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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.

[ Action ]

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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Hera is famously bad at getting enough rest, but she does tend to be able to assess when someone else could do with some. And Leia looks positively exhausted. The fact that it's showing is not generally a good sign.

She, for her part, is just regular tired, not anchor tired. Plenty fit to fetch snacks, at any rate. "I found a few options."

Leia wasn't quite as badly off as some anchors, thanks in part to the Force. But it was still significantly more than regular tired, and more persistent too. Hera was met with a tired but appreciative smile as she came bearing snacks. "Options are always good," she said, looking over the snacks Hera had selected and taking a fairly simple spice cookie.

Before eating it though, she looked around the room for a moment. "This gathering was a good idea," she said. "I think it's something a lot of people needed after everything that happened."

She nods and nibbles at one of the other cookies. It's possible she hasn't stopped to eat much herself with so many people down from anchoring. "Everyone needs the chance to reconnect on our own terms after that. The false lives muddle so much."

Leia nodded. "I suppose I should be used to it, after living in Nautilus," she said. "Though when it happened there it didn't feel so... manufactured, for lack of a better term. It could certainly be jarring when you came back to yourself, especially the first time it happened, but it was more like stepping into the shoes of another version of yourself for a week, rather than having another identity imposed on you. The memories and experiences weren't false, they just weren't your own."

"Is it really the sort of thing anyone can get used to?" It doesn't seem like it. Not if it's different every time.

But she can figure this out. "More like... Jaisyn's world compared to what you remember? Instead of something unrelated?"

"It never really got any less strange," Leia said. "But you did get used to the strangeness, after awhile. More or less, anyway." Nautilus never really ceased being a bizarre place to live. But getting comfortable with the general weirdness level was just part of acclimating.

She shook her head at Hera's semi-question. "No. It was more like..." She paused, and made a thoughtful sound considering how to explain it. "The entity could only deal in illusions, however realistic it could make them. In Nautilus, reality itself could be shaped and changed. You didn't seem to be a different version of yourself, you were that version of yourself, if only for a week. It was a complete change, not just an overlay."

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