a bad live

[filetofish]

Who: Crow + various
Where: the hotel kitchen
When: day 54, early afternoon

[Sooo an hour or two after the game, a live is called. At first it's just showing the kitchen, and Crow contentedly leaned against a wall eating his ration like nothing is going on.

However, if you're actually coming in for lunch you might... have some trouble. For one, all the dishes and cooking utensils seem to be missing. For another, all the fridges are taped closed all around the edges.

You can find the missing stuff if you look up... It's all taped to the ceiling.]

Comments

[dragonheartedgirl]

Are you angry with someone on Alcheme as well?

[searingedgelord]

Yeah. You could say that.

[dragonheartedgirl]

Can I ask... what happened?

[searingedgelord]

C decided AlcheME should target us in that game because our forgiveness was guaranteed.

[Because, you know, of all the dating and shit.]

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ put like that, that feels pretty gross, if you ask her. ... on the other hand, she also had hoped that their choices would be forgiven, if they explained themselves and did their best to make amends. so it's probably not that much different. ]

... I'm sorry. I don't think forgiveness is something we should ever demand or expect, but try to earn.

[searingedgelord]

[it is very different, HSS didn’t actively try to hit them and didn’t try to use personal relationships as an excuse to do so]

They didn’t actually succeed in hitting us, but the fact that they just took our good will for granted is irritating.

[dragonheartedgirl]

So you want them to understand not to take you all for granted, then. Have you spoken with AlcheME as a whole?

[ not just C. C is. well. C. ]

[searingedgelord]

No. And I’m really not interested right now.

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ I mean she thinks at least half of them are good if not okay people but. Anger is anger. And Silk probably just... needs time to her feelings. ]

That's fair. I'm not exactly in any position to speak from.

Have you decided what you'll do about it, then?

[searingedgelord]

Not really. Too much has been happening,

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ That's for damn sure. ]

...

I'm sorry. About--Oni.

[ not the killing part--well. that too actually. but. the disappearing....... ]

I saw his profile was changed recently. You must be having a hard time right now.

[ SHE SURE IS... ]

[searingedgelord]

...Yeah. It's...

[It's not great? It's bad. Nothing like watching your boyfriend get eaten only to have him disappear a couple of days later.

Actually she just lets the sentence trail off before it even gets started because in fact she has no idea how to articulate how bad it is.]

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ Lucky for Silk she has someone who can complete that sentence for her. ]

It's like the ground underneath you opens up, and there's a giant hole where there used to be something warm and solid. Isn't it?

[searingedgelord]

[she almost winces because that’s pretty accurate, actually]

...Yeah.

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ funny, how that would be, ]

I'm sorry. Were you able to spend some time with him before he disappeared?

[searingedgelord]

Yeah. We were together...the night the game ended. But, the next day...

[he was gone. Though at first they all thought he had gone to check on some of his other friends and such, so they didn’t know right away]

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ Yeah that sounds. Real bad. She's at least sure that Shuten didn't disappear from their bed. ]

I'm sorry. They could have at least given you a little more time together.

[searingedgelord]

[Well, she didn't mean to imply he just vanished from their bed, she just knows she didn't see him on day 52 onward.]

I don't think they care about that.

[dragonheartedgirl]

No, they don't.

[ She wants to say something reassuring, but

she doesn't want to say it in front of the cameras. ]

Would you like to come back with me to my unit's quarters for a moment? There's something I'd like to discuss with you.

[searingedgelord]

Sure, if you want.

[dragonheartedgirl]

I'd like that, yes.

[ going to lead the way. pooosssibly up the stairs, she hates the hellevator. ][ ]

[searingedgelord]

[Ok heading up the stairs but also]

Why are we using the stairs?

[dragonheartedgirl]

You like to use the hellevator?

[searingedgelord]

[blinks]

...I don't dislike it. It's convenient.

[dragonheartedgirl]

I find it very confining. And I don't care for all the jerky movements. ... I'm always afraid it will go crashing down.