I won't pretend that I intend to stop living

[mildwildchild]

Who: erryone in Pride
What: recovering from the events of December 7
When: late December 7/early December 8 - ???
Where: Pride HQ and wherever else they're allowed to go
Warnings: Carnies? references to I Will Twist the Knife


So maybe you've just gotten back from the most mellow kidnapping ever and you're itching to tell your bandmates about what went on with the cool helmeted guys while everyone else was at that stuffy party. Unfortunately, you'll have to wait a little while to tell them, but that's okay - surely you can keep yourselves occupied until everyone else returns.

Or maybe you're one of those who wound up at that party of Naomi's, and your night was a little less fun. Now you're back at HQ, possibly with mended physical injuries and almost certainly with a few new psychological scars. Now's your chance to check in on your friends and bandmates who missed out on all the trauma and deal with things as best you can.

Comments

[sailorlaughter]

Oooooh, what kind of cake?

[blindfoldcode]

Cake rolls. Vanilla cake, whipped cream and strawberries. [They remind her of someone. She wishes she knew who.]

[sailorlaughter]

Ooooooh, that sounds awesome! I dunno what I'm gonna make people, besides the cookies. Maybe like...cupcakes or something...

[blindfoldcode]

There's gonna be a lot of sweets around here, huh?

[sailorlaughter]

Totally! It's gonna be awesome!

...maybe let's not tell Jin though. You know how she is about like...image and stuff...

[blindfoldcode]

I'm the last one who's gonna be talking to Jin about anything.

[She has yet to figure out how to approach what Greg told her at the party.]

[sailorlaughter]

Yeeeeeah...

[Pinkie visibly hesitates for a second.]

So hey, if she ever wants to see you, you should come get me and we'll go together! That way she won't have to meet with all of us individually...or whatever. [It's a bit of a lame excuse.]

[blindfoldcode]

[Kido's silent as she tries, slowly, her brain is still foggy, to come up with an argument.]

You know how it gets with the two of us. I wouldn't want to drag you into something like that. It'll just be another argument and you don't need to get in trouble.

[sailorlaughter]

That's exactly when I should be there! I'm, like, TOTALLY good at chilling people out, you know?

[DON'T GET IN SOLO ARGUMENTS WITH JIN OH DEAR GOD]

[blindfoldcode]

[SHE'S ALREADY HAD A FEW. MORE THAN A FEW. PROBABLY A LOT. SORRY, PINKIE.]

Don't worry. I can handle it. I'm not so sure she's as good at being chilled out.

[sailorlaughter]

Yeeeeeeeah...still, two heads are better than one! I bet she'll get better like...eventually...

[She does not actually sound convinced of this.]

[blindfoldcode]

Don't worry, Pinkie. I got it. [She don't got it.]

[sailorlaughter]

Yeah, yeah, okay. But Tiger's not allowed to meet with her alone anymore.

[Does Kido know? Pinkie's not sure who all Greg told about what happened.]

[blindfoldcode]

[Kido's expression immediately turns into a scowl. It's fine when Jin does it to her, but not when she does it to Tiger.]

Tiger's not allowed to meet with her at all if we can help it.

[sailorlaughter]

...did you talk to Greg?

[blindfoldcode]

I did. At the party.

... Has she hurt you, too? [With Kido it makes sense, Kido does nothing but talk back. With Tiger... unfortunately, she could make the connection, now. Pinkie and Trucy? She's got nothing.]

[sailorlaughter]

Naaaaah. You?

[Pinkie's not really concerned about herself. She's the oldest and the wittiest, and the gossip in Pride Records is insidious. It's good that someone else knows, though. Even Tiger doesn't know she knows, even though he's probably gonna figure it out pretty soon.]

[blindfoldcode]

[Kido looks away. And in that moment, her eyes are burning red.]

No.

[... She's not a good liar. She's actually a really bad liar.]

[sailorlaughter]

........Kido?

[no no no no no no no]

[blindfoldcode]

[Look she didn't even realize it wasn't something people would find normal until Greg got pissed, okay?]

I'm fine, Pinkie.

[sailorlaughter]

Kido...

[welp now pinkie's tearing up that'll clearly help this]

...what did she do?

[blindfoldcode]

Seriously. Look at me. I'm fine. I'm tough, remember?

[Totally tough. Totally.]

[sailorlaughter]

But you're not supposed to be! Not for things like this! She's our manager, Kido, she's supposed to -

[Take care of them? That's naive. Even Pinkie knows that.]

- she's not supposed to hurt us!

[blindfoldcode]

She laid off when I stopped talking back so much. Her job is to make sure we do what we're supposed to do.

[And now that she does because she's too afraid not to, there's no more problems... Most of the time.]

[sailorlaughter]

Not like that! She's not allowed to DO that!

[But not like...in the way she should report to Lesedi, she thinks. Maybe. Lesedi's a little scary?]

Okay, new rule, no one's talking to Jin alone!