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

Comments

[kindaruledatit]

...You mean I should talk to my conscience, right? [Because everything generally goes back to that, doesn't it?]

[whistlenotchirp]

...Well, yes. But figuring out your own thoughts ain't too shabby either.

But particularly the conscience. [Never forget the conscience.]

[kindaruledatit]

Yeah, yeah... [Look if she needed a conscience, she'd have gotten one years ago.]

I guess my thoughts are just all about what home is like right now. I bet people have noticed that I'm missing. And Ford too.

[whistlenotchirp]

[Home. Yeah, he can understand that.]

Big ol' person sized hole where a Wendy should be, eh? Maybe they're searching for ya right now.

[kindaruledatit]

[She snorts.] I bet. My folks wouldn't just be the kind of people to sit around and do nothing.

[They're meatheads, but... they're still meatheads. They're also her family.]

I kind of wonder how much my friends can do. Since we're stuck in some weird, other-world or whatever.

[whistlenotchirp]

[Hmmmmmm...]

Well, they could be right around the corner, ready to save us all and get us out of dodge.

[kindaruledatit]

...Heh, that's some wishful thinking, dude.

[She'd feel a whole lot better about that if she hadn't been expecting the same thing for like, three weeks...]

The more I think about it, the more I think we have to get outta here ourselves.

[whistlenotchirp]

Hey, if we can find an exit, I'm happy to burst out of whatever hole we squeeze through.

[kindaruledatit]

[gross, jiminy.]

Yeah, uh... cool. [Thumbs up. Whatever floats your boat, cricket man.]

Man I should... [Her voice goes down to a whisper.] Maybe I should try and find another way out of here.

[whistlenotchirp]

[Blink. Blink.]

Like through a back door?

[kindaruledatit]

....No, I mean, like through another way. Maybe check and see if there's any secret passages around here or something.

[They had already been shown that with the trial room. Now it really begged the question.]

I'm usually really good at uncovering secret junk others don't want you to find out about.

[whistlenotchirp]

Oh. Oh! That could work. I haven't found many cracks big enough for me to sneak through yet, but with another floor, we could have another look about.

[kindaruledatit]

Yeah dude. Anything we could find would potentially help us get outta here.

[she eases back on her heels, slowly until she falls back, looking up at the ceiling.]

Man, I'm sick of being in here.

[whistlenotchirp]

[Following her lead, Jiminy just kinda leans back himself.]

I've seen some alarming stuff in my time but... this is just evil and claustrophobic.'

But don't worry, we'll get out soon enough. [A quick addition, an attempt at comfort. But almost more to convince himself than her.]

[kindaruledatit]

It's not even that claustrophobic, it's just... weird. [Not that Wendy would think to consider the full definition of claustrophobic.

she nods, slowly.]

Hey, I know. We'll get out of here eventually. Or, we won't. That's how it is.

[whistlenotchirp]

Could just be me. Crickets weren't meant to be indoors this long, that's for dang sure.

...Sort of a wishy-washy view, ain't it?

[kindaruledatit]

S'just how it is. Either we can escape from here, or... [Or they end up just like unfortunate Tadashi and Sophie.]

I don't like to think about it.

[whistlenotchirp]

[Ahhhh.]

No shame about that. There's feeling guilty and there's... unnecessary thoughts.