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𝔊𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔰 ([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.]
lostpsalm: (sulk)

[personal profile] lostpsalm 2023-08-12 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ....props his chin up on a hand... ]

...maybe I will ask Miss Trader for... something.

[ is he. Going to see if he can regain the big illustrated primer he and his siblings and also his dad learned to read off of, complete with desperate rebinding attempts and kids' doodling.




Yes. ]
Edited 2023-08-12 15:51 (UTC)
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[personal profile] lostpsalm 2023-08-12 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
No, on the--

The people who run it. They are gambling.
Edited 2023-08-12 16:33 (UTC)
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[personal profile] amhran 2023-08-13 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Caomhai, the home town of my people. It extends into the mountains from the shores of the ocean. We primarily live in colder climates with the strong winds bellowing against our homes. [ As in she does not mind frigid climates. ] The beauty of the snowcaps of our Mountains, the back of Beithir. It is beautiful when the sun rises from the West and peeks upon them.

[personal profile] amethystic 2023-08-13 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
Oh?
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[personal profile] lostpsalm 2023-08-13 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
A festival needs many things, that are... the end of lots of work, yes? Because they are... people playing to see what they can do, as many... in the food, and making games, and stories and clothes... before the festival, as many as during.

But you need to make these things that can be... breaking, last every day. Or people do not trust to come. Yes? Because the price is high.

It seems... difficult, to me. A visit is special to who visits. But a visit is only one more piece, to you, and you need many. It is like gambling, with good fortune as each chip.

[ <-- guy who has never been to a big city and grew up in a town of.. 200ish people. ]
Edited 2023-08-13 14:01 (UTC)
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[personal profile] succiduous 2023-08-14 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
It sounds somewhat similar to Kjerag, then. We have the holy Mount Karlan, which is where Karlan Trade derives its name from. The only person who lives atop it is the Saintess, the one responsible for conveying the Goddess Kjeragandr's will to the people.
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[personal profile] succiduous 2023-08-14 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you prefer the city? Or do you prefer wandering?

[Genuine question.]
amhran: (89)

among us

[personal profile] amhran 2023-08-15 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Goddess Kjeragandr... What a lovely name... Oh that reminds me, we have a God among us... Unfortunately he is... Resting... If you find time in your day to pray for him, please do. It will help him restore strength.

[personal profile] amethystic 2023-08-15 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
For living? The city, no question- I like indoor plumbing and cafes too much. But I feel far more at peace in the wilderness, honestly.
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[personal profile] mooninthewater 2023-08-16 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh? What's in it, then? It doesn't feel like water or anything like that...

[ He's so tempted to just shove his head in, but... he does gently place the basket into the bag instead. ]
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[personal profile] mooninthewater 2023-08-16 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
How very loyal of you, Mr. Gnosis. Who's to say that your partner-in-crime were to tell you not to confess, but have the possibility to set you up for failure? You wouldn't really be there to stop them from saying that you did it, after all...

[ Not that Mizuki is saying "be distrusting of people" because he is the last person in the world to suggest that, but that's also kind of sort of the entire point of this thought exercise. ]

I think it's really kind of you to say that.

[personal profile] amethystic 2023-08-16 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
If the cities and towns where I'm from were smaller, I might agree. Not to mention people will travel insane distances for the more famous parks. The people who go can afford to go, basically.
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[personal profile] amhran 2023-08-16 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
um.... G-Gravity...? [ SHE DOESNT KNOW!!!! WHAT THE HECK!! MIZUKI!!! ] I don't know though....

