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]

[ Hehe. ]

You know the question, Day. Which will it be?

[troublereduction]

If I feel like if I took a dare from you it'd be either just kinda sad or we'll both end up embarassin' ourselves. [ Like, he believes in their ability to make a dare monumentally stupid, somehow. ] So...truth, this time.

[lustro]

Hey, what's with you insulting me before we even start?

[ A dare would have been fun, ok... ]

What's a childhood wish you still think about?

[troublereduction]

You sayin' I'm wrong? Or do I gotta worry you'd be able to match the menaces in this room? [ He says it lightly, though, so it's meant to be more like playful ribbing.

But, hmm... "still think about" is perhaps the hardest part of all this, because frankly, Day isn't sure. ]

What're we countin' as childhood here?

[lustro]

Menaces? You've been tormented, huh?

[ Please, he's very mature...! Don't compare him to the teens and Solomon. ]

I don't know... Up to when your voice dropped.

[troublereduction]

Akira was almost accidentally the death of me but he got a last-minute save in. [ Is all Day will say. ]

...Well, I'm gonna cheat a little.

[ He's pretty sure his voice dropped around when he was 16, but in all honesty...all his childhood wishes from before then, he's stopped thinking about. The one he still has is one he shouldn't still be thinking about, but unfortunately, the heart does what it wants and this honesty charm is ensuring he says it. ]

Seein' my sister again.

[lustro]

… Is she… from… before your current job?

[ How to ask delicately if she remembers him… ]

[troublereduction]

Yeah.

[ And it's not like he's trying to fake a smile or anything, it's just the reflexive smile of "smiling at your troubles". ]

Though we've been separated for longer.

[lustro]

So she doesn’t remember…

[ He trails off into silence. ]

I hope she does, one day.

[troublereduction]

Well, meetin' her is also pretty hard these days. [ Even if he could find out what she's been up to by checking the Loom of Fate or the archives. ] ...But thanks, Ginger.

Truth or dare?

[lustro]

Write it down later - everything you wanna say to her. I’ll keep it safe for you. I won’t look.

[ Even if it’s hard to see her, even if it’ll be a long time before Day can find her again. ]

Dare.

[ Because he’s still feeling a little petty from the initial comment. ]

[troublereduction]

Alright. [ There's something soft about Day's smile, even if it's a little wistful. All the things he wants to say to her, huh... ]

Hmm...pay someone a sincere compliment. [ All the dares Day has been giving out are Like This, apparently. ]

[lustro]

[ Easy. Ginger grins, bright as a flash. ]

I think you’re unforgettable.

1/2

[troublereduction]

[ It was at this moment he knew, he played himself. Godsdamnit.

(Ginger still has a nice smile, too. He nearly forgot.) ]

[troublereduction]

[ Day isn't quite blushing, but he is still pretty flustered from how he got caught off-guard. ]

...I walked right into that one, huh.

[lustro]

Riiiight into it. But it’s good - you need to get used to hearing it.

[troublereduction]

It ain't quite true yet, though. [ A wry smile. ]

Truth.

[lustro]

[ Unfortunately, true, and it dims his smile. But that also reminds him... ]

… Can I ask… something a little more difficult?

[troublereduction]

...Sure.

[lustro]

[ This is the kind of smile from Day that he can’t read. Mm… ]

Do you ever think of quitting? Do you want to?

[troublereduction]

[ Oh. Ginger said it was a difficult question, so Day figures he meant his job at the bureau. ]

Hmm, well... [ Has he ever thought of quitting, in all seriousness? Maybe during training, because the absurdity of being ambushed by his mentor in the middle of an exam was pushing it, but he still stuck through it in the end. So... ]

...I honestly ain't sure if I ever seriously thought 'bout it. Quittin' just means I don't take orders from the bureau. It ain't gonna change anything else. [ Which is to say, people will still forget him, and he'd still be as tied to the stars and fate and destiny as ever. ] And...

[ Oh. He realises his honest answer to this is not going to be one Ginger will like, but he has to say it still. Who thought this honesty charm was a good idea again? ]

Even if I quit, where the hell would I go? [ Or rather, "What else is there left for me?" ]

[lustro]

Well...

[ Ginger tilts his head like he's not sure if Day has forgotten or not - or... or maybe he's just never considered it? But: ]

Couldn't you stay here? This is the place where... "Joyous Day" is an option and not a requirement, right?

[troublereduction]

Yeah, but...

[ You can tell he thought about it for all of ten seconds before his conscience ran him over for it. ]

...You remember me showin' up covered in blood and stuff, yeah? There's still stuff I need to handle back home.

[lustro]

... Do you? If fate and destiny work how they should, would things not end up the same with or without you?

[fellheart]

[ ah,

the unspoken "what else is there left" certainly does echo loudly despite not being outright said. ]