It's a sad song - It's a sad tale

[musacal]

[ WELL THAT... HAPPENED, HUH. YO WHAT THE FUCK DISCORD THAT'S BALLER.

Good thing the Wizard's probably going to be occupied with THAT for a while longer because it looks like this long ass, nogood day isn't quite over yet as there's still one more incoming curve ball. In contrast to the smell of smoke from the auditorium there seems to be a... sweet, banana-y baked good smell coming from the cafeteria? But who could have been baking while you were all at the trial--

If you go in there or even just pass by at all, you'll find on one of the tables there's a plate with several warm and fresh banana muffins. Underneath the plate, just sticking out enough so that you can see a corner peeking out, is a folded up note:


You are not alone. I'm here to help.
I'll be waiting for everyone in the
girl's washroom on the first floor.

Come and find me.
-a friend

At the bottom of the note is a small, hand drawn banana. The handwriting and muffins might look familiar to two of you.

...soooooooo you up for a meeting after all that shit? ]

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[mcfife]

[Angus stops by the kitchen for a quick drink of water after that stressful event, but he has to keep going, he can't be weak and prove Discord wrong--

Bananas.

The familiar scent of bananas.

He runs to his room, picks up a stack of papers from his previous investigation and his Hammer of Glory, and bolts for the girls' restroom. Is that reckless, considering the Wizard might be suspicious? Maybe, but he has a fire to pay attention to.]

Is it--?!

[mayavericks]

[At first, Maya doesn't realize what she's smelling. She can barely smell at all, thanks to the exposure to the smoke. But even if part of her doesn't process it, there's a subconscious section of her mind that knows that smell. It's the smell of late night training sessions, and a party at the end of a long year.

Maya hands her Sponge (sans sword!) off to someone else and rushes into the cafeteria. She only needs to look at the muffins to know that her instinct is right. A second glance at the note tells her what she needs. She's off running toward the girl's bathroom, shoving past anyone in her way. Sorry y'all.]

[musacal]

[ In the washroom the Gershwin Groundhog is sitting on the floor, tapping its paws as it waits. When Angus enters it looks up. ]

...Angus-san?!

[ It hasn't removed its head yet but the voice is definitely Nana's. ]

[mcfife]

Nana Daiba...

[He knows her. He remembers her.]

The Takarazuka actress in training. You...like baking with bananas.

[What else? He has to remember more about her.] Maya Tendo's and Claudine Saijo's competitor.

[fourbutts]

[ Janis, still a little shell-shocked from the day: ]

Whoah, where's the— what's up?

[mayavericks]

[Oops, she feels a little bad about that one.]

Bathroom. Now.

[themuseabandonsyou]

[ Orpheus doesn't pass by the cafeteria immediately. He lingers in the hallways, wandering them aimlessly and looking shell-shocked and distant. Antonio is dead, and finding his body already feels like it happened a lifetime ago. Discord is probably dead. Hester is injured and something happened to the Wizard? It's a lot to take in, and he just sort of... doesn't. Doesn't absorb any of it. Can't get his head around it.

It's only when he notices how oddly empty the school is, that he notices the smell of baking in the air as he passes by the cafeteria that he ventures in and sees the note. Without a thought for how suspicious it might look, he abruptly changes course, heading for the girl's restroom with considerably more purpose than he seemed to have before. ]

Hello? [ He peers in the door, cautiously, before entering. Wow, guess this sure is where everyone went, huh. ]

[fourbutts]

Uh- damn, okay.

[ TIME TO GO TO THE BATHROOM WITH NO IDEA WHAT'S HAPPENING AND BLIND FAITH IN MAYA TENDO ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ]

[comeandfindme]

[ lol dragged along in a girlfriend chain ]

[musacal]

[ Angus got here first so the Gershwin Groundhog head was already off, revealing the short haired blonde within. But even without her signature pigtails, Maya will know immediately who she is.

