hellzone: (GRIN ♪ time for spoopy bullshit)
Yoshiko Tsushima (it's YOHANE!!!) ([personal profile] hellzone) wrote in [community profile] nysalogs2018-10-04 07:48 pm

i saw lon cheney walking with the queen

Who: open to all!
What: The Aqours Spooky Get Yohane Magical Powers Halloween Extravaganza...which is a super extra way of saying a Halloween party. It's a Halloween party, y'all.
When: early October
Where: a local restaurant in Olympia
Warning(s): none!

The Halloween party is in the back room of a local, family style restaurant. What used to be a banquet hall is decorated with fake cobwebs, crepe paper, and garlands of pumpkins, ghosts, and cats. A lot of the decorations are hand-made, courtesy of Yoshiko and You. There's an open space in the middle for dancing and mingling, some food tables along one side of the room, and some games and entertainment on the other side. There's a table with various hats, animal ears, and crowns for people who didn't bring a costume. Most of them are made out of cardboard. There's a very beat-up boombox in the corner, obviously borrowed from somebody, playing the El Nysa version of hokey Halloween songs like "The Monster Mash" and "Flying Purple People Eater."

The food is fairly standard Halloween fair. There's a large bowl full of candy, as well as some pumpkin flavored breads and muffins. There's a large punch bowl of something that's green, but is really your bog-standard lime sherbet/lemon-lime soda combination. The oddest thing on the table is some jet black takoyaki, labeled "Tears of a Fallen Angel." The label does not tell you that these things are spicy as hell and flavored solely with Tabasco. There's enough space on the table to fit more food, should your character decide to contribute something that isn't 'way too much sugar' or 'something that will melt your tongue off.'

The Halloween games are simple enough. There's a 'pin the tail on the donkey' though you're pinning a broomstick to a witch. There's a large tub for bobbing for apples. There's also a table dedicated to touch and feel mystery boxes: you reach in blindly to touch what's inside. The labels say things like 'eyeballs' (they're really peeled grapes), 'worms' (they're really cold, cooked spaghetti), and 'hearts' (it's a peeled tomato). The party's going past the closing time of the restaurant, so enjoy some slightly spooky nonsense!

( ooc: feel free to make a starter and tag around! Even if your character didn't reply to Yoshiko's post, it's possible that they heard about the party from somewhere else or just came in from the street: Yoshiko isn't turning away anybody. )
kikoku: (but why)

[personal profile] kikoku 2018-11-18 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
[This is a weird question, and gets a suspicious squint from Law. It's unclear if his head being detached from his body makes this expression more or less effective.]

Do you.... not know what is and isn't a crime?
[He was trying to be nice and not assume Nott was some weird half feral animal person, with her appearance, but now he's not sure if he should have.]
kikoku: (you did *what*)

[personal profile] kikoku 2018-11-18 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Law may not be a master of social interaction, but he definitely gets a vague feeling of a loss of interest for a second there. He certainly can't parse why, though. Maybe he'll figure it out later.

He does follow after, joining Takasugi at the bar, but if the man thinks he's going to get a free drink out of this, he's got another thing coming.]

You're a fool if you think I care enough to pay for the possibility of hearing your reasons.

[He will order himself a drink though. A rye whiskey on the rocks. Sure, he'd like to know. More information makes it easier to plan for. But it's not necessary when he can always just assume the worst.]
It makes me wonder if the Natha regret who they were able to save, though, between you and me.
kikoku: ([lowkey broods in the corner])

[personal profile] kikoku 2018-11-18 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Some of them are dangerous in that way, sure. Some of them are just very unpredictable and it's easy to get lost, and some of them might wind you up in the Calm Belt which is never a good place to be.
[With that name, you wouldn't think it'd be bad, but hey.]

For the record, my ship was mostly made out of metal. It was a submarine.
[So don't go thinking your metal boat technology is so unique, Ren!!!]

As far as the number of countries, I've no idea. No one's ever mapped the entirety of the Grand Line. I believe the world government contains about 170 allied countries, but that includes ones from the others seas, not just the Grand Line.
kikoku: (uhhHHH.)

Somehow I lost this tag

[personal profile] kikoku 2018-11-18 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose.
[Sometimes he wonders if it would have been easier to just not know that Iskandar wasn't a normal person whose body wasn't made of magic. Besides his internal workings, he seemed to function normally.]

Not where I'm from specifically, but it's entirely possible that it exists somewhere in my world. Most parts of North Blue have some sort of harvest celebration around this time of year, but even that varies from country to country. In-
[And he stops short, frowning that he had almost just started talking about his home country so casually. It feels wrong, to speak of the doomed country that he alone had been able to escape from. Like it was unfair to all of those that perished. And of course, the more he spoke about it, the more he'd think about what he'd lost, too. He shakes his head.]

I'm not really much for holidays in general.
thedarkbond: (greymyu)

[personal profile] thedarkbond 2018-11-19 09:39 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm, with a name like that, it makes you wonder... [Ren knows that dangerous things often have innocuous names, but it also just makes him more curious as to what the actual danger of the place is. Woes of being as interested in the dangerous and interesting as he is.

Ren looks interested at the mention of his ship being a submarine, though.]
Oh, that sounds like it would've been cool...and that's more countries than I was expecting. Not quite as many as Earth, but it's pretty close. Though with that many, I'm also a little surprised nobody's found a better way than water travel to get from place to place...

[If they have submarines, they're obviously not as far back technology-wise as some other worlds he's heard talked about here, so he feels it's a fair thing to raise.]
shikomizue: (pic#10390567)

[personal profile] shikomizue 2018-11-20 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
[It was worth a try.

His reasons will stay tucked away with Law's coin, at least for now. Takasugi orders a drink for himself, a rice liquor that goes by a different name in Olympia than it did back home. The content is milky, sweet, alcohol a sharp aftertaste.

