I'll tell you all how the story ends

[cleartranquil]

Who: Ghost Quest kids and all those who want to see them.
What: So as it turns out, going against the label might've been a bad move. Who knew, right? 
When: Feb 3rd and after 
Where: Pride HQ
Warnings: Talk of torture, aftermath of violence, aftermath of brainwashing, dudes there's some dark stuff.

For the past three days, the troublemakers and ghost helpers of Pride Records were kept locked away from their friends and their bands. 

As far as everyone else knew, they were just gone. And then they were back. 

They are all worse for wear, some far more than others and some much more mentally than physically, but they are all returned to their penthouses, finally, at the end of their ordeals. 

But, at least they're back. Somewhat in one piece. For the most part. 

Comments

[cleartranquil]

It doesn't matter who she's going after.

[Yuffie's voice takes on a harsher edge then and she's much quieter.]

It doesn't matter what she's does, she's done. I want to end her.

[blindfoldcode]

And then what, if you fail and they go after Tiger again?

[cleartranquil]

[At that moment, Yuffie shudders, because all she can imagine is failing and hearing them scream and she doesn't want that. She doesn't, and she imagines the Boss's face again, that face mixing with the horrible one in her dreams.]

I don't...I don't know.

[Yuffie resettles so she's sitting next to Kido instead of just kind of clinging onto her, but since Kido hasn't shoved her off, she still keeps an arm over her shoulders.]

I wanna believe this can all be over and it'll be okay. [She pauses again. I want to believe we can help him.

[She's so sure, sometimes. And then it's like something takes the wind out of her sails.]

[blindfoldcode]

I can't. I can't help him. [She curls up on herself again when Yuffie moves, and her hair--it's still a wreck, she barely bothered staying inside the penthouse--curtains around her face.] I'm the reason this happened to him. I can't help.

[cleartranquil]

No matter what, Tiger's your friend, and you love him, right?

[This she knows. Kido protects her band. That's pretty much the first thing she learned about her.]

And that means no matter what, you still try to help them, even if they don't know they want your help, even if you don't know how. You try. That's the part that matters.

[The doctor keeps saying to hope, she doesn't know if she does. She remembers hoping when her mom was sick. But this is different. This is so much it normally burns someone out. But he's strong, right? The strongest. And ---. She'll help him.

She comes out the door, dark eyes overly shiny and she and everyone else pretends they don't know she's been crying. But they're all there for her. And for him. They'll all be there.

"We'll be back."]

Cause people mess up, and they screw up and stuff happens. But what matters is people come back, and they keep trying to help. Right?