[closed-ish]

[messianic]

WHO: Dave, Minato, Ochako, Okuyasu, Caramia, Lupin, John, Guren, Ignis! also you if your character has reason to gatecrash the party, go for it
WHERE: Dave's depressingly colorless house
WHEN: now
WHAT: It's a family dinner. The most makeshift family dinner in the world. They tried.
WARNINGS: i hope there aren't any

[With John keeping Dave busy, Minato and Caramia and Ignis are able to put together Food of Some Variety--

And with everyone else's help, it's possible to make sure there's a proper table, chairs, even clean dishware to use for all of the food.

Of course, you can't really expect a group this rambunctious to have a proper family dinner, can you? They tried.]

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ooc: just treat this as a mini mingle log, honestly, there are too many of us for a proper thread order

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[pursestrings]

[STOP... it's too much!! He needs only another beat to stop wheezing, but he still can't help a few chuckles when he finally looks back at her. Ochako...]

Nah, c'mon, I won't be able to look at the shitty camera! Spare me!

[thriftea]

[She's the best, she knows. That's why she just grins up at him, obviously quite pleased with herself.]

Fine, fine. We can take a normal picture, but you still have to smile.

[And no squatting?? Does she need to say this?]

[pursestrings]

[Let him squat freely? Fine, he won't, not if he has to squat all by his lonesome. Spoilsport.]

You saying I never smile? Get a load of these pearly whites!

[sighing over this tag...... anyway, he says this and immediately busts out a big, doofy grin.]

[thriftea]

[This is going to be an endless loop of laughter, because of course she's going to take one look at that expression and—PFFT. It's quick, and she doesn't even need to turn away this time, but it still happens. Jeez.]

That's not the right smile at all! [She reaches up to cover her mouth, just in case.] I like your other one better. Your real one!

[pursestrings]

[Okuyasu is back in the game!! He holds this expression for another moment, then stops trying to stretch his whole face in half. It's cool, it's cool.]

That was real! What's my real one supposed to be?

[thriftea]

[Thank God. She can actually look at him again, even though she's not sure how to explain that? A real smile is so obvious, but. Hmm.]

It's... hard to explain? Try thinking about something that makes you really, really happy.

[Money...]

[pursestrings]

[Money, ice cream, his weirdo friends, Ochako herself honestly... He looks at her for a moment without making a goofy face, then glances aside, rubbing his neck. Remember that he is wearing a party hat throughout this, ruining all chances of looking serious.]

I know what you're talking about, but putting me on the spot's not fair.

[thriftea]

[Oh, the party hat is never far from her mind... but while the sum of stupid and serious is almost always hilarious, Ochako isn't going to laugh at him when he looks embarrassed. Or uneasy, at the very least? She'll just keep her own smile in place, wondering what in the world he could be thinking about as she waits for him to recover. Two strange looks in one night... that's Interesting.]

Well, you don't have to tell me what it is. You don't even have to smile right now! Just think about whatever makes you happy when Dave's taking the picture, okay?

[pursestrings]

[The usual overwhelming feeling that Ochako is too nice to put up with him, back again. He will manage to smile like a normal person in this picture, he's sure of it, as long as he doesn't think about smiling in the moment.

Great. That's so settled and he has done nothing weird.]

Yeah, I got it. It's still an important memory even if I look dumb in it, right? Don't worry about it.

[Fun fact this is a line he got from Dave like an hour ago about the other picture. Thanks Dave.]

[thriftea]

[Nice one, Dave! That's exactly the kind of cheesy thing that goes straight to Ochako's core, and despite Okuyasu's silly addition—seriously, like she ever thinks he looks dumb—it's enough to bring a bit of color to her cheeks.]

I'm not worried! I'm just glad that we'll be in a picture together. [A picture of what is apparently an important memory, and that important memory is hanging out with her at a party. Oh, but that's... it's so...

Well, she's not sure what it is! Or why it makes her feel so pleased, honestly, so she's going to do the reasonable thing and turn away in a hurry.] S-So we should go find him!

[And off she goes! Goodbye.]