w6 afterparty

[partymagician]

Now that they have all weathered that storm, it's time to do some recuperating! After storing some of the fruit (likely with Shizuku's help), Fai has decided to cut all of it up and lay it out in a neat little array on a table in the cafeteria. He liked the coffee and tea station last week, so he decides to set another one up for this week too. Fai has also set out some bread, butter, and a toaster—hopefully there's an outlet nearby—for people to make themselves some toast! They could all use a nice little (late) breakfast after all of that.

And if anyone wants to bring some of that crab and fish they caught? Well, the more the merrier!

Then, Fai sends out a quick text for everyone to come enjoy some fruit and coffee in the cafeteria.

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[selfconcept]

[ He didn't get hurt this lesson, but damn. He's tired. That's why he slumps in the cafeteria seat and mumbles something unintelligible. ]

Crab...

[ His hair is wet because he took his time to shower first. Too much sweating... it's hot... ]

Why the fuck is the sun still up. This orb shit keeps messing up my internal clock.

[partymagician]

[ Hien... always so tired. Fai walks up to him and holds a berry to his lips. ]

Sorry you couldn't sleep until noon. Want some coffee?

[selfconcept]

Yeah. And a whole bunch of crab meat.

[ He's almost drooling, but none of the excitement is there with it of finally eating fresh food. ]

[partymagician]

[ He reaches out to grab another berry and feed it to Hien. ]

Do you want some of the crab meat? I bet you could prepare some.

[ignihidden]

[Idia was forced to tidy himself up but it's super amazing to not worry about your hair getting dirty because your hair... is flames...]

This is why blackout curtains are the best! I wonder why none of those ever dropped from the gacha...

[selfconcept]

Oh, blackout curtains sound really nice, but I feel like I'd sleep forever...

[ Just sleep. Sleep forever. ]

[ignihidden]

Eh, well, after all this I think you deserve a little tiny bit of sleeping forever. [as if those two are compatible]

[partymagician]

[ Fai is sticking around to get people plates of fruit or make them coffee. Currently, he's in the middle of making a batch of fresh coffee. ]

Anything you'd like for me to grab for you?

[ But eventually, he settles down in one of the chairs to enjoy some of the fruit himself. ]

Ah, I've really missed fresh food...

[sicklysweet]

[He is very suspiciously staring at the fruit.]

Which of these is the sweetest?

[partymagician]

Hmmm... probably the berries.

[ Of which there are plenty. Have at it, Owen. ]

[sicklysweet]

[Hell yeah, berry time.]

Is there any crab left?

[ignihidden]

[everyone: i've missed fresh food
idia: can't relate]

P- Please rest up, M'lord Fai! Now that you've settled down, just ask this one if you need something grabbed!

... as long as it's not something too complicated.

[partymagician]

Ah, are you sure?

[ That's so kind of Idia. Fai is honestly surprised that he'd get over his shyness enough to offer help... ]

[ignihidden]

[... w- well, like, just don't ask him to do something hard!]

... ... ... I- If it's just grabbing something, I can do it... what else could you possibly consider asking me...?

[now his mind is racing with cursed possibilities!]

[catarou]

[ As far as the lessons have gone, this... wasn't actually a terrible one. And it had been their final lesson, which puts him somewhat at ease. He's not about to let his guard down, though; he gets the feeling that now that their lessons are done, something bigger is on the horizon. Maybe it's just because he's read many books, or he tends to overthink things entirely too much.

... Anyway. He can be found in the kitchen, cooking rice. They have a lot of fish, after all, and nothing else goes better with fish.

Afterward, he's in the cafeteria, partaking in some of the coffee Fai's made. As always, he's got a notebook that's not his usual one. It's also about full. Gentaro isn't opposed to conversation, of course, so...

>Approach? ]

cafeteria;

[sicklysweet]

[Have you felt that, Gentaro? The eyes on you from a totally mysterious source? Who could be watching you? Surely not someone you had a charged conversation with hours ago.

Surely not.

Eventually, though, Owen decides to approach, leaning over Gentaro’s shoulder to stare at his notebook.]

What are you writing?

[totes casual]

[catarou]

[ He's felt that gaze on him, but he shows no indication of his noticing. As Owen approaches, finally, Gentaro closes his notebook and looks at him. ]

Secrets, of course.

