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

[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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[Oh. Ohhhhhh no. If he opens his mouth, he's not going to be able to control what comes out of it.

He walked right into this trap and he hates it, thanks.]

I'm...

[There's silence for a moment as he attempts to fight the charm, but it doesn't take long for him to realize that it's a lost cause.]

... I haven't been able to use my magic ever since we returned.

[So much for trying to keep that fact hidden, trying to pretend that he's still somehow useful to everyone here.]

[ You know, when Day asked, it was partially because he suspected Phil had been hiding how unwell he was, but...well, he wasn't expecting this. He's mid-drink when Phil answers, and he swallows it down wrong as he hears what Phil says.

Please hold he's choking, ]

Wh- [ Hack. ] Phil?

[Yeah, he definitely can't look Day in the face right about now. Honestly, he's not sure whether that particular revelation is better or worse than some of the other things that he could have said under the circumstances...]

[

slowly puts his drink down.

what a thing to admit to an audience. ]

[-What.]

[ -SITS UP??? HEY ? ]

[Spills a bit of his champagne. Wait what??]

( Cutting in— )

—And you didn't say anything?!

( THE CAUSE IN QUESTION, OBLIVIOUS, )

[Once again, Phil flinches visibly, arms coming up to wrap around himself as though trying to shield himself from everyone's stares.]

I thought-- I thought it was just the consequence of overusing my magic...! I was sure it would come back once I'd gotten some rest...

[But, well. The rest is history.]

What about your— [ No, there are too many people here for him to say it, so he switches tracks. ]

Phil, that means your heart's unsettled. [ And...Day has suspected something was up for a while, ever since he carried Phil back to his room after the mission, but he thought it was mostly the illness and exhaustion taking its toll, not...

...Gods, he feels so stupid. ]

Edited (commas,) 2024-05-30 09:21 (UTC)

[He knows. In truth, he'd known the real reason ever since he'd awakened with his emotions in a painful jumble... he's felt stretched far too thin ever since the mission in a way that no amount of rest can possibly heal.

But knowing something and accepting it are two different matters entirely, and if there is one thing Phil has never been good at, it's confronting the truth rather than hiding or trying to run away from it.]

...Phil.

[ Day's hands sort of just...clench and unclench for a moment, unsure what to do with themselves before he tentatively reaches out for Phil's hand. ]

I know you don't wanna talk about it. [ It hasn't escaped his notice how Phil has tried to be evasive in their conversations. ] But I... I think you're gonna have to, at some point.

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( Mika isn't going to take a stab at the specific cause since that's already covered, but instead: )

It doesn't matter. You tell someone these things, even if it's small. If it ends up being bigger than you thought - like now - no one's gonna know to help.

( nag nag nag )

I don't care if you hate yourself and think you deserve everything bad that ever happens. You need to think about other people, too. All of us are working with you and we need you to be functional for that. If you don't want people helping you for yourself, at least let us help you for us.

( Otherwise, you're just flat-out selfish! )

[ LISTENING?????????? LISTENING????????????????? ]

[pardon]

What.

[ Dude??? ]

[ Arching an eyebrow from over here.

How many times does he have to judge people at this party for hiding things? Only time will mcfurricking tell, I guess. ]

Seriously? Phil.

[Ha ha DEFINITELY NOT LOOKING AT GINGER RIGHT NOW.

We are all having a good time here in East.]

[

]

Hm? Didja mess up a promise or something?

[Somebody had to ask at least one other question and he kind of wants to know. Maybe it is more casual coming from an almost total rando??]

I... no. I haven't made any promises with anyone.

[You don't make promises when you have an absolutely abysmal track record of not keeping them!]

So it isn't... that kind of magic loss, at least.

Well, that means it's fixable, probably.

[Look on the bright side!! Since everyone else is yelling at the guy Cid is just going to look at this with the eye of a scholar. Philosophically and with great intrigue that he is mostly hiding.]

Tried eating rocks? Having somebody scare the pants off of you? Flying in circles on your broom until inspiration hits??

Y-yes. Probably.

[Except when you have two decades' worth of trauma that you've spent the entire two decades running from or trying to shove under the rug, good luck with that...]

... rocks? Do you mean mana stones?

[Hmmm. His face falls even further at the mention of that, for some reason.]

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