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mayavericks ([personal profile] mayavericks) wrote in [community profile] itscurtains2021-06-12 09:21 pm

"A Swing and Miss Doesn't Mean it's Game Over"

[Well… All of that sure happened. And while Maya is visibly shaken Sissi's literal dance with death, she’d meant what she’d said to the others -- she would protect them. At that moment, it meant voting and making the “right” decision. Now, though? It means ensuring that no one feels alone, and that everyone has a good meal in them.

She’s not Nana Daiba, however, she certainly can’t do this alone. But she does have the resourcefulness and authoritative disposition to to recruit allies. Discord is sure to be… mostly unbothered by everything that’s happened, and Spongebob will likely be eager to help. She approaches both men: one is asked nicely; The other is grabbed by the collar and dragged from whatever hole he’s locked himself in. Sorry Discord.

For Maya's part, several potato dishes are prepared (can you tell someone has a bias). And while she doesn’t have the resources to make baumkuchen, Maya does manage to produce a cake, as well as… muffins? They’re not… quite how she remembers Nana making them, but she can at least recall how hearty the food had felt, and how it had restored her energy on long days.

It’s a pleasant memory, even if it does make her a touch melancholy.

Nevertheless, the food is laid out in the kitchen, as are a number of pies that Maya has uncovered. She even tucks a few bottles of wine in a corner for the adults that might like it. This is in addition to the mead apparently brought by Salieri. Look she’s not a fan of having alcohol but… she can’t tell the adults no.

But hey, courtesy of Benjamin, there is even some cocoa. It doesn’t start off spiked but… you know. Thanks to Spongebob there are, well… Angry Patties? It’s fine. Even Discord managed to contribute some pies and tea, as well as being bossed around to do the grunt work in the kitchen. There’s also that inexplicable pizza? Huh, that’s weird.

Eventually the group goes around extending invitations to the dorms, knocking on doors and explaining what’s been set up. No one will be forced to go, just… strongly encouraged. Maya herself will even duck into the principal’s office and, if she’s there, invite Hester.

She seemed just as upset as the rest of them.]
yourattention: (i never liked that sweater)

[personal profile] yourattention 2021-06-13 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I simply disassociated for most of that and now I don't have trauma.

[Connor???? CONNOR????]
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[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-13 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
Damn, mental illness coming in clutch.

[ /deadpan ]

I'm mostly carrying myself on what a out of touch piece of shit boomer our kidnapper is.
yourattention: (what else could you do?)

[personal profile] yourattention 2021-06-13 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, mood. Nobody even got killed by a baseball.

[a boy dies in a gas chamber for you—]
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[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-13 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ she laughs, but it's a little hollow. ]

Or a weird moralizing trap. That seems more this guy's speed.
yourattention: (there were moments)

[personal profile] yourattention 2021-06-13 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
This is your brain on murder. [He mimes trashing a kitchen.] Don't murder, even though I literally told you to.
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[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-13 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
"The butt-meat portcullis trap, it's supposed to teach you about the value of your life and stuff."

[ And, now that I've established the sort of podcasts Janis listens to: ]

God he sucks.
yourattention: (what if you gave all you could?)

[personal profile] yourattention 2021-06-13 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[He snorts.]

Yeah. Like, we already knew that because what kind of John Kramer motherfucker doesn't suck? But Jesus Christ on a Crucifixion cracker.
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[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-13 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh, putting him on his own body.

[ She sighs. ]

I just wish any of the horseshit he's doing made any sense. Like... does he want to be evil Walt Disney or something?
yourattention: (has been bad)

[personal profile] yourattention 2021-06-13 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe? I dunno, it feels like he has some [He waves a hand around.] big fucking picture deal that would make us feel sympathetic about the bullshit he's doing? Except, like... It's just "cool motive, still murder!" and I don't care.
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[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-13 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
God, same. Do you think it's a dead wife? Or like... the world's most violent mid-life crisis? Something in that neighborhood?
yourattention: (you can be who you want to be)

[personal profile] yourattention 2021-06-13 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
The Joker killed his parents and he was too lazy to become Batman so he became John Lamer instead.
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[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-13 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
God he really is just two steps from being a bad Batman villain, huh?
yourattention: (barely in the background kinda guy)

[personal profile] yourattention 2021-06-13 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
You ever watch that musical Batman episode with Neil Patrick Harris? He's just that guy.
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[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-13 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah, the... creepy music brainwashing dude. God, what if we do pull him out of whatever curtain he's hiding behind and he's just Neil Patrick Harris. I don't know what I would do.
yourattention: (all i've thought about is how hard)

[personal profile] yourattention 2021-06-13 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
What else could we even do? We can't have that many Neil Patrick Harrises. The Balladeer guy is already his face twin. That's too many NPH per square foot.
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[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-13 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
It's Neil Patrick Harris's world, we just live in it.
yourattention: (we fought a war where)

[personal profile] yourattention 2021-06-13 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Shit. Maybe we're all Neil Patrick Harris.

[He looks genuinely concerned for a second before it fades:]

Okay, wait. Would that make him the Ultimate Musical Theatre Guy or the Ultimate Murder Guy?
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[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-13 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Ultimate Murder Mystery Dinner Theater guy, probably.
yourattention: (what if you gave all you could?)

[personal profile] yourattention 2021-06-14 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
No, no. Even below that. [He starts laughing at his own joke before he says it.] Ultimate Cruise Ship Actor Guy.
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[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-14 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Oof. His career can't take a blow like that. That's why he's here, I assume.