MINGLE - Post-Op(era) Recovery

[pumpkinhollow]

On this night we drink to the death of Sorrow.

After the Fall of Efrain With the Prince of Sorrow's Song dead and gone, the opera dissipates, spitting its victims out on the summit of Crane's Ridge where the Dance of Celestine was held some months before. It's getting late, and there is no one yet in town to run the train. Some will brave the trip home simply for the sake of collapsing into their own beds and achieving some sense of normalcy. Others will do so with the hope of returning with help. But many others will simply say "fuck it" and camp out on the mountain, still fitted with extra firewood from the festival and the means to build temporary structures in nearby storage sheds. The journey down will be safer in the morning, and there's solidarity to be had in a cool spring night spent under the stars.

Oh, look, there's even some non-perishable food and wine from the Dance. Combined with what can be hunted or foraged, as well as snacks and drinks stolen from the concession stand, there's plenty to go around. This might even be a little bit fun! Anyone up for another game of Never Have I Ever? Maybe a little Truth or Dare? Or perhaps you just want to chat and unwind with your friends. Whatever the case may be, have fun. This is your time. After darkness, there is a dawn. At the death of Sorrow, there is joy.

Comments

[sunshinesally]

"Well, the objective is to get as many people to drink as possible, isn't it? Not my fault I found the perfect zinger," Sally teases.

"Mama win?" asks the brown-haired toddler in her lap, eyes wide and inquisitive.

Sally laughs. "Not yet, Gwenny, we're still playing the game." It'd be too much trouble to explain to an almost 2-year-old that this isn't the kind of game that someone wins, so she'll just tell Gwen she won when the game is over to make her happy.

[nothingbadeverhappensto]

"Your mama probably just scored the highest anyone's gonna score tonight," Leon says, huffing. It's good-natured, though. "We'll just have to see if anyone can still keep track by the end."

Never Have I Ever is not necessarily a game with winners, but what's a stupid drinking game without a little competitive spirit and a lot of uncertainty as to whether anyone can actually tally up the victor when it's over?

"Anyway. How are you two holding up? It's been a long day, huh?" That last part is addressed to Gwen - Leon had tried his best to keep an eye out for her throughout the whole affair, and he's pretty sure he didn't see her subjected to any of the worse parts of things, thank God, but he can't imagine it was very fun for her even so.