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

[pardonmylanguage]

I guess...people have talked about cats going around looking for their owners. And acting confused when they're not where they usually are. [She pets Mochi some more as she speaks.]

[chainbroke]

I see... I wonder if he'll look for Tadashi.

[ She sighs. ]

I hope Mochi isn't too sad, if he realizes what happened.

[pardonmylanguage]

I promised to do my best to look after him...and at least he won't be alone here.

[chainbroke]

That's good... And if you need anyone to help, I can try. I've never taken care of any kind of animal before, but... I like Mochi.

[pardonmylanguage]

[She nods.] Cats like to wander around a lot, but you might need to watch out if he decides to try and climb something. He might not be able to get down by himself. [She speaks with the voice of experience.]

[chainbroke]

Okay. I can do that.

[ She scratches Mochi under the chin. ]

I think, if he gets too high up, we might have to ask someone else to help him down, though.

[pardonmylanguage]

[She actually laughs a bit.] Yeah, probably! Although he doesn't seem like the climbing kind of cat. More the kind who likes to lie on the floor and get in the way. [She says that with fondness, though.]

[chainbroke]

Oh, because he's so big.

[ She smiles a little. ]

He did drink all that milk so fast.

[pardonmylanguage]

Yeah. A lot of that might be fur though. [She runs a hand through Mochi's fur to show how thick it is.]

[chainbroke]

[ She mirrors her action, and she laughs the tiniest, quietest bit. ]

There's so much of it...

[pardonmylanguage]

I know, right? At least that makes him a good choice for petting.

[chainbroke]

And he must be very nice to hug.

[pardonmylanguage]

He is. [A pause] Do you want to hug him?

[chainbroke]

[ She definitely does. Naminé nods. ]

Do you mind if I do?

[pardonmylanguage]

Not at all. I don't think he minds either. [Mochi, indeed, does not protest as Tip moves him over to Namine's lap.]

[chainbroke]

[ She looks absolutely over the moon as Mochi's moved. Gently, she lifts the big cat up and gives him a very gentle hug. ]

Oh, wow... He's wonderful to hug.

[pardonmylanguage]

I know. [She scratches the cat's head as she speaks.] With him and Wander's chicken, we've got the start of our own petting zoo.

[chainbroke]

[ She hugs him a little longer before setting him down... but not before placing a quick kiss on his nose. ]

Oh, but I hope that if there are more aninals in that machine, they'll be alright.

[pardonmylanguage]

Yeah...he doesn't seem traumatized, at least. [She decides not to mention the dead zebra.]