Yadrolla System Mingle

[lacyprincess]

Who: EVERYBODY
Broadcast: Yeah, sure, I guess
Action: The Fleet and the Yadrolla System
When: 4/29 - 6/8

[Hey, hey, look, we have a new system! Let's go compete in stuff and root for sportsball teams! System info is here!

GO WAVES!]

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[perservering]

Okay.

[ She braces her hands on the counter and just breathes for a minute, trying to settle her nerves. She can't be this nervous now the thing won't even start for another few days. ]

You really think I'm that good?

[worn_wings]

[ At least if she spends those days stress-baking, she shouldn't have to worry about what to do with the leftovers. ]

'Course I do.

[ Come on, does she even have to ask? ]

[perservering]

Thanks.

[ She says, feeling very fragile and ashamed of that. She should be stronger than this, not need the validation. But it means something to hear it out loud. She wipes her hands on her apron. ]

You ready for something sweet again?

[worn_wings]

[ Aside from the fact that he definitely thinks she deserves validation-- people need it. It feels shitty to have to admit, but it's how people work. He thinks back sometimes to what she'd said after he found Sophia's doll-- that he was every bit as good as Rick or Shane-- and what a difference it made.

Needing to hear it now and then doesn't make you weak.

He leans on the counter, lifts his chin in a vague nod. ]

What you got?

[perservering]

[ It's a perfectly fine and natural thing to want and need and get. For other people. The double-standard that Carol inflicts on herself no matter how much nonsense it is.

The vote of confidence from Daryl is one she sorely needed. And so, with some bashfulness because it's a new recipe and who knows if it's even going to work out, she produces the ultimate indulgence, a cookie dough cake. ]

I just tried to think of what I missed the most back home and what I would make if I had access to anything in the world. And... I came up with this.

[worn_wings]

[ Funny how much easier it is to give than to get, to supply than to need.

He gets it. But he's gonna keep having her back, if she lets him.

That cake, though, is something else. Holy crap, Carol. ]

Good lord. [ It's covered in cookies, what's not to like? ] Dunno if I'd wanna eat whatever beat that.