mayavericks: (Going Higher)
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.]
tellthestory: (♪ deciso ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-13 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
[The Balladeer snorts. He can't help it.]

Yeah. It was.
fourbutts: (12)

[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-13 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's not not the reaction she was looking for. ]

Over for now, at least. But uh. Christ.
tellthestory: (♪ pizzicato ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-14 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Yeah...

["For now", she says.]

You don’t...think something lie that would happen again, do you?
fourbutts: (13)

[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-14 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
I mean... I hope not, but this place constantly tries to redefine bullshit nonsense.
tellthestory: (♪ flebile ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-14 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
That's...yeah, I guess. But it was such a freak accident...

[Something like that couldn't possibly happen again, right? And surely no one would do it on purpose...?]

It doesn't even seem real. And that's coming from me.
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[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-15 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
I mean... yeah, for sure. I'm just... I don't know. Trying to shore up my defenses or something, I guess.
tellthestory: (♪ reverb ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-15 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
How do you mean?
fourbutts: (13)

[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-15 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not exactly, you know. A character from a show about death.

[ cautionary tale voice NO ONE DIED ]
tellthestory: (♪ recapitulation ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-16 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Oh...yeah, I get that.

[He does, very well! Thank you for putting that in a way he gets!]

Well... [The words are on the tip of his tongue: "You get used to it." But...he doesn't want that for her. He doesn't want that for any of them. How many deaths would it take for people here to just get used to it?] ...hopefully it won't happen again.
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[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-16 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ she is slightly grateful that he doesn't say that, even if she doesn't know it ]

That's the hope! But you know. Better safe than sorry, or whatever Peregrine would say.
tellthestory: (♪ enfatico ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-16 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
There's one job in life, and you've got to prepare.

[You know. As Peregrine would say.]

We can...we'll make sure no more accidents happen. Stick together, or something like that.