[slaps roof of barn]

[endsjustified]

WHO: lilies
WHERE: lily
WHEN: day 76 postgame

[you can fit SO many crises in here]

Comments

[endsjustified]

[perhaps it is fitting that of all the things he is forced to wear the horrible fish hat for today, this is one of them]

First of all: we are invited to Peony this evening for a sleepover. I believe it's to help them with a quest? If anyone's uncomfortable for whatever reason, you don't need to stay the whole time, though.

Second, we need to talk about Meris. And teamwork. And...related topics.

[abandon_hope]

[ Kevin is on the couch continuing an existential crisis, just less intense

also. holding onto TWO memory coins now. And a little square of something wrapped in cloth that smells like the most delicious thing you've ever smelled. Your very favorite food in the whole world. ]

My head hurts ...

[abandon_hope]

[ he's going to have to look at Aides again. gods. might as well, ]

Sure. Sleepover is fine. Why not.

[ pause ]

... What topics?

[audacity]

[ we're just going to hang out quietly for the time being, illusion up so his eyes Look Normal, and especially not look at kevin ]

[abandon_hope]

[ ESPECIALLY NOT LOOKING AT YOU EITHER!! wow! it's like you don't even exist! ]

[spinebuddyandme]

There's no surprise new related topics, are there?

[mykidisthebest]

[clearly trying to think of what topics could possible be related to Meris and teamwork]

Team bonding exercises...?

[endsjustified]

Do you also have a pact with Meris or did you just temporarily imbibe some of her power?

[oh he just says shit]

[endsjustified]

Have you thought about it?

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Sitting on one of the other chairs in the common room, alternating between thousand yard staring into the distance over his own existential crisis and shooting worried glances in Kevin's direction when he thinks he isn't looking ]

[abandon_hope]

[ holy shit he does

Kevin's eyes go wide, and he's startled into an immediate response. and a quick glance at Cepheus. ]

-- No. It was temporary. And when I fainted in the next game, I lost all of it.

[audacity]

[ good!! tbh!! ]

[endsjustified]

I don't think the pacts are a suprise...but we do need to discuss what to do for trips and rituals again, I think.

[endsjustified]

Team exercises period.

[abandon_hope]

[ meanwhile Kevin immediately getting called out about Meris

his eyes slide to Cepheus for a moment during that. ]

[abandon_hope]

[ Kevin is very specifically avoiding looking at Ananke, in fact, so when their glances occasionally cross he hunches down further into the couch cushions as if the couch might absorb him if he digs far enough. ]

[audacity]

Abou...oh.

[ the request from a couple of days and a lifetime ago. fiddles his pen in his hands, then nods ]

[audacity]

[ still very determinedly not looking at him. if he does, he'll get angry, and he's trying not to get angry right now ]

[spinebuddyandme]

Yeah. We got caught off-guard by the weird puzzle ritual... It really made me more sure I want to avoid hitting ourselves again, but I can hear out whatever Cepheus and Kevin have to say about it.

[endsjustified]

And...?

[endsjustified]

That is something of a relief, actually.

Is the fainting going to be a recurrent problem, also?

[abandon_hope]

[ s. squirms. ]

I'm going to fix that.

[ he says, as if it doesn't happen all the time in canon ]

[endsjustified]

[he's getting concerned his own fish traits aren't fading but people still have traces of the other effects, so...files it in the 'later' box]

That is so. We need to be on the same page regardless, before the next truly consequential ritual happens.

[audacity]

I think you mean it.

[ and then winces at his own wording ]

I didn't mean it like that. I believe you. And Lily. I don't know what you want me to do, though.

[abandon_hope]

[ yeah that's. probably for the best.

He is quietly eavesdropping on the conversation with Charon though. ]