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 really don't know what to say. Maybe I should start off with saying just thank you again? Haha, I just don't think I expected you to say those things, maybe. But, I don't mind them at all, especially since I can tell it's something you said earnestly and from the heart.

I'm not surprised that was your initial assumption, though. It's...actually something some people had thought of me back home—particularly in regards to me 'falling in line' without questioning everything. But, I learned to question everything back in the situation back home, considering the circumstances I had been pushed into.

[ It's strange, he would've felt kind of reluctant talking about it. But now...much less so. ]

I think I also have to say that it's been difficult making it as far as I have here, and it's certainly not been an easy road. But with your support and the other's, it's what helped make it possible.

[ It's exactly how he felt, plain and simple. There were many more words he could say, but he knew he could easily gush when he was feeling happy and he didn't want to embarrass himself.

Especially not when Raven was saying these positive things about him. ]

...And I know if we keep moving together despite all the difficulties thrown our way, victory will be ours.

[raventhaw]

There's no need to thank me. I'm just making an honest assessment.

[ she's still grinning at him. really, rean was probably the biggest surprise out of the bunch -- the most delightful one, anyway. while the last line is cheesy, it's true. raven's come to accept that there's no way she can get out of here on her own. there's a certain level of trust she feels towards her fellow captives. it's...

well, it's not something she was expecting, she'll say that much. ]

Questioning everything is something I've tried to tell my daughter, back at home. She seemed stubborn about not listening to me. I'm glad you've already started to do that.

Not everyone does at your age.

[reanbeans]

[ Rean internally warred for a second about what to say, because of his own faults, but he was actually still happy enough that his lack of self-esteem wasn't getting in the way for once. ]

You've...got a point.

[ He'll lightly rub at his cheek a bit.

And woah, she's a mom. He never would've guessed by just looking because—you know. ]

Well, there's always something to learn from listening to others. Of course I know there's more that goes into it than just that, but...it's usually a good place to start if you want to better yourself.

I wouldn't be able to study well under my former Master and at Thors Academy if I couldn't manage those things.

[raventhaw]

Of course it is. But you should always question everything. Even what I'm telling you.

[ even though raven would not like that!!! because she's a huge hypocrite!!! ]

I trust that you'll make the right judgments, though. You've done so thus far.

[reanbeans]

I remember you saying something to that effect before. Or rather, to take things with a grain of salt, but I think you meant to imply the same message behind that statement as well.

[ Raven you're being so sweet that you're going to make him cry. ]

I really do think that it's because of support from everyone. And like I've said, you've been a big part of that.

So, as long as we keep supporting each other, I don't doubt I'll be able to make the right decisions. Right alongside everyone else.