Now Kiss!

[unheiring]

Who: The Entire (Adult*) Population of the Grove
What: Spin the Bottle Round Three
When: Somewhere in Magic Month
Where: The Inn Lobby
Warnings: Magic will probably go haywire because what's funnier than your emotions spiking and making your windy magic go woosh

*Younger muses can set up their own Spin the Bottle behind the Inn or whatever. Be some punk little rebels I don't care, I'm not your dad.

After two months of terror, it's time for a little whimsy — or so Luca Aurelius says, at least. And since Ain is a perpetual bad influence on him, Luca defaults to the most menacing game he knows: spin the bottle.

The rules are simple, plop down in the middle of a circle and get comfortable. Or maybe you got roped into this by a friend and now you're trying to put on a brave face? Either way, it's time to wait: the bottle will land on you eventually, right?. At that point, the rules are simple: kiss!

You can be brave about it and lock lips, or something mildly more. Or if you're trying to play it cool, a kiss on the hand or cheek should suffice. Luca isn't really enforcing any strict rules. The bastard isn't even playing, what the hell.

(Or, to put it all simply and break the fourth wall: drop your character. Add a little description about their behavior/demeanor prior to the kiss, if you want. Then, wait for someone to tag you, while you do some tagging out of your own! Spinning the bottle is a mutual affair, after all. Just remember to take any escalations off comms and to your inboxes, you fucking menaces)

Hope you're ready to resolve some of that tension you've been ignoring!

Comments

[purifier]

[Zahliya's lips purse into a thin line.]

We will talk outside, if that's what you're after. Come.

[He's not willing to entertain this conversation where it can easily be eavesdropped on or overheard, so he'll wait to speak until they're past the well and a bit closer to the church.]

You're asking about Luca and I, aren't you?

[lovelyredthread]

[ He could have been much less delicate about it. At least he'd had the cortesy to be subtle about it.

He lets Zahilya lead them as far as he'd like, nodding at the question. ]

I've known about the situation for a while. Part of my power. But I wanted to give you time to breathe before asking about it.

[purifier]

Hah.

[He's a bit annoyed, and can only imagine the ways Luca has tried to twist the situation if he's talked about it at all — because to Zahliya, that's the most likely outcome after the way he was so thoroughly burned and given an apology not even half an hour later that felt half-assed and uncaring. For Pavlova's abilities, though, there's a cold and closed-off pit where there once was warmth and life. Zahliya is well and truly done with any romance he and Luca once had, and even without the heart-reading powers, that much is obvious by the body language.

Still, he's willing to talk, though it might be more of a deluge of "I've been holding back because I have no one to vent to". Moder is a good listener, though she doesn't understand. Callan is the worst listener on the planet, but Callan would go to bat for any of the Guardians, which means Zahliya didn't vent to him much because he didn't want issues to arise. Sinann is also good at listening, but again, doesn't really Get It.]

I guess I feel mostly dead inside, with some lingering anger. Tired, perhaps. I've moved on from any romantic feelings—

Wait, if you can simply read it for yourself, then read it for yourself. Doesn't questioning make your power a bit redundant, or am I misunderstanding?

[lovelyredthread]

Oh, I can read it just fine.

[ He hums, almost dismissively, but his bodylanguage is still attentive. His asking isn't really for himself. ]

But I mean, there are two sides to everything and you deserve to heal. It'll keep hurting the longer you keep it wrapped up.

[ ... there was a time where watching this fester into a problem would have been entertaining to him, and in some ways it still is. But it's less manic fan of all love even when it's twisted and more simply... understanding how that must feel from Zahliya's side. The irony of what could have been. ]

Plus reading while I'm talking to someone is rude. I wouldn't be able to focus on either.

[purifier]

I don't have much to say. He treated me as secondary, and I decided if I was going to mean something to someone, I wouldn't take second place. That's all. I had my time to heal, and I've moved on.