[OPEN] elsword's housewarming party!

[simplicitas]

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.]

Comments

[amhran]

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.

[mooninthewater]

"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— ]

[amhran]

[ 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.

[mooninthewater]

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!

[amhran]

[ Caoimhe's hands clatter together cutely, in a excitable clap. ]

What does that mean!?

[ Loading... ]

Oh! Are you... Are you of the ocean then!??!!?!??

[mooninthewater]

[ “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.

[amhran]

[ 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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[mooninthewater]

[ 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— ]

VORE ME BABY

[amhran]

[ gag tag ]

[mooninthewater]

[ 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— ]

[amhran]

Skinship? [ Caoimhe cants her head, when his hands had skidaddled away from her. She even tried to - in her enthuse and losing herself in the moment. Had attempted to take them again - but he was so quick to move away. ] Mizuki - are you okay?

[ She's is dumb. ]

I just mean't.. Ah... I-I suppose not..? I am sorry...

[ She looks away a bit embarrassed, playing with a thread of her hair tucking it behind her elven ear. The other hand, remaining fast against where she had brought his hand to her chest. Caoimhe almost looks as if that moment in those ecchi mangas that she realizes how they were touching - - - but no... She is embarrassed for COMPLTELY unrelated reason.

Embarrassed that she was stupid and made a wrong assumption. ]

Of course you wouldn't be able to tell - that's... Not how it works does it? not that I even know... or if its true...

[ She feels more embarrassed that a part of her thought - YES I AM SPECIAL! YES! He can tell me I am from the ocean too - he can help me learn that Beithir is my father! That my people who had saw me as nothing more then a disappointment, dont need to anymore - because its TRUE! That I AM from the ocean, that they were right!!! - but... No, she is dumb - she lets out a pathetic sigh. ]

[mooninthewater]

[ No one's ever come onto him like this before?! He's very demisexual don't do this to him— ]

I-I just, you know, that sort of thing… [ Caoimhe?! She doesn't seem like the sort of person to just wanna sleep with someone because they said they're a jellyfish, but he supposes people come in all forms— ] I-I think maybe I misunderstood what you meant??

[ Help- ]

THIS MISCOMMUNICATION LMFAO

[amhran]

No.. No its okay... [ She looks like she was rejected, and the way her hands clamor to hold one another. As they settle upon her lap, truly - she looks like one inherently rejected. ] I-I am so sorry...

[mooninthewater]

There's no need to apologize!!! [ Shouldn't he be the sorry one?! ] I'm sure there might be others around who… might…?! Umm…!!! I didn't mean to make things awkward.

We can still hang out!!! I still think of you as my friend, it's okay!!!

[amhran]

Truly... I am glad you understand... And that.. I-I didn't embarrass myself too much.

[ Caoimhe begins to play with a thread of hair again. ]

I just... I thought maybe since you were... One of the ocean too.. You might have felt something within me... But... I-I suppose it doesn't work like that does it?

these two killing me--

[mooninthewater]

[ How is she not embarrassed, honestly??? Mizuki is. Mizuki is incredibly embarrassed. He hasn't even... kissed anyone before?! She's really cute so, like, kissing her wouldn't be terrible- Wait, wait, wait. That's getting off topic. Where did that come from??????? Hhh-

At least he resonates fairly easily with that "felt something within" comment. Maybe she's a bit like him, then? He's always been told he's a special case. A free will amongst a sea of people who would always give in to the Call of the Sea? It's alienating, isn't it? he wants to ask. To be "special". To be... alone. ]

W-well, I think... maybe... it's just because my ocean back home is probably a lot different than yours... I wouldn't be discouraged. [ He's not going to kinkshame for that-- ] But I-I'm also just bad about rushing into... those sorts of things...

HONESTLY this can only get better from here

[amhran]

Oh ! [ Caoimhe's face lights up in a slight beautiful flush - she is so dumb! It truly is that simple, if her father is God. A Primodial Elemental God, who created the Oceans of her specific world - then that would simply mean... If Mizuki was from another plane entirely, he obviously would be nothing like her. ]

You are most... Right. Yes. No its okay... [ Those sorts of things? Skinship? ] Oh... Do you not like holding hands or touching that much - I am so sorry. I can refrain, my people... We are very physically intimate with one another, erm um... I know the Kingdoms aren't.. I mean... We are very comfortable with holding each other, and hugging. After all it was how we kept each other warm when we travel through the mountains.

[ Caoimhe looks down a bit, rubbing the side of her arm. ] Though, mostly I only laid with Maeve of Caragh... When I could not, because Maeve was rather popular to bed beside. I often slept with the Bison. [ At that point she smiles, and her fingers press upon one another sheepishly. ] I do miss... Sleeping and cuddling with my family... I do not think anyone here is okay with that... Elsword often comments on my sleeping everywhere, but I find sleeping on the floor more comfortable then the bed he has offered. It... Just feels weird to sleep in one place for so long..

Ah - I ... Spoke so much I am sorry. I just get excited when, I get to share more of myself with you. We may be from different oceans, but I feel we are the same in many ways!

[mooninthewater]

[ SHE SLEPT WITH HOW MANY PEOPLE- ]

Ah- ahh... I wouldn't say I don't like physical contact or anything like that. But maybe not to the degree you and your people have shared with one another...????

