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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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"I know!" He immediately says, this time a little bit closer to huffy. Because come on, even Inigo can remember to push a button!

.. usually. Probably. Point is, he does remember there being something to push on this fan, and so Inigo does. See, he's good with technology. He can do this.

Except for the fact that the front of the fan was most certainly aimed directly at Inigo's face, which means he gets a sudden gust of wind in the face. Not enough to knock him over, obviously, but definitely enough to startle him. A slight yelp escapes him, the sound distorted by him shrieking directly into the fan.

".. You didn't warn me!" Bro! Dude! Clearly this is not Inigo's own fault at all because he was pretending that he got it!

Okay, revenge served. Tidus definitely laughs when he sees the burst of wind and Inigo's upset reaction, nevermind the whining that follows.

"I thought you said you had it?" Tidus is pleased, order has been restored to the train. "See? We'll give that to Taiki when he wakes up. Don't wanna blow it in his face now."

Just in case they wake him up. ...and let's be real, they will wake him up. They're about as careful as a tonne of bricks.

"Oh, yeah?"

As careful as a bull in a china shop, as Inigo is about to prove. Because there's no way he's going to let Tidus get away with that laugh at his expense! He suddenly moves to hold the fan just a little bit too close to Tidus's own face while it's still on.

Which.. isn't too terrible, really. At worst it's kind of annoying, having air shoved into your face from that up close. The grate is nearly pressing against Tidus's face.

"Let's see how you like it!" Pal!!

The sudden air in his face does get Tidus to turn away regardless of the strength, but it doesn't stop him from scoffing, whacking a hand out at Inigo, jovial and probably having too much fun when half of the room are half asleep.

Still- "Pfft- ohh noo, cooold air in my face!"

Haha!

Please, why did Della make Tidus join in on this. Why did they invite Inigo over. It was basically inevitable that things would end up like this - with them fooling around like this, being the total opposite of calm or quiet.

"Yeah! Do you feel it?!" He may be trying to press it even closer to Tidus's face now, despite the hands batting at him.. even though that's nigh impossible. Inigo has already reached his peak. He can't press it closer unless it would clip right through his face like some sort of videogame glitch. "This cruel, cruel fate is what you laughed about! When this happened to your dear friend Inigo..!"

Edited 2021-07-27 19:55 (UTC)

Is the purpose of this fan shoving at this point to keep Tidus laughing, since it's working. Especially with the dramatics that Inigo is amping up, until Tidus can finally get his hand around Inigo's and the fan, shoving it down and out of the way.

"C-c'mon! You're gonna break it before Taiki gets it! You're such a goof!"

A goof that's going to wake up Taiki, Tidus could warn, but he'll give him a shove on the arm instead.

"See if I help you work anything again!"

There goes the fan, crashing down to the ground when it's shoved away like that. Thankfully not too hard though, since it doesn't break, but it does happen to land exactly on top of the button, making it turn off at the same moment as it hears the ground.

Inigo stares at it, half-sadly, despite the fact that it's not broken. You did your job well, dear friend. You really tried to get back at Tidus, even if it didn't work out..!

"Fine."

..

...

"I like the cat bumper better anyway."

(He means the roomba.)

"This was for Taiki," Tidus points out, reminds Inigo, though it's more incredulously-amused than anything he's really wanting to make a point out of. It's more about, this was for Taiki, and we're being kids. Because they are. This is dumb.

And speaking of dumb, Tidus's hands away from his face but a grin still worn bright on his face, he gestures over to the open floor.

"You wanna set off the cat bumper in the gym?"

Inigo's pout fades from his face, though it's - for a moment - replaced by nothing more than an eyeroll.

"Do you think all the people trying to rest here will appreciate it?" Sure, Inigo may love this thing, but he's slowly starting to become aware that it's an acquired taste. Dennis didn't seem to think it was all that cute either!

He shakes his head, expression clearing further as he looks over at Tidus.

"Maybe I should just let Jumblie run around instead. She's good at making people feel better."

