One day we'll reach to emotions: unexplored, unprecedented

[matchbreaker]

[ Sometime shortly after the trial small notes will be folded underneath the doors of everyone still alive, and also posted to the staircase leading up to the upper floors. Not many of you have probably seen Elda's penmanship yet unless you checked that Penmanship check a while back, but it's impossibly impeccable fancy cursive script, to match with her old timey appearance. ... She also writes a lot more proper than she talks. ]

To My Fellows,

The half of you who didn't assist me in this are cordially invited to a celebration of our continued living, and to the memories of those who aren't. We are a mismatched group,
but it has become increasingly clear that we are together in this. Do not allow yourself to be alone.

We will be congregating in the ballroom for the rest of the night.

Better chefs than I will be providing food.

Sincerely,
Elda Marker

[ she's being somewhat facetious about half the group, but the fact does remain that she got more offers than she expected, when she set out to do this. She had expected that Sayaka would help, and indeed both her and Alex provide cookies and curry for the tables. Elda herself sets up the tables, dotting one longer central one made of smaller ones in the ballroom for things to sit on. The bulk of the food's provided by Tarrlok of all people, Chinese food by any other name. Susan, bless her, provides alcohol. Hibki, once she was clean, decided to run backup on preparing the food.

And then perhaps fittingly, Aligula provided the decorations. Steamers line the room, and little cut outs hang around. At Elda's instruction, it's a mix of cats, snakes, and bats. The majority of them have little faces on them. And finally, as and afterthought more than anything else, Elda makes some tea.

... Said tea is black tea and is impossibly dark and bitter because she can't taste it, but maybe that's what you want on a night like this. Who knows. ]

Comments

[evilfrenzy]

[Gotta save lives and destroy dimensions in style.

...bless Yuri though, it's so nice not to have to try to defend the selfie thing. He'll get a smirk from Rideaux for his question.]

If you so wished, yes. Along with text, sparkles, hearts, little icons of foods, flowers and animals...

[He could go on, really.]

[hesperos]

Wow, there's no shortage of options, huh?

[ Yuri's not quite what a selfie is, either. He's going to probably learn a lot about technologically advanced stuff from Rideaux, or well at least a good amount anyway. ]

... Hey, why don't we add sparkles to our picture?

[ He kind of wants to see what it'd look like. ]

[evilfrenzy]

[Yuri is absolutely going to learn a lot about technologically advanced stuff from Rideaux, especially if he can help it.

...oh. Rideaux's smirk softens ever so slightly.]

I would be happy to.

[He shifts back in his seat so he can grab his GHS out of the inside of his jacket. After powering it on, he holds it in a way that Yuri can see so he can watch Rideaux actually apply the sparkles. He'll also hear Rideaux quietly snort when he pulls the picture up. He had forgotten about the pose...

The application is simple enough, with tabs for specific effects. It only takes a couple taps for Rideaux to add several sets of sparkles around them. Spaced out perfectly and not drawing attention away from the main focus of the photo, of course!]

There. What do you think?

[hesperos]

[ Yuri is definitely looking over now, leaning a bit out of interest because even for him it's relatively easy for him to follow along. His expression is one filled with wonder, which lights up completely with another smile once Rideaux finishes.

He's sort of recalling the conversation he had with someone--about having moments where one isn't thinking about how terrible their situation was. He thinks at that time it certainly was one. ]

I think we look fantastic, with just enough flashiness too. Hell, if anyone saw how cool it was, they'd probably be jealous.

[evilfrenzy]

[You know, normally if someone were to react that strongly to something so commonplace in his eyes, he'd probably judge them a little? And feel sorry for them, because he really can't imagine living in world without technology like this. But watching Yuri marvel at this silly, simple little app... Well, he's amused.

It's difficult to stifle a genuine laugh. Then again, was he really even trying to?]

Oh, absolutely. The wolfman and rabbit-eared mad doctor. Truly, the pinnacle of flashiness.

[His tone is joking, though he can't help but agree. They look absolutely ridiculous, but it's still a good photo.]

[hesperos]

[ The important thing is that they're having fun here, and that's what mattered. He hears him laugh -- and for a moment he thinks that he's always liked it. Then without giving it much thought he moves on to muse that once again it really is the small things. ]

See? You get it.

[ His tone's lighthearted, of course. And, hmm... ]

...Hey, you know what I think we should do? We should take another picture.

[evilfrenzy]

You already want another, do you?

[It is in no way a bad thing. Although...]

I do hope you realize that we're going to have no choice but to caption it with, "Exhausted and several drinks into another long night after a trial".

[He really prefers to not look like garbage for selfies, but this could definitely serve as a perfect #Mood one.]

[hesperos]

Yeah, I kinda do.

[ He snorts--it probably wouldn't look very elegant either. But he's never been the type to care about those types of things. ]

Sounds like it'd close to accurate. Though, if I was on my seventh drink, I'd probably be saying something pretty damn stupid right about now.

[ Yuri usually just gets a beer but this time he decided to change it up by mixing drinks a little because he's seen someone else do it. ]

[evilfrenzy]

[Pfft.]

Oh, I can imagine. We would certainly be exhausted of all embarrassing stories at that point.

[Joking aside, he picks up his glass with his free hand and motions for Yuri to get closer so they can fit nicely in the photo frame.]

I assume you know the drill?

[With the confirmation, Rideaux puts on the best selfie smile he can muster at this time and readies the camera, holding his drink up to get it in the shot as well. What is Yuri going to do?]

1/2

[hesperos]

Yeah, I sure do.

