Teenagers Scare the Living Shit Out Of Me etc. etc.

[dyingtohealyou]

[Characters passing by the bulletin board may notice a new message tacked to it!]

Drinking party at the bar at 8pm. Under 21 only. Adults will be persecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Fun and games included, party hats optional. Don’t be late!

[Sure enough, there’s a gathering of teens (and maybe some not-so-teens?) to be found in the bar! While the posting mentions this is a teen only event, adults are in fact allowed as long as they are cool. OOCLY please be aware there are going to be teens drinking alcohol and possibly smoking! Also additionally, please let the teens/players have fun; again, adults are allowed but only if they’re cool enough to play along without snitching them out!

All party game top levels are going to be made under Ahito’s account but please assume ICly that Akira instigated/explained them! Once the game toplevels are up you can also post your own toplevels to mingle freely if you like IDK IT’S A PARTY HAVE FUN]

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[jorunna]

[ Tiny gasp. ]

[shortleash]

( He shrugs. )

Happens when the world ends. ( Lack of real schooling, he means. The demon army's weird testing grounds "school" doesn't count. ) But I guess I'm glad it's not just me.

( Only being half understand a guy makes one wonder if they're just dumb. Turns out, he's just not nerdy enough.

The query, though, makes him stop and ponder. He hasn't thought about stories in forever... )

... It's not like it's special to me, but one story I'd read more often than some others was something called "the crane bride." It's about a poor man who lived in the mountains who saved a crane. He doesn't know it, but the crane returns as a pretty girl to be his wife and provide money for him. Have you heard that one before? ... The ending isn't exactly a happy one.

[jorunna]

[ sorry tatara, but #moonisevil ]

[jorunna]

[ jiii into their soul, you might find something :D ]

[shortleash]

( Sus Cat Gaze.....................

Hmph. )

... As long as you stick to it.

( So, he'll concede, for now. It's not an issue with Ahito, specifically - he just always feels like he's setting himself up to overlook something or fall for some trick when he lowers his guard. )

'd make you better at talking than half of East.

( He and Ginger are fine obviously...(?) (Okay even Mika knows he and Ginger have issues with communication, even with other people - he thinks - but he's obligated to defend the Ginger in this equation.) )

[shortleash]

... Mm. I see.

( It sounds like a fairytale - but perhaps most tales of things simply working out do when you're someone who's learned to live in fear. )

... But you and he didn't worry that he might be happier with someone else.

( They were set on each other, without wondering if the other would better flourish somewhere else. )

[leewards]

Why would I? My appearance aside, [because we don't talk about Ithaqua's appearance or how he perceives himself on a physical level,] I am a powerful, accomplished wizard who is always trying to become even more powerful. I am never satisfied with my current state, and while I am not as well-read as him, I do not need him to censor himself for my sake.

I am a prize.

[Look at all of this confidence.]

[leewards]

So. [He leans against the table, cradling his hand on his chin and gazing straight at Ginger.]

It seems you're talking more to yourself at this point. Hm, Ginger?

[He was here for a cute outing with his boyfriend but now he's listening to dating woes... the things he does for friends.]

[leewards]

[Nod nods.]

[1145pm]

[ Well, this isn't really a topic for public, so his hand drifts to the back of his neck and coaxes him downwards. How did he get so tall...

Whispering into his ear, ]

When you claimed me as yours. After we came back from the North.

[1145pm]

I dare you to stand on a table and sing a song to everyone about how much fun you're having.

[ ^_^

Eastern wizard torture. ]

[leewards]

How far will you take helping, I suppose that is what is important. [But he nods anyway, since he did get a response. He's not interested in prying.

He just wanted to know if this man was suspicious enough for Ithaqua to keep an eye on him. Given his responses... He's still strange, but not worth assassinating.]

But that's enough of an answer for me.

Though I shall let you ask something of me, now.

[foresightis2020]

Nothing, for certain. We're just having fun — aren't you?

[ Nyoro~n

Just look at this innocent face. It's like, he's totally doing Shinjiro a favor, except he totally isn't. Consider him indeed part of the clownshow. ]

Ah, it gladdens me to hear that you are connecting well with others.

