come out of hiding, i'm right here beside you

[barehands]

[A while after the execution has ended, everyone will find a simple note slipped under their door.]

If you don't want to be alone after everything that's happening, some of us will be in the dining room. Even if you decide not to come, please remember that you aren't alone here.

[The note isn't signed, but the handwriting is feminine and neat.

For anyone who decides to come, there's a good array of food laid out on the table. There are some small and simple cakes, cookies, and pastries, a healthy amount of okonomiyaki, okayu, and other Japanese dishes (with a focus on rice and eggs), along with curry. In addition, there are pancakes, and a large pot of soup. It looks like a few people collaborated to make enough food for everyone here.

Just like the meal they shared together earlier in the week, the candles from the storage room lend a more peaceful light than the fluorescent lights above.]

Comments

[gymasstics]

[Well, okay. She'll set the food down for now; she's not going to force anyone if they aren't hungry.]

Then what's going on?

[Maybe he wants to be a man without compassion, but it's impossible that he simply doesn't feel anything at all, right?]

[enhancements]

I don't know where you're getting these ideas, but again, you're mistaken - I simply have viewpoints that the others don't agree with for whatever reason.

[...Probably because those viewpoints are insane.]

Besides, I don't fear dying. There's no sense in living without risk involved; if the terms for the challenge involve death if I fail, then that's fine.

At the same time, not fearing it doesn't mean I want to encourage the process any, and if it looks like I'll die due to the group's stupidity then I'm not going to tolerate that.

[gymasstics]

[Probably because those viewpoints are insane...]

You really do sound like a robot. Even more than Robot-san... Although I guess he sounds nothing like a robot at all.

I don't want to die either, you know. I don't think any of us do.

[Except maybe Lovecraft? He's kind of weird.]

Is that why you yelled at Ace? Or Rose?

[She's not entirely following his logic, but it looks like she wants to, at least.]

[enhancements]

...They were being counterproductive, both of them.

[It's said in that odd, vaguely halting sort of way that indicates that he isn't entirely sure why this is a question in the first place - it's obvious, isn't it?]

[gymasstics]

Plenty of stuff was counterproductive. I was being counterproductive too.

[She still needs to apologize to Asgore, that was such a big misunderstanding...]

[enhancements]

Yours involved decidedly less self-righteous screaming.

[...Fur...suits...]

...Thankfully.

[gymasstics]

[...She's go ahead and get embarrassed, but what he just said is interesting. Self-righteous screaming? That's a fair assessment for George maybe, but...]

You really hate feelings that much, huh?

[Guess he wasn't just heat in the moment messing around with the compassion stuff.]

[enhancements]

[Hmm.]

I wouldn't say I hate them so much as I consider them useless. They're a liability, if nothing else.

[gymasstics]

...That's a pretty sad thing to say, Wesker.

[But now's not the time to lecture him on having feelings.]

Well, if you ever want someone to talk to, I'm a good listener, promise.

[Realistically speaking he'll probably go talk to his boyfriend over there, but the offer is there.]

[enhancements]

...I'll bear that in mind.

[It's said in the calm, placating sort of way that implies that he's heard what's said and is going to immediately disregard it, but at the very least he's not going to openly blow her off.]