This Used to Be the Life but I Don't Need Another One

[stenchus_rodentus]

[Well Ratigan couldn't care less about what happened, but he really didn't get his fill of partying from the bar and everyone simpering wasn't how he wanted it to go down. Soon after the trial little notes are slipped beneath each door.]

You are cordially invited to a mourning party in the lobby. RVSP ASAP.

[In the lobby Thalia will have moved some tables to the lobby and provide her choice dish of cheeseburgers along with a smattering of bread, fruits, and vegetables. Reyna will have brought along hot chocolate galore.

For those that aren't your thing? Well in honor of the recently departed there's pine tree shaped cookies (Thanks Thalia.) and triangle crackers with cheese (thanks...Ratigan?). And there's a helping of drinks if the bar wasn't enough for you wink wink. Ratigan has every intention of making this a party.]

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[sentree]

[ Ohh, there's a grumbling face. ]

Ratigan... I thought it was weird when he expressed interest in hosting. Such a damned fool, I... [ That's not what this is about right now. ] It...was a tragedy. It's hard to celebrate their lives when we're focused on that.

[hallotween]

I don't know if we can keep going through with this. The whole trial thing. [pause] We're all just gonna tear each other apart over the next one, and he'll just keep watching. He acts all above it all, but he has to enjoy it.

[sentree]

Enjoy it, or just...be above it. Not caring, like we're just...dolls, or stories. A blink of an eye in his existence. ...I don't know which one's worse, honestly.

[hallotween]

[bitterly] He's probably not used to there being an aftermath. In the show, you never have to deal with what comes after the awful twist. That's the end.

[sentree]

His...show... That's right, in the movie room... I confess I've never seen it, or...had even heard of it, before now.

[hallotween]

It's an old show, where I'm from, but I watched a lot of re-runs. It's a horror show, and people get punished on it... But, only bad people. Something like Preston fit the bill, but... [goofy didn't. she knew that.]

[sentree]

Maybe that's why he's so detached...or maybe it's just in his nature. [ Ugh. ]

[hallotween]

Who even knows what his nature is. We don't even know what he is, really! Dipper and I were arguing over whether he's a ghost or some kind-- [oh wait he's dead

great it's weird bringing up anecdotes about dead people]

[sentree]

[ Oh, Marnie... ]

You don't have to think about it right now, okay? Just...you focus on you. ...You're much too young to have all this around you.

[hallotween]

And they were too young to die.

If I'm the last kid left alive, I need to do something with that! That's the least they deserve.

[sentree]

[ What a disturbing thought. The last kid. ]

Live, for one. ...But I don't blame you for wanting more. Just remember you have to take care of yourself too.

[hallotween]

I am taking care of myself. I can't rely on grownups to protect me. [not anymore]

[sentree]

Oh, of course not. [ She says this like it's a given. ] All I'm saying is if you need time to mourn, you should give it to yourself.

[hallotween]

Finding a way out is more important. I can get my mourning out of the way tonight. [you know, under this blanket, like a well-adjusted person.]

[sentree]

Okay. ...So focus on that, right now. ...And eat. None of us ate a thing today. [ ...again. ]

[hallotween]

It's weird that his bar doesn't even have snacks.

[thats whats weird here]

[sentree]

Probably to make tensions run higher. [ it is weird, she's right ]

[hallotween]

At least the people drinking haven't been the ones fighting. That's the last thing we need.

[sentree]

[ How good that Marnie's in blanket town. She won't be able to see the uncharacteristic look of fear on Thalia's face at the thought of that.

She pulls it together swiftly anyway. ] It...truly is. It would make everything another shade of worse.