when your thoughts turn sour make them sweet instead

[sentree]

[ That was...positively horrible? Ugh. After a few hours, notes are slipped under each person's door. They read, in a neat handwriting: ]

Banquet in Vanellope's honor in the dining room.

- Reyna, Sally and Thalia

[ You may not know what to expect when they say banquet, but it...really is one, isn't it? Thalia's main dish is cheeseburgers, so there are so many of those, but the table's positively covered in an arrangement of fruit and vegetables and all kinds of bread. Looks like they've gone all out.

What's really the cream of it all, though, are the desserts. Not a lot that's special, but there's a wide collection of cookies and cupcakes, and enough hot chocolate to feed an army. Maybe literally. There is a section that's particularly fancy, and that's the many candy apples, definitely courtesy of Sally. Along with a cute amount of peppermint bark. It seems like the food is unending, too, since there's the delicatible smell of baking cookies and simmering candy from the kitchen. Thalia and Sally are keeping you stocked, don't worry. ]

Comments

[hallotween]

There are tons of positive rat role models! Like... The NIMH rats! Rat in The Wind and the Willows! [and then NOTHING ELSE because it's DISNEY ALL THE WAY DOWN] It's the first animal of the Chinese zodiac, too!

... I've been learning a lot of rat facts. For ammo.

[fairlypushy]

The zodiac one is a good example! The story is that he's the first because he's clever enough to ride on the cow and hop off so he's first. [Wait.] . . . Oh, but he also tricks the Cat into not going.

[Maybe not??? Such a good???? Example???]

[hallotween]

Well, he still wins, right? That's a positive thing, if not completely heroic.

[fairlypushy]

That's true. Maybe it'll make him feel better, since it' not like he has to be super good, just kinda good?

[She's never rehabilitated a villain but baby steps seem like a good idea.]

[hallotween]

Exactly! He just has to see that being a rat isn't a bad thing to be.

Did you know rats can go a really long time without water, even longer than camels? Rat fact. [she's basically mocking dylan and no one but her can appreciate that.]

[fairlypushy]

I didn't. [Amanda laughs, even though she doesn't quite know the reference.] It's nice that you're still learning here, though. I mean, school sucks but it's important.

[hallotween]

At least here there's no homework. [just. you know. murder.]