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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[1145pm]

[ Adults (?) with no alcohol club! ]

Dare!

[impacter]

[he's still recovering and bruno will kill him if he sees him out here, let alone with booze...]

Hmm.

Go find a wizard you don't know as well and give them a genuine compliment. Make it flashy.

[1145pm]

Roger!

[ Tatara scans the crowd and scampers away...

And a few moments later, he comes back. ]

How was that?

[impacter]

[👏]

Bravo, hahahahah-- Very good, very good. Though, I'll challenge you to find something about their character next time.

[He'll let this one slide.]

Would you like me to take a turn now?

[1145pm]

[ Tatara laughs, too. Because that means that would be super difficult! That's not fair... ]

Sure! Truth or dare, Uncle Solomon?

[impacter]

[He is here to challenge you, you silly boy.]

Truth.

[1145pm]

[ he's here to be moisturized and unchallenged. ]

Okay, then who's your favorite person in the manor?

[impacter]

Akira.

[He doesn't even need to think twice about that.]

[1145pm]

Ohhh. Like...a son type?

[impacter]

Mn. Not quite.

He just reminds me a lot of myself.

[1145pm]

Oh, I see... Trying to raise yourself into a more ideal version of yourself, hmm?

[impacter]

Not at all. Akira is capable of taking care of himself and learning from his mistakes in the way that matters most to him. Call it a different sort of bond, if you want.

[The Wildcard and his Hermit. The master and his apprentice.

He doesn't explain further, though.]

Truth or dare?

[1145pm]

[ Hmm... Fascinating! Something to write down in his tome once he gets back (if he remembers). ]

Truth. Because you asked again!

[impacter]

Have you been getting enough rest between everything you've been asked as Sage?

[time to nag him for a minute]

[1145pm]

I have! It's hard work, but I always try to get a nap in when I have free time. [ This is true! His serial napping tendencies are coming in handy. ] And I've been eating better, too. So I'm getting my vegetables—not to worry!

[impacter]

So long as you are caring for yourself first, then I have no arguments.

[Good lad, good lad.]

Are you able to confide your stressors to anyone? [He saw you over there inhaling Khun's face - congrats on the gay, btw.]

[1145pm]

[ Tatara is very good at taking care of himself first. He's surprisingly selfish! He'd quit if this job meant working himself to the bone... ]

Yeah, of course! [ He says this because he's pretty sure everyone saw that. ] I know where to get help when I need it.

[ how do you think he stays so relaxed ]

[impacter]

Good, good.

I'm incredibly proud of you, Tatara.

[Honesty charm means that he means that.]

[1145pm]

Uncle Solomon...

[ 🥺?! ]

You are?

[impacter]

Of course I am.

I know how hard you've been trying. I don't think your efforts have been in vain, and I've been watching how you've been taking the steps to do better in those things you weren't sure about at the start. You're making as many connections as you can, and you're putting all of the care you can muster in the ways you know how.

If you're spending just as much effort on yourself as well, then I couldn't ask for anything more for your progress here. You've done a very, very good job.

[1145pm]

Oh...

[ Tatara stares up at Solomon with wide eyes, and as he keeps talking, his mouth dips into a deeper and deeper frown.

He still doesn't think he's the right fit for the job, but he wants everyone out of this safely. He wants to make sure they fix this problem and they all get home to their rightful places. He's made little changes here and there, adjusting on the fly when he sees what does and doesn't work, and sticking with something when his instincts would usually tell him to wander off into the forest has been tough. He didn't think anyone (besides the obvious) would notice, so... ]

Aww, stop, Uncle. [ He wipes at his eyes, sheepish. That's a genuine reaction, not his usual theatrics. ] You're gonna make me cry.

[impacter]

You know I won't judge you if you do.

[It's good, he thinks, to be able to feel the tugging of the heart, even if it's embarrassing. He'd never been one to cry easily, and the Fountain had rendered it such a foreign reaction now. But he can't deny the catharsis, even in the small moments like this.

Tatara should embrace it, in these moments while he still can. A gentle reminder that, in this moment, he is still himself. Still human, still real, still alive.]

It's my turn again, right?

[revengier]

[ the tiniest of smiles!!!! he approves ]

[impacter]

[We stan the local court jester that murders god and flirts too much]

[jokey]

[He feels eight different ways about this and being drunk out of his mind complicates those feelings. Don't mind the look of emotional constipation on his face. He's fine! Everything's fine!!]