[ ... Is it any surprise that Yuri is already thinking of being up to no good? Okay, okay, maybe it's not being 'up to no good', exactly. But he certainly had something in mind--he's going to get closer shifting a bit now. He remembers how in bars some people like to sling an arm around someone's shoulders and sing stupid drunk tunes. They're not...going to be singing anytime soon but he wants to try to see if he can get away with that sneakily (it's more about capturing that kind of image than anything.) ]

2/2

[hesperos]

[ But as fate would have it, with him trying to be sneaky and let's say he's actually kind of a bit still out of it (its been a long day), his grip loosens on his glass and instead of things going as planned, he spills his drink expertly all over himself because we can't have nice things.

He probably looks ridiculous if that's when the photo got snapped too. ]

...Damnit!

[evilfrenzy]

[It's not a surprise in the slightest. After the first photo, Rideaux half-expected Yuri to do something. However, he did not expect Yuri to completely bungle it. As the camera goes off (a mis-click on Rideaux's part due to being startled by all of this), it captures the perfect moment of Yuri with his arm half-around Rideaux and spilling the drink, and Rideaux breaking his gaze at the camera to look toward the disaster going on beside him.

On instinct to avoid getting any of that drink on him, Rideaux backs away a foot or two and almost drops his drink in the process. And then as it finally begins to completely register...

He practically loses it.]

Very smooth!

[Just let him...put his stuff down as he tries to recover, holy shit.]

You wear your drink well.

[He really should help Yuri clean up, but he couldn't resist a little jab first.]

[hesperos]

[ Yuri is the most smooth man in all of Terca Lumireis and the universe combined--okay definitely not, especially with all of that sweet alcohol dripping on down him. The dark-haired male just makes a face and raises his arms out that is basically like 'yeah, laugh it up buddy'. Luckily he doesn't put his hands in his hair because then he'd be washing his hair too. ]

Thanks, buddy. Man, now I'm gonna probably have to do laundry tonight.

[ Because to no one's surprise Yuri can be lazy and puts off doing this stuff until pretty much the next day or 'when he has to'.

...You know what though, since Yuri decides he wants to be a little immature, he'll try to flick a bit of the alcohol drops at Rideaux, since a bit got on some of his right hand too. ]

[evilfrenzy]

[Oh, he is definitely laughing it up, too.]

How unfortunate. Well, you only have yourself to blame for that.

[Way to rub it in, Rideaux!! But the drops hit him in the face like a second later, so it's instant karma. He snickers as he rubs them off with his hand, and finally gets up to retrieve a rag from the bar's counter. Once he has it, he tosses it to Yuri as he gets close to their table.]

Here, soak up what you can with that. I'll make you a new drink, then we may as well head back downstairs for the night.

[Since Yuri's obviously going to need to change now. Mixed drinks get sticky with all that syrup.]

[hesperos]

I'd say I'm completely blameless here, actually.

[ He knows he's not judging by the smile on his face as he watches him rub off the alcohol, but ehh, he catches the rag and dabs at himself as much as he can. Well, that's not a bad end to the night, he thinks, since the picture still probably came out looking ridiculous. ]

... Hey, by the way. Just wanted to say thanks for indulging me a little in this stuff. It's been a rough night so it's made it kinda easier.

[ Yuri finally sets down the soaked rag, and leans against the counter. ]

[evilfrenzy]

[Sure, Yuri. Suuuure.

As Yuri starts cleaning himself off, Rideaux steps behind the counter to whip up a replacement drink. He's really liking these tequila sunrises tonight so Yuri will end up with one as well.

Plopping the grenadine into the mixture to finish it off, he glances at Yuri with an even smile. It probably looks kind of strange on him considering his default expressions are "smug as hell" and "pissed at the world".]

Of course, and I am glad to hear it. That was the goal.

[As...strange as that sounds to hear himself say...

He slides the finished drink to Yuri on the other side of the counter.]

Feel free to pull me aside if you find yourself in need of a distraction. I doubt I'll be busy.

[hesperos]

[ Yuri will wait as Rideaux's mixing him a drink, seating himself back down; he leans on the counter, lightly moving his feet back and forth like they weren't in a draining trial not too long ago. It's probably because he's back in a good mood. Maybe that smile helps too.

He takes the drink and he begins to take a sip. ]

Yeah? Guess I'll just take that as an invitation to slip on by whenever and drag you around to do something stupid, then.

[ But, you know... ]

Same offer goes to you, y'know. I'm not a busy guy, so if you need anything, distraction or all that good stuff, just hunt me down. I'll be around.

[evilfrenzy]

[Rideaux laughs as he goes to retrieve his stuff from their previous table.]

Oh, dear. What I have signed myself up for?

[He legitimately doesn't doubt Yuri that they'll be doing stupid things, either. Yuri's just lucky that those stupid things have actually been pretty fun.

He returns to the counter and leans on it beside Yuri, holding his phone between them so they can actually look at their new photo before they head out. Honestly...it's very tempting to make this his new phone wallpaper.]

We'll hold each other to it, then.

[hesperos]

For one hell of a time.

[ Par for the course with Yuri--if he's ever lucky, it's because he's been doing something incredibly stupid just for fun. Now he's taking a good look at that photo, and...he snorts. ]

Hey, it came out looking as great as I thought it would. I didn't think we'd be able to top the first one, but I guess we managed, huh?

[evilfrenzy]

Really. [He gives Yuri an incredulous look, but it's playful.] I sincerely doubt that you actually expected to fumble your drink like an absolute professional.

That said, I...do find it highly entertaining. So yes, we did manage.