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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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( Well, chase your bliss, I guess. )

I mean, if that's what you like... ( ? Can small things like that make a person happy? He isn't sure. Maybe. ) Doesn't bug you that people don't always get what you mean?

( Genuine question. )

'Tis a barrier of mine own making, therefore I have only myself to blame if I am misunderstood.

[Which is to say, if he was truly bothered he'd stop doing it.]

However, I would have it known that I am always willing to offer alternate phrasing for the sake of clarification.

( oh okay so he's like an otaku basically, he can turn it off if he has to )

Right, okay. It's not like it bothers me, schools just stopped existing where I came from, so I'm just from a totally opposite background.

( He's smart for his age and he can read above his hypothetical grade level, but this is more a different dialect than anything. )

I can take a truth too, if you want.

[An otaku. Help. He can turn it off, but he'd have to put some thought into his words like I have to put thought into his old english--]

Oh... That is most unfortunate to hear. [He's from the land of nerds, what do you mean there is no schooling?!] 'Tis of little consolation, but thou wouldst likely not learn of this dialect during general education outside of classes focused on literature, and 'twould be used for historical purposes.

[Not for like, practical application. It's a dead dialect, after all.

As for a follow-up truth...hmmmm.]

Dost thou have a favorite story? Fable or otherwise, it matters not.

( He shrugs. )

Happens when the world ends. ( Lack of real schooling, he means. The demon army's weird testing grounds "school" doesn't count. ) But I guess I'm glad it's not just me.

( Only being half understand a guy makes one wonder if they're just dumb. Turns out, he's just not nerdy enough.

The query, though, makes him stop and ponder. He hasn't thought about stories in forever... )

... It's not like it's special to me, but one story I'd read more often than some others was something called "the crane bride." It's about a poor man who lived in the mountains who saved a crane. He doesn't know it, but the crane returns as a pretty girl to be his wife and provide money for him. Have you heard that one before? ... The ending isn't exactly a happy one.

I've no qualms about his speech. In fact, I encourage it.

[And that's all that matters.]

He has a mind to fit his speech, not a fool who understands not a single word he says.

( hello ? )

I don't recall my question being "Does Ithaqua like how you talk," so why are you answering?

Heheh! Because I am right here, and because my opinion is important to this discussion.

[It's one of the reasons why Urianger and Ithaqua just work together.]

( Well, it's not like he doesn't understand being defensive of the boyfriend... but still. )

Okay, well, good to know you like him flirting with you in book talk. ( Not to be confused with BookTok, ) But I figured as much already.

( prob wouldn't be holding handsies with him if you weren't at least a little into it )

[Ithaqua just smiles underneath his mask. With a little fang, of course. How else do monsters communicate but by posturing first?]

Heheh! Satisfied with his answer?

( He shrugs! )

I was just curious. Weren't you?

[Ithaqua gives a shrug.]

I'd had suspicions for a while, before I learned of the origins of his speech. Urianger's response to you simply filled in some gaps in my knowledge.

[Which is not exactly a proper response... Haha.]

But rather than pointedly ask every time I want to know something, I wait and observe, to learn him better, or I wait until he is ready to share. [He turns his head slightly to look up at Urianger for a second.] We walk at his pace.

( gayyyy.jpg

Mika rubs his thumb along the hilt of his rapier, thinking of himself and Ginger. )

... I think there's some things you can't know about a person unless you ask them.

( As it turns out, he and Ginger are great at obsessively watching each other, and even better at completely misinterpreting each other when they get anxious. )

You just have to wait if they don't want to talk about it yet, is all.

( So it's not that he disagrees with Ithaqua, exactly... but his relationship needs a bit more communication than Ithaqua's seems to. )

[Sounds like Mikaela is thinking about... well, who else but himself and Ginger. Sigh.

Young ones.]

It depends on how well you know what he is like, and how well you can read him just by looking at him-- as well as how you decide to proceed once you have an inkling what he's thinking or feeling.

[Then he lowers his voice into a stage whisper, despite Urianger being right there.]

I, for one, can see right through Urianger, and can take him by the hand to lead him if I must. [Meaning, no such problems here!]

( thinking emoji... )

... Does he like that?

If he did not, he would not have asked to court me~

[Meaning, Mika just got some lore about how it went down.]

( the hot goss... )

... You don't worry it's selfish, or that you've read him wrong, or anything?

( imagine having eyes and not being insecure? ithaqua op )

Why? [He gives a one-armed shrug on account of his other one being occupied.]

It's not as if acted on his emotions first-- I did. I told him I wanted him, and as the fate he liked so much happened, he felt the same. Was I thinking that I had him for sure once I spoke? No, not entirely. There was still a hint of doubt until he responded, but what mattered is that I spoke.

[Urianger might not have done anything if Ithaqua did not.]

... Mm. I see.

( It sounds like a fairytale - but perhaps most tales of things simply working out do when you're someone who's learned to live in fear. )

... But you and he didn't worry that he might be happier with someone else.

( They were set on each other, without wondering if the other would better flourish somewhere else. )

Why would I? My appearance aside, [because we don't talk about Ithaqua's appearance or how he perceives himself on a physical level,] I am a powerful, accomplished wizard who is always trying to become even more powerful. I am never satisfied with my current state, and while I am not as well-read as him, I do not need him to censor himself for my sake.

I am a prize.

[Look at all of this confidence.]

Edited 2024-06-01 10:34 (UTC)

( If only confidence were infectious...

The remark about appearance draws the faintest arch of a raised eyebrow - but it does not negate the rest. While none of those are qualities Mika cares for, it suggests more than enough on what Ithaqua values about himself. It is a greater quantity of things than Mika could list, if asked of his own advantages.

However, he is curious: )

Are those things that make him happy?

( These are things that Ithaqua likes about himself. They may even be things that Urianger likes, too. But do they do his heart good? )

[Ithaqua smirks as his response, and then tilts his head towards Urianger.]

He'd tell you other points about me that he likes, but... Heheh. Ask him, or ask Ahito. He did pry into us earlier, after all.

But know this-- I, the sum of my parts, make him happy. [Then he reaches up to brush the back of his fingers along Urianger's beard.

It's clear that this relationship is.

Gross.]

[His mysterious, stoic image...slowly diminishing...]

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shortleash - 2024-06-02 07:04 (UTC) - Expand

( Definitely gross. Thank god he and Ginger are gross in a much more acceptable way [citation needed] [mika getting into an edit war with other editors]

Anyway, he doesn't seem outwardly bothered by the PDA - if it's one thing the vampiric decay has aided him with, it's keeping that kind of thing off his face in front of people who can probably skewer him easy - however, Ithaqua's phrasing, in this moment and the moments prior, can't help but draw his attention to the subject Ithaqua's appearance once again.

He has seen it, as it used to be - and Ithaqua looked perfectly normal then, though the stark shift in his skin's tone and his apparently unnatural eyes suggest his look has changed. That, and how he never seems to remove his mask, if he can help it. )

... The sum of all your parts together, but not your appearance?

( The sum of all his parts - it sounds as if he intends to brush past an individual piece or two of himself he may not quite enjoy, given Ithaqua had already pieced out his appearance as an exception earlier.

Frankly, it's rude to ask, but Mika is rude, so. )

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