Would people care or pay attention to the same way Inigo would? Tidus doubts it, but it's not a piece of amusement he's going to fit for, dropping onto his back again.

"Go ahead. Tell her to make her best cat impressions; see if she's a good replacement." To the cat bumper. "I think... we should do something fun next week. Maybe bug Kaiba to make some of those VR games already."

Hmmm, making everyone play virtual blitzball with him....!!

At that his chest glows a little, before the familiar form of Jumblie jumps out. Not that she gets the whole 'acting like a cat' idea, please, she is but a simple higgledy!

.. which mostly means that she's jumping right on top of Tidus, starting to dance on his stomach. Look, she's helping!

"You think he could make a blitzball game?" Since that's what Inigo is thinking of too - especially after that talk they had with Dennis. Now that's something he's still seriously interested in. "I mean, he doesn't exactly.. seem like a sports guy."

Not that Inigo knows what a 'sports guy' is like, mind you. But he knows Tidus, and if he's a good example of a sports guy, Kaiba is the polar opposite.

"Heyyyy-ey, Jumbo Fun," Tidus greets, a laugh with her glowing presence on top of him. Giving her a pat on her sunflower head once, then just enjoying the sight of her while he listens to Inigo.

"I asked him and Yugi -- they can ask me anything they need to know! And I've got all those blitzball books." He sees about resting his hands on his chest, before deciding to put an arm behind his arm. "--I was gonna buy some footage too."

Right, even he nearly forgot about that. But Inigo did bring it up before.

If he even remembers now.

".. you were?!"

Look at that. One moment Inigo is just asking things casually, only barely recovered from his pouty moment. And the next he's suddenly at full attention. Entirely turned towards Tidus, staring at the other guy. It's almost as if Inigo is a dog with its ears standing up and its tail wagging like crazy right about now.

Someone sure seems excited.

"You were really going to do that? I thought you were just joking before!" Come on, bro, come on!! He wants to see!

Look at that reaction. It makes Tidus's already happy enough expression brighten more, glad to see another excited about it. Someone else interested in blitzball - even if it's just for his benefit.

"What else am I gonna spend the points on? Don't get your hopes too up though, I still don't know if it's gonna work. I don't know if the train can do something like that!"

Just get the hold of blitzball media from their version of the internet?

"But if we get it, I'll get the riven off Roland and we can watch it on that! And invite Taiki over too!"

(Guess who's actually very excited about this himself!!)

It's no surprise that Tidus seems just as stoked about this too. Inigo has never seen him anything but stoked about the thought of blitzball, and the idea of watching it together with Taiki sounds like plenty of fun to him.

There's no way he's going to let the train ruin that for them. Inigo seems to be getting more pumped up already, putting a fist into the air.

"If the train doesn't give it to us, we're going to revolt!"

Has that ever worked before? No.

But that doesn't stop Inigo from saying it anyway. They will have their little blitzball party, dangit!

Listen to that energy! Tidus likes it, and he eggs Inigo on, asking: "Oh yeah? Tell me what we'll do!"

Yeah, go on Inigo!! Tidus will quickly look at Jumblie and nod at her, making sure, "You'll join us too, right?!"

Look at her jump with her tiny hands in the air. 'Hiigggle piggle!!' We've got a high class upriser with us, comrades! Fight the train system!

Of course Jumblie is all for it. Higgledies are excited when it comes to pretty much just about anything, so a class revolt sounds great to Jumblie. Look at her go, she's basically using Tidus as a trampoline at this point.

"We'll just be real obnoxious at it!" Which, sure, Tidus is already quite adept in with his continuous messages strategy, but clearly they just have to amp it up. "We'll send it so many messages that it won't be able to keep up with it! We'll break it!"

Inigo nods. So determined. "All the way until it gives us blitzball! We won't take any smaller peace offerings!"

"Sounds like a plan!" Tidus lilts approvingly. Look at him, he'd be nodding if he weren't laying down. "Alright then - one nagging session coming up! It's been a while since I've really let the train have it. We can start with its shoddy leaving us at that fish place for less than a week to learn how to fight illusions!"

