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]

Comments

[lustro]

Of course. I only graduated high school like… mm… ten years ago?

[ So he’s a fresh graduate! ]

[troublereduction]

What does ten years mean to you, in this case?

[lustro]

Human age equivalent, you mean? Probably something like a year. Maybe two? But it's not really a fixed thing. We mark maturity by um... what's inside.

[troublereduction]

Huh. I asked 'cause I've met gods who act like 10 years was just yesterday for 'em, so I wasn't sure.

[lustro]

Well, it wasn't yesterday for me, but definitely recent. Feels like I was studying just last summer.

[troublereduction]

Huh. ...Guess I studied durin' trainin', but I wasn't ever good at studyin'.

[lustro]

Haha, same. It’s hard for me to sit still - [ Because demon. ] - so I fall asleep a lot when studying.

[troublereduction]

Oh, same, 'cept I just straight up ditched. [ Day, you probably shouldn't just admit it. ] My mentor used to grill me for it 'fore he changed tactics.

[ Both back in the shrine, and during bureau training. It's why Flint switched to something a little more proactive. ]

[lustro]

Ah... if I went to school with my best friend, and he's pretty hardworking, so if I had ditched... without him...

[ ... It's strange... talking about Rum in this more muted way. As though he's just a normal friend. ]

I don't think I would here right now.

[ On account of being, you know, dead. ]

[troublereduction]

Is that Rum? [ Ginger mentioned the name before, so that's the dot Day is connecting here. ]

[lustro]

Yeah... Yeah, it's Rum.

[ As blandly as possible, reining in the affection that usually bubbles up. ]

[troublereduction]

[ ...?

Something feels kind of off, is Day's immediate instinct, because even though all he has is just one mention of Rum to go off from, it spoke volumes. But a party where the drinks are going around isn't the place to talk about it, which is why he instead tries to gently offer, ]

...Another time? If you feel like talkin'.

[lustro]

[ It’s not complicated until it is, until he unravels the layers and layers of hope and disappointment he’s put into the idea of Rum and his feelings for him. ]

That is… the lesson here. Talking about things helps, yeah? So let’s do it.

[troublereduction]

What, right now?

[lustro]

No, later. I’m just saying… that I’m learning to talk about my feelings more. Just like you.

[troublereduction]

[ That gets a smile out of him. ]

My room's always open, 'cept when the door's locked. I wanna hear 'bout them too.