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Waking the Dead 2.0 || August 9, 2063 || Tuesday
[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.
set roughly during the non-conversation between kaz & josh
She won't say anything just yet. Mostly because there's a particular tilt to her head as if she's thinking about something.
You'd know better though: there are two boys not too far off from where you both are and they're sharing one of the benches right outside the area of tonight's festivities. One is currently occupied with playing on an emulator on his tablet; the game in question a throwback to the earlier part of this century. The other, younger one, has decided to settle down beside his big brother. ]
lololol
He's not going to say anything either, because he IS aware of Kaz and Josh being a stone's throw away from you and him, and he DOES know better.]
hay dese two
She'll break the silence in a little bit. ]
their cr made of gold...
The weather's not so bad down here, and honestly? It beats being cooped up in America. Not his favorite country, that place.]
:))
Glad you made it to Kalika's birthday.
[ The message is twofold: first, because she is glad ( as are other parties, no doubt ) to see you in their midst; and second, because your presence alone has confirmed a little something she's observed.
Hikaru's had all but one of the Hounds speak to him at least once tonight. Cisco might have otherwise brushed it off as her just not seeing the Sin-Eater and the Blade King together at the moment that they were -- but you being present is a flag in itself.
She hesitates to ask outright. It's been barely a month since those two got together and she likes Josh, thinks that the kid is good, but she's never liked seeing Hikaru sad.
Another puff as she looks up ahead toward the lanterns lit for the evening. ]
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She's not the only reason why I'm here.
[And that's his quiet acknowledgment of the fact that he perfectly understands what she is driving at. It is also his way of telling her that she's free to ask.]
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Was it a fight? [ There's the beginnings of a frown between her brows. The telltale signs of Things Not Right are there, but she'd passed Josh briefly over where the beers were and the boy smelled of melancholy not anger. ]
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Not sure if you've heard yet, but Mica managed to uncover some interesting information because of Kaz.
[Work with him here. It's important to get the whole story down.]
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Yes. Yes, she heard. She hasn't spoken to Kaz just yet, but she plans to as soon as she can get a moment alone with the boy.
Turning a look now your way, Seer. ]
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"He who is defined by the powers at his disposal, even as they test him. He who walks the line between true strength and temptation, between the rise and the fall." The Devil.
[And then bringing the cigarette back to his lips.]
His Arcana. It suits him.
[And that he has an Arcana should be an indicator enough of what that could mean.]
About time the rest of Creation caught up and figured out what the rest of us already know.
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Give her a moment to let that sink in. Because Hikaru didn't have one back in 2012. Or 2013. Or the years since.
Forgive her, if she's also distracted from the original reason she'd come out to see you because this is Big News -- and dammit, she's going to sit down on that empty bench for a bit.
Hand to mouth. Hand to lap. And then looking up at you with wide eyes. ]
He has an Arcana. [ That is hushed. ]
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[And now he's finally looking in your direction. He has that sort of expression on his face. You'd know it well.]
I don't think I need to go into the implications of this too much. Or do I?
[Because there are many. First: that meant that they could, in theory, speed up the process. Second: it put him back in the karmic cycle, and absolved him of certain actions. Third: 'Certain actions' could include the things he had to bargain for in the Unnamed Tower.
It's a pretty big fucking deal, this.]
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Yes. She gets the implications, she was there, after all, when shit at the Unnamed Tower went dow--
Oh. ]
...Even... does this-- Oh. Oh, wow.
[ Sparing a glance back inside now, even if she can't see the Blade King. ]
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It should have been the best news he's heard in years. It should have been the best news to hear for anyone who gives a shit about him.
[Operative words being 'should have been'.]
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She's also going to take a minute before she opens her mouth again. ]
What did... [ and she's putting two and two together. Hikaru quiet, approached by four out of six of the Hounds. Joshua surprisingly subdued in a manner where the blade leader would normally be milling about.
Eyes closing for a moment, a clear look of oh, for the love of Elaine washing over her features before she opens her eyes again and glances off to the general direction of the two boys. ]
Joshua, no.
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Even the best ones have their moments, right? Faith's a hard thing to have when you've been made aware of just how small you actually are.
[His voice remains deceptively casual, and betrays nothing of what he's really thinking or feeling. Still, for those who know the Seer best, that's enough of a red flag.]
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Killing her cigarette now, tin out, as usual.
There's also a quirk to her lips when she lights up a fresh cigarette. Because the wheels in this one's head are turning... because she's coming to a quiet realization that she is going to shelve for the meantime. ]
I think they're good for each other.
[ Throwing that out, casually. Before she turns away to look back to the Seer. ]
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[More operative words. 'Could be'. Expectations and reality were terrible mistresses to each other, and, by extension, to everyone else.
From the looks of it, he isn't going to say much else on that matter unless he's pushed to. Josh hasn't turned up to speak to him just yet, and that matter, in Alistair's opinion, ought to stay between them. If other people figure it out, then other people figure it out.]
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She does have one thing to ask though. Especially since it's been a while since the both of you have talked. ]
You're good, though. Right?
[ Funny how... well. She's come a long way from running her mouth off at you at the gun range, twenty-three years young and still chasing suns. ]
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[There's a small quirk of lips in your direction, Cisco, before he's turning away once more and hiding it behind his cigarette.]
Yeah.
[No lies on this end. He really has been good, better than he has been in... well. Centuries, to be honest. This hitch is nothing but a hitch, and he's already making plans to smooth that over as much as he can from his end.]
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I'm glad.
[ Tilting her ear again in that direction, because she's hearing Kaz stand up, walk off. ]
Josh is smart, [ she's rising from her seat as well. Her opening to speak with Kaz has finally presented itself. ] He'll come around.
[ There's an unspoken I really hope so in that statement. But the boy had landed a kiss on Hikaru in front of what might as well have been the entirety of Seigi. Given her initial assessment of him as the kind to be private about his personal affairs... that's a thing enough to hold onto. ]
At the very least, [ and she says this in an effort to look on the bright side of things, ] I'm pretty sure he's smart enough that he won't take ten years to figure things out.
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[His voice is already easing into his usual register, and he doesn't bother to watch Cisco's movements. It looks like they've said what needed to be said to each other. Now he planned on enjoying his booze and his nicotine.]