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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[impacter]

Mn. That makes sense.

Are you saying that about yourself because it's true, or because you aren't satisfied? [Get that self deprecation outta here.]

[lustro]

It’s true, until I make it not true. Whenever that is.

[ At least? He seems to know he needs to work on himself?? ]

[impacter]

That sounds like a little bit of both, then.

What sort of things would you like to get better at?

[lustro]

Well, would be nice if my magic worked all the time. On the Eastern mission, it failed me half the time. I don’t… want it to fail me when it matters.

[impacter]

Mm. I felt similarly, when mine failed.

What sort of things were happening around you, when your magic didn't work?

[lustro]

The same as when it did work… but I suppose, I never stopped being anxious about everyone’s safety. We were drenched and…

[ He thinks back to that miserable day. ]

Phil looked like he would fall over half the time. Shinjiro was only slightly better. Yamato was really upset, and Mika…

[ And Ginger loves Mika the most. That’s all. ]

[impacter]

[Yeah.... yeah. Thankfully, Ginger doesn't need to fill in the blanks about Mika.]

Did you doubt yourself, when you tried to use your magic in those moments? Were you overwhelmed, or just disheartened?

[lustro]

I don’t know. When it didn’t work, I guess… I thought something along the lines of “yeah, figures.”

What do you think it was?

[impacter]

...

I think you shouldn't be so harsh on yourself. You have done incredible work using just your concern as your source. It is not a weakness. Maybe... it's just having a hard time grounding itself, when drowned in a sea of uncertanties.

When I'm feeling a little more like myself, we can get you out to practice. Would you be alright with that?

[lustro]

[ That’s nice, dad, but give him a few hundred years to think back on those words and realize you were right. ]

Yeah… Do you also know how to - fight? I want more practice with that, too.

[impacter]

Ginger, I'm so hurt! Do you think I would have managed to make it out of our missions in the North if I didn't know how to fight with my magic?

What do you think I'm using my pacts for? Decoration?

[lustro]

Eh? No, not that. I mean... hand-to-hand combat.

[impacter]

Ah, I see, I see.

No, that isn't my range of expertise, I'm afraid. I wouldn't be able to offer much unless you wanted to practice against a long-range opponent.

[lustro]

Mmmm… I think that could work, too. I like the idea of working with you because I think you’ll kick my butt.

[impacter]

I certainly wouldn't go easy on you.

[We look far away from the memory of him vaporizing thousands of demons... its fine......... he won't do that to ginger.............]

Normally I'm not used to being able to help cultivate the powers of a supernatural being like you without a pact in place, but with how the magic here works... maybe we can find a workaround.

[lustro]

[ Ginger in a later thread: (unsure) about that,,, ]

Cultivate - Solomon, it’s just practice. Don’t make it complicated…

[ He doesn’t think he’s weak or anything, but… his powers aren’t used enough. He knows he can be strong. Stronger. ]

[impacter]

Hahah... Sorry, sorry. Force of habit. [He waves it off.] I'm used to having a role more like the Sage than like I do now.

[lustro]

… I think you would be a good one. But - when Tatara sneaks off, it’s not that bad. He’s pretty harmless.

[ … ]

But when you did, you came back like this. I think if you were our sage, it would be worse and then at that point we’d worry more about you than the moon.

[impacter]

Mm.

If I were the Sage over twenty six souls, dear Ginger, I would not have chosen to do what I did.

It is precisely because of the freedom and stubbornness that I have in this new role that has led to my consequences. Perhaps that's exactly why the spirits brought me in as a wizard only, and not a Sage.

[lustro]

[ He… reaches out and - ]

Stop being troublesome when there are people who worry about you.

[ The lightest tap on Solomon’s forehead while he can’t escape. Before Ginger sticks out his tongue and makes his own escape - for now. ]

[impacter]

[Ah.

Well, there he goes before Solomon can react. But he still lets his hand rest against the point where Ginger had touched him, letting his eyes drift to the side.

Worry about him, huh...

Maybe so.]