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

[cthulwho]

[This would be the moment that gets a grateful smile out of him, but he doesn't seem to want to put the effort into making his face do that.]

Okay. I'll do that. [...] Thank you.

[heritrix]

[So stoic; the muscles are probably stuck like that. If he made another expression, he might break his face.]

Think about what flavor you'd like, between now and then.

[Smiling, Rin gingerly picks herself up from her place at the piano.]

There are other people I'd like to seek out before the day ends, so I'll be going now. Thank you for the chat today.