Week 1: post trial

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[It's nearing the end of the night and she's bringing Natsuo back to her and Cardia's room. Apparently he's going to face some kind of punishment for writing in his own name.

If she can provide some amount of comfort to him, then she's going to.

So tonight, she's leading him into her room. Where her roommate has likely heard nothing about it.]

He's staying with us tonight.

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[randori]

[ heathens!!! ]

That sort of chicken is for Christmas, but karaage is all year round! I'll ask Sanji if he can make it, and we'll all eat it together!!

[ The fact that he'll have to survive past tonight in order to have a meal together never crosses his mind. For him, it's a plan set in stone: they're going to eat together, no matter what, they're going to try new food and have a good meal and a good time and it's something he looks forward to— he doesn't want anything to take that away. ]

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[She's not Japanese!!]

What? That kind of chicken is for when you don't want to cook.

That sounds good. [She's... worried about his chances of living past tomorrow. But it's probably best to be positive.

It'll happen. Definitely.]

[discardia]

[ neither is she!! ]

Mm... I'm sure Sanji will be able to do it. I'll look forward to it.

[ NATSUO IS NOT GOING TO DIE DAMMIT. NOT IF THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT IT. ]

[randori]

[ ...This is terrible, because maybe even Sanji wouldn't know what karaage is and Natsuo will have to petition to the super Japanese types like Sousei or Souji to see if they can do anything about it. But until then, they are going to be positive about it and pretend!! ]

Fried chicken is for celebrations with lots of people. Karaage is for when you want to make yourself happy. We'll ask Sanji to make both.

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[Somebody must know!!]

Aren't they both fried chicken? He's a chef, he probably knows how to cook both of them.

[discardia]

Chefs are amazing like that.

But don't we need a celebration first?

[randori]

We can celebrate having karaage!

[ IT'S A MEANS FOR CELEBRATION OKAY always a good reason ]

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We're celebrating having fried chicken by eating friend chicken.

Works for me.

[discardia]

... It's very... roundabout.

[ But okay. ]

[randori]

It's pretty direct, isn't it? [ He thinks so, anyways: celebrate the cause for celebration. ]

What about you guys? What's making you happy right now, that we could celebrate too?

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... Being alive?

[That's pretty arguable, considering the circumstances.]

[discardia]

Making new friends.

[ who hopefully won't die horribly. ]

[randori]

[ ...He smiles, and it's set. ]

I'll talk with Sanji. We'll celebrate all of us being friends, hanging on and living despite all this crap.

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Yeah sounds like a pretty good celebration. For now though, we should probably get some rest.

[Because tomorrow's going to be rough.]

[discardia]

She's right. Please try your best to get some sleep-- we'll be right here.

[ Sisi included. ]

[randori]

Yeah, let's sleep.

...And thanks for being here. Not just tonight, but all those times before too.

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[She can't really promise it but...]

Don't worry, I'll be here.