Good for sipping.

Easy to swallow before he chuckles, that little observation speaks volumes. Mostly, because Law has put himself in the same category as this suspicious guy. (And not for the first time.)]
I hope they do.

If you can even consider what they did saving. [Honest, even in its cynicism.] Are you glad you're here?
conqueredhearts: (Greatest Bro)

[personal profile] conqueredhearts 2018-11-20 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
A King is always busy. But just because I was busy didn't mean I couldn't devote time to those I loved. When you love someone then you make sure you're able to put effort into letting them know that they're special.

[He thinks about it and...]

I think that would be the benefit of forming a harem. I'd be able to have many lovers and to shower them with my affections.
quintessent: (Or put it out)

[personal profile] quintessent 2018-11-21 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Still, but to make time for so many-

[There's a beat as she catches up to what he's saying,]

Wait a tick- are you considering forming a harem now?

[What has she wrought...]
kikoku: (I don't)

[personal profile] kikoku 2018-11-22 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Law may not actually be on the same level as Takasugi, but society puts him there as a notorious pirate with a huge bounty. Certainly, as far as general temperaments, he's not got a lot of appeal there either.

As for the question, though, he has to think long and hard. Is he glad he's here specifically? Not especially. But in a broader sense, the alternative to being here is being dead.]


... I'm really not sure. [A sip of his drink.] I suppose I'm trying to be.

[Trying to not wish for death, is what he more specifically means. Which, actually, it dawns on him to ask;]
Are you not? If they hadn't saved you, the alternative is being dead.
shikomizue: (pic#10797496)

[personal profile] shikomizue 2018-11-26 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Law's answer is demonstrably honest; there's hesitation, there's uncertainty. Those aren't things a man who considers himself in some ways Takasugi's peer would make up. They're creatures of pride, always blowing their plumage out larger than it is.

More frequently lost than they admit.

Takasugi sighs, and raises his hand for another helping of the liquor before him. His isn't gone - he'll offer the new set to his companion.]
Is it?

I'm not eager to buy their story.

And I'm not going to thank some haughty Amanto- [Aliens.] -for their interference.

Framing it as charity makes no difference. [There's honesty here too, because Takasugi has no reason to lie, and no capacity to hide his hatred for creatures of the stars.]
flask: (id see it in a different kind of light)

[personal profile] flask 2018-11-26 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Nott perks up, her goblin ears twitching in interest.]

Oh! The royal advisor! Well, my feline advisor, whatever your name is... How do you propose we solve the issue of there not being enough... cells... in the dungeon?

[Nott gestures grandly as she talks, and she is absolutely terrible at improv, but she gets there.]
ayes: (pic#11471766)

[personal profile] ayes 2018-11-26 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Hm. Interesting question.] Well, if they're not doing really bad things, we could just have short sentences!

Like... five minutes?
flask: (keep your secrets with you)

[personal profile] flask 2018-11-26 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm.

[Nott taps her chin in what she thinks is a regal manner.]

Well... I'd prefer the sentences to be longer, but there's not much we can do with a lack of space...

Alright. By my royal decree, each sentence will be five minutes, but to accompany time served in the dungeons, crimes against the crown will also be punished with a fine.
ayes: (pic#11471755)

[personal profile] ayes 2018-11-27 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
My queen, I don't think that most people come to these parties with a lot of money on them.

[Though, since it's Halloween.] Oh-- I know! How about they can pay off their crimes with candy!
conqueredhearts: (Wanna Have Sex?)

[personal profile] conqueredhearts 2018-11-30 10:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Hmmm. Something stopped him there. Probably something sad based on what Law says next. He's getting the feeling that much of Law's life has been tragedy. A shame considering what a good man he is.]

No? I quite like them. You get to see the hope of the world in those times.
kikoku: (!)

[personal profile] kikoku 2018-12-02 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
[The term is strange, but Law could make a few guesses from context. Overall, it sounds rude so he's just going to let it pass and not worry about it. Long story short, Takasugi clearly dislikes and distrusts the Natha even more than Law does. That's... maybe not good to know, but it's something to know, at least.]

What do you plan to do on this planet then, if you're not interested in helping them?
[He's not sure if he's actually ever seen Takasugi doing anything constructive, really.

He doesn't touch the drink, not because he doesn't want it, but because he doesn't realize it's being offered.]
shikomizue: (pic#12291671)

[personal profile] shikomizue 2018-12-05 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Time flows differently to Takasugi. It ebbs in and out of his awareness. Days pass in a single night, and the full moon comes again and again. Which is a poetic way of saying he drinks a lot and smokes opium regularly.

He's not one for being constructive.

Destruction is Takasugi's bushido. He'll shatter anything in front of him, all while he watches the foundations of the world rot.

Though he intends to deliver the final blow himself.]
I'm not going to stay here. I don't care how long it takes, I'm going back to Edo.

If there's a storm out there, I'll take care of it. [As if it's a chore.]
kikoku: (fight me Sengoku)

[personal profile] kikoku 2018-12-06 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[That sure is a bold statement. Law doesn't look particularly impressed, though.]

And how are you going to do that? The Natha claim the storm's not something even they with their advanced technology can deal with.
[Again, assuming there is one. Which he's frankly just as dubious of as Takasugi. It seems like a convenient excuse.]
shikomizue: (pic#10797477)

[personal profile] shikomizue 2018-12-13 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
They couldn't handle a dragon, either.

[Not that Takasugi was out there slaying it, but he had confidence that some of his companions could have taken care of the thing themselves. The Natha only intervened on behalf of their ego - of their power over the planet - so far as he's concerned.]

Are you planning on helping them? [Circles back to the original question, as his fingers curl over the brim of his glass.]

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