if I'm burning a bridge, let it burn

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[Nobody liked that. Least of all Cassandra. For the third time now, they had been forced to piece together a murderer's puzzle and send that murderer to their death. And while most probably didn't like Sugarplum near the end... Cass couldn't find it in her heart to be mad at her motives. After all, how long did she wait for others to give up on her? Leave her behind?

...She can't sit on those thoughts forever. She needs to do something with her time, and her hands. Rapunzel stepped up last time, now it's her turn; there's still time left in the day, enough to head to the depot and start preparing a note that gets slid under every living person's door in the club.

Meet me down at the beach for a bonfire. Drinks and snacks are provided, but you can bring your own.
Let's try and cheer up, or just burn things.
- Cassandra

And, true to her word, there's a pretty nicely raging bonfire set up on the sandy shore. Along with a cooler or two of drinks and snacks from the depot.

Not too many sweets though. Who still has a sweet tooth after that?]

Comments

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

I guess so.

[ She sighs, looking out to sea. ]

I grabbed some books to look at. It... took a while, but I started looking. It's hard when most of the names you know belong to other people.

[prodigalhairess]

Well... there's nothing really wrong with that, is there? Out in the world past this island, there are other people with names the same as the ones here. There are other Cassandras, other Aces, other Roberts...

But you deserve something unique. If you need help... I'm still happy to brainstorm with you.

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

I guess so.

[ She thinks for a second. ]

Unique... yeah, I think I'm going to need some help there.

[prodigalhairess]

Well, there's the names I suggested last time. Minerva and Athena are different names for a warrior goddess in old mythology stories.... oooh, or Artemis. She's a hunter.

[... Hm...]

But if you don't want something that would be a nod to your skills... we could think of something else.

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ She thinks on those. ]

I think first I need choices to... choose from. Those could work, but you probably know a lot more names than I do.

[prodigalhairess]

Oh, what about Anja? That's a pretty name. Rowena, Sigrid, Maria, Ann, Gwen....

[She scratches her neck, looking a little sheepish.]

Names are kind of hard to think of! I'm a lot better at painting, not writing.

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ She nods. ]

Maybe... I should ask around? Gather information, make a list.

[prodigalhairess]

Yeah, good idea! All of us are from such different places... I bet the others have some really great name ideas too. Then when you get a list together, we can have dinner or dessert or something together and go over it!

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

Maybe tomorrow or the next day I'll... figure something out.

[ It's time for a very silly toplevel, I guess. ]