If your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme...

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[ Another week, another horrible sight to see. Another child dead.

Last week, Kim had spent the majority of her time crying in her room. This week, she- ...okay, she definitely cries, but she refuses to do so alone. An hour or so after the trial, notes are slipped under everyone's doors, written in her neat, curvy handwriting. ]

If you don't want to be alone right now, come to the dining room. We will have food. Don't shoulder this on your own.
- Kimberly, Lekmet, Marco, Rocket

[ There's an extra note on Beast's: ]

Please bring the mirror. I think everyone would benefit from talking to those we've lost again.

[ This is becoming painfully routine. Around the dining room, there are signs set up - courtesy of Rocket - that say NO DUCKS ALLOWED. In the dining room itself, there's a variety of foods set up. Various soups, vegetables, chicken nuggets- basically just things so people have something to eat, if they need it. Some simple sandwiches. Thank Lekmet. Marco's provided a rainbow cake. ...And also courtesy of Rocket, there's...booze.

Sorry, Mr. Arrow. ]

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[ Everything has happened so much and Kim is frustrated and exhausted. The moment she sees Stan she clings to anything she can and just rushes over to him. ]

How is she? Is she awake?

[stanbyme]

She's- [Is that a blush and an awkward cough? Noooo] Yeah, she's awake.

I was just getting her some water. You wanna come back with me and see her?

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[ Normally she'd probably comment on the blush but a duck just broke their mirror. ]

Oh, thank goodness. Yes, I would love to, thank you.

[stanbyme]

[There'll be time later, probably.

Also he was just talking about breaking Neg's arms and legs, don't tell him about the mirror yet or he'll follow through.]

Sure thing, gimme one second.

[He finishes getting the glass of water, and then starts leading the way back to Leia's room.]

[pinkflip]

[ It's fine she'll break down to mom and dad later tbh.

She anxiously follows him. ]

She's okay, though? She's not hurt, or...or having any lasting effects?

[stanbyme]

'Bout as good a shape as you could expect if you slept about a whole day.

[Thirsty, groggy, etc.]

But she's up and talking and remembered everything, so I guess when Prince Dingdong dropped her she didn't get hit too hard.

[He knocks a couple times with the back of two knuckles, then cracks the door.]

Hey, I'm back. Brought you a visitor.

[pinkflip]

[ Kim just kind of swoops in as soon as the door's open tbh. ]

Leia! [ ...and goes right for a hug ]

[hasit]

[When the door opens, Leia braces herself, and kriff is she glad to see Kim's face. To see that she's made it through another week, that she doesn't have to mourn her. She's sitting on the edge of the bed, still, and she opens her arms readily for the hug.]

Hi, sweetheart. [She sounds. So tired.] I'm fine, don't you worry.

[stanbyme]

[Stan barely gets out of Kim's way without being bowled over or spilling water everywhere, but he follows her inside and he can't help but smile a little.]

Easy, kid, she ain't going anywhere.

[He nudges the door mostly closed with his foot, but he knows that there are plenty of others who will want to check on Leia. And, well, he can play bouncer if she gets too tired to see anyone else.]

[pinkflip]

[ Kim's only just embraced in the hug when the waterworks start. This day has been a horrible one, honestly. ]

I- I was so...! I didn't know if...!

[hasit]

[Oh, no, this poor thing. Leia gives her a comforting squeeze, glancing up at Stan over Kim's shoulder.]

It was all a misunderstanding. I'm doing just fine. There's just a goose egg on the back of my head, but it just smarts a little.

[pinkflip]

[ She sniffles, hugging tight. ]

Are you sure? O-oh, Mr. Pines was- he brought water, um-- [ right, leia needs that, gj kim ]

[stanbyme]

[Stan sees his opening and comes over, offering the glass to Leia.]

Here, sugarpie.

[He looks like he’s considering sitting down with them, but decides against it.]

Don’t let me get in your way. I oughta go check on Mabel, anyway.

[hasit]

[Sugarpie. If Kim wasn't here, Leia would absolutely be challenging the nickname for no other reason than to see Stan squirm a little. As it is, her cheeks color a little, and she takes the glass gratefully and gulps down a full third of it before she sets it aside.]

Thank you, Stanley. Tell her I said hello, will you?

[All this while giving Kim a comforting squeeze on the shoulder.]

[pinkflip]

[ ...Sugarpie? Okay, that penetrates her mood, and Kim can't help but glance between the two of them. Is there...? Well, it's nice to see something good come out of this horrible place.

The squeeze, that's nice, to matters at hand. Already she's feeling...well, not better, but less completely awful. ]

[hasit]

[She's just going to give Kim a...sheepish kinda look. Time for a subject change!]

You guys were alright without me, weren't you? Nobody was fighting, or...trying to pin it on the Beast this time?

[pinkflip]

Um... [ Should she tell Leia about Kit....... ] Just with Negaduck. And, uh...Molly got angry at Kit.

[ Also she was screaming internally at the thought of doing the trial without Leia, but. ]

[hasit]

Rightfully so. [She pauses, frowning.] Molly? She didn't...she's okay, right?

[It makes it sound like something Happened, and Leia doesn't like that much.]

[pinkflip]

Oh, she's fine. [ A beat. ] He was unconscious for uh...the whole trial.

[hasit]

...Oh. [Damn, Molly.] I hope she didn't do any lasting damage. After all, I'm fairly certain what he did was an accident.

[pinkflip]

Y-yeah, I figured. We were all just a little...high-energy. [ MR. ARROW HAD AN ARM INSIDE OF HIM... ] I think he's alright.

[hasit]

[Please nobody tell her about this. Please.]

I can't blame you. It must have been quite a shock for...for whoever found me.

[She still doesn't know how that all went down.

But she nods firmly.]

Good. It means I don't have to punish him too harshly. [wink!]

[pinkflip]

Mr. Pines didn't really fill you in on a lot, huh? [ That gives her pause. ] You, um...you know who's...dead, right?

[hasit]

I think...he didn't want to overwhelm me. [Her mouth presses into a thin line.] That much he did tell me, yes.

[pinkflip]

[ She's a little relieved she doesn't have to break that news. ]

It's awful. All Pinocchio wanted to do was help us, but- but that horrible duck... And Mr. Arrow...