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"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.]
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.]
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[He's just bringing you some tea too, because that's what he's doing today, I guess? Also, uh, take this slice of pie he found? He's learning a lot of things about how people take care of others and it is almost all food-related!]
Are you...doing okay? [He seems to realize that's a dumb question as he says it, but he has not thought of another one.]
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Sorry, I didn't- didn't hear you come up.
[He looks at the offering of tea and pie, and gives the Balladeer a grateful smile.]
I'm doing better than some, I think. [He's thinking of Varian, of Salieri, of Mumble and Sissi's roommates who now have to go back and face their empty beds.] What about you?
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[He's not, really. But he's looking at this comparatively. So many people are doing so much worse - why should he complain?]
It's not like that was even the first execution I've seen. Just...the other ones actually killed people. Murdered them. It was a whole legal process, not just...
[Being killed by some dude on a stage.]
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[His voice is still rough, even though he's stopped crying. He scrubs his hands over his face again, and then back through his hair, clasping his fingers behind his neck for a moment and then sitting fully upright.]
Sorry. Sorry, I'm just... angry with myself for being complacent.
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[Hard to prevent, really, unless someone had instituted some kind of bizarrely specific group rules about how to use the freezer. Or they'd...well, gone through survival training.]
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There's always a maybe. That's the hardest part to let go.
[Guilt and grief make fond bedfellows of each other.]
We have to do better. Whatever it takes, we can't let this happen again.
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[Someone could've just happened by and found Mumble sooner. Sissi probably would have screamed for help, and any of the people who understood hypothermia might have answered. It is easy to think of other ways it could've gone.]
Well. Everyone's all grouped up, it'd be easy to wake someone.
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Maybe even pair off, so each has one specific person to check in with, to make it a little harder should someone decide to... well.
Act with malicious intent.
[He sounds reluctant to say it, but they can't discard the possibility entirely. The motive, after all, proved that the Wizard has the power to keep jerking them around until they dance to his tune.]
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[If something happened to someone, their partner would have to account for it in one way or another. Though, if it wasn't them...say, if someone trusting just stepped out for a minute with someone not their partner...]
As long as people stuck to it. No exceptions.