[ Inside the basket stuff goes!!! ]
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[personal profile] mooninthewater 2023-08-16 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ DON'T WHAT THE HECK HIM!!! HE'S A NERD!!!! HE WANTS TO KNOW- ]

Oh. Maybe it's like... the void? [ The infinite expanse of all-consuming nothingness- ] That's cool! And it doesn't weigh anything at all???? Can you put water in there?
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[personal profile] amhran 2023-08-16 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ USE YOUR OWN BRAIN THEN???? PUT UR WHOLE ASS HEAD IN. ]

It doesnt! [ She pats the bag and lifts it up and down gently as if to show. ] Uh - hm... That is interesting you could fill it with water I suppose.
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[personal profile] mooninthewater 2023-08-16 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
How convenient~! Water can get pretty heavy!! Oh, but that would probably destroy your bag, huh?
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[personal profile] amhran 2023-08-16 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
No it would not! Though it would ruin the things inside, I guess if you wanted to do that... You'd have to empty it out first.

[ At this point she just thinks theyre having a funny thinking game. ]

Haha, it would be funny if you could put little fish in it.
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[personal profile] mooninthewater 2023-08-17 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Little"… I'm not that small, but maybe I could fit~?

[ It can be a game while Mizuki is being completely serious at the same time— ]
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[personal profile] amhran 2023-08-17 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ Caoimhe just... Looks at him cutely - like oh your so silly I said fish not you!!!! ]

Ah... Well you wouldn't have air though... So It would be worrisome.
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[personal profile] mooninthewater 2023-08-17 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
Well there would be enough air in the water for me, silly. [ Beat. ] Oh I guess I never told you?? I’m an Aegir — cnidarian variety. I can breathe underwater just fine!
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[personal profile] amhran 2023-08-17 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ Caoimhe's hands clatter together cutely, in a excitable clap. ]

What does that mean!?

[ Loading... ]

Oh! Are you... Are you of the ocean then!??!!?!??
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[personal profile] mooninthewater 2023-08-17 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ “Of the ocean,” huh? That’s not entirely wrong. He was practically “born” of it. Haha!

…

He shouldn’t say that out loud though. Even if she doesn’t know what that means, if she goes repeating it to Gnosis or Shalem, he’ll get in trouble… ]


“Ægir” means “sea,” so yes, in a sense~! More specifically even, I’m a sea jelly.
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[personal profile] amhran 2023-08-17 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Caoimhe suddenly - sweeps up toward him. Hands gripping his, as she held them closer to her own chest. ]

D-Do you!?!? F-Feel a k-kinship with me!??!?!

[ The line of thought trailed this way ;

If Beithir is connected to her, and she is not of Grandall. If it is true that Beithir is a Primordial God of the Sea... Clearly someone born of the sea, in equal measure. Who in her eyes, she has deigned is a Primodial (Mizuki). Then clearly... Clearly he should notice something about her right? So she thinks - so she hopes. The oceans in her eyes swirl, and the stars glitter with a gentle glow. There within her gaze, lies the sky and sea.

Don't mind that Mizuki's hands are totally sculpted between her breast, more towards where her heart should be. ]
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1/2

[personal profile] mooninthewater 2023-08-18 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ Girl, you canNOT just ask that to someone who asked you very recently asked to "become one" with you?! For many reasons, but for Mizuki specifically it's because… it feels cruel. To turn down his ask like that and then say something like this. She doesn't know, a rational part says. It's not fair, something more feral screams.

Her world is different from yours.
She wants to feel a connection.
She's already been put off from how you were before.
You could make her become part of Us.
Breathe.
C O N S U M E .

…

He doesn't want to think about this stuff anymore. He hates that she's so easily able to stir these thoughts he's usually able to swallow down so easily, and yet… and yet, and yet, and yet… His hand twitches, desperate for touch, connection, closeness— ]
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[personal profile] mooninthewater 2023-08-18 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ And then his eldritch side is very immediately overshadowed by Dumb Weeb Boy Brain. Wait- her- hand? Hand. Boob. AaaaAAAAaAAAaA???? Like water, his hand easily slips out of hers to yank it away like she had burned him, pink coming to his cheeks in the process. Did he get isekai'd into an ecchi horror manga, because he's not sure that's his kind of genre— ]

I- uh- maybe that that sort of skinship- [ kinship ] Er— nnnnot like that…??

[ He's 21 and struggling— ]

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