weekend mingle featuring 5 pm brunch because time is meaningless now

[pr159]

[ There probably isn't a single person among them who isn't exhausted after that trial, so it's no surprise that, like last week, there's no party when it's over. Maybe some stay out and mill about the city, while others finally take the chance to get some well-deserved sleep.

Personally, Rideaux is absolutely going to bed now, because it's fucking 10 am or something, and that was a lot.

But when he wakes up again in what is nominally the afternoon, once he's taken a shower and no longer looks like a haggard mess, he's actually going to hole up in the kitchen at the clergy housing and make some pancakes. Just pancakes and nothing else, because this mix is "just add water!" and that's the extent of his cooking skills the most effort he's going to put into anything. Some of them may be slightly burned and oddly shaped, but they're free, so shut it.

There's also some coffee and some (cheap, not his good stuff) whiskey, so if you want to make a half-assed Irish coffee, he's not stopping you.

Is this supposed to be a distraction? Is this actually all just to celebrate the fact that Cumore briefly thought he was going to die and that was delicious to watch? Maybe, but no one has to know that. ]

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[reanbeans]

I'm...somehow not surprised you think that.

[ But strangely enough, it's a comfort. It means he hadn't let the Lady change his outlook on their future. And he'd call that a victory in of itself. ]

...But, at least we can agree on a few things here. I know that I wouldn't forgive myself if I did give up. And I'm sure considering how things are going now, the others would think the same of themselves.

cw suicidal ideation implied

[inordertobelieve]

Yes, certainly. Be it the motivation to save someone or to see retribution for the Lady's evil deeds, we share the same goal. Whether or not we want to keep going after this.

[ He's thinking more of Dazai than himself by now, though maybe this has changed now after all the utter vile nonsense with Ango. An irriating thought. ]

I can't say I am excited about working with some of you people, but it cannot be helped.

[reanbeans]

[ A...ray of sunshine as ever, Mikami. ]

Yeah. Though...I'll hope for the best result for us, even after we've dealt with the Lady.

[ Rean's well aware that Mikami hadn't exactly been angling that for himself last time they spoke, so he'll hope that changes. As implied in his words, but he's recognized it's well out of his hands, so he'll leave it at that. ]

At the least I don't think we'll have to worry too much about us all coming together to make our best effort, no matter how everyone feels about each other.

[ Or they shouldn't. ]