September 22, 2022

There's a knock at the door. Luna goes to answer it. "Hello?"

"Oh, hello again!" It's that one girl from the forest. She seems a bit more composed now, and at least she didn't just leave something and run away.

"Oh hey Ivory. What's up?"

"I just came by to uh, well, kinda see how stuff's going really. I also brought some stuff, mostly invites though-"

"Oh? Is it for that party on Saturday?"

"Yeah, that party. Uh, actually, I do have something for you in specific, but I need you to promise me something.

Luna closes her eyes and take a breath. "Sure, what's up?"

She takes her mask off, pulls a small letter out, and stares at Luna straight in the eyes. Like right into the soul. "Don't open this. You'll know when to open it." She hands her the letter.

Her eyes are closed, yet can feel Ivy's gaze burn directly into her mind. Both Krystal and Luna understand. "I understand." The letter is pocketed and right next to the stone Wisteria gave her.

Ivy puts the mask back on. "Well, uh, would you mind if I came in...?"

"Of course." She steps aside. Ivy walks into the living room with Luna following behind.

She looks around for a bit. "Well, okay, uh, I'll leave some of the invites here, there's a couple of things I really need to say though-"

"Um, okay." Luna says. Isaac almost becomes a purse. He jumped so hard from Ivy entering the room before sighing. Luna sits on the couch.

Ivy didn't notice Isaac at all. She just waves. "Uh, so first things first, uhh... You can't bring any food, drinks, and phones. I can't really elaborate, it's just... don't. You're allowed to bring weaponry."

"...I'm already getting a little uncomfortable with that prospect. But okay." She looks serious.

"It won't be too weird, I swear, it'll just be a small thing... hopefully-" Ivy seems a bit shaky now. "A-And, I mean, uh... it's a bit of a personal thing to me. I don't really want any distractions. It'll be a memorial in a way."

"No that's reasonable. You wouldn't want someone watching youtube on their phone during a funeral service, for example." She nods in agreement but takes note of her nonverbal language.

"Yeah, you get it... Uhm, another thing, you have to let me know if you have any like, allergies to certain types of mushrooms. I'll be serving some... light mushroom tea and I don't want anyone to be in danger, y'know."

"Mushrooms? I don't think I have any allergies?" Not to mention, she's quite literally never had mushrooms, not even on pizza...

"You should be fine then, uh... Yeah, that's mainly it." She zones out for a bit before snapping back and sounding extremely nervous. "N-Now, uh, if you excuse me, I'll, uh... just use your bathroom really quick-" She hands 5 or so invites to Luna, and runs towards the hallway.

"...right." She lays one next to Isaac before realizing that she's basically being told to hand them out herself...??? Oh well.

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Ivy runs to the bathroom and locks the door. She looks through the little bag she brought for something but doesn't find it. If anyone was near the hallway, they'd hear her slowly whisper "Shit..." over and over again to herself. She takes her mask off, cleans herself a little bit, and takes some deep breaths. Afterwards, she leaves. Upon reentering the living room, she leaves a letter on the floor, wax seal and everything, fanciest one by far. There's writing saying to "Open on the 24th." Then she leaves through the front door.

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Lilith Lovarian awakens and mimics a lion's roar with her mouth as she rolls off of the couch, landing in the Family Guy death pose. Luna enters the living room from the kitchen panicked a little bit. "Oh it's just you." Facepalm.

Lilith stands up. "Hey." She cracks her knuckles.

"Hey there. Oh right, I'm supposed to hand these out. It's for like a celebration of someone's family tree and apparently mushrooms are part of it???" She hands an invite to Lilith. "And I'm assuming they're the drug type and not the supposedly good kind you put on pizza..."

Lilith takes the invite. "I could use a good high..." She looks it over. Luna nods, realizing she's literally never been high either. Unless you count Hadal blood, and even that was a half of a drop.