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: side eye (☀️no return forevermore)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-21 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Angus snaps to look at her. He hadn't been close to Connor, but his death had him review the entire week, seeing all the times he could have spoken to him. The words he spoke once were not enough. Only Peregrine would have seen him every day.

It's not her fault that Connor is dead. There was more that had to be done to protect him.]


If anyone else had found him, they would have acted differently. We all cared for Connor.
comeandfindme: (🌲 shatter it all)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-21 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
We said…we’d be there for each other.

[ Even when the dark comes crashing through— ]

…I knew he was hurting. I knew he…remembered something…completely awful. I knew… So why didn’t I find him? [ … ] Why didn’t…he come look for me?
mcfife: (🔨 Have you ever fought a wizard)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-22 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
...I wish I knew.

[He was so happy on Sunday. His spirits were lifted, Angus could see it in his eyes.]

I know not the hearts of all men, but the two of you seemed happy when you were together.
comeandfindme: (where you went and put your faith)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-22 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
I was.

[ She closes her eyes, trying to call up their time together. As if that'll do something. ]

I...hope he was too.
mcfife: (🦄 the land that I once called my home)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-22 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Angus slowly raises a hand, but does not rest is on her shoulder. This one-on-one comfort is unfamiliar to him - he speaks to crowds, he stands a respectable distance away. What is this, helping one person at a time?]

We won't let anyone else go.
comeandfindme: (🦌 push into the fear until it shatters)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-22 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The thought of it is unconscionable. She keeps losing people, she can't...keep losing people.

She doesn't know what it'd do to her.

So Peregrine just nods. Words feel lost to her right now. ]