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[ Della's face pops up looking... well, like everyone else - exhausted physically, mentally, and emotionally. She smacks her beak a bit, before speaking. ]

... So. That sucked.

[ Fully aware that's the understatement of the century, Della draws a breath, and tries again. ]

I think we could all use a nice, long breather after everything... and, gosh darn it, as Train Mom, that is my sacred duty. Hugs? Head on the lap? Head-pats telling you that you did a good job? A shoulder to cry on? Venting out all your feelings without judgement? I'm right here.

[ She slaps her chest, then slaps a small sign on on the sports/gym car. It reads

EXHAUST PILE WITHIN

But as she does this, Tidus enters the scene - Della jumps, surprised, almost forgetting his presence.

He just smiles, holding up two cups with steam coming off them, then addresses the video feed as well. ]

We're also making big batches of cocoa too. Any of you that're gonna stress bake? There's room for that room - s'long as you don't need a nap first.

[ It's a small chide though, his smile small but sympathetic. ]

I've gotten out some incense pots from the supplies - you guys who got your head thrown into a blender by that aash-- uh, that jerk, [ he takes a swift glance at Della, then back ] --it'll help you relax. Just some, but better than nothin'. I'll set some off in Momma Duck's air nest, but if you're not doing great and you think you need a pot? Tell me. Raven made a lot of good stuff for good nights sleep if you need any in the medcar, too.

... So, yes. Cocoa. Incense. Hugging. And if you want to sleep with friends for a couple nights, we got air beds and extra pillows in here. Nobody has to get up and go until they feel ready.

And if that's not enough, that's fine too. Maybe next month we do something a little more organized, if you have any suggestions - movie night, sleepover night, big eat night, whatever, I'm listening. And I'm here for you.

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And inside the sports gym, the pair can be found. They have a few airbeds blown up, but there's more that still need airing up if you pop in straight after their message. There's also a tremendous amount of pillows. If you want to help, get blowing, and make these airbeds look nice and comfy!

The transgate from the standard coach has mysteriously been moved to the sports gym's outer hallway. Who did that? But it makes it easier to bring in the cups of hot chocolate from the kitchens, and for anyone who wants to bring snacks to do so. Take a seat, remember to bring your sleeping bag and whatever else you want. Plushes, your own musical instrument to offer some de-stress medication of your own with a melody.

And there's an area where small incense pots burn away, a gentle mist rising up. It won't heal the mind completely, but it will offer it some peace. And if you're worried about nightmares, a few of Raven's sachets and teas are available.

So come get a mom hug. Come and offer hugs. Just come and get something out of the company, whatever it is. Tidus and Della - and others - will be here to give a hand.

The life you had might've been fake, but the people around you aren't.

((OOC: consider this a mingling post, where everyone is free to tag everyone else! be the comforter, the one offering comfort, both, whatever!))

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Inigo chuckles. "Heh, don't worry. You have no idea how many people I've already tucked into pillow piles."

If people don't want to rest, then Inigo will charm them into resting, one way or another! Especially when people seem extra tired, this time around.

"But I guess it's true that you seem to be doing a little better than most people who got super tired. I think they were the ones who helped out with getting all the people back home to their own worlds.."

"Yeah, the ones that aren't I assume were more involved in the dealing with it, right" Which would make sense, but for Rapunzel it was a different matter. She didn't anchor, but she more went to take people to where they need to be where the others were.

"I didn't...exactly do either. But I guess that's why I'm doing as much as I can now."

"Hey.. Surely you've worked hard back there too, right?"

He doesn't doubt that. Rapunzel always seems to work hard - or at the very least, she's always doing her best to take care of other people. There's no way she was just sitting back there during the end of the mission, and Inigo knows it.

"Cut yourself some slack too! Helping out others is good too, especially at a moment like this.. But you got to make sure to take good care of yourself too, alright?" He smiles as he says it.

"I take perfectly good care of myself." That much she seems confident about at least. "Like now, I am. But one also has to make sure those that might not normally also do."

Because she worries more about them than herself at times.

It's a familiar attitude. And he can't deny that Rapunzel seems energetic enough right now, so it's probably not necessary to keep her sitting down somehow.

.. but maybe what he's suggesting is not so much just for her as it's for him too, partially. Not even because Inigo is that tired, but because he can just use the companionship right now. Which is why he suggests:

"Well.. How about trying out this pillow fort you've made first? We could lie down here together. Just for a little bit."

"Oh, laying down in the pillow fort is fun. But should we play a game while laying down or have a nice conversation?" Both at least only require the ability to be able to talk.

"I don't know what would make good games though. Maybe a game involving questions?"

A game, huh.

It sure isn't anything Inigo has thought about, but there doesn't seem to be any protest coming from him either. Instead he just lets himself drop on the floor - or, well, on the pillow floor. It's pretty comfortable.

