our hearts stay warm cause they are filled with hope

[primafacie]

[Okay, well. That happened! It's probably like 2pm right now, because this all happened at like 4am! So anyway, Sugarplum has set out the rest of her cake from Tuesday out in the lobby. It's just the bottom layer, and the fondant's seen better days but! It's cake!

This isn't exactly a party, per se, but there's also juice and water set out. And it's the salon, so there's alcohol if you're into that. Also there's pancakes! Listen, Sugarplum only knows how to make a limited amount of non-baked good food and the list pretty much starts and ends with pancakes.

Everyone got an invitation, since presumably they would want to wash . . . up.]

Everyone is welcome to join me in the salon for a meal.

♥ 𝓢𝓾𝓰𝓪𝓻𝓹𝓵𝓾𝓶
[The meal is pancakes and cake. Look, Sugarplum's only got the vaguest idea of what humans eat, okay? That seemed sufficient for her.]

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[feudalladyshandmaid]

[It was one of Rapunzel's best, and most annoying, qualities. She cared so much about other people, even if it felt like they didn't deserve it.]

And maybe if we did we would have ended up with the same fate.

[ugh. UGH.]

I don't like it, Rapunzel. But I didn't like Bill either, and I can't see you going through the same thing.

[prodigalhairess]

[Ugh, indeed....]

I don't want to see you or any of the others go through that either! But we can't... we can't let that happen again. Even if someone did something terrible, to punish them that severely... it's unfair.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[Another deep sigh.] You're right. It's not fair. Nothing about this is designed to be fair.

[They're here to play the master's game. It's no way anything should be brought to a decision. This was the kind of nightmare Cass thought of in the quiet moments back in Corona, when she thought the people would turn her in for her crimes.

Her arm around Rapunzel's shoulder pulled her closer.]

We'll stop it. Somehow. There has to be a way.