a family dinner for family announcements of a celebratory kind

[softlyfalling]

Who: Shrike Nero Jason Glory Raven Vergil
Where: Olive Garden
When: a convenient time

[ when you're here, you're family!!!

also shrike made some... well, the shape leaves something to be desired but the red velvet macarons taste right and there's a dish of chocolate-dipped cherries and strawberries also. ]

Comments

[rollplayinghouse]

Mm. We'd made a lot of promises to each other already, and it's not like he's the only one who will be there to support me, but... This feels special.

[softlyfalling]

I'm... really glad. Honestly.

It gives my heart a little bit of peace, in a way.

[rollplayinghouse]

It does...?

[softlyfalling]

Mm, I mean...

...well, I know both of you have had worries about a future, and I suppose... something like your lives meaning something. But also, in addition to that...

[rollplayinghouse]

In addition to that...?

[softlyfalling]

...




...Nero and I are graduating, Glory.

[rollplayinghouse]

What?

[softlyfalling]

And Jason, too—

...you know they let me think for a moment that Nero would be going without me? But we're going home.

[rollplayinghouse]

...You don't... You can't just...

[struggling to get words out]

1/2

[softlyfalling]

...I know. Apparently you can choose the destination but that's all.

I suppose... I could have waited longer, to see if they'd relent. But—

[softlyfalling]

...in a way, maybe I'm ready to face a future.