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

[georgeous]

I don't like Wesker, but I agree that being distrustful is the only way we can hope to achieve anything here. That and the will to work together regardless.

[nachetanya]

Why do you consider distrust important, if I might ask?

[georgeous]

You can never know what truly is on someone else's mind, no matter how close you think you are. Bonds like that numb your perception and make you biased. Normally that is merely bothersome, but in our situation is may well be fatal.

[ He smiles. ]

I'm rather invested in surviving, so I won't allow myself to stop second-guessing.

[nachetanya]

I see... Again, I'm not sure you're really wrong.

[ She frowns a little and- ] I don't know I will agree completely, though.

[georgeous]

I thought you might not.

[ And that's because you're still a bit of a child is what he doesn't add. ]