there's so much that we share

[amadeusrockette]

[If there's one thing Julia's good at, it's feeling guilty. Once they're let out of the awful stretching room, she sets up in the kitchen and makes another cake. It's the same sort of coffee cake she made for Lea's wake, but this time it's got apples over top. While it's going, Julia writes notes for everyone except Elsa.]

I made cake and coffee. It's in the lounge, if you'd like to come by and not be alone.

Comments

[amadeusrockette]

Of course. [She sits and wrings her hands for a moment.] I'm sorry about . . . your friends.

[Is that the right word for Demyx? She's not sure, but it's obvious that Naminé has been hit the hardest by this week.]

[chainbroke]

Oh... you don't have to apologize.

[ She sits next to Julia and takes a small bite of the cake. It's good. ]

What happened to Lea, it-- it shouldn't have happened. And Demyx, he came to talk to me about what he'd seen, and I....

[ She trails off, looking troubled. ]

I think... I'm a little mad.

[amadeusrockette]

I think it's understandable to be mad.

[The phrasing is a little strange, but Julia isn't exactly the greatest at parsing emotions and she assumes weird phrasing is the fault of whatever magic translates everyone's words for her.]

At this point, I think it's probably more worrisome if we aren't mad - at least about this whole situation.

[chainbroke]

Mm-hmm.

[ If Demyx had listened to her... what then? ]

I don't regret meeting everyone, but... this whole thing is so horrible.

[amadeusrockette]

I . . . at first I assumed this was atonement for the things I've done wrong. [Catholic guilt is powerful, man.] Now, I'm not sure. It's . . . I don't think anyone deserves this.

[chainbroke]

[ Wow, that sounds... really familiar, actually. ]

No... none of us deserve this. [ She shakes her head. ] And I wouldn't wish this on anyone.

[amadeusrockette]

[She nods.]

Even the worst people I know deserve better than this. [She looks around the room at everyone.] But I think as long as we have each other, it's not as bad as it could be. At least we're not alone.

[chainbroke]

I know some terrible people, but... I wouldn't want them to be here.

[ She can't bring herself to wish this on even Marluxia or Larxene. Funny, that. ]

... I think things would be much more unbearable if we all weren't together. I've made so many friends here.

[ And as she says it, she sounds so surprised. ]

[amadeusrockette]

Exactly. This house, for as many terrible things that have happened . . . I have more friends here than I ever have back home. [Which just makes everything that's happened even worse!!] I just wish . . . we all met under better circumstances.

[chainbroke]

I agree. I'm not sure how it would have happened, but... it's nice to think about meeting everyone in a different way.

[ She folds her hands in her lap. Maybe they all could have met in Gravity Falls, where weird things are the norm. ]

But... I want to believe we can make it out of here.