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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[lustro]

[ Sips… ]

It’s part of the job sometimes… Wait, you haven’t??

[dyingtohealyou]

I'm not from earth.

[lustro]

… Alien… ?!

[dyingtohealyou]

What.

[lustro]

[ He said what he said. ]

What’s your planet called?

[dyingtohealyou]

We didn't really have a name for it...? We just called it "the world" or whatever.

[lustro]

Sounds like a video game…

[dyingtohealyou]

You're saying words I don't understand again.

[lustro]

[ Wao maybe less alcohol for Ahito ]

[dyingtohealyou]

I don't know what video games are.

[lustro]

What games did you play as a kid, then?

[dyingtohealyou]

Tag and hide and seek...?

I didn't really play much as a kid.

[lustro]

[ He nods, yeah he knows those games. ]

You didn't like the other kids?

[dyingtohealyou]

I played fine with others when I was really little, but when I was... I don't know, five or six? I was in the labs as a test subject with a girl who couldn't really move around much.

[You know. Stuff everyone knows by now, right?]

/2

[lustro]

…

[lustro]

[ No??? Ginger lives in a world of exactly two and a half people.

That - obviously was not what he expected at all. And hearing that… maybe it’s the alcohol’s influence, maybe he’s just never imagined Ahito truly vulnerable, but his eyes get a little wet. ]

Are you… is she… okay now?

[dyingtohealyou]

[...What if he just takes a long drink actually. But once he swallows:]

She died. The experiment was a failure.

[lustro]

[ The experiment was a failure, but the murder was a success, wasn’t it? ]

Sorry… I won’t pry more than that. I’m glad you’re here, Ahito.

[dyingtohealyou]

[Why are you getting all emotional on him now...]

Thanks, I guess...? It's not like any of it's a big secret.

[lustro]

[ He’s 6 feet of emotions and miscellaneously troublesome things for other people. ]

Maybe, but I’m not good at… asking. Or… making friends.

[ Not really in a worried tone or anything; that’s just how he is. He’s not sure he’s looking to change that about himself. But he also can’t say he doesn’t care. ]

So I don’t pay attention.

[dyingtohealyou]

You say that, but it's not like I'm a super popular guy back home either...

[The number of people invested in his continued survival here is. Surprisingly big??]

I guess that means it never came up between you and Mika, either? Since that's kind of something we had in common.

[Hurray for worlds where child experimentation runs rampant...]

[lustro]

No, it has… in bits and pieces. I think we talk so much, we just get distracted. But I can hug Mika and um - you know - when it gets rough. I don’t know if you’d be comfortable if I hugged you, so…

All I have are words, I guess.

[dyingtohealyou]

I really don't need a hug or anything. It's long in the past by now.

[lustro]

Is it that easy to let go? How do you do it?

[dyingtohealyou]

...

It wasn't easy. But... a lot of time helped.