[ It isn't like he expected less, necessarily, because he has witnessed small evidences that people do care about Shinji in turn. Bonding is such a good activity for all concerned~ ]

[fellheart]

[ robin came out here to cool off for a bit post-solomon solomonning, so she's collateral damage that doesn't even know about whatever dare is going on. ]

Kurapika.

[ her smile is a radiant beam. ]

Control your beau, else I might accidentally end up turning him into fish fry.

[fellheart]

[ a raised brow, even as he eases himself out of his seat to fetch two more glasses. ]

A somewhat bold ask, given the activity we're all indulging in here. [ drinking, that is. ] Unless your goal is to see glass shattered all over the floor?

[lustro]

[ …?

It’s the easiest thing in the world to come back to Mika’s side, stopping short of collapsing in on him entirely like an object drawn to a black hole. He’s an object that wants to be swallowed by Mika’s existence, squeezed into his singularity. He stops too close anyway because he misses Mika, hands already brushing his forearms to his side. And if they’re in a corner that gives off the illusion (barely) of secluded privacy, his broader back blocks out Mika’s silhouette. ]

Mika?

[ Murmured in the same way as when he says ‘my sweet heart’ and ‘tell me if it hurts’ as they move together in the mornings. Soft concern pillowed on pure love. ]

[fellheart]

[ taps his fingers on the table. his answer is not so direct, robin picking and choosing his way through his thoughts with some care. ]

... Over two millennia ago, Saint-King Alm the First ascended to power on another continent. He is remembered for being the first king of the One Kingdom of Valentia, a kingdom that spanned the continent. That continent was originally watched over by a pair of sibling gods ...

[ frowns. how does he want to phrase this. ]

He's known on that continent for bringing about the twilight of the gods, and ushering in an age of man. He cast off the oppressive yoke of the land's languishing gods, gods who might have at one point meant well, but so too did fall into degeneration. [ at least, that's what he's gathered, from accounts of Duma as a fell god. ] And yet, if those gods were stifling humanity's potential to grow...

Why, then, has little to nothing changed since then?

[ unfortunate thoughts, about a world that's been trapped in medieval stasis for thousands of years. ]

[lighthaus]

If you were going to tell me that I was actually kind deep down, I would have had to stab you. [ so yay! ]

But yeah, it's mutual. Aside from Tatara, obviously.

[lighthaus]

It's a type of energy that exists in the Tower. Everything in the tower is made up of shinsu in some form, organic or non-organic. Naturally it powers the tech we have too.

[lighthaus]

[ he smiles, thin. ]

All of the family heads are, so our blood is different than anyone else. We have more strength, endurance, speed and more. [ this is one of the reasons he never offered his blood to anyone either. ]

[impacter]

[...

It will be a little awkwardly positioned, with Solomon still seated bonelessly in his chair. But he does resign to the offer, letting his fingers gently wrap against the heat of Jing Yuan's palm.

His voice stays quiet.]

"Here" is not an exception. Plenty of beings, human or otherwise, think I'm... mm. What's the word Barbatos used the last time...

Abhorrent?

[He chuckles, but it's mirthless.]

I can't give anything but diplomacy. He does not care for what I stand for, and I am too used to having to square my shoulders against the wills of being like him. I have no urge to dominate him or his position - it is only what he may choose to do to humans in his resignment and anger that worries me. Just as he may have his priority to keep his own kind, or even himself, protected from further harm against the atrocities of another... so do I as well.

[Empathy does not beget mercy.]

Hurt or otherwise... those of us with the power to act can't blindly bend a knee. Perhaps that's cruel. But I've been called worse.

[lighthaus]

[ that make things clearer, khun nods and takes a sip of his beer. ]

That's similar to how the King treats his princesses. Princesses are chosen from young women, independent of their previous social standing, based on the beauty, potential, skills, and a whole host of other criteria. When they become a princess they become property of the King and are forbidden from having romantic or bodily ties to anyone.

Not that they ever consummate their relationship with the King, they're just show pieces.

[fellheart]

[ he does say so! and they're all under truth compulsion here. therefore he's telling the truth, isn't he?

anyway, a huff, him rolling his eyes. ]

I am aware of how it sounds, but I can't justify any more than that.

[lighthaus]

[ he could be kind but- ]

Mikaela.

[lighthaus]

The right to stay in the family or be exiled. Though that assumes you survive in the first place.