mayavericks: (The Cogwheels Have Started to Turn)
mayavericks ([personal profile] mayavericks) wrote in [community profile] itscurtains2021-06-19 03:52 pm

Is This Where You Wanna Be? Crawling On Your Hands and Knees?

[In a perfect world, Maya would have been able to isolate herself for the rest of the evening. It's not like her to wallow in her feelings, but it's also not like her to be trapped away in a murder school or part of an execution so... not like she has much choice there. Besides, between the influence of Janis, and the sight of her remaining dormmates, it's clear that Maya simply can't... let things go.

It's like she told the SQUIP. They look to her for hope. And so, hope she must be. It's her job to stand tall for the others. Thankfully help comes easier this time -- there's no need to scruff Discord, or try to keep Spongebob from making Hate Patties. Maybe that, in and of itself, is a good sign.

It's just another fluke. They'll be okay. They're together, after all. Even Salieri and Discord are getting along well enough to help.

Cutting potatoes proves to be an interesting task, considering the fact that most of the knives are missing. Maya has a few guesses as to how that happened, but she won't point fingers again today. She makes do with what she has -- two swords between her and Cassandra.

Potatoes, cakes, pies -- the arrangement is much the same. There's even cocoa (made by less experienced hands, unfortunately), and alcohol. It all feels like a repeat of last week, but she's trying to not think about it. She does her best to keep a smile on her face as she knocks on each door, inviting others to the cafeteria once more.]
mcfife: thoughtful (☀️to realms beyond space)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-20 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure. [He sets the cylinder down.] I found it in the SQUIP's things. It looks like he was trying to build a music box.

[With each inspection, he looks more and more uncertain.]

Why?
whatyouwant: (confidence)

[personal profile] whatyouwant 2021-06-20 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe it was something from his home, or person, or whatever.
mcfife: concern (☀️clouds beneath)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-20 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
But the SQUIP normally has no body. It resides in a human brain to function. He had no reason to rebuild this.

...Did Jeremy build such mechanisms?
whatyouwant: (confidence)

[personal profile] whatyouwant 2021-06-20 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
It's possible. He said his purpose was taking care of Jeremy, maybe he was just trying to find a purpose while they were separated.
mcfife: (🦄 darkness enfolds)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-20 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Even in the past week, his entire thoughts centered on Jeremy...

[He frowns.]

It said that no one payed attention to that human. That he may as well not have been alive with how little he was regarded. If he truly cared for Jeremy, he should have said something positive about him. But he only served him out of obligation, not care.