after the apocalypse

[beanshield]

Bean is at the Conrad, looking for room 337 and Dusty. She might not know her all that well, but at this point she doesn't care--people have been suffering way too much lately, and she's not about to let anyone suffer more, not if she can help it

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[please_see_me]

Dusty is curled up in her room, on her bed with her back against the wall and her knees hugged to her chest, alternately staring at her journal and staring at the door.

Bean said she was bringing cupcakes. If Bean's real, she'll come, or she'll send a message. Right?

[beanshield]

Bean has never had much of a sense of direction, but she has spent a few days at the Conrad by now, exploring the basement. It takes her about a half an hour to finally find Dusty's room number. Once there she hesitates a little, chewing on her lip. Would Dusty really want to see her? It's not like they're good friends or anything; they've only ever talked a few times.

She shakes her head after a moment. It doesn't matter. Sometimes people just need hugs. Or cupcakes.

Bean knocks on the door. "Um, hello? It's Bean. This is Dusty's room, right?"

[please_see_me]

"Yes," Dusty says - she hasn't said anything pretty much all day, so her voice is a little hoarse and quiet. She clears her throat and tries again. "Y-yeah," she says, a little louder. "Come in!"

Maybe it's cupcakes. She thinks so. It sounds like Jelly Bean.

[beanshield]

Bean pushes the door open. Potato goes in first to make sure the room is safe for his human and trots up to Dusty, sniffing at her. His tail wags slowly.

Bean follows him in and smiles tentatively when she spots Dusty. She stops in the doorway and waves at her.

"Hey! Um...I didn't know what flavor you liked, and I could only get yellow cake mix from the store, so...yeah. I would have gone to Swirlz cause their cupcakes are epic, but they're closed. Well, like everyone is closed right now."

[please_see_me]

"'Sokay," Dusty says quietly. "I like yellow cake." Sure, she prefers chocolate, but anything sugary is good. She holds her hand out for Potato to sniff before scratching behind his ears and smiles a tiny bit.

"Hey there Tater Tot."

[beanshield]

Bean smiles and goes to sit next to Dusty on the bed, snapping open the top of the cupcake box. The icing varies from white to pink to green. Bean was having fun with food coloring. There are also rainbow sprinkles.

"Well, the good thing with yellow cake is you totally go crazy decorating them, with like icing and stuff. Cause with yellow cake, the flavor and flair totally comes from the icing! At least that's my opinion. Anyway...you want a white one, a pink one, or a green one? And there's like 16 or something so you can have as many as you want. Aw, I forgot to bring milk, though."

Potato sniffs at Dusty's hand, then leans in to the scritches with a pleased look. He gives her hand a lick and sits down quite properly, tail thumping a little.