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Who: HSS and whoever
Where: Kitchen
When: Day 38 afternoon

[ This afternoon the Live feed opens to a bunch of HSS members in the kitchen hard at work! There's a big bamboo steamer in a wok on the stove, and supersized ingredients and plates of meat buns on the kitchen counter.

Eclipse is the one addressing the camera this time. ]

Right, so...we’re making a bunch of food for everyone, fresh and hot! You can come on over and take some. We do deliveries too, though you’ll have to wait a while for that. Just send a message to Eclipse, Hiryuu or Hurricane.

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[he keeps RUNNING HIS MOUTH, FUCK]

Is there something on my face?

[because while having raijuu look at him is good, important, makes him feel alive and present and KIND OF FUCKING YAN, it's also very confronting right now.]

No. I was just thinking.

[intense stare gets less intense but also arm that's behind Shuten shifts like it's pulling him in closer, y'know. making sure leans are still comfortable.]

Some've it's about what to do about the Cardigan and Yasuragi situation.

[Leans against him a little firmer, comfortable. He stiffens slightly when Raijuu namedrops their teammates, then settles himself again with a breath.]

Any ideas?

... I don't know Yasuragi. The most I know about him is he tried to kill me a couple of times in that house. And then this whole mess.

[not. the best. impressions.]

I do know Cardigan wants to establish an oath of trying for avoiding things like that in games, and for there to be consequences if someone resorts to killing when there's other options or uses the games as vengeance or something like that.

It's risky, though. It might backfire against Avante. Gold might not be wrong that units see us as either revenge-seekers or conveniently passive but strong enough to take hits.

Cardigan's our leader. If we don't do anything and just accept what happened, then that'll enforce the latter idea. But if Cardigan goes with their oath, then it'll enforce that first idea.

[he hates. politics. but.]

The problem with using an ability for something like that is that for something as extreme as killing, there are still worse options out there. I don't trust games not to bring them out.

I can't say I'm familiar with Avante's reputation, either, so I can't confirm or deny whether anyone would take advantage of a lack of backlash in this case...

We tend to get paired up against Zrael in games, and from what I know... they're crazy, so.

[at least one unit most probably definitely will take advantage.

but just. lets out a breath and shifts to he can rest his chin on Shuten. closest he can get to a mutual lean at the moment.]

... I don't have any ideas. I don't know what to do. I don't want our units being against each other--I can't protect the princess or Abi. And I can't protect you. I can't even protect or defend my own unit.

[most useless thunder beast.]

--sorry. I know this isn't easy for you, either.

[gj, self. dumping ur shit on people.]

You don't need to apologize for being stressed out about stressful things.

[softly. he reaches to gently stroke Raijuu's hair.]

I'm sorry I'm not more helpful. All I've managed to do with all this is try for damage control. It's not enough, but I don't... know what else to do.

You stopped me from doing something stupid.

That's no small feat.

...I'll try to think of it that way. Thanks, Raijuu.

[time to look down at dragon]

How do you think of it, then?

[paffs]

The way you put it, now. Don't worry.

[don't paff me to avoid answering a question!!]

I'd worry less if you weren't so avoidant.

[stop me]

Unfortunately that's my personality.

[hand behind Shuten is grabbing hold of his ponytail--to pull it so he can tilt Shuten's head back]

Fair warning: some people like the chase.

[his breath catches audibly, and he can't help but smile, though it's a sharp-edged sort of thing.]

Ah, right. A hunting dog, is it?

Woof.

[the most dry and deadpanned answer in spite of his own answering sharp grin.

and then he's going in for the kill--since when was he confident with kisses? it's a mystery~]

[Shuten doesn't really have context for him NOT being confident with kisses, just meets him with a sort of numb delight, all of his restraint evaporating.]

[he didn't need that restrain anyway. this guy's familiar with the 100 years mirror jail neediness by this point.

the true crime here: never having kissing icons]

[i have some that are close because jae-ha, but hey.

Shuten is pretty much climbing into Raijuu's lap at this point, all needy fixation just zeroing right in on him. Trying to hold back only made him more desperate.]

[i mean, i have like. this one? but like.

it's not exactly where he thought this would be going but he adjusts easily enough, hands settling on Shuten's hips to keep him steady. he does break the kiss for air much sooner than one would expect, though--having drowning trauma mixed in with kissing antics sure is hard]

[Shuten lets him go, opening his eyes to just... watch him, breathlessly. Trying to tamp down on his thirst enough to get a read on how Raijuu is doing, given the early breaking of the kiss.]

[well... that's embarrassing.]

... drowned... in that game. While being kissed.

[but at least he's gotten better about it--less panicky and more willing to get right back to kissing after that brief pause.]

Aah. So much kiss trauma from one source...

We can take it easy. For both of us.

Kiss trauma, huh.

[but not a no with that idea...]

... I've been working on it some.

[haha you don't want to hear that hiryuu kissed him to death. nope.

leans in again, but this time to press their foreheads together.]

Not a bad idea. But it's good that you didn't push yourself too much, too.

[since raijuu broke the kiss when he needed to, and all.]