i'll be dreaming of the day we meet again

[innocentloveholic]

[ After she gets Fern patched up, Aligula starts on what might be her Best Party Ever.

...until her next one, anyway. It's no surprise where she's hosting today: it's the dormitory area. Throughout the hours of setting it up, it gets more and more colorful—the doors of the dead (both newly deceased and old) get childish paper cut-out flowers (think the daisy looking ones), while the living get stars. They're all in different colors, with no real discernible pattern! Long strands of ribbon decorate the walls along with more colorful party hat-looking cut-outs, in and out of the little cul-de-sac areas. In the center of the area are blankets laid out with plates of pancakes and trays of tea, stacked on tables made out of books. (There are also parfaits in wine glasses, because of course there are.)

More importantly, there are pillows across the floor of the entire hallway and especially stacked around the center, and in every little room area there's a nice note posted to one of the walls, in Aligula's ever familiar curly handwriting:



Apparently, today's after-party is the slumber party type to even help people who might not want to wander the hallways tonight. ...and look, Luca, she even took your advice. ]

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[innocentloveholic]

That's because I've got experience! ...Sort of! I mean, I'm part of a big group, right? Leading something like a gang can't be that hard.

[ s...ure. ]

[greenmamabear]

[She reflects back to the gangsters in her shitty neighborhood.]

Well, as long as you got good teamwork, it'd probably work out fine.

[innocentloveholic]

And good teamwork comes naturally with trusting people.

[ ...this has been one long trust exercise so far and all it's done is thrown its middle fingers up at them. ]

[greenmamabear]

[It suddenly hits her that yeah, she does trust Aligula. She's befriended bacteria who have no concept of death, a maggot who finds her desire to stay alive a weird quirk. And those guys were people she trusted without question at this point.

So Aligula? Helpful Aligula who was a little goofy but always did her best to keep people happy? Yeah, Fern trusted her too.]

Have I ever thanked you for these parties? [KIND OF A NON SEQUITUR BUT.] Because they're great.

[innocentloveholic]

[ ...she's not sure how to handle this sudden confession, oh my— ]

You haven't, but you're welcome! They're a lot of fun. [ to host, to attend, to entertain at... ] I'm just gonna keep doin' them too, so don't worry about if we're gonna have anything fun. I think I might start tying them into meetings like I did the past week though... That was nice, wasn't it?

[greenmamabear]

[Don't make it weird Aligula.]

That sounds like a good idea.

I was just thinking is all, if I was kind of judgy when we first got here? My bad. That was a dick move.

[innocentloveholic]

Aww, you just had to loosen up some! So you're forgiven.

[ no hard feelings bruh. ]

I guess most people aren't used to the idea of having parties when everything's all crazy, even if I totally am? So it's whatever.

[greenmamabear]

Nah, it helps people settle down. Relax, process. Support each other and stuff. Better than twiddling our thumbs.

[innocentloveholic]

I'm glad you're finally coming around to the thought. [ ...there, Fern's braids are... hmm. ] You have really fluffy hair. Has anyone ever told you that?

[ IT SORT OF MAKES FOR A HARD TIME WITH BRAIDING. ]

[greenmamabear]

Can't say I have. I've never really gone to one of those salons or anything though.