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π”Šπ”’π”«π”’π”°π”¦π”° ([personal profile] simplicitas) wrote in [community profile] sticksandbones2023-08-01 02:37 pm

[OPEN] elsword's housewarming party!

Who: Elsword & You
What: Housewarming party!! Snacks!! Mysterious river noises!!!! A mushroom probably!
When: Early August, in the evening
Where: Elsword's house :D
Warnings: frat boy party stuff probably


Elsword has been building a house. And, when August rolls around (time is weird here, just go with it, it Feels like August ok) he manages to complete it. Which means...

a) moving really shitty furniture into the actual rooms, sorry this is all the Shopkeeper could spare, he'll buy and/or make nicer furniture later
b) installing a chandelier (dangerous!)
c) going around to the grove's residents to ask if they want to live with him
and
d) inviting people to have a "housewarming party", and explaining "I've never had one before but it sounds like fun" (you are here!)

There's food aplenty (mostly fish) cooked up and ready to eat, and the Shopkeeper has provided further party snacks, which is a fun way of saying there is a single large bowl of pretzels on a coffee table that looks like a halved tree. There are apples picked from the apple tree by the river's edge (Elsword has already thanked the forest for those). There's water. It's not the most extravagant party food, but there should be enough to go around. Just be sure to share with your fellow housemates and/or current partygoers, please, it's only polite.

There are games, too, but not anything too exciting. Elsword doesn't have any board games, and video games are a myth where he's from, so you'll all be playing verbal games like Two Truths & a Lie or Truth or Dare, which may or may not devolve into the most fratboy shit ever. There's no liquor here to make you immune to questioning your life choices, after all.

Outside on the patio are some of those awful, terribly uncomfortable plastic chairs likely pulled from the back of the General Store, but at least you can sit down and enjoy the sounds of the river nearby. The rushing waters, the sound of something croaking, maybe some gurgling... it's all very normal. There's nothing happening in the water. Elsword has even tried to create fake fireflies outside by using some of his magic to make little yellow orbs that float and bob in the air. It's quieter than inside, too, and is a nice escape from the partying. A relaxing time.

At the end of the night, after everyone has partied out, Elsword takes to cleaning up. He'll tell you not to worry about it and just let him handle everything, but if you stick around to help, you might find him staring into the shards of a mirror.


[OOC: hi this is a mingle. please do the mingling. do not kill each other. ty.]
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[personal profile] amhran 2023-08-08 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh Is there? Do not mind me then!

[ Elsword who sounded like he dropped some sick villian line at Caoimhe and she just replies accepting that truth! ]
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[personal profile] amhran 2023-08-08 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
All parts of the animal are special, there is no reason to set it aside. We more so set aside items such as Harpies hearts, or the Vrocs wings.

[ Hell yeah they eat fiends. She recalls a random bit about her people and food. ]

We do not eat Bison, unless the winter is far too cold. They are more like an extension of our family.
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[personal profile] amhran 2023-08-08 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Love? Never being apart - No.

[ That she focuses on specifically due to cultural importance! It is important to her - knowledge is shared never kept from others. If there is question to be had - one must ask it. If there is something to learn - you must learn it. Such is the way of the Tuatha de - chroniclers of the old ways. She must, due to duty, share their truths. As such, Caoimhe happily hops into attempting to do so. A sort of story telling way. ]

Partnerships of love, especially - ah Romantic love! Matter not distance or even dimensional planes. Or even in Death... If someone passes on, it is not that you are not their lover - even in death you still are. There is no end to said partnership.

It is rare to see one come to an end - but I suppose it is not unheard of?


Can one be rid of the Ocean Wholly?

[ She muses the question out loud in speak, as in druidic it would not have worked. At this point Caoimhe moves her arms about in fluid movements, a sort of performance. She enacts an old dance from her people. Her wrists look as if they spin around and her arms are magically ebbing from her shoulders down along toward her wrists. She leans forward to one side, shutting her smiling. ]

Our people do not believe in ends such as this, most lovers keep each other and if that love recedes - like the ocean waves.

Or If the love's winds are not as strong, it merely means love has changed. It is not gone, love can never be.

"Even if it turns into Hate - for what is hate but love transformed?" Maeve use to tell me this.

She says - it simply moves into a new form. Love is endless and flows like the water - a river stream bleeding into the ocean.

[ Caoimhe folds her hands back onto her lap. ]

That said I am still learning about Love, it takes a Shaman centuries before they can preach the words of Emer. I can only speak on a slither of her knowledge.
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[personal profile] amhran 2023-08-08 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! I guess you don't know do you..?

[ Caoimhe lets the other hold the basket for now. She moves to pull her back out, and opens the leather cover of it. Its complete utter black ness in it, but she kind of holds it towards Mizuki. ]

You can put all of it in here, it will fit. Just be careful how you put the Basket in.

