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sticksandbones2023-08-27 09:38 pm
succiduous) wrote in sticksandbones2023-08-27 09:38 pm
FAMILY MEETING 2.0
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.]]
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.]]
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he what— they what?]
Wait—
[Wait wait wait wait hold on. Now it's his turn to have momentary panic, in that way that he usually has a Big Emotion (through looking 90% less bothered than he actually is). It's clear in his tone, at least; something breaking through the surface, skimming the top of the water. Within reach. Oh God something is within reach and this is Very Bad.]
No, he's not— we're not— [breathe.] He's just my friend, and he's been with our group for a few years, so of course he was interested.
[hhh that's not a good argument—]
We don't— there's no gravity, it's just— we're just like that. [WORSE THAT'S WORSE REEL IT IN.] Isn't love supposed to feel way different? It's supposed to be stargazing and giving flowers and going on dates, isn't it? And caring for—
[Oh God nonononono—
Elsword puts his head in his hands please let him go through the stages of (romantic) grief real quick. He'll bring his head back up in a minute to sheepishly ask,]
So... I have... a question. Maybe you'll know the answer.
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Love is never a going to be the same for anyone, Elsword. It can be stargazing and giving flowers, but for the most part it's just being able to tend to one's emotional needs and wants. Not that I'm an expert on the subject or anything, but… I'll definitely answer any questions you have to the best of my ability. Caoimhe might be a little better than me, though.
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He is pointedly Looking Away, off at one of the walls and not at anyone the fuck else.]
I'm still not sure that's it, [no no he's like 85% sure he's got a Problem on his bisexual little hands,] but...
...
I... this is going to sound bad, but the other day, I had this thought that we sort of... fit... [puts his hands in front of his chest and links his fingers together,] well together. He, uh. Every time he's got his hands on my back... it just feels correct.
[...]
I'm screwed, right?
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Spoilers: he's actually not all that good at this. He wishes the Doctor were truly here, then maybe he can tell Mizuki how he's supposed to handle this...
It's a lot, though. It's sweet. It's something straight out of one of his VNs. "Being with you just feels right." A feeling Mizuki couldn't relate to outside of his video games. What happened with those routes...? ]
Well, I think... that definitely sounds a lot like it, but... at the end of the day... I think only you can decide that. [ Beat. ] I think the way I would decide is trying to see if I could handle seeing them be happy with someone else.
[ No, Mizuki, that's not healthy--- ]
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Y-Yes... I have never had a feeling much like that - but... To fit... It feels right? I am sure you do not feel that way with either Mizuki or myself, no?
[ 'I could handle seeing them be happy with someone else.' ]
Ah, you must be like me then...? [ Cants her head thinking idly. ] My people are... Primarily... Uh, have more then one lover. Though it is usually the women who do, the men do not often have more then another unless they are from the Kingdoms.
.. I myself... [ At this point she seems to get softer and feel a bit uncomfortable, not sure how to speak about it. ] It's not as if any person would share them self with me, [ An honest truth from her, it is hard due to her culture and her status among her people. Known as the Gift of God, but a statement that was "proved" to be untrue. Why would anyone among her people or otherwise, want to establish them self with someone like that? You wouldnt. Not at least romantically. ] if at all one, b-but I have always thought Id rather spend my long lived life with one person. Then have the hearts of many. So it is okay if you feel yourself sadden by the thought of seeing ADD with another, but if it is that you do not mind! Perhaps you are like my people, and would take on more than one lover.
[ Yes! See. She did it. Figured it out. Polyamory. Totally. ]
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His face feels warm as he listens to them talk.]
I just want to see Add happy at all. Recently, he's been... [...] I mean, I can tell when he's trying to mask how he feels. I see it in his eye and hear it in how he talks.
If he wound up with someone, I'd want to be, uh... what's it, at the wedding, the best guy? [best man—] It's not about having someone like that, for me. I just want everyone to be happy no matter what.
[It's not really an answer, but it's kind of one? Elsword is just like this,]
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Umm... I think maybe I don't know much about this part, then. It doesn't really make a lot of sense to me... But I get wanting to see everyone happy. I'm the same way in that regard. However, umm... is Add a weird exception? Not necessarily that you don't want to see him happy, but rather that you want to be the one to make him happy? That you want him to be around because he makes you happy, too? That the whole universe could disappear, but so long as he was there you feel like you belong???
[ Maybe ignore that last part- ]
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Yes Elsword! What is love if not that?
[ Caoimhe seemingly so TAKEN by this fact, looks over to Mizuki casually!! LIKE GIRL DIDNT HEAR HIM AT ALL OOPS!! ]
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If the whole universe disappeared, that would probably be because I failed somewhere. [THAT IS NOT. HOW THIS WORKS.] So I wouldn't think of it like that, but...
I do want to make him happy. I just don't know how. I know what sorts of things he likes, and we've toured most of Elrios and at least half of the Demon Realm together, [not so much a tour as a saving-the-world(s) mission though,] and we've been through a lot... but I guess I still don't understand how to do that. I can't force him to smile, but... I like it when he does, you know?
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He continues to smile warmly even if there's something cold that sits in his stomach at Caoimhe's question.
Like someone slammed their hand against an old TV, Mizuki's visage turns to static and color artifacts and a disorienting combination of greens and reds for a moment. A split second, even. A brief glitch. He's okay. This is about Elsword figuring out his feelings! He wants him to! He wants Doctor Add to be happy, too, especially since Mizuki messed all this up. His heroes deserve to be happy. ]
It's alright! You guys keep talking~! I just realize I'm starving. I could eat a house!
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Yes... I...
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Such is the case here. Although not to save, but to help. She saviors this conversation. Reigning in her nerves. ]
Making everyone individually happy is hard - it starts with understanding them right...? Sometimes.. we... [ Her voice fades away, then she hears - 'It's alright! You guys keep talking~! I just realize I'm starving. I could eat a house!' ] Ah.. Mizuki are you - leaving as well? Are you sure..? I am sure Elsword would love your company still, as would I.
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He's just gonna take it in stride.]
I mean, I wouldn't mind... but if you're hungry, you're hungry. Maybe we could all have a lunch break...
[You know, before they get back to the actual point of this meeting, which is not really Elsword's relationship drama and is supposed to be about "hey this situation sucks". Alas.]
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[ Twists on his heel......... walks away- ]
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