someday we will foresee obstacles / through the blizzard

[lmafo]

[ About an hour after the trial ends, maybe an hour and a half, there's a series of notes written in pink that end up slid under everyone's doors. No pomp, just a slid note and a knock at the door before Roxy moves to the next one. ]

aight so
if you guys want uh
there's food and drinks and stuff all chilling in the caf
no presh, just
fuck
we probs shouldnt be alone rn

- rolal and marisa

[ And indeed, set out in the dining room, there's a bunch of pretty basic sandwiches (she's a scientist, not a chef, what do you want from her), some drinks from the bar set out on a nearby table courtesy of Marisa, and uh. A single cake, set out on its own table. It's not the most visually impressive thing in the world, but Roxy worked real hard on it, okay? It's chocolate, even, with chocolate frosting also.

Piped onto the top of the cake in rough pink icing letters is "eat me pls," so. At least you know what to do with it. ]

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cafeteria

[lmafo]

[ Roxy's here, and she has a piece of cake on a plate in her hand. ]

Hey. I can get you a sandwich if you'd rather, but you should eat.

[le_mat]

... yeah.

[She's right, and he doesn't have the drive to argue it. So he takes the cake. He even takes a bite.

...in a flash he's manages another two or three huge bites. Like he's dying and cake is the only cure]

[lmafo]

There you go.

[ She smiles a little, waiting to see if there's anything he wants to say. Or if he like, needs another piece. ]

[le_mat]

[He polishes off the piece in record time. He wouldn't be able to explain WHY if asked: something about chocolate and sugar associating with pleasure in his base animal brain and wanting anything that feels separate from the emptiness in his guts.

Or something.]

...thank you, Roxy.

[lmafo]

[ Or something. ]

No prob. No point figuring out how to bake a cake from your memories of watching someone else make them unless someone's gonna eat it, I figure.

[le_mat]

I wouldn't picture you as the kitchen type, but it's pretty good.

[lmafo]

Eh, it's a kind of science. Sort of. I'm glad it's not a disaster, tho.

[le_mat]

A little disaster is fine. Gives it character.

[lmafo]

Heh. I can't frost for shit, so that's something.

[le_mat]

Did you wait for it to cool?

[lmafo]

Uh... that's probably an issue, isn't it?

[le_mat]

...

[He laughs, bright and loudly]

Roxy, you're... amazing, you know that?

[It's not mocking, even if it's funny as all hell. She is honestly utterly beautiful and amazing.]

[lmafo]

What, because I can't frost a cake?

[ She's smiling, though. ]

Thanks. I... do what I can.

[le_mat]

No, because it's you.

[Don't ask him to explain. He doesn't even fully know]

And I know... and we need that, now.

[With Max gone they have to hold each other up. All of them that are left]

[lmafo]

You, and Bolton, and Jamie, and Penny... shit, Kaiba and Marisa too, even if I don't talk to them as much, you're all friends of mine. And I take care of my friends. I got such a strong grip on your backs, y'all don't even know.

[le_mat]

Ride or Die, huh?

...Kaiba and Marisa aren't bad, once you get to know them a little. [His ears turn a little pink]

[lmafo]

Fuck yeah. We're like a fuckin RPG party up in here.

[ Oh she catches that, my dude. ]

Uh-huh. Tell me more about em, big guy.

[le_mat]

Marisa is really sweet, honestly. Under all the bluster. And have you see her really go out with her spells? She kinda kicked my ass in the Zero-G room.

[Akira just wants a girl to hit him in the head with star bullets till he dies.

...no mention of Kaiba though]

[lmafo]

[ I mean fair, Akira. But Roxy smirks. ]

And Mister Kaiba?

[le_mat]

...

He's an asshole.

[Sure buddy]

[lmafo]

... And? Dude, if you have crush issues, you're not getting those crush issues away from me, you should probs just accept that now.

[le_mat]

...fuck. Between you and Ma-

[He pauses, looking like he managed to just punch himself. A deep breath]

You know, I'm not used others noticing things about me instead of the other way around.

[lmafo]

Comes with the territory of my aspect. I'm sneaky.

[ ... ]

And my friends used to have a lot of the crush troubles.

[le_mat]

Well, if it helps there's not really any troubles, exactly? He knows. Just, you know- There's a lot going on there.

[Seto Kaiba has so many level of trauma defense that it'd take him years to unwind them all]

So what, you're your friends group's therapist then?

[He knows that feel]

[lmafo]

Kinda? I just give em advice on stuff, keep their shit together. I don't really go in for the psychoanalawhatsit shit.

[ She shrugs and smiles. ]

Have you tried getting your way into a dragon costume and laying out on the man's bed?