Week Six

[stagemanagers]

[Last week, in It's Curtains, the weather changed, and with it your fortune in Dads. Discord took Salieri out - or perhaps Salieri took Discord out - and left the survivors with that much less impulse control. Nonetheless, a visit from a new friend might have provided a little bit of much-needed hope?

On Sunday morning, you'll find that the other side of the second floor has opened up - as well as the actual intended path to reach the roof garden. You can finally stop climbing up that rope every time you want to have a picnic or secret lover's rendezvous!

Outside, the weather seems to have calmed down. It's sunny again, with rather a lot of clouds. Though it's warm, the atmosphere seems very...still.]


Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

(( Be sure to submit your memory regain and your AC for this week! As always, Hester's office hours and the merch booth remain available. ))

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[feudalladyshandmaid]

[...Ah.

She dismounts from Fidella, crossing over to Peregrine's side.]

...You lost someone, didn't you?

[comeandfindme]

Again. Seems like all I'll ever do.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

It happens more often than I ever thought it does. But we're still here. That counts for something, doesn't it?

[comeandfindme]

[ ... ]

I don't know anymore.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

You can't give up, Per. [Looking out there now, into the woods that held nothing but fake animals and a looming void, it felt less like a living space and more like a fancy fence. Were it that the trees were even fake...]

We'll save them. We'll save everyone.

[comeandfindme]

Everyone? [ ... ] Even people...back home?

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[She thinks back. To her hazy memories of Corona. To the damage its suffered... The damage she's caused.]

We can try.

[Maybe it's just a hopeful dream. Maybe with their worlds flipped upside down, they can actually do something about it. Who knows.]

[comeandfindme]

[ She wonders if that's really the case. She doesn't know if she can believe it right now.

She heaves a mighty sigh. ]

We can... I should go back inside.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[She understands. That's enough of that.]

Probably.

[...]

...You know, I don't think I ever asked if you've ridden a horse before.

[comeandfindme]

[ Peregrine looks Cass up and down and then moves her gaze to Fidella. ]

I… No. no, I haven’t.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Well, I can do something about that at least.

[She winks - really, Cass? - and hooks herself into Fidella's stirrup before pulling herself up onto the horse's back.

There, she gauges Peregrinne... and offers her a hand.]

If you want to try, that is.

[comeandfindme]

[ She continues to look over the horse, almost skeptically. ]

Is...she gonna let me...?

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Who, Fidella? [She shakes her head.] Fidella's a sweetheart. Plus, she's had more than two people on her back at a time.

[Offers still standing, Per!!]

[comeandfindme]

[ After one more long moment, Peregrine takes Cassandra's hand. ]

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[And with surprising strength - those arms - Cass hoists Peregrine up and onto the horse. There's plenty of room, even with the saddle, for two people. Fidella huffs contently and shifts to accommodate the weight.]

Hold onto me, tight, okay?

[Why ever would Per need to do that-?]

Hiya!

[A flick of the reigns and they're off!! On a brisk trot to start.]

[comeandfindme]

[ Peregrine knows it’ll probably be a quick adjustment when Fidella starts to run. However, the novelty of being pulled up from the ground to the horse has her brain a beat behind, and she yelps as she wraps her arms around Cassandra’s stomach. ]

Whooooa…!

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Yeah!

[She anticipated this. They go slow at first, Cass directing Fidella from a trot into a slow gallop... Away from the school. Towards the field as a matter of fact.]

How are you holding up back there?

[comeandfindme]

Uh! Pretty well!

[ She yells muffled into Cassandra's back. ]

For a given meaning of the word!