"A game involving questions?" He repeats, as if asking her-- "Do you know any games like that?"

"I don't know any games, but people create games all the time, right?"

She seemed at least pretty sure about that anyway. So she laid down and looked up at the pillow ceiling while laying on the pillow floor. There was nothing in here that wasn't pillows minus the people.

"Maybe asking questions to figure out what thing someone is thinking of?"

Inigo hums, like he's considering the idea.

"How about a game that will do more than just entertain us for a moment?" Not that her idea sounds bad! But it sure sounds like something that'd just be fun for now - but he can think of something a step better. "We could ask each other questions about the other's world. That's a way to learn a little more about each other too, right?"

"That would be a good idea if I actually knew anything about my world. You could learn what was outside my window but that is all I would actually know."

Downside to never leaving the house, never really got to see the outside world beyond her window.

"Hey, there's still plenty outside your window, right?"

Leave it to him to see the upsides of anything - even of Rapunzel's horrible situation back home. Inigo smiles, apparently full of confidence that he can make this work.

"Tell me what you always saw out there! I'm curious."

"A lot of nature and a pond below it." That was pretty much it. "I mean there was some wildlife to. I think rabbits and birds."

That was about all she could remember anyway. So not a lot really.

"So not a whole lot, but really pretty. Oh and stars and lanturns on my birthday, although for nearly eighteens years I didn't actually know that was what they were."

".. Lanturns?" He repeats the word, seeming to think about it for a moment as he hums.

Sure, the connection is easily made with it happening every year on her birthday, especially with what she says herself, but that's not what he's thinking about.

"What did that look like?" It sounds like something nice, so he might as well get her to talk about that. Maybe she'll enjoy it, he thinks? "Was it pretty?"

She nodded slightly. Lanturns. A thin g she didn't even ponder because she had no idea what those were at the time. AT least now she knew and it made sense. But then it begs the question why only on her birthday.

"WHat did they look like... I mean they were beautiful. It was like stars slowly moving across the night sky. I mean I did think they were stars until I studied stars."

He laughs. "I can imagine that they must have seemed like stars."

Especially when you don't know too much about the world - or haven't gotten to see much of it yet.

"It sounds like a nice tradition though, releasing all of those up into the sky. We didn't have anything like that at all back in Ylisse."

"They seemed so far away. But is it a tradition when I don't know the purpose of them. I guess for me it was tradition to watch them on my birthday."

She still didn't quite understand why it only happened then and no other time.

It was odd. She felt like they were meant for her or something. But that was just silly, right?

"But what did you have back on Ylisse then?"

"What we did have, huh.."

It's a hard question to answer. Even after all this time on the train, Inigo still is never too sure what's similar and what's different between his world and all these other worlds - especially when everything in his world obviously just feels so natural to him.

He closes his eyes for a moment, releasing a slow breath as he thinks.

"We had.. a really pretty field of flowers right outside the castle. I would always go to play there with my mother when I was younger."

"A field of flowers. That does sound like a fun place to play as a child, though didn't you damage the flowers doing that?" Because if one ran through them wouldn't that exact thing happen.

Seems like a lot of fun though.

Inigo laughs a little.

"Yeah, I suppose that did happen.." Though he didn't really pay attention to it, considering how young he had been back then. He didn't really think about stuff like that, he was just having fun.

"But it didn't matter though. The flowers always grew back, year after year, different flowers for each season.. I always thought I'd just spend my time forever in that spot."

"I guess since they grow back every year it doesn't matter all that much since a few flower grows the next time."

So it didn't really matter. So long as one had fun that was the most important thing. Being able to do that as a kid. Rapunzel did feel a tiny bit of jealousy.

"But of course you couldn't."

"Of course! No one can stay in one spot forever."

He's saying that very, very purposefully. After all, Inigo does know a bit about Rapunzel's situation back home, which is exactly why he's saying those words. He believes that there's no way Rapunzel is going to be stuck forever in that tower. There's just no way.

"We all have to move on at some point."

"That is true." Considering she was here and out of the tower she would 100% agree with that statement, even though this one wasn't by much of a choice. But it has helped her want to actually do it when she does get home if she gets to keep her knowledge.

"But sometimes it's still nice to go back now and again. So long as it holds good memories."

".. just like how you're going to remember the lanterns once you're out of the tower back home, right?"

Yes, that's a 'once'. Because Inigo believes fiercely that there's no way Rapunzel will be stuck there forever. He will fly his world-hopping dragon over if that's what it takes, he'll find a way!

"I mean yeah, though back then my intention was going to be to go back to the tower after, but now I don't know what I would do honestly."

She didn't know anything about the world around her after all and this talk proved as much, so she was honestly nervous just thinking about the what would happen after

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