towerofanimus | (no subject)

Characters: Anyone and everyone
Setting: Cafeteria, Noon, Nov 7th
Format: Anything
Summary: A party/discussion mingle after calling a meeting of the residents.
Warnings: tba

The anonymous post on the network was an invitation to gather, discuss and share information. Maybe they would get incredibly lucky and get to the bottom of things, such as who was behind the bombings or the strange things that went on during Quarantine.

Someone has been at work down here in the dining hall, moving the tables around to create a space in the middle in case people felt like dancing. Most of the chairs are around the outside and facing the middle, for everyone to see each other better. There was another space and some chairs for musicians, and a couple of the larger tables were set up with a large buffet of normal cafeteria food (because Zo wasn't likely to poison them) and resident prepared dishes, both clearly marked.

Of course, there was always the oatmeal.

[ooc: Feel free to make your own threads and subthreads!]

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Oh? That's too bad. Keeping things to yourself can sometimes make them worse.

[Nonetheless, it seems he's perfectly willing to just let it go at that, as if that part of the conversation had never occurred at all.]

Absolutely. I'd wondered if I was going insane or you were going insane or if I'd missed something important or--

[Pause.]

Well, since we can both perceive this candy at least, would you like some?

And divulging sensitive matters to someone who is an acquaintance is a bit odd as well, wouldn't you say?

[Though perhaps that's giving a non-human entity too much credit. It's a cultural thing more than anything else, so Lorelei may not have such a boundary.

And another laugh, and he reaches for the proffered candy.] Certainly. A sweet toast to strange beginnings, perhaps. I'd say that we're all mad here, and the longer we stay the more mad we become... it seems only appropriate. Or if not mad, melancholic at the least.

Is it? I'd assumed that burdens shared are burdens halved.

[There's nothing of mocking in Lorelei's tone, only curiosity. He really doesn't human well, but he's dedicated to giving it his best shot. Apparently 'sensitive matters' are something they don't like talking to!]

Melancholy is a thing worth staving off, ennui as well! If candy can help, then it's time well spent. Do you think it really is the destiny of everyone here to go crazy from ...all of this?