. ]

[ He already wants this day to end. ]

[buriedearth]

[ Terra will show up a little later, but he'll be here nonetheless, going over to grab some food. Today it's a lot, but he thinks he's entitled to after today's nonsense -- and so is anyone else for that matter.

He then picks up the beer flavored soda, um. He'll look over to Shirou. ]

...What's this?

[ He's never seen anything like this before. ]

[swordsinternally]

Apparently it's beer flavored soda... I'm not interested in it, though.

[buriedearth]

[ He's not? Hmm, well, it doesn't sound like it's as bad as mapo tofu, maybe?? ]

Is it actually alcoholic?

[ He looks at it dubiously... ]