[ Are there bonobos in Arknights? Who knows. If there are, then maybe this would sound just like that sort of society-- ]

No, no, I get that impression, too! We share a lot of things in common. It's quite nice, actually. I don't... really ever feel so... [ Hhhh, words- ] ...uh, open to someone, I guess? I feel like it's very easy to talk to you, Caoimhe, and that maybe you might understand me.

[amhran]

Oh... I am so sorry... I... Didn't mean to hold you like that. I promise I wont hug you - and, and... If - you... I mean.. Not that we would lay together at any point, I assure you though - we need not lay near each other what so ever. I will not come upon you ever at any point.

[ She means. To cuddle for warmth, to share a bed and sleep gently. To keep you close and know she is not alone in our more weaker moments - sleep. She will not ever come near you, fearing that perhaps. She has made herself seem unsightly, and finds herself feeling the same way her people made her feel. She feels... So sorry for thinking she could be close with Mizuki like that. A sort of platonic intimacy, shared between people who are comfortable with touching or holding one another.

Caoimhe thinks, it has to do with her - not him. She is so sorry. ]

Oh..

[ Is what she initially felt but what she discerns from Mizuki's words here is that - she matters to him. They are friends, and she supposes that he simply does not care for skinship. Her heart races still, and her mind does not shy her away from anxieties - but she tries... Because she values her friend so much. ]

Y-Yes... [ Taking a short deep breath, she goes from tense... To someone attempting to relax. ] To be fair... I... Enjoy talking to you the most out of everyone here... I feel like I am home.

[mooninthewater]

[ Is Mizuki a tomato right now? He feels like he might be. ]

N-no, no, hugging is different than- You can still do that, you just-- y-you can't put hugs and sex in the same category?!

[ Whoop there it is- ]

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[amhran]

Huh . . . ?

2/3 jk

[amhran]

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[amhran]

I - THATS - [ Caoimhe bows her head entirely. Absolutely ashamed of herself and this - misunderstanding? ] I am most sorry, that has nothing to do what I meant or was speaking on! I - - - - understand no one would - I mean - No ! I was just - I am -

[ HOW? Did the conversation get here!?!?!? Caoimhe is mortified in some ways but absolutely embarrassed and apart of her wants to hide in a corner in cry. She would never force anyone to think of anything so intimate with her - she feels so sorry for him! That he had to think that! ]

I assure you - I was talking about, [ She tries to start from the begining as if this was all a story she failed to tell. ] our similarities in maybe being both from the sea. I had hoped in speaking to you about it - that I could learn the truth about myself - but but but - I only meant about that!!! W-When you spoke of skinship - I thought you only meant of touching and hugging! No ! My - My people are - are open in their loving of one another in a way that is inherently genuine and non sexual - we are a people of love and giving - not not not - not like that in that way - Just in a very - we lay in bed with one another when the nights are most cold - we sing every night to each other so that the woods may hear our song - so that as we rest we sleep to the sounds of someone being there - awaken to the sounds of our people being there - always our caravans are full of song - always we show our love for the world around us - to our people - such is our ways!! Such truths have kept beasts and monsters from us for they know our capacity - they know the way of song means that the Tuatha de is near - we protect ourselves from them in this way so that we may all live in harmony- our our our.... Our People!! M-My people normally do not lay with me often - to rest - to sleep - they do not - - because of the situation regarding my birth - most people were more afraid of me being an ill omen since it was that I was unable to prove my worth of being a child from the sea god Beithir - and and - I could not dance - - my singing - my singing is not so heavenly like C-Caragh who sounds as if she were blessed by the siren's voice herself - or or my dance - my dances are not so flowing like the waves of the ocean - like Maeve - how her moves gently match the way that the waves dance - I - I - I, I merely mean that we are very loving - that I wish nothing more then to give too - I wish too to hug and to hold - I - - - to have sex!?!? N-No No No No !!! I would never force such a thought of someone like me - that - - I - - OH!! By the GODS! By the PLANES!! - - Was that what Godwyyn meant - [ IT ALMOST HITS HER RIGHT NOW AFTER MONTHS!!! ]

IS THAT WHAT HE HAD MEANT WHEN HE SPOKE TO ME IN THAT FASHION!?!?! WHEN HE WANTED TO TAKE ME TO THE BED AND WRAP ME AROUND HIS FINGERS!?!?!

[ SHE IS JUST GOING TO KEEP TALKING IF NO ONE STOPS HER!!! SHE BROKE!!! ]

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[mooninthewater]

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[mooninthewater]

[ As Caoimhe continues to prattle on, Mizuki initially takes that time to process everything... very slowly, admittedly. But finally he's able to put it together -- he misunderstood. Of course he did. She has such an old timey way of phrasing things, it's not wonder that barrier was there. Yet, all Mizuki can find to do is... laugh.

Light, chime-like laughter.

Before Caoimhe can talk herself to exhaustion, Mizuki takes the steps forward to finally give Caoimhe the close, warm embrace that he so loves to give. Of course he wants to share these sorts of moments with her. Of course he wants to hug his friends. Of course she is his friend. ]

Hey, hey, hey, if you keep talking so fast I won't be able to keep up!! It's alright!! [ A squeeze. ] I'll give you as many hugs as you would like.

[ There's so much to address here?! But, uh, Mizuki mostly just wants her to calm down first and foremost. ]