Karaoke bar mingle, Day 433 evening

[sangreine]

Who: Alizarin, Lupine, Venti, and AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE
Where: Karaoke Bar, Pasela Resort
When: Day 433, evening

[ At the karaoke bar, the rooms are decorated in the style of LiliS, SensitIV, ☆Zrael, Wild City, Avante, and HSS as the "winners" of the latest horrifying game, dubious though the title is.  A group is gathering there in search of some mutual comfort after these recent, trying days, with plans for lots of drinks, songs, and plenty of cuddles for whoever wants them -- won't you join them? ]

[ A handwritten sign just at the entrance reads: ]

Rules: 
1. No brooding
2. Anyone wanting to engage in "improper behavior" must get permission from Suou Tsukasa

[ -- that last one is probably just a dig at the poor boy for attempting to moralize to immortals, but do with it as you like. ]

[ Everyone who was at Ideal Worlds endgame, knows the three party planners, is in their units, or just heard about this shindig through the robust hell grapevine should consider themselves invited!  In fact, you might have been dragged against your will -- they are a rather incorrigible bunch, after all. ]

Comments

[at_heart]

[ Also getting a drink, so he says with some amusement, ]

Apparently he tried to tell the immortals off for underage drinking. [ Considers, ] Probably also for general licentious behavior, knowing the people involved.

[ He has a really good vocabulary for an orphan who didn't have a whole lot of formal education. ]

[identitypolitics]

Honestly. Shouldn't he stay away from people drinking, then? He's a kid.

Holding up okay, or have a lot of reasons to drink?

1/

[at_heart]

[ Chuckle. ]

You'd think. No idea what happened to him during that drinking game, but...

[ Was definitely one of the people who gently peeled Tsukasa off the floor and took him home. ]

2/

[at_heart]

[ He points his smile down at his drink, and it fades a little around the edges. ]

[at_heart]

How about, doing a lot better today.

[ The last two games pretty much sucked, but. ]

[identitypolitics]

...I mean, fair. I've had a pretty easy time of it, through the last few ones. I'm not sure if that's luck or waiting for the other shoe to drop.

[at_heart]

Yeah? Well, here's hoping it stays that way for at least a little while longer.

[ Raising his drink in a sort of cheers! gesture. ]

[identitypolitics]

[ clinks her glass against his. ]

May I keep outrunning death and worse, because let me tell you, once was enough.

[at_heart]

I'll drink to that.

[ Raises his drink, knocks some of it back, and sets the glass down on the bar. ]

—Okay, I've been trying to come up with a natural segue, but I don't think there is one. About that thing you can do to people's blood...?

[identitypolitics]

.........that's a hell of an opener so I'm really intrigued as to where this is going now.

1/

[at_heart]

[ Snort. Silent laughter as his shoulders shake. ]

[at_heart]

Look, some of us have vampire friends.

[identitypolitics]

I have no idea what that means.

[at_heart]

Some of us have very good vampire friends.

[ Okay, at this point, he's probably just enjoying the unhelpful phrasing. ]

She likes biting me, I like being bitten — but I'm only human, so there's a bit of a supply chain problem.

[identitypolitics]

Whoa, okay, okay, interesting to know, however, wait—

She's drinking your blood?

[at_heart]

[ How is this the thing tripping you up. ]

Right. She's a vampire?

[ ...............It's still so improbable to him that you wouldn't know what a vampire is that he's going to add: ]

I offered.

[ Just in case the consent is the issue instead??? ]

[identitypolitics]

Well, whatever you call it. Takes all kinds, I guess.

[ honestly she's just going to assume that's a name for a kink or something ]

...so you want me to put more blood in you.

[at_heart]

[ Whatever you call it, wow. ]

...Yes.

[ Slowly, ]

Sorry, I just. You do know we've got vampires here, don't you?

[identitypolitics]

I mean, you just told me, so now I know, sure? As long as no one's going to gnaw on me out of nowhere, it's none of my business.

1/

[at_heart]

[ but ] [ you ] [ pep ] [ Ren??? ]

2/

[at_heart]

No. No one's... [ Trails off. ] How is this news to you?

[ And then he cuts himself off. Ren hadn't... wait, he supposes she did kind of avoid telling him at first. It only came up because of the cards and her feelings about appropriation. Does she not normally tell people...? ]

[at_heart]

[ Okay, well, that's all the vampire outing he's going to do today. ]

Trust me, the woman I'm talking about has plenty of willing donors.

[identitypolitics]

[ mostly she knows that ren has a sweet tooth not a BLOOD tooth

but also that implies that it's someone she should know well which means "probably on her unit" so time to fuck around and find out later ]

...okay, well, good for her. I mean, get it, girl, nice.

But the point is, you need more juice?

[at_heart]

[ Lips. Quirked. ]

...Yes.

[ Beat. ]

On account of the part where I like being bitten.

[identitypolitics]

Yes, I'd gathered, thank you.

So, what, right now?