Yeah!!!!! (Does Tidus remember what they're actually leaving messages for again, who knows. At least Jumblie is agreeing with him!!)

"How about we tell it that even though the double rooms are a little better, be still need some actual space in the room that isn't just filled up by a bed?"

Clearly it's just time to collect all of their grievances. Even though it's easier to air them out this way - in such a lighter way, where they can just say it enthusiastically, like they're joking about it - rather than it just being stuff that bothers them or makes their life harder.

"We all deserve luxury rooms for how long we've been doing this now!"

Jumblie jumps up and down again, 'hiiig!'-ing loudly. Apparently she wants a bigger room too. Or she's just being lively.

"Luxury rooms we don't have to pay for!" Tidus adds. Because just remembering those hire carriages- "We don't get anything extra for them, it's just space! It didn't have any soda in there or nothing!"

And that's a travesty. Tidus knows what it's like to be treated as a VIP and he demands respect!!

"Let's complain together," he huffs. "In the same call, at the same time!"

Usually Inigo would quip something about soda being the thing where Tidus draws the line, but.. this isn't the time for arguing. They have to be a united front right now. And if Tidus demands soda, then he dang better well get it with the room!

"Sure, sure! After all, the train's probably getting harassed less now so many people are more or less out for the count, right?" Inigo can't imagine many of the people looking so tired or miserable here in the gym feeling very much like yelling at the train, anyway.. And that clearly won't do. If this train isn't being told what to do, then it'll just make even worse decisions on its own.

"The only way to fix it is by talking together! Let's tell it that the only poll option we vote for is down with the polls!"

Now it's turning into a true revolt.

THEY DESERVED FREE SODAS FOR PAYING FOR THAT ROOM, INIGO!!!!

But did Tidus expect his words to inspire a total bashing of the poll system? Not really, but he's here for it; helping to make sure Jumblie lands on her feet on the airbed as he turns himself on his side, since how is he supposed to just lay on his back when Inigo's getting this animated?

"Yeah! Just give us clocks! And pools! And let the kids get their art room!" No, he can't do this on his side either - he needs to sit back up, leaning with his hands on either side of him.

"Let's go into coach right now, and tell it what for!"

Look at Tidus moving around, shifting in pose every single second. That's how you know the boy is getting passionate! (That, or he's just displaying one of his many, many idle animations.)

There's no way Inigo can say though that Tidus is getting too carried away with it when Inigo is going along with it just as hard - and when it can't really hurt for them to leave this carriage behind for a moment. Maybe it'll even spare some people who really just want some quiet from their enthusiasm.

So.. there's only one possible answer to that, right?

"Sure," Inigo says, smiling. He picks up the ~~DREADED DEVIL'S INSTRUMENT~~ fan from the floor. "You get up, I'll bring this over to Taiki, and then we can go ahead and let this thing know what we think."

That's right - for once, it's Inigo steering this boat, and he isn't putting the brakes on their speed. Tidus should be puzzled by how okay Inigo is with this; not that he doesn't usually go along with his ideas, but wanting to nag the train?

For once, it's Inigo's idea. The one who finds asking the train anything pointless, even if Tidus still convinces him now and then to do.

"Alright!" But that isn't stopping Tidus. He gets up, the feel of standing on the air mattress funny but firm, stepping onto the polished wood of the actual gym floor and watching Inigo at first, before making his way over to the closer of the doors.

There's a tray of empty cups near it too. He can grab those, get them taken back to the kitchen along the way.

Inigo doesn't take too long, really. Just long enough to grab Taiki's attention while their friend is talking to someone else, handing him the fan and tell him they'll be right back.

You know, just in case Taiki notices they're gone and starts to fuss, especially when Inigo is not going to miss out on these cuddles, thanks.

But then he's already walking over into Tidus's direction with a smile, slinging his arm across the other's shoulders as they walk through the door of the carriage, out of the pillow zone.

"Wow, look at you, mister responsible! You've sure been nice to set this whole thing up with Della, and now you're cleaning up too."

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