i'm just young enough to still believe, but young enough not to know what to believe in

[throwabookatit]

[ What do you do after all that?

Well, you mourn. After...an hour or so, a note goes out, under everyone's doors- everyone's. ]

If you also don't want to be alone after the day we've had, come to the second floor of the dormitories. Food and drink will be provided. Alcohol will be confiscated immediately.

[ You'll find Rebecca's set up the common area with food, that she seems to keep supplying, every so often. It's kind of strange, though, she seems like the sort of person to harp on eating well? She definitely has, for some of you. Yet, the food seems a strange split. On one side, there's all kinds of fruits and vegetables and breads. Legumes, made maybe not the best, but it's still an effort. Vegetable soups, no meat in sight. Simple seafood. If you're familiar with Greek culture? Yeah. It looks a lot like something they'd describe in...a history book.

On the other side? God, it's all burgers and pizzas and...pineapples? Pineapple juice? What the heck, Rebecca? In any case, there's enough food to keep everyone fed, and it seems...Tess, oddly enough, keeps bringing batches of burgers from the kitchen?! What a team-up.

The Starbucks is open too, where it's a bit...quieter? Some tea and coffee set up, there.

For those who just want to cry, in peace. ]

Comments

[throwabookatit]

[ If you want Rebecca herself, she's going to be BUSY. Either find her at the gathering, keeping the tables full with food, in the Starbucks boiling water for tea, or rushing back to the kitchen to go make more food.

Or, it's entirely possible, if you're trying to sneak in alcohol, she'll be on your ass, just like a fucking specter. Your choice.

In any case...she's definitely operating under the Keep Busy method of mourning. ]

the gathering;

[buriedearth]

[ The trial was an ordeal, but more importantly, Terra already had it in his mind to see how she was doing, while also kind of...stocking up a lot on food. So he probably approaches her with a full plate of food around this time. ]

...Hey, thanks for setting this all up--and for the food.

[ Let's start with that. ]

The Kitchen

[whatsmytalentagain]

[It's a little later on in the night, but Rantaro kind of found his way into the kitchen... Where Rebecca is.

There's a small, sad smile on his face... Oh, he's back to using that notebook of his to speak.]

Need some help?

[myliteratureclub]

[Monika quietly approaches her when Rebecca slows down.]

Um... Miss Gales? Do you have a minute?

[covertizer]

[ Akira has literally just perched himself on the Starbucks counter. Literally on the Starbucks counter. This is the first week he hasn't lost someone from the entrance exam and all the months that followed it, but it still feels raw.

Seeing everyone as wrecked as they are; knowing that Hank is dead and even if he didn't know Hank has well as some of the others, his own opinion on him had changed so much since the beginning; everyone's reactions arguing for or against the voting process in the trial; Mike trying to keep quiet to keep Alexander safe, and dying just because he'd been in the wrong place at the wrong time and hadn't even committed a murder at all...

None of it feels like a victory. In fact, it feels too much like the entrance exam trial to be comfortable for him. So, he's sipping on Far Too Much Coffee and just kinda... staring at the opposite side of the room. He feels tired, and drained, and doesn't want to do much else than just... sip coffee.

He'll be great conversation, I swear. ]

[buriedearth]

[ Terra feels very much the same, but...maybe it's slightly different because when the Exam Trial happened, he hadn't been able to pick himself up right after that. Not that he can now, it's just--he's moving around and keeping busy... out of sheer will (hah), if anything.

What a joke. ]

...Hey. Mind if I joined you?

[ He'll place his own plate down nearby anyway. ]

[preconstruction]

[ connor is still here. he cannot consume food, but he is here at this gathering anyway. hank would have wanted him to be here, with the others. hank wouldn't want him to be crying alone. of course, that thought hasn't done much for his mental state but he did the first step - he forced himself to come. ]

[myliteratureclub]

[Monika comes to sit beside Connor, folding her hands in her lap.]

Connor... I-I'm really sorry for being rude at the trial...

[whatsmytalentagain]

[... Hey, Connor. Rantaro's holding up a notebook.]

You need anything?

[whatsmytalentagain]

[Rantaro might be a bit late to the party.

See, he thought that maybe someone was gonna sneak into Hank's room and steal the booze he's confiscated. Rantaro wanted to be one step ahead and go there first, taking every last bottle in there and... Pouring it all out into the bathroom sink.

What? He's not old enough to drink.

Oh, and some of the more observant folks will see that Rantaro's back to using his notebook to speak and not actually saying a word. Especially when he finally arrives at the gathering with said notebook in his bag. Don't mind him, he'll be attempting to enjoy the exotic foods and pineapple juice. It tastes good, but it's not that appetizing after all this... Ugh.]

[swordsinternally]

[ Instead of heading to the afterparty immediately, Tsukasa actually heads to the shrine that he's put up in the field to put up the names of those that they lost this week (except Doris, she doesn't get one) and is in fact going to be putting some food in front of the names today as an offering.

Specifically, in front of Hank's-- there's going to be some small sized jelly filled donuts, so people can notice that he's doing that, at least.

