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WHO: Lily and Rose (and possible rubbernecking)
WHERE: Pasture -> Rose Barn
WHEN: Day 32 in some kinda timeline idk

( sup y'all are you ready for

political drama

and sadboi roses. )

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No. That does not honor the spirit of it as a request.

We're not asking for medical histories and life stories. We're just concerned with 'how are you doing, that new ritual sure took a lot out of everyone, are you okay? Do you need to scream into a pillow or whack a scarecrow?'

Edited 2023-09-16 21:05 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree, that wouldn't really be in the spirit of the request. And...while I appreciate your concern, if Rose isn't willing to participate fully and honestly with any wellness checks, I can't agree to your request.

Can I have a few minutes to talk to Rose? In private.

... yes. We'll call a brief break.

( closes his eyes and straightens, tucking his hair behind his ear. )

Please cubecall me when you're ready to reconvene.

Sure! I don't think it'll be long. I appreciate it.

[leading Rose over ----> here so they can huddle]

[after several minutes of quiet discussion, Shadow Fiend will lead Rose back over <---- to the gazebo and call Perci so the talks can resume]

Hello! Thanks for giving us some private time. We're done and ready to continue.

( coming back to the table. he may look a little tired now, but he keeps a calm aura. )

You're welcome. I understand that since it concerns all of you, you'd need time to talk it over.

You've reached a conclusion?

We have! Though we have a couple things we'd like to clarify first.

The floor is yours.

First question. Would you consider limiting wellness checks to only the members of Rose whose were the main, um, "bad actors" in what happened during the ritual?

( he thinks this over... )

While reasonable, I have to decline. Even if I speak with, for example, Blood Fiend—and he has no problems of note, if Angel Devil comes out and says "actually he was behaving oddly, I'm worried", it gives context to me that perhaps it's worth checking with Fifi again.

[nodding in acknowledgement. she doesn't look like she expected that question to get a "yes" anyway.]

Alright. Second question: a couple of us have requests for who they talk to on Lily. Would there be any problems with that?

I have no problems with that, but understand that there may be scheduling issues. Charon, for example, is notoriously difficult to schedule.

( smiles at charon, who just wings his gaze up at the gazebo ceiling in both exasperation and defeat, as if muttering "so help me". )

Hehe... Well, that shouldn't be a problem. I'll write down the details for you later.

[the requests aren't that sensitive or complicated, but the information feels too private to share in a public setting.]

With both of those cleared up, I can say that Rose agrees to the request for one month of weekly wellness checks, with the understanding that agreement means actually, um...participating and cooperating, and so on.

Is there anything else?

That's all the requests from Lily.

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_{[ damn. he was right all along. this is just the opening salvo and there is more to come in the nebulous future once they are better equipped with information. ]}

Umm... Well, if that's all the requests from Lily, then we have nothing to add. We appreciate you willing to talk to us and work things out diplomatically and we'll uphold our end of any agreements as fully and completely as possible.

Ah—I meant to ask... as Shepherd, I intend to report my findings to you. Nothing confidential or asked to be kept in confidence, of course—but if there's an issue, I would go to you and relay goings-on and any worrying behavior so you may handle it together as a team.

Is that something you would prefer or no?

[she takes a long moment to consider this carefully]

...Under normal circumstances, I'd say no, but I think I'd better say yes in this case. Sorry, guys.

( he nods. )

Understood. I'll make note of this.

If there are no other concerns or questions, then I formally declare this mediation closed.

( offers his hand across the table to shadow fiend to shake on it. )

[everyone seemed to be pretty much on the same page during the earlier Rosehuddle, so--Shadow Fiend will reach across the table to take Perci's hand and shake on it.]

No questions or concerns here.

( and now he does give her a firm handshake with a little squeeze. )

Thank you for attending, and with all of Rose.

( he drops his hand and curtsies. )