She turns towards the girls as soon as they come in, her eyes wide. ]

Maya...chan...?

[musacal]

[ By this point, Nana has already started to take the mascot suit off, hoping that she has enough time while the Wizard is dealing with everything that happened during the Execution that she can take a much needed break from it. When Orpheus comes in though she stops and looks at him in surprise. ]

.......Peter Parker?

[mayavericks]

[Maya stops short. Her eyes are almost as wide as Nana's are. Even without that tell-tale hairstyle, Maya knows her. She knows those eyes, knows the voice that anyone would admire. All at once, it feels like she cannot take a single step forward. She remembers not just the repeat that she'd relived this weekend, but what'd she'd said before that.

I will never forgive you, Daiba-san.

She swallows, before finally moving forward. Maya doesn't really care if she's still in the mascot suit or not, she's going to pull the girl into a hug and... It's been a long day. She's seen two people that were incredibly important to her die.

So... Maybe she'll get the Groundhog suit's shoulder a little wet.]

Daiba-san. Nana -- I am. So sorry.

[comeandfindme]

[ Peregrine gasps, watching. ]

Nana...? She's...

[ The friend Maya's been looking for. Worried for. She's here. ]

[themuseabandonsyou]

[ Orpheus just blinks at her, owlishly. ]

What?

[ Look it's been a long day, he doesn't have the mental capacity for this. ]

[fourbutts]

Holy shit.

[ Well of all the reasons she could have guessed she was being dragged to a bathroom for, this is not in the top twenty! ]

[musacal]

[ As soon as Maya hugs her, she's hugging back despite the confused and worried look on her face. ]

"Sorry?" For what? I'm the one that should be saying that...

If I'd done a better job stopping the Wizard you wouldn't be--

[musacal]

[ She takes the mascot head off and... even without the girly pigtails that's still Nana all right. ]

Yes, that's me!

I... I can't believe it! It really is you! Balladeer-san told me you were here too but...

[ She wanted to believe that maybe he just meant like. Another Angus. ]

[musacal]

[ His confusion is enough for her to realize her mistake and she gets flustered. ]

Ah-- sorry, my mistake! You just look a lot like someone I met before...!

[ Who she had to keep meeting.... several times...... ]

[mayavericks]

[Maya takes a single step back, though she's still sort of... clinging to Nana's arms -- costume or no.]

I suppose it is just like you, trying to be everyone's Banana. Taking the blame for tides you cannot change. [She reaches up to rub at her eyes.] It's what's always made you the better Stage Girl. And I tried to tell you that it made you weak. That I would not forgive you for it.

I was wrong.

[themuseabandonsyou]

Oh, no, it's okay? I don't think I've met you before, um. It's nice to meet you? I'm Orpheus. How did you... get in here?

BANANA MEETING

[musacal]

[ Well now that a few people have met her and confirmed she is 1) real, 2) not a threat, Nana is standing around the girl's washroom, fully out of her groundhog costume and waiting until there's a decent sized group. She can't make people come if they don't want to, especially after what happened today, but she's hoping to talk to as many of them as possible. ]

Okay, let's try this again, shall we?

My name's Nana Daiba - I went to school with Maya-chan and I survived the last time the Wizard tried to do this. I've been spending the past year since then trying to stop him and was brought here thanks to my Boss and all of your friends in order to help.

Speaking of I also have something important you all need to see.

[fourbutts]

Do you have any idea what he's trying to do? Every once in a while he just goes "bluh bluh greater good" like some kind of... shitty MCU villain.

[brokeforgood]

Blah Blah Blah, family, evil revenge—- [Oh, look, Farrah’s still inside her tiny shell shocked body, she can still joke.]

[fourbutts]

[ spooky wiggling fingers ]

"It will be." What a hack.

[brokeforgood]

[Farrah’s here, somehow, a weird mixture of pride and despair thrumming in her heart.]

Your—- boss?

At like… the pizza hut? [girl aren’t you too young for a job]