FAMILY MEETING 2.0

[succiduous]

Who: Everyone. All Y'all. You Cannot Escape.
What: Info share because I know y'all got the plot
When: Late August, post Flower-Murdering
Where: The Inn
Warnings: triggers should be tagged appropriately in post headers! please and thank you!!


[Gnosis has government assigned himself "guy who bothers everyone about the plot" this time around. He craves information. You have information. You will give the information up during what he's calling a Town Hall, but was previously called a Family Meeting.

People who do not show up for the "what the fuck just happened this month" meeting will not be forcibly dragged into it, but will receive the most Disdainful, Judgemental look. Can you truly stand to be judged so harshly by a 35 year old man... no. You cannot. (You probably can actually he's not that intimidating.)

There are no snacks (currently) but there is freshly-brewed tea by Gnosis himself, and there's a framed corkboard he's brought downstairs (presumably out of his room) with notes on it, as well as some of those mysterious photographs that have been taken of everyone that he's asked to have. You know, so he can piece this puzzle together. Once everyone's gathered...]

Let's get started. Some of you have been here longer than others, so I hope you can volunteer information so we can figure out where we are and why, and anything else we later arrivals might have missed from the collective puzzle. Please try to stay on task.


[[ooc: hi hello this is your share-the-plot-ICly log, with the goal of a) catching up new arrivals and b) making sure information circulates ICly to avoid metagaming. which like that hasn't been a problem but you know, just in case. if you've never done one of these before they function a bit like this where everyone shares important info they've discovered with the class.]]

Comments

:) yay

[harmacy]

[instead of asking Elsword he's gonna cut out the middle man and stick an arm out from his wing-prison]

Yes, this information is new to me. Mizuki, would you please pass that to me?

breathes

[simplicitas]

[mmmmmmm but what if he didn't see—]

I just... don't think it's a good idea right now. Things got kind of tense earlier...

[:(]

[harmacy]

Why isn't it a good idea? You trust me, don't you?

[are you trying to hide things from him? are you saying he can't handle it? are you calling him weak?]

[simplicitas]

With my life. ...but I'm pretty sure what's in the photo is going to make you upset, so I was gonna grab you later to talk.

It's my bad for bringing it along. [He recognizes that; he didn't think about how to balance his wants with the need to share. This is not his forte.] You can look at it if you want.

[mooninthewater]

[ He will happily do so. A tentacle nabs the photo from his hand and plops it into Add's before it goes back into it's usual camouflaged hiding spot. Extra limbs are very fun and convenient. ]

1/3

[harmacy]

[He's already taking the photo from Mizuki while Elsword is still talking. What's so bad that he thought it'd make Add upset, huh—]

2/3

[harmacy]

[harmacy]

[... the shock only lasts for a second. after it passes, his expression is more... complicated. bitter. wistful?

he stares at for a long time, unwilling to put it down now. recording every detail, comparing it to his memory... retracing the parts that have faded...]

... and what makes you think this would upset me? [there's something raw and accusatory in his tone. what else does Elsword know? what else has he been hiding from him?]

The other one—the journal. Pass me that.

[simplicitas]

[...quietly hands the journal over.]

It upset a lot of people. Sorry. I shouldn't assume anything...

[That Is Baby Add Tho. Elsword just clamps his mouth shut and looks away while Add reads.]

[harmacy]

[he snatches it maybe a little too roughly, sorry, he's in a very bad mood all the sudden for completely unrelated reasons

he skims a few pages, glaring like the book has personally offended him already... it doesn't take long to find the part that Elsword probably doesn't realize is relevant here. he's scowling now, fingers digging into the edges of the cover.]

... Hmph. What a load of nonsense. [slams it shut, all but tosses it back onto the table. ignore the weird purple lights streaming off his left eye now that's normal.] It's all fabricated, so it doesn't matter. The photos, this book—none of it is remotely possible. It's all just another stupid trick of this place.

I'm disappointed, Elsword. You shouldn't be so gullible. And you shouldn't withhold information from me, especially if you can't even recognize it for what it is.

[mooninthewater]

[ Uh oh, lover's quarrel-- ]

Oh, ah, Doctor Add, I'm sure he didn't mean it...

[ Translation: Don't fight. :( Hold hands and make up- ]

[harmacy]

Didn't mean what? He already admitted to it, there's nothing further to discuss.

[divorce............. 2]

[simplicitas]

But you get—

[Upset, distantly, when something doesn't go according to plan; angry, when someone brings up the past (and this is clearly The Past in some way, look at that Baby Add! he's so small and cute!); frustrated, when he doesn't understand something.

Elsword doesn't feel like arguing in front of the general audience so he, again, clamps his mouth shut. There's no point.]

...okay. I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking.

[harmacy]

You rarely are.

Next time, leave the thinking to me. Your particular talents are better used elsewhere.

[amhran]

Add. Don't say that, I know you are full of anger and there is a darkness in your heart, but you should not place those feelings upon Elsword. He only wished the best for you.

[harmacy]

Caoimhe, please stay out of this. I'm not angry, as I have already explained I am simply disappointed.

[




no he's definitely angry]

[amhran]

And say things you don't mean to him?

I wont.

[ WELL HE'S SEATED ACTUALLY GOOD! BECAUSE SHE WAS CONCERNED FOR HIM!! Thought he was making his life more miserable. Instead she takes a chair and sits next to him. ]

Could I sit with you for a bit?

[harmacy]

[he was ready to play nice again and move on from this topic. why does everyone have to make this so difficult? he doesn't want her pity—

he pushes the wing off his side, three dynamos flying down to support him as he stands back up. whoops, what was that about him being good and sitting]

Why don't you sit with Elsword for awhile? This nosy atmosphere is unbearable. I need some fresh air.

[amhran]

Alright, I will keep Elsword safe until you come back. Please take it easy.

[ ADD + 1 bardic inspiration.

Caoimhe will watch him move away and now instead. Replace where Add's seat was, keeping it warm for the time being. She looks over toward Elsword - DOES HE HAVE WINGS?!?!?!?! ACTUAL WINGS?!?!? ]

[harmacy]

[He already has one foot forward, but he hesitates at her words. An unexpected response, a miscalculation... why does it always play out like this? She's supposed to get mad, try to stop him, not... this.

... well, he has no choice now. He clamps his jaw shut, looking away, burying the feelings that crawl up from his chest. Add makes an effort to hobble with dignity, towards the door and outside without looking back.

...

he leaves one dynamos behind, so it's fine if he misses anything. don't think you can talk about him like he's not here.]

[mooninthewater]

If you say you're not angry, I'll believe you. However, I-I just want to make sure I didn't accidentally stir anything up with you two. I mean, I don't wanna be why you two broke up...

[ :( ]

[amhran]

[ What WHAT? ]

Broke up...? You mean the ending of... They were - are they courting each other?

[ LOOKS BACK AT THEM LIKE WHATS THE TEA SIS ]

[simplicitas]

[Going from looking distantly like a kicked puppy to "???" within four seconds—

you guys mean breakup as in break up like a boy band, right. you mean like how My Chemical Romance broke up, right, that's what you mean. you don't mean—

hhhhhh]

[harmacy]

[ok but BEFORE Caoimhe gets up in his business and he leaves—]

We're not in a relationship. Whatever gave you that idea?

[spoken with the calm and confidence only a man deeply in denial could ever manage]

[devilishkouhai]

[ She is being a good girl she promised Fel, she is just absorbing the tea. ]