Waking the Dead 2.0 || August 9, 2063 || Tuesday

[kalikat]

[Dinner is served late in the mess hall because it's a grand banquet in honor of the Magistrate of Kibo. It's a pretty modest celebration, all things considered: the people at Kibo are invited, along with her family, any Searing Wind members who feel like dropping in from wherever they've been as of late, and a few friends among the other Keepers of the Vigil. That's about it.

Still, Kalika looks like she's having fun. Her husband and her children are, of course, all in attendance, together with her husband's familiars and the entire division of the Strays from Seigi. The food, mind you, is excellent, and there is more than enough booze.

You're welcome to come and go as you please. Kalika's easy like that.]


OOC Notes:
+ Will have some threads for NPCs of note, but just to give you a general idea: many members of the three blades are in attendance, along with pretty much anyone whom Kalika views as family. If you want to request for somebody, lemme know!
+ Debby and Noey: feel free to put your NPCs in here. =w=
+ Feel free to start your own threads too. Just specify if it's open to all, or if you're going to thread something out with a particular PC.

Comments

[renascens]

[ Oh, he knew. And maybe one of these days he'll tell you how disgruntled Maggie had been to lose their family's little bet. He'd been watching you at Brianna Lopez's party after all.

Offering you a smile that you'd be familiar with. It's the same shy one that he'd sent your way when you'd talked him out of his funk all those years ago.

( I was wondering why you guys weren't talking. )

He reaches out to pat your knee with just the faintest bit of awkwardness. ]

It'll work out.

[ It's a thing Maggie would say, but she isn't here yet so he's going to take her line from her while he can. ]

[icarusalsoflew]

I don't know. I hope it will.

[And you know that when he doesn't know, when he isn't certain and has to rely on hope or faith alone, it's difficult. He's usually so careful, so sure. He's usually the one who can make sure things go right for him, for everyone else.]

[renascens]

[ And when Hikaru Shinta says "I don't know" in the same relative breath as "I hope it will" that is enough to get this one more than a little concerned. ]

That bad?

[ The fight, he means. ]

[icarusalsoflew]

Mm.

[He is usually much more eloquent.

Yes.

It's that bad.]

[renascens]

[ He is going to pour you both another drink. ]

He's been quietly poking around his tablet. I think it's... Kingdom Hearts.

[ That second sentence is a little bit wobbly and much softer than the first because he is terrible at this, socials were never his forte -- he probably should have just kept his mouth shut. ]

Sorry.

[ Yep. Looking down at his emptied cup now. ]

[icarusalsoflew]

It's okay.

[Let him fill that cup of yours.]

You're concerned. I get it.

[And it honestly touches him, how much people like you care.]

[renascens]

[ That's a murmured "thanks," before he takes a sip from it. ]

It would... [ and his voice is soft as he ventures into this ] It would just be nice to see you smile more.

[ And be happy. But he doesn't vocalize that part.

There was a time after all, that he thought Aria could make that happen for you, especially since the way the stories went, you two were incredibly close friends. ]

[icarusalsoflew]

There hasn't been much to smile about, I'm afraid.

[At least he's admitting to it instead of deflecting. That's a step, right?]

I'll be better tomorrow.

[He'll make himself better, at any rate. There is work to do.]

[renascens]

[ And the only thing he'll do is reach over and give your shoulder a squeeze, because he knows firsthand what heartbreak is like, and how sometimes, while it's hard, it's not weakness to feel at a loss. ]

Some things are always better in the morning.

[ That's coming out gently, and with a hint of hope. ]

And if they're not, there's always the day after.

[icarusalsoflew]

Yeah. It's a perpetual work in progress, right? Living.

[In all senses of the word.]

[renascens]

It's... [ yes, it is. ] It's an experience.

[ He's offering a small, hesitant smile. He's really not used to seeing you out of sorts. It leaves him a little helpless. ]

Can I sit with you a little until you go back in?

[icarusalsoflew]

Of course. It's been a while since the two of us have had an excuse to sit around together.

[And he really, really likes you. He kind of likes all of the kids of the three blades who pretty much saved his life back in 2012.]