[They've been here for two weeks. Two people have died already-- and even though she does a lot of enthusiastic nodding and awkward thumbs-uping at anyone who assures her that they're going to get through this, that it's not actually that bad, that it won't happen again-- Mattie doesn't believe any of them.
The situation during the trial didn't help. The motive that week had been secrets, and someone had less-than-helpfully suggested that they all share their secrets, to try and remove the motive. Mattie hadn't wanted to, but after a while, she didn't have much of a choice-- and her secret (Maddie Walker was sent to a Juvinile Detention Center for the murder of two of her teammates) had been revealed to the others. There were a lot of questions, and the fact that she didn't have any answers was suspicious. It had been fine, until Friday morning, when they found Kelsi Nielsen, dead from multiple stab wounds, hunched over the piano. As if that hadn't been bad enough-- Kelsi wasn't the only one who had been stabbed. Nessarose was also wounded-- and had spent 90% of the trial casting a finger in Mattie's direction, accusing her of being the one to have done it.
Turns out the girl could walk, after all. She'd taken the opportunity to cast blame on another, to keep that very secret from getting out. And Mattie?
Mattie doesn't know what she did to deserve this, twice in her life. At least this time, there was no juvie? On the other hand, she literally would have died if the others hadn't caught on.
She has to gain their trust. She doesn't know-how. But she has to. So though most of these people are the last people she wants to see right now (some of them are okay. Jeremy, amongst a few others, hadn't been quick to accuse. He has no idea what it means to her.) she stands in the kitchen, baking pies. It's like, if she crafts the crust just right, with dainty whirls and twists and bows, they'll all understand. That it won't turn out like last time. She doesn't hesitate until it's time for the filling, and-- she wonders out loud to herself.]
Maybe peaches, instead of strawberries. The canned strawberries look like they have red food die. That's a really common allergy.
afterparty, with an escalation to fluff probably? like STUPID fluff but its still fluff
The situation during the trial didn't help. The motive that week had been secrets, and someone had less-than-helpfully suggested that they all share their secrets, to try and remove the motive. Mattie hadn't wanted to, but after a while, she didn't have much of a choice-- and her secret (Maddie Walker was sent to a Juvinile Detention Center for the murder of two of her teammates) had been revealed to the others. There were a lot of questions, and the fact that she didn't have any answers was suspicious. It had been fine, until Friday morning, when they found Kelsi Nielsen, dead from multiple stab wounds, hunched over the piano. As if that hadn't been bad enough-- Kelsi wasn't the only one who had been stabbed. Nessarose was also wounded-- and had spent 90% of the trial casting a finger in Mattie's direction, accusing her of being the one to have done it.
Turns out the girl could walk, after all. She'd taken the opportunity to cast blame on another, to keep that very secret from getting out. And Mattie?
Mattie doesn't know what she did to deserve this, twice in her life. At least this time, there was no juvie? On the other hand, she literally would have died if the others hadn't caught on.
She has to gain their trust. She doesn't know-how. But she has to. So though most of these people are the last people she wants to see right now (some of them are okay. Jeremy, amongst a few others, hadn't been quick to accuse. He has no idea what it means to her.) she stands in the kitchen, baking pies. It's like, if she crafts the crust just right, with dainty whirls and twists and bows, they'll all understand. That it won't turn out like last time. She doesn't hesitate until it's time for the filling, and-- she wonders out loud to herself.]
Maybe peaches, instead of strawberries. The canned strawberries look like they have red food die. That's a really common allergy.