After he's said his prayers and done his offerings, he'll actually be going to common area, specifically sitting down on a chair as he drinks his tea, mumbling to himself. ]

"A Servant without a Master has no place", huh...

[whatsmytalentagain]

...

[Tap, tap. Wave. It's Rantaro. He's holding up that notebook because he's done speaking for the day.]

How are you holding up?

Common area

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

.... I can’t say I agree with him on that.

[That trial sure was.... utterly terrible.]

common room;

[buriedearth]

[ Terra eventually deposits some candles by the shrine, but when he returns, he hears the other male's muttering.

Despite how everything went, by now enough time's passed that while he doesn't feel calm, he's resolved not to let it get to him as much as he could. But the others...they'll need the support. ]

Are you thinking about what Alex said back then?

[yourfuture]

[ Tess can actually be found, of all things, in the kitchen for a lot of the party, just... she's just making burgers. So many burgers. She just kind of hit a groove and hasn't stopped? They're not super fancy but sometimes she'll do something neat for a batch like cook them in mustard or something.

She does eventually go to the actual party, though, where she can be found grabbing a bunch of... she's pretty much just on the junk food side, don't judge her. It's what she's pretty sure Hank would have wanted or something like that. ]

I wonder...

[ What the fuck is decorum, Tess is trying to just stick burgers between two slices of pizza and eat it??? ]

the actual party

[whatsmytalentagain]

[Sorry, you have someone staring at your pizza burger...

He's tempted to try it, but...]

in the kitchen

[throwabookatit]

[ At some point. During the cooking process. ]

...

Thank you. ...For offering your help.

actual party;

[buriedearth]

...Wonder about what?

[ ...Tess what are you doing to those two poor slices of pizza.

He's kind of staring at that, but. He managed to ask the question first. ]

[sendintheclown]

[No-one's singing, this party sucks.

Gogol hangs around for a while nonetheless, picking at bits of pineapple like a bird. At some points it might even look like he's thinking.

Then, it's far too boring to stand. Gogol collects some of the fruits from the table, mostly spherical ones (though the lone banana sneaks its way in) and slowly begins to juggle them. He weaves his way around the room, laughing at his own antics, trying his best not to bump into anyone but...he's only trying.]

Thinking

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

.... Something is on your mind.

[The Clown hasn’t caused trouble yet... so it must be something interesting.]

[buriedearth]

[ Well, he's trying, but it looks like he bumps right into Terra and there goes his seconds, right on the floor from the surprise. ]

... Could you help me clean this up?

cw: alcohol use(?) [mainly in the first prompt]

[ososoi]

[ ...Well, that was a shitshow. ]

[ After everything, Osomatsu just wants to curl up in his room. But eventually, he forces himself to leave. ]

[ Once again, he's not in the designated afterparty area. ]

[ He sits in the corner of the Classroom with a crow plushie held under one arm, staring at a bottle of tequila he's holding. The bottle has been opened, but it hasn't been drunk yet. ]

[ 'Do it. Drink it.' ]

[ But it won't feel better. He'll just not be able to feel any worse. ]

[ 'You can forget all the bad stuff.' ]

[ Well, too late for that. ]

[ 'Just do this for once.' ]

[ Yeah, and he got the injuries to prove why that's a bad idea. ]

[ 'Please.' ]

[ ... ]

[ 'It's not like you can make things any better. Just wash away your sorrows for tonight.' ]

[ ... ]

[ He stands up. ]

[ 'Please do it.' ]

[ ... ]

[ He raises the bottle up... ]

[ 'You worthless piece of--' ]

[ And then suddenly throws the bottle onto the floor, smashing it, spilling booze and shards all over the place. ]

[ It hurts but... he'll try. He'll try to be sober tonight. No matter how much it hurts. He'll try. For Hank. For Ojisan. ]

[ He staggers away from the shattered remains of the bottle before slumping against the wall and sliding down it, curling into a ball, hugging his plush crow tightly. Just... give him a minute. ]

[ At least he'll remember this moment for once. Even if he still feels god awful. ]

[ Later on, you can find Osomatsu at the Starbucks sitting at one of the tables, still despondent, with his head buried in his arms, the plush crow sitting under his head like a pillow. But at least he's sober this time. ]

[ ...Would Hank be proud of him right now? ]

starbucks;

[preconstruction]

[ connor slides into a seat across from him. he definitely needs to check on oso. ]

Did you get some coffee?

[myliteratureclub]

[Monika is mostly staying in Starbucks for the party. She stares at a cup of tea on the table in front of her, but she can't bring herself to sit up where she's laying on the couch.

She's also put a record on to play. One that Hank liked a lot. However she sort of regrets it as a tear runs down her face...]

record

[whatsmytalentagain]

[Oh... So that's where the music was coming from...

Is there room on the couch? He's got some food and wants to sit next to Monika for a while.]

[lovedanime]

[The note in front of Mitarai's door is on the floor of the common area, not underneath the crack at all. There's a rough pencil mark on the edge of the paper closest to the door]

[whatsmytalentagain]

[Uh... What's this?

Rantaro examines the weird mark... Then looks at the door.

Should he knock? Or at least leave food out for him? Hm...]