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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cw suicide discussion

[barberic]

[Benjamin feels a pang of guilt for leaving Farrah behind. For letting her slip away from him in the first place (he shouldn't have taken a spoonful of cough syrup before sleep, but he had thought it might help both him and her sleep through the night - it had worked on one of them, apparently), for letting her get herself into trouble.

But this boy, who's been so broken down by everything that's happened here, has been through enough today. So Benjamin purses his lips into a smile, and pats his knee reassuringly.]

She's alright. Angus, Orpheus, and Elle were seeing to her, last I saw. I think she got off a little better than you did. We should take a look at that arm, hm?

[Gingerly, he takes Spongebob's wrist and looks at his injured arm. How bad are we talking?]

cw suicide discussion

[employeeoftheyear]

Oh thank Neptune. I don't know if I could live with myself if I survived and she...

[He can't finish, but he should get a good idea as to how that ends.]

He winces even more at the touch. It looks pretty bad, particularly around his forearm. It looks like one of the bones snapped upon impact.]

I really don't know why it hurts so much. Usually my arms can't bounce right back.

cw suicide discussion

[barberic]

Mm. I noticed that Maya tried to, um. Fix it for you.

[Benjamin keeps his touch gentle, and doesn't move it much at all, then frowns and sets the arm gently back in Spongebob's lap.]

It looks like it's badly broken, lad. You're lucky the both of you got off that lightly.

[He rises to his feet and turns to Maya, with whom he keeps his tone as light as he can, to keep her calm as well.]

Maya, do you happen to know if Miss Wells can set a broken arm?

[mayavericks]

[Maya's been floating nearby this entire time. She's been scared to touch Spongebob, worried that this might be another false vision, and that her dear friend was still in the wreckage. Or perhaps if she broke the silence, they might both choose to send her away.

But with the attention being drawn to her, well... She can't simply sit still.]

I believe she can, yes. Would you like for me to fetch her?

[barberic]

I would appreciate that, thank you, my dear.

[But...before she goes, he catches her, gently, and pulls her into a hug.]

It's alright. They'll be alright.

[mayavericks]

[Oh. Okay. She's being hugged.

Don't mind her hiding a few stray tears against his shoulder, so that when she pulls back she looks completely put together. It's fine, she's fine.]

Thank you, Otousan.

[And away she goes.]

[comeandfindme]

[ Peregrine is, right now, pretty easy to find. She's in the cafeteria, pretty thoroughly failing at getting herself something to eat. She keeps thinking of the wine bottles strewn about. About the screaming. About last night.

"I was already gone."

She's going to scream. What does she have to do to keep them from leaving her?

She just stares blankly at the buffet serving, not putting anything on her plate. ]

[mayavericks]

[Maya sprints into the cafeteria. She can tell something is wrong, but... right now she has a different fire to put out. She hates to not prioritize Peregrine, but here they are.]

Peregrine -- Per -- [She's tugging on Peregrine's sleeve, almost like a scared child.]

I need your help. Spongebob needs your help.

[comeandfindme]

[ Jolted out of her stupor, Peregrine turns her head with a jerk. In that, Maya may catch that her lips are tight at the mention of Spongebob, her jaw tense.

But that softens, almost immediately. ] You guys were checking- is he really hurt?

[mayavericks]

His arm is broken. [The words rush out in a rushed stream. She hasn't had the time to find her composure, and she won't risk taking that time now.]

Can you -- do you know how to set and splint a broken limb?

[comeandfindme]

[ Just like that, Peregrine puts down the empty plate and already starts walking. Maya was right up front. This must be hurting her even more right now. ]

Yeah. Yeah, I definitely can. You brought him to the nurse's office?

[mayavericks]

I did. Well -- [She shakes her head.]

Barker-san did. But he asked me to fetch you -- he thought you would be the best source.

[comeandfindme]

Well, he's probably right. C'mon.

[ Follow her, Maya! It's not a very long walk, so they're back to the nurse's office fast. ]