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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[shortleash]

What, are you telling me to not care?

( Apparently, taking personal responsibility and caring are the same things to him! )

[dyingtohealyou]

You can care about people without taking the blame every time something bad happens to them.

[...]

Wait. You did know that, right?

[shortleash]

I—...

( Whatever he wanted to say, it's clearly not coming out. ugh. )

I— Maybe— other people get to live that way, but I... don't know if I deserve to. Ever since I was little, there's always been someone saying stuff's my fault.

( He needs to hold himself to this higher standard, lest everyone he knows suffers and dies for reasons that can be surely attributed to him... or something. )

[dyingtohealyou]

You deserve to, and whoever said that was wrong.

[Blunt and honest.]

Anyway, I said my terms already.

[shortleash]

( :pien:

There's a lot going on in him right now because he's never had like, an actual decent friend before, so hearing all this is... new. It's different than the way Ginger talks to him about things, and it feels different, too.

It's not like Mika sets out to feel guilty - but he can't deny that's where things end up, because death and injury are inevitable, and so are his failures, as a result. It's hard to detangle all of these things. )

... I can't promise anything.

( Literally and metaphorically. )

... But I can try.

( And that better count for something, because it's not like he can change his nature on a dime. )

[dyingtohealyou]

[...Yeah. Ahito knows it's unfair to ask that much, but-

There just isn't enough time. And he absolutely does not want to end up a name on the long list of people Mika feels he's failed, just because of conditions or circumstances set in stone long before they ever even met.]

...As long as you try, I'll tell you. But if I notice you blaming yourself, I'm stopping again until you stop.

[shortleash]

( ... rrrrrghhhhhh......... )

... Fine. Okay.

( This is really difficult for Mika, but he doesn't want to be cut out, so... )

But try really hard, okay. Or I'll—

( tch his threats don't work here... he doesn't mean them.......... )

... Just try. Okay. And I will, too.

[dyingtohealyou]

Then it's a deal.

Do you want all the gorey details, or can we leave it at that for now?

[shortleash]

( :T )

I do want to hear it. But you don't have to say it here.

( But don't think he'll let it go ok. )

... Maybe this game doesn't suck that much.

[dyingtohealyou]

Later, then.

[Man this game is a downer...]

Truth or dare?

[shortleash]

( ... Well, after he ratshook Ahito... fine... )

... Truth.

[dyingtohealyou]

Tell me all the people you care about most here.

[shortleash]

What the hell!

( He was going to ease off!!!!!!!!

Thankfully, the most stipulation shaves down this list a little. In no particular order because I scrolled up and down the taken list for this: )

Ginger. You. Everyone in East. Maya. Malice. Jing Yuan. Leo. Bruno.

—Seriously, what the hell!

[dadsandals]

[ haha ]

[shortleash]

( AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA )

What's so funny?

[foresightis2020]

[ 🥺 ]

[shortleash]

( rubbing his face rubbing his face rubbing his face (VISIBLY EMBARRASSED) )

[dyingtohealyou]

[hehe]

What's wrong with saying you care about people?

[shortleash]

Can you do it without getting embarrassed!? Why are you so dead set on making me admi— say it, anyway? ( Rephrasing it as if he can deny that it's true, when it is, ) You've asked, like, two entire questions like that!!

[dyingtohealyou]

How else are they going to know how you feel? If anything, I'm doing you a favor!

[shortleash]

And why do they need to know how I might feel, even??

[dyingtohealyou]

...Because we won't all be here forever.

[shortleash]

( Wh— )

... You better not be talking about dying off.

( Just to be sure. But... the alternative - going home - is not something he's considered on a broader scale, even, for everyone. )

[dyingtohealyou]

There's always a chance - but no, not just that.

The only country with a mission left is the West. If we recover all the original wizards, there isn't a reason for us to remain here.

[shortleash]

( hold on, )

Wait, what? You guys've found the original wizards? When?

( guy who has not been paying attention to plot literally at all, )