It's time for another FAMILY MEETING!!

[carpevinum]

[There's a sign posted on 3-C on the 27th the future is now indicating that it's that time of month! That's right, it's time for the family meeting!

Lucifer is in charge this time and he is holding a whip, so please behave yourselves or you might get a warning crack near your head. Or don't behave yourselves. He's not your dad. He will, however, try his hardest to keep you all on track.

As Lucifer is also one of the Team Moms Dads, he's also made everybody lunch as he is wont to do. The rather fancy-looking food is set up on a couple of desks at the front of the classroom to peruse at your leisure. There are cookies and muffins as well, but please try to eat a real lunch instead of subsisting off of sweets entirely.

On the whiteboard, Lucifer has written the following topics & talking points that he'd like to discuss with everybody, and has requested that you all raise your hands so that this can be done in an orderly fashion... Good luck, Luci.

• Who is missing? Who is confirmed deceased?
• The gladiatorial battle — is it possible that those who died previously may come back to inflict further harm? Any guesses?
• What the Hell was going on last weekend?
• The void in the auditorium is infinite
• Results of last month's investigations that we agreed on doing
• The imps plaguing the school have been removed (thank you to Clamor for his assistance)
• Have we discovered anything new?

Last but not least, the final bullet is one hundred percent something that Lucifer clearly wants to do, and it reads simply:

• Instating a chore chart

So that's... fun.]

Let's try to keep this more orderly than the last one, shall we?

[And yes, the cardboard baby jail is set up in the back of the classroom! Naughty children go to cardboard baby jail. Naughtier children get a whip cracked at them. Have fun, everyone!]



[[OOC: The usual rules of the family meeting posts apply, which means threadjacking/general mingling is allowed and encouraged! Please remember to only share information your character discovered ICly to avoid metagaming. Also no Lucifer will not actually cause physical harm to anyone's characters with the whip unless player permission is granted, I'm not as psychotic as he is, don't worry about it.]]

Comments

[mermaidcursed]

( hey, guess what? the birthday girl is here... but she's definitely not even aware that this, june 27th, is her birthday.

several people dying all month, including someone you care deeply for, does that to you. to be honest i'm not even sure if she's aware of the things she's listening to... but every now and then she'll glance at the other magical people, and hajun, like she wants to say something...? before it goes away.

i swear she does have some things to stalk about, but she's sorely out of it right now. )

[silentabyss]

[...sees Nene looking sad and just kind of scoots up to her. Shoulder-bonk. You know the drill.]

[mermaidcursed]

( oh. she can do that, she can have those leans. thank you noah. )

[silentabyss]

[Noah wrote in his journal that he should stay away from her so that she doesn't fucking die but he's weak to that sad look and he just wants to protect her, okay.]

Do you... um... Do you want a hug.

[mermaidcursed]

Ah- ... That'd be nice.

( she leans into him maybe too easily. and then, because she knows he's been avoiding her. )

... Have you been okay?

[silentabyss]

...

[He pauses to think about that, and then... finally shakes his head, leaning to hug her.]

...scared, I guess. Scared and anxious, but what else is new? I'm always scared of something.

[mermaidcursed]

... I know. But... that's why we have to all support each other.

( so stop avoiding her. please? )

[silentabyss]

...I keep thinking.

[He doesn't let go, just holds her instead, burying his face against her shoulder.]

I'm someone who... has pretty bad luck, I guess. Everyone who I've considered close to me has died. It keeps happening here, too, s-so...

...

I guess I'm scared that because I care about you, you're going to die too.

A SURGE OF NENOAH HIT ME

[mermaidcursed]

... Nope. I'm going to live for 90 more years.

( she will. hanako and her, together- they'll get it done. they have to. they will. )

But even then... no matter when it comes for me... I'd rather have lived my life with the people I love, happily and at each other's sides. So... come back to me, please?

[moderating]

... Hello, are you alright? [ In her hands is a stuffed Monomi toy, that she has and is holding because it was bothering her in her backpack. ]

she's!! trying her best im sorry

[mermaidcursed]

Oh- um. I-I just have a lot on my mind. ( see? she's even smiling! she's fine! ) Thank you though. Um- what were they saying about the void...? I missed the last bit.

[moderating]

... They say its dangerous and should be avoided at all costs. Have you seen it yourself?

[ Casual conversation is important justification of helping alleviate issues of the mind. She settles with her and has Monomi sitting on her lap. ]

[mermaidcursed]

A few times. More than I'd like... When I wind up there, I try to avoid the auditorium.

[moderating]

... Have you noticed other things?

[mermaidcursed]

Ah- what do you mean?

[moderating]

... Sorry... I don't got there often myself. I try to avoid it - it's creepy in a way right? [ Although she is not inadvertently scared of anything, she does think its creepy. ]

[spiritoso]

[ Kaede plops herself down right next to Nene. ]

Hey.

[ As much as Kaede likes to talk people up when they're feeling down, she knows that she can't always start with that. Sometimes simple is better. ]

[mermaidcursed]

Oh- um. Hi.

( she doesn't seem to want attention, but... well. it's not like she can brush anyone off too easily. )

as promised!!

[begetblue]

[ sup how's it going fellow june baby, not well it looks like

It was easy to feel powerless in this situation. If the most they could do right now was to carry around glasses of water and snacks to anyone who looked like they needed a little refreshment, then so be it. It was at least something. ]

Are you worried about those people?

nene: hints at her own issues, immediately deflects // me: sighs deeply

[mermaidcursed]

( turing............. clutches chest. nene accepts the water with a soft 'thank you' and a faint smile. it's something! )

Ah... ... about... everyone, really. But... I had memories of- of a bond with Izumi Sena. And I was trying to reach out, but I kept getting scared... but now...

( ... grief is hard already. but throw in dream-like memories of a life that shouldn't be possible, and it gets so much harder. never mind the reveals that are about to happen... )

... Will you be okay?

nene pls

[begetblue]

[ Ah. Grief and regrets were indeed hard. That was something Turing knew very well. They were turning over those words over and over again in their head in an effort to find something to say when she spoke up. Oops...! ]

Yes! I will be fine, so please don't worry! [ P-probably. But Nene didn't have to know that part. ] I'm more worried about you, to be honest.

i'm so sorry for the ellipses spam

[mermaidcursed]

I... I should be okay. I think. ... I can bounce back pretty well... I just... never lost anyone before. Not like this...

( her parents are never home. but they're not dead. it's different... and... hanako was dead long before she met him.

... if they save her. will she still be able to see him? )

[begetblue]

It is very difficult to lose someone... I wish I could offer more guidance to you, but that's something I'm also figuring out for myself.

[ Even in the aftermath, they'd had something to work towards. There was a distraction from those thoughts that liked to bring up that they could have defended Hayden if they had only stayed. ]

However, I will gladly listen if you're comfortable with that.

[mermaidcursed]

... I really appreciate it. But right now, I don't know what to say. ... But, if you don't mind, having someone to sit with would be nice.

[begetblue]

I don't mind at all! Of course I will sit with you!

[ True to their word, they sat right on down. They...would still struggle a little bit with these chairs that were clearly designed with an average human's height in mind. ]