[ It's actually not untrue. Was Owen quick enough to see what he'd been writing? Did he see the top of the page, the words--Dear brother--written there? ]

What brings you here, Owen?

[cheerfuldays]

( before anything, shizuku is mostly racing to store the food. that's a lot of seafood after all, and she doesn't want to waste much at all! even if she's not sure how long they'll be here...

and then she's taking a bath. for mama's sake, since he was busy too, she tries to not take too long but oh god her legs, back and lungs...

but after that? after that, she's absolutely here for fruit and tea. oh my god. nestled as comfortably as she can, shizuku can be found slicing a mango and nibbling on some blueberries. ... if you look closely, one of the mangos has been cubed and has three blueberries- two large and one small- stuck in the front. it's... it's a hedgehog mango... and of course, she's also got some of the fish and crab to eat too, because god please it's just been junk food and noodles and breads for so long. )

I'm thinking of going to the pool later. That beach made me want to go swimming...

[magicam]

[So, like, don't mind Cater popping over your shoulder and snapping a few pics of the hedgehog mango before actually properly announcing his presence, Shizuku. He does this. He's not sorry for it.]

So Shizu-chan would totally pick the yellow hedgehogs for croquet... that's way cute and unexpected~

[Whether or not she actually would - or if that Alice In Wonderland bullshit statement makes any sense to her at all - he'll still sit next to her a moment later.]

Can you eat it with it looking way cute like that?

[cheerfuldays]

( shizuku doesn't seem to mind at all, but she does blink a little at the croquet statement- )

Hedgehogs for croquet...?

( but otherwise... )

Yes, though I do feel a tiiiiny bit bad.

[ignihidden]

[meanwhile, idia, still eating cup noodles]

[but, well, he's been locked in his room literally this whole week so at least cup noodles outside is progress]

M'lady Shizuku... y- your skin is going to be alright, right?

[Idia... obviously got a bit burnt. Yet, it also seems like someone in his life has already given him a go-over with lotion.]

[cheerfuldays]

Oh-

( shizuku hadn't even thought of that... thankfully she had a light jacket, but... )

Ah, nothing that can't be helped, I'm sure. I hadn't been thinking of it... but I also spent a lot of time in the jungle. Thank you for worrying, though, Idia.

[magicam]

[First order of business after returning was, obviously, showering. And bullying Idia into the shower. And making sure that both of their sunburn got some lotion put on them so they would fade faster and hurt less (after the initial day or so... ow...).

After that, though? He's actually leaving the shut-in life they've been living the past week to see what everyone else is doing with all the leftovers. The fruit is still a little on the too-sweet side for him, but the fish and crab is easy enough to throw together simply with some spices to make an actual decent meal, no matter how much his legs are screaming at him to just sit down and whine at someone else to cook for him.

(That might happen if he ends up wanting more later...)

After sinking into a chair, though-]

They totally could have given us this task earlier... We were running out of fresh food...

Closed to Idia:

[Later later, after the little afterparty started settling down, and after they've gone back to their room, the thought occurs to him that they should probably move the bed-barricade from in front of the door this week. They can still forgo the open-door policy if Idia wants, but... No one was going to come murder them, probably.

But with it there, there was an excuse to--

Hm...

So Idia might come back from wherever to see Cater has shoved the desks to the side of the room the bed originally came from and is now actually pushing the beds together. Might as well make a bigger bed, right...?]

[ignihidden]

[A week of being a shut-in was nothing for Idia. If anything, it was his default state! Still, he's also thinking about how they got away relatively scot-free today. No one had held the last week against them, at least out-loud. He even saw people who contributed a lot less than him getting by fine (thanks Miach). So, maybe he'd agree to a few hours a week of open door.]

[Once he's eaten and spent some time with a few of the people he cares about, he's back to the room and-]

... eh?

[this is like coming back and seeing that your fling is looking at wedding pamphlets]

[magicam]

[It was hard! It was way hard! And when no one had tried to murder them during the task, that was permission to let up on being a shut-in. It's fine. They're fine.

He isn't expecting Idia to come back mid-bedquest, but... he shouldn't be all that surprised. It's just his luck.]

...Eh?

[Yeah, no explanation.]