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@Céleste

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Well, I could drink your blood if you let me, baby
Drain you o' your love until you hate me~

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8/4 late afternoon; @Tenn

[incompletely]

Narcisse-san, I went to the store to buy ingredients for dinner. I plan on making an omelette. If you would like me to make one for you, too, please let me know.

[ There are things like instant noodles that are cheaper, but...nah. ]

[cirquedesang]

[Tenn is offering to cook... for him? The sentiment is adorable, really, even if the act would have to remain an offer and little more.

However.

That doesn't mean he can't... play with him a little.]

No need to buy anything for me for an omelette... but if you'd like to feed me, might I suggest some spinach and red meat for your own?

It wouldn't do to have you become iron deficient, after all. 🥰

[incompletely]

With all due respect, Narcisse-san, I am not a good candidate for your dietary needs.

[ Look, just because Tenn is an easy target, doesn't mean you gotta??? ]

8/4ish

[elfemeral]

[ it's morning.

... well, no. it's not morning. it's two in the afternoon... give or take, considering how frieren feels. drowsy. a little bit unfocused. and wondering, logically, what to do with the sea of unfamiliar things in the kitchen.

her two ponytails are drawn up loosely, not quite as put together as they were on the first day. here's today's adventure: she looks at the cupboards. opens the cupboards. goes on her tiptoes and streeetches to try to peek at what's inside. closes the cupboards. goes to the other small appliances scattered around the room. nothing is familiar, except for the pots, pans, basics. but you can't quite eat pots. she picks one up anyway, observing the dents and bumps of something used, and thinks again.

she could collect some firewood? where? and... ]

Mm... can't start a fire with magic.

[ so it may not be that useful after all. what else...? ]

... Maybe the choice is simply bread.

[ oh, what a pathetic display. this little elf, mumbling to herself tiredly about how plain bread will never let her down. ]

oh she eepy...!

[cirquedesang]

[The first thing to notice about this little... fae? Is that she's clearly sleepy. It's the afternoon, and she's still half out of it.

Okay, not everyone is a morning person, sure, but with how her ponytails look about to tumble free and with how blearily she's looking around at everything, this goes past just not being a morning person.

And really, he's almost content to leave her to it - after ducking into the kitchen to grab a blood bag from the fridge (ew... but he's making do here without any willing donors as yet...) but then she seems to settle on... bread.

Plain bread.]

Surely toast would make a better breakfast, no?

[We're putting a pin in that 'magic' comment to put out feelers on if she knows what a toaster even is. Or does.]

🥱

[elfemeral]

[ what does celeste have against plain bread? frieren is here, holding her two slices that she's managed to pull out of a bag, and she was going to eat them. but now celeste is here, and it somehow feels as if she shouldn't.

she looks at her bread.

it's not shame about being caught in the middle of being a mess that stops her, really. it's a trained hesitation, as if she's used to someone making better, smarter suggestions. ]

I can't. My magic...

[ toaster? never knew her. ]

It's okay. It's the same in the end.

[ even if it's more delicious the other way. but it's fine. cope, she'll cope. sleepy, mumbled coping. ]

Week 1

[beathollow]

( it hasn't been long since their arrival, but celeste is very much the closest person to mafuyu so far. so when he's going out into town, she decides to come with.




it's giving 'baby duckling' to be honest.

but at some point, she stops walking beside him, and there's a bit of a fuss- when celeste turns, mafuyu is... well, she's being poached by photographers. they seem really eager! and she seems very overwhelmed. )

Um...

[cirquedesang]

[It is very much giving 'baby duckling' but. Well. We can bring along a baby duckling on mission: make a mental map of the city and also do cleanup missions because we don't know what sitting still means.

Or, well, at least until That Photographer And Friends start to bother his baby duckling.]

Can we help you?

[Just gonna step up between Mafuyu and the photographers. He's seen them enough times this week that he knows they won't be deterred, but maybe she'll be a little less overwhelmed if they stop crowding so much.]