[ Mizuki will note, there is no way the basket SHOULD be able to fit in. ]
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[personal profile] mooninthewater 2023-08-10 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ...? Mizuki looks down at the basket, then to her bag and sort of.......... sticks his whole arm in instead- ]
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[personal profile] mooninthewater 2023-08-10 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Perfect! Then I'll see what I can get set up for us!!! Oh, how exciting~. I haven't had a picnic in forever...
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[personal profile] mooninthewater 2023-08-10 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well, since he's busy eating, he'll just- ]

I used to be an apprentice to a pretty well known chef. Taught me all sorts of techniques and such, but I thought I should try and push the boundaries of those dishes a little further. After all, food is supposed to make people really happy, so I've always wanted them to get the most out of it. Both emotionally and nutritionally!
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[personal profile] mooninthewater 2023-08-10 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh?? I'm also better for- I mean, I've never been the type to make decisions on my own. I always pick wrong, so... I'm better at following orders.

...

[ A beat. "Prefers not to allow themselves"...? ] I'm... sure one could admit guilt, too, sure. [ That's... new. He hasn't heard that answer before, actually. Mizuki's gaze sort of drifts upwards for a moment as he rocks back and forth as if this new answer is suddenly opening a lot of doors he didn't realize were there. Jellyfish is processing... ] Is... is that what you would want to do?
Edited (When ur updating ur thread tracker and notice a typo) 2023-08-24 15:18 (UTC)
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[personal profile] amhran 2023-08-10 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah! [ Caoimhe giggles a little bit... It is an item not inherently common even in her world, so she finds the interaction a bit wholesome. Giggling a little bit. ]

Ah be careful there some dangerous items in there... I didn't expect you to put your whole arm in!
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[personal profile] succiduous 2023-08-10 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you? Both of them are frigid climes. Most wouldn't take a holiday to either locale willingly.
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[personal profile] succiduous 2023-08-10 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Home is...

[.........uh]

...somewhere you feel safest, and a place you might dream about returning to some day if you're away from it. That's how I see it, anyhow.
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[personal profile] succiduous 2023-08-11 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
The way I see it, I don't have much to lose. If I were to do some heinous crime, [which he has,] I care little if I am condemned or not. That, and I don't take risks unnecessarily. I prepare for a fallout in case it comes, and that's the most I can do. I don't like to bank on "fate" or "what-ifs".

That said, were my partner-in-crime to say first that I should not confess, were we caught, then I would not. That is assuming we plotted this out in advance.

[He is not someone who doesn't plot in advance, but it's worth mentioning.]

[personal profile] amethystic 2023-08-11 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
Ehh, if you play the wrong games. Everything's straightforward, otherwise.

[personal profile] amethystic 2023-08-11 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, hey, it's not just you setting things up, silly!

( she lightly squishes his cheeks, but it's clearly affectionate. )
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[personal profile] succiduous 2023-08-11 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Gnosis affords what might sound like one fourth of a laugh if you really listen closely.]

I feel quite sorry for us Terrans, too. At least you don't want for confidence.

[personal profile] amethystic 2023-08-11 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
When you survive the sort of things people like me survive, it's warranted. And kind of necessary?

( the horrors persist but i stay silly downright incredible )
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[personal profile] succiduous 2023-08-11 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
[WOW he's only like 35, there are like 3 Operators older than he is!!! Rude!!!!]

So I've noticed. I still have my Arts unit, and the shadowy woman with the turtle seemed as though she was willing to trade for certain things. This place is quite similar to Kjerag with its lack of technology, so you could say I'm almost at home here.

[personal profile] amethystic 2023-08-11 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
I go from place to place, so I'm not unused to being out of the city, but... this definitely feels like the longest it's been.
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[personal profile] succiduous 2023-08-11 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Gnosis, speaking Victorian English again:]

It would be nice if there were a way for me to continue learning those languages, or something close to Elze, but I have no way of doing so without the proper resources.
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[personal profile] mooninthewater 2023-08-11 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! So… Rhodes Island, definitely, then!

[ He won't take a drink, then. Go team, they got there! He's beaming, excitedly. ]
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[personal profile] mooninthewater 2023-08-11 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Mmph- I knooow. Sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself. I can't help it…

[personal profile] amethystic 2023-08-11 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
( squish!!!!


and then she lets go. )


It's cute. Just... don't think you gotta do it all alone. We're both doing this.
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[personal profile] mooninthewater 2023-08-11 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I didn't expect my whole arm to fit...! Can you just put anything in here? Does it not retain any of the mass? How is it so much bigger on the inside?

[ He's still got his arm inside, wiggling his fingers around to test the temperature, how arid it might be inside, and other science-y things he's absolutely interested in. Gnosis would have a field day with this. ]
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[personal profile] mooninthewater 2023-08-11 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I know there's... complications. Resilience and fortitude, and those people who hone those to be the absolute best at those sorts of things. I can't say I understand, though, because even the best can still break...

It's interesting to me.
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[personal profile] amhran 2023-08-12 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
Yes you can! [ Im not sure, but its a ... ? Neutral tempature pocket of space from what I understand within the bag of holding so Mizuki just feels... An emptiness - a lack of heat. But no presence of something making it cold either - if absence of heat is cold... But like.. Its just... Neutral. ]

O-Oh you can... I-I would not go inside though... F-From what I understand you need air to breathe and there is no air inside.

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