How to Win an Election Without Even Running

[not_over_yet]

[ So. Many things have been pretty awful lately. But Randy gave Basil a very unique opportunity, and. Well. Freddie had always been as much for showmanship as their first host--down to the execution: she went out on her terms, with very impressive results. Basil's not about to pass up the closest thing to a victory they've had so far.

He can't do much on his own, but he finds a few others willing to help ok so they did the majority of the actual work. Point is, there's something to celebrate, and they're going to do just that.

Going through Freddie's room (of course he's looting it, she told him to) and setting things up both take time, but eventually the others will find handwritten invitations slipped under their doors.
You Are Cordially Invited To The
~INAUGURAL CELEBRATION~
of
Manor President
~ Freddie Facilier ~
( Dining Room; bring your own liquor, due to compromise )

Hanging on the wall opposite the room's casino-side entrance is a large blue banner--oddly on-base as far as matching the color of that wand-splosion--which sports metalic-gold lettering, declaring:

winner of the 2018 Manor-Presidential election
~ FREDDIE FACILIER ~


Vice Presidents
MABEL PINES and ACKBAR THE PIG
will act on her behalf during our president's absence

...That may be the most tasteful decoration in the room, as Basil told VP Mabel to raid both the sewing and art rooms for "anything in colors that would remind one of our president". There's a lot of extremely vivid violet everywhere.

There's food, naturally--provided by Lekmet--and. Well, technically no alcohol served, but as the invitations stated, there's nothing preventing you from bringing your own. ]

Comments

[not_over_yet]

You were hardly bothering me... it's...

[ ...Damnit. Someday, perhaps, a miracle will occur and he'll stop upsetting people unintentionally,, ]

You're doing a far better job of this than I ever would, or have.

[ ......

Abandoning the french fries, taking the thimble, trotting after Soos. ]

[sorrydoods]

[He'll stop so that Basil can catch up, but he's still standing next to the door.]

You don't need to try and make me feel better. You're probably a lot better at this than me. I mean, you're a detective! You've probably dealt with things like this hundreds of times. At the very least, you've solved cases before. You've helped solve some of the murders and stuff that have happened here, too.

As for me, I'm just...a guy that works at a tourist trap in a small town in Oregon. I don't really have anything special about me. I can't really help much in investigations, or the trials, I'm not really a leader-y type of person, I'm just...the guy that's still here out of pure luck.

[That's how he feels, at least. He hasn't done much in this murder house except nearly get himself killed at one point, and all that does is make him feel worse.]

[not_over_yet]

Better at what? Dealing with murders? Of course I am, that's--that's what I do. ...That's all I do... If you mean anything that has to do with looking after the living, I'm. I'm not... I'm bad at "people". I'm not. sure what I'm trying to do with this.

[ He really isn't. Someone tried to comfort him, and managed to annoy him but in a way that helped a bit, and in return he. isn't sure what he did, but he clearly did something. ]

There's nothing wrong with. feeling bad? I doubt those we've lost begrudge us happiness. All the same, things are terrible and they keep being terrible and, and. [ Alright, dial that back a bit before he makes the man feel worse, good lord. ] ...Not being happy isn't some sort of. moral failure? Or letting anyone down, or...

Your family still has you, at least? Just don't die and you're already doing better than most of us.

[sorrydoods]

[gawd basil just let a man be self-depricating jesus

Okay, that gets him to look down at Basil in surprise, a little unsure of what to say at first.]

So, you're saying I'm doing a good thing by just...surviving? That I'm somehow helping by doing that?

[He's pretty sure that's what you said, but not completely sure.]

[not_over_yet]

[ he fucked up he's goTTA FIX IT ]

...At the moment, I'm getting by on the fact [ winces as he remembers they've been out if contact for a while now ] er, hope that a fellow who hates me hasn't gone and died again.

[sorrydoods]

[Okay, that...sorta makes him better? Just a little bit? At the very least, he understands that Basil is trying to cheer him up, and he appreciates that.

And now for the new big question on his mind]

...died again?

[not_over_yet]

He was dead, then he stopped being dead...? I don't know either. Last I saw, he wasn't dead, which is good enough for the moment.

[sorrydoods]

...maybe someone did some sort of blood ritual to bring him back to life? Or whatever the others plan to do to get our friends back?

[He's just throwing out ideas and hoping one seems reasonable.]