[beathollow]

( oh thank god. a buffer. pardon mafuyu for hiding behind him a little. the photographer doesn't seem too put off, instead brightening even more-

You two are perfect! Have you ever considered modeling? Yes? Well, we've got some walk-on roles open right now and we have the perfect set for you and your... niece? Niece. )

bing, you've got a message from @e.walsh

[fullmoonmutt]

[ this is likely after Izou's palace even though we aren't done yet shh ]

celeste
buy me some booze??/
they wont sell me any here!1
they say i need 2 b 21
thats so dumb

o hi there

[cirquedesang]

ah, they're on american laws, are they?
hmm~
I don't know if I should~
Though perhaps I can make an exception if you let me drink from you after you've had some.
So you aren't left drinking alone, you see.

[Totally altruistic, yep.]

What kind would you like?

[Look, he'll do it anyway, but he has to try his luck first.]

[fullmoonmutt]

what do u get wasted off my blood if im wasted or something??
beer is fine
wine would be quicker if u want 2 get anything from my blood
just no moonshine thats all we got where im from
its garbage

[after CARNAGE]

[beathollow]

I don't think I have the energy to talk to them right now. Do you know what happened, though?

[cirquedesang]

I know enough.
McGillis provoked Izou in a way he knew would be especially - violently - effective.

[He's not going to go into the reasons he suspects why, partly because that thread isn't far enough for it to be confirmed or denied, but also mostly because it's not his place to air all of his damage to Mafuyu like this.

It's not kind to either of them, honestly.]

I do not believe it was targeted, initially, but you are aware of how things can escalate quickly with Izou.

[There's no tone over text, but that is an affectionate assessment.]

[beathollow]

( ... )

Was it foolish of me to think things would be good for all of us from Izou's palace? It feels like after how warm everything was at the diner, things are so fractured now...

post-ALL OF THAT, early hours of the next morning

[fullmoonmutt]

u awake

[cirquedesang]

[He could reply "no" with a sleepy emoji. But. ALL OF THAT did just happen.]

I am.

[fullmoonmutt]

meet me in the neckyea

[ Well, that's better than "nakedya" at least. ]

i got something 2 give 2 u but it only works there
and shit keeps happening so i never get the chance to
so
i figure now is a good time

@hoshi

[idealies]

Hello~
The date for the street performance has been decided!
We'll hold it on the 21st of this month
Please look forward to it!

[ Ai has recruited Kirumi to coordinate, and we can handwave they were in contact about the logistics! ]

@harlequin

[cirquedesang]

Oh!
Perfect~
I look forward to everyone's performances~

[As if he isn't involved, too, but details.]

SURPRISE, post-hot pot @Yoon

[strawsandals]

[ Yoon's not at the dorms just yet; he'd gone on a walk with Fray after hot pot, but he can't fight the need to talk to his roommate. His roommate who helped him through all of this. He'll send him a message to stave some of his nerves a bit -- yes, he's worried that things will be weird when he gets back to the room to properly sleep in his bed (finally). ]

I'll be in the room tonight. I promise, this time.
Without you...either Aerith or I would have...

[ ... ]

Thank you, Celeste

BABY

[cirquedesang]

[Without it being said, that shy little message conveys all that Yoon needs it to, that he'd like some company, maybe a little reassurance, definitely someone to make things... not awkward. So he responds quickly.]

Then so will I. I'll see you later.

[Because sometimes he's out late, or doesn't come back himself, but... he wasn't the one acting odd.]

It was no trouble. Really. You would have done the same, if you could.

week 9

[beathollow]

( ...


that. sure was a giant crash from the lounge. investigate? )

[cirquedesang]

[Given all the rowdy people here, he should ignore any crashing coming from public spaces.

He does not.

Investigate!]

@dramamamba

[prozaic]

I apologize for injuring you and the rest of my behaviour while your shadow had a hold on you. How is your health?