We're Still Here, We Still Have Each Other

[induality]

[It takes Fukawa some time to pull herself together but when she does-- she moves with a purpose. Everyone will find a note in practiced writing:]

Though all we've be through today was awful, and you might not want to face it-- you're not facing it alone. There will be food and drink in the VIP Lounge. And company. Whatever your feelings are now, it's okay. I won't tell you want to think or how to feel. But you don't have to carry it alone.

- Touko Lucis Caelum

[True to her word, she worked hard to make snacks and light warm foods for everyone as well as drinks-- alcoholic and otherwise. Everyone is welcome. She even stops by the information desk to extend an invitation to SIS.]

Comments

[daughterofthemark]

Do you suppose we had a secret code?

[...I refuse to dignify this line of reasoning with an explanation.]

[tokencanadian]

[Looks at her.

Thinks very seriously on the matter.]

Well... My friends, Nora and Ren, once used the sound a sloth makes as a kind of secret code.

[daughterofthemark]

Hm!

[That does seem like a plausible secret signal!]

Then, if any of us would have recognized the sound of a sloth...

[tokencanadian]

Well, it's something like- [and here comes Pyrrha's best imitation of Nora's imitation of a sloth's call.




At no point does she realize she should be mourning her girlfriend and father's deaths.]

[daughterofthemark]

[I mean. That sounds like a good thing to not realize for a while.]

I see!

[So here, have Arianna's imitation of Pyrrha's imitation of Nora's imitation of a sloth.

It's decent based on the information she has, but at this point probably no sloth in the multiverse would recognize it.]

[tokencanadian]

[Look at these two girls, just honking at the bar.]

Yes, I... [Pffff, no, she's gotta laugh now.] I think that was it...!

[daughterofthemark]

[Oh no, now she's going to start giggling.]

I believe I--hehe--can do better...

[She tries, but just starts laughing.]

[tokencanadian]

[She laughs, and laughs, and she's still smiling, but why does her face feel wet?

Oh, it's tears.</small.]

[daughterofthemark]

[Oh no wait actually that's to be expected isn't it?

She's getting a hug now.]