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eleventh card: the Tower

[Minako's face is serious and determined in the video feed.]

Hey, everyone. I know there's a lot going on right now, and a lot of us are trying to help however we can. I just want to say that the Pie Hole is open as a meeting place. I can't really offer anyone a place to stay overnight, but if you have people who need someplace to go, we can at least provide a warm place to sit and some food while something better gets worked out.

Or, you know, for anybody who's out there working rescue, you can come by and get some coffee and something hot to eat whenever you want. No charge.

[She pauses a moment, looking uncertain, and then quirks a wry, lopsided little smile.]

...it might be strange to say right now, but... best wishes to everyone in the coming year.

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[ Yako's answering smile is just as wry. ]

I certainly hope it's better than this one.

What about you? Will you be staying at the Pie Hole?

[Minako nods in answer.]

For as long as I can, anyhow. It's hard to tell what the future's going to bring.

Edited 2014-01-01 18:25 (UTC)

I'd rather be optimistic about it myself... while preparing for the worst-case scenario.

Is there anything you need help with right now?

I know what you mean. Hope for the best, plan for the worst... right?

Um, I can't think of much - aside from places I can tell people to go, I suppose. Does NOHoPE still have room for people to stay if their homes have been caught in whatever's happening?

Right. No sense in getting caught off-guard if you can help it. [ She manages a slightly more sincere smile. ]

There should be enough room, but NOHoPE isn't that large a building... and I suppose some people will still object to staying in an asylum. I'm starting to think evacuating might be a better option.

Are you really going to keep your business opened while all of this is going on?

[ Minako, sometimes she worries too much about you. ]

Anyway, what was with that strange look just now? Are you not fond of the new year?

[An embarrassed little laugh.]

Well, we're not doing a lot of business right now, but... with things as they are, I feel like I can do the most good this way. There are a lot of people who need places to go right now.

[She hesitates a moment before answering Rin's other question.]

...it's not that I'm not fond of New Year's or anything. Just... a lot of memories. You know?

Memories, huh?

[ Rin herself doesn't really have any for the holiday, so she wonders just what exactly it might be that she's done. Caution should be exercised above all else, but: ]

Well, spill them out already. I'm asking, so you clearly want to talk about them.

[It's probably best not to argue. Besides, Rin's probably right, anyway.]

The last New Year's in my world, before I came here... was almost the end of the world.

I can't help thinking about it, with the things that are going on now.

Ugh--what a terrible coincidence.

[ Now she feels a tiny bit guilty in asking, but there's no other way to go from here besides up. Figuratively. ~~Literally soon?~~ ]

You're not thinking this is the end of the world, are you?

Are you all right? [He thinks you're taking this too calmly.]

I'm fine for now. Been lucky so far, I guess you could say.

How about you? Are you okay?

Uh, no. My apartment was inexplicably made into structural spaghetti, and I couldn't get much work done, thanks to that damned thunderstorm. The generators are highly sufficient at NOHoPE, but not so much for the local eateries.

[Though to be fair, Chilton would probably take this complaining tone if it was only raining too hard.]

What is going on?

I wish I knew.

[She seems a little anxious now.]

It might be some kind of Vulcanus thing... which would be really bad. Or it could just be the City being weird again. It's hard to tell.

[Oh no, he considers that he might be inducing that anxiety... And figures it's best to continue.]

I'll admit, I'm still relatively unfamiliar with the City's own quirks. Aside from the mistletoe thing, mind -- and while painful in some sense, it was mostly harmless. I can't say I feel the same, here.

But we have heroes for this business, don't we?

Well... I guess you can put it that way, sure.

[A rueful little hitch of a laugh escapes her.]

Although really, sometimes it seems like we cause almost as much trouble as we solve, being here.

I certainly won't disagree. [A softer, more hesitant tone:] And do you suppose it's possible that we're responsible for these incidents?

[It takes her a moment to answer.]

I'm not sure. This time, anyway.

It's happened before, though. Someone's power going out of control, or something like that...

So, bearing that precedent in mind, and how clearly everything had worked out fine -- are you feeling optimistic, I should ask?

Minako! [ There's a rush of urgency in his voice. ] Are you alright?

I'm fine! A little busy, but everything's okay here for right now, I promise.

What about you, Gil? Are you all right?

Yes, I'm fine... we had to leave our apartment, but we've been able to stay with someone.

The Pie Hole hasn't been affected either?

Not so far. We're a small building, so nothing very bad has happened, at least not yet.

I'm sorry about your apartment, but I'm glad that you're okay.

Do you know why the buildings are doing that?

[ A beat. ]

It's good to know you're safe as well.

Edited 2014-01-03 01:54 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I don't know. It could be someone's power going crazy again... or it could be some kind of Vulcanus thing.

I'm not sure there's any way to tell, right now.

Does Vulcanus have this kind of power? I've never heard...

[ But he won't discount it entirely, as skeptical as he is. ]

They've been traveling between worlds. They may have found a source of power they didn't have before.

But why the buildings, then? It doesn't make sense.

No, it doesn't.

I'm sorry. I wish that I knew more. Right now I'm just trying to do what I can to help.

You have nothing to apologize for. Sorry, I didn't mean it like that.

[ He sighs. ]

Be careful, Minako.

It's okay. You take care, too, Gil.

If you need anything, you can come by the Pie Hole any time. I'll be here.

I'll remember that.

Thank you.

Best wishes assuming we all survive.

Edited 2014-01-02 14:22 (UTC)

[An embarrassed little laugh.]

That's sort of included, I think. But yeah.

Maybe -- would be nice if it didn't have to be. Makes resolutions a lot more simple, though.

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