i don't want to survive, i want to live

[mermaidcursed]

Who: Yes
What: Movie Night + Slumber Party 
When: 9/11, Saturday Evening
Where: Dorm Common Room 
Warnings: A ridiculous amount of Fluff, probably

( it starts out small. a need for comfort food, and a need for something heartfelt but silly and fun, something genuine and kind. ... and, well, she did find a weird. bootleg vhs set of her favorite movie series, hamster space wars. but the dorm is only barely furnished- and it's not like they can just go out and buy a tv or anything. honestly she completely doubts there's even anything beyond the woods. but she remembers a teacher playing the thing and other stuff in the first month of all of this. 

it's so long ago...

but there's a television and a vhs player in the school. and nene... nene's tired and sad and is currently out of fucks to give, so at some point in the day, after everyone else has left, nene has returned to the school and, uh. "borrowed" both things. it's fine. they just have to get it back in by sunday evening. don't worry about it. like, it's definitely heavy but she's a tough cookie who tills soil and everything, and also sara and noah both witnessed everything and are accomplices by default, so they had to help carry things too. 

(they were completely happy to help on both accounts, she asked very nicely.) 

so the "borrowed" television is set up across from one of the larger couches, and the vhs on top of it. she had cookies in the oven, donuts and hot chocolate made and popcorn popped. the common room paintings are covered with sheets of cloth. all that was left was something cozy- but at this point, nene's made so many little cushions and blankets and even cozy pjs that that's super easy. all that was left was letting anyone who wanted to come know too. so at some point in the halls, nene walks down calling out: )

Cartoons in the common room! Bring blankets and stuff! 

( and, so everyone knows what their characters are getting into: hamster space wars is a movie series about different factions of hamsters that have been trying for cross planetary peace for ages now, with a villainous faction having sabotaged the final negotiations so they can control the war from the shadows to make the most money and also get the most seeds (Very Decadent). the first movie follows the main hamster and his little group trying to escape the villains after having witnessed the sabotage, and are trying to avoid assassination and end the war for good. the sequels follow allied factions, with hamster galactic wars being the Thrilling Conclusion. 

it's heartfelt. it's silly. it's very cute. nene loves it. )

Comments

[unimmune]

Because of what he did. He was doing illegal experiments and it ended up going wrong and killing almost everyone on his ship. [It had been horrible, searching that ship for any survivors. She had hoped she would find him alive, but... he was one of the many casualties.]

He had good intentions, but he went about it in the wrong way. Still, I... didn't want him to be labelled a war criminal. I didn't want all the good he did in his life to be forgotten because of his mistakes.

[devouringdeep]

[More context paints a clearer picture, and Childe lets her speak with that intense sort of focus he gets when he's paying a healthy amount of attention to someone's words. He nods as she finishes, shifting the bulk of his weight onto his left leg.]

Legacy is important, especially when it comes to those who you care about, and who care about you in turn. Mistakes happen. Sometimes, the price is too high to pay to fix them the way they need to be fixed. But you fronted the responsibility for amending his actions, so as far as things go in my eyes, you did the right thing. Although... for what it's worth, I'm sorry that fell onto your shoulders in the first place. It couldn't have been easy.

[unimmune]

I was almost labelled a traitor, too. I had been sending him parts, but he didn't tell me the whole truth. I thought he was doing simple experiments, not-- what he was really doing. He didn't want me to get in trouble for his actions.

[That whole trial was a shit show.]

I'm just lucky Shepard was able to convince the Admiralty Board of my innocence, without having to expose my father.

[devouringdeep]

Sounds like things worked out for the best, luckily.

[Technically? Granted it still sounds like a mess, but she came out of it relatively unscathed, so that's gotta count for something right?]

How'd she convince them? Twist a few arms? Avoiding treason doesn't exactly sound like it's easy to do.

[unimmune]

A few of them were using the incident as an excuse to push their political opinions instead of caring whether I was innocent or not. Shepard...might have yelled at them until they listened and got their act together. [Shepard was really good at yelling sense into people.]

She has a way with convincing people they're being idiots.