How could this happen? (afterparty)

[folkscallmewander]

[Wander has reeled back from this execution faster than Mulan's. This murder wasn't an accident, but it was still terrible all around, and it wouldn't have happened under normal circumstances. Knowing that Tadashi planned this out made it...a bit better, but it still made something awful eat at his stomach.

Speaking of which, everyone needed to eat something light today. Right after the trial, he heads to the kitchen and prepares twenty bowls of fruit salad and mixes together ingredients for chocolate chip cookies. While they're cooling off, he slides a note under everyone's rooms.]



There's fruit in the lounge, cookies coming soon. We should stick together, especially after this.

♥ Wander

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[folkscallmewander]

[He sits down and thinks about the bio.]

Foster aunt?

[outsidethecircle]

[There's a nod. She does love Yoriko but that isn't something that she can overcome easily.] I've been living with her family for a long time.

[folkscallmewander]

[But if she's a foster aunt, who is Anna's foster mom? She's living with the aunt all this time?

Well. It's not something Wander of all people can question.]

It's nice, havin' an extended family that looks out for you.

[outsidethecircle]

[Technically she was the foster mom.

But she's glad that it's not questioned.]

I guess.

[folkscallmewander]

You guess?

[He doesn't want to pry too much in case Anna starts asking about Wander's own past, but now he's concerned.]

Are they nice folks?

[outsidethecircle]

[That alarms her slightly--]

No, no, they are nice. They treat me well but... they did send me away to the country for the summer.

[folkscallmewander]

I see.

[He doesn't. He's visibly puzzling out why someone would do that for their kid. Vacation? Camp? Visiting friends?

He bites his lip.] On your own for the first time?

[outsidethecircle]

I'm staying with some of her relatives. [Oh no. She suddenly realizes the phrasing was off--] They said the fresh air would be good for my asthma. The Oiwas are good people, too.

[She quickly adds that.] I think everyone here would like Mrs. Oiwa's cooking.

[folkscallmewander]

It's for your health? [He chuckles.] That's a good reason, then. You're out to get better.

[He pauses his folding.]

Do you go out travelin' much?

[outsidethecircle]

I do feel better than I did. [Healthwise, anyway. She's glad for that distraction, though--]

Not really. We pretty much stay in the city.

[folkscallmewander]

[He nods and returns to his folding, though his mind has wandered far enough that he's slowed down.]

...I don't think I've ever lived in a city before. Most of the time Sylvia and I go campin' or stay in town for a few nights.

[Or sneak onto Lord Hater's ship because the security is laughable.]

[outsidethecircle]

Really? I don't mind the country but I don't think I could live camping.

[Oh, you two.]