souls have been lost and the panic grows

[phototraces]

[That... that was hell, actually. Wendy didn't like that at all. After the trial she... has to head to the kitchen and hopefully not find clay shit everywhere. She needs to do something to keep things under control. To keep things going.

She's not a great cook but she knows the basics. Meat. Bread. Cheese. Something warm for the belly to drink. She's nervous when she works but she's relentless. There's no asking for help from her as she makes a spread for everyone. Then... she's moving all of it not to the eatery but the bonfire.

Making makeshift tables around it and placing trays of food and drink. Even setting up a chair for Alex a good distance away from the fire but close enough that he can be part of things if he wants to.

Wendy, with her careful writing, writes up some notes and hands them out to everyone if she can find them or if not under their door.

Food at the bonfire and the area around it. Attendance not mandatory but it's probably better for all of us if we stick together. Bring more food and drink if you want.

Wendy

...She can't control other people but she can try to suggest.]

Comments

[latinumsbetter]

[Quark can't help but snort at that]

Yeah, of course. Pretend like that was a one-off and surely big and ugly out there will leave us alone from now on.

[cannotunravel]

[Misane sips from his drink]

I'm amazed he has the restraint not to mess with us right away.

[Be glad there are murdergame traditions, Misane]

[latinumsbetter]

I'm not. He's probably going to go gloat about his success for a few days. People like that like to stew in their own self-importance, and then come back with another threat.

[cannotunravel]

Have you known a lot of braggarts like him...?

[She sounds a bit puzzled. Ah, a huge sign of her inexperience as someone who works in crime: she hasn't met that many criminals who do that, just yet]

[latinumsbetter]

Oh sure, there's plenty of 'em. All over the universe. People who like to make a show of their power, and don't care who they step on in the process. In fact, sometimes stepping on people is part of the fun for them. Sometimes they try and justify whatever it is their spouting but it's all a load of garbage.

[cannotunravel]

...oh. Wait, I can already think of someone like that...

[Misane realizes perhaps that kind of people do exist, mostly because Quark's way of putting it sounds a lot like a criminal she met recently. Ugh...]

Terrible people, in every way.

[latinumsbetter]

Pretty much.

Now sometimes, if you know how and you can figure out what they want, you can bargain with those sorts of people. In fact, they're easier to bargain with than most. The problem with this guy is that we don't have anything to bargain with, nor do we know what he wants.

[cannotunravel]

He wants to inconvenience Athena. That's the only goal I can see.

[But hey, who says the titan can't multitask and have other goals as well]

[latinumsbetter]

Not just inconvenience. He wants to get under her skin. He can't get to her directly, so he's going through us.