Event Nine.

[awashmods]

Thus, on Life’s gloomy sea, Heareth the marinere Voices sweet, from far and near, Ever singing in his ear, “Here is rest and peace for thee!”

t's a dark night, and the sounds of feet in the darkness are further dampened and hidden by even more magic, as they are lured away by the soft sounds of dreams that are too good to be true, leaving the Town much, much emptier than when it began. On one side, an island, and a ticking clock to a gruesome death. On the other, the slow realization that those bonds everyone has been forging might mean much, much more than they first thought. Welcome to Awash's ninth event log, everyone! Further information on this event can be found here at the OOC post. You are welcome to start your own posts or logs for this event as well. If there are any questions, please ask them here. Please be sure to very clearly mark where your characters are in your prompts, so people know which they can tag depending on which group they are in. Thank you!

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[tropism]

[ he'll sit down beside him. he thinks about what akira had said, and there's a familiarity in it. ]

.... what a coincidence. I'm the same. But really, we're more of a family than anything else. I just happen to be the bossiest one. [ a soft laugh. ]

It's unfair to compare yourself from what you can do there, though. There are plenty of things beyond our control and are completely unfamiliar here. The rules are different.

Will they be proud of what you've done regardless? That's something you can ask yourself. And if you can make peace with your answers to that ... you can do everything else.

[theshowsover]

[Akira can understand that. The Phantom Thieves are a family, too; it's just that they need a leader to make decisions, and somehow that became Akira.]

...Most of them would be. But one of them isn't.

[And he's made it known.]

And I guess it's hard to be proud of myself, too.

[tropism]

That one is here? [ because it sounds like it's something he can't avoid. ] The good news is that you've got all this time to spend with each other until the town decides one or both of you have to disappear for good. But that only makes it difficult, doesn't it.

Why aren't you proud of yourself?

[theshowsover]

[Just a nod at that. He is here, and Akira isn't entirely sure what to do about that yet.

But that aside... He shrugs dismissively.]

I haven't done a lot to be proud of. I ended up burdening my friends, more than anything.

[tropism]

Says who?

You've got terrible friends. [ like his friends murder people and steal and stuff but they've never called each other useless. cmon.

giorno pats him gently on the side. ] Take my confidence and ego. I've got it in spades, I'll bottle it up for you and give you an ounce free of charge.

[theshowsover]

[Akira gives a small smile at that.]

My friends are the best. [He means that, really, despite his current crisis of confidence.] One of them is just... a little headstrong.

[But seriously, taking a bottle of his confidence? Akira has to smile at that, too.]

But it's alright. Keep your confidence.

[tropism]

I know the feeling. I've got a buddy who'll swear up and down that he hated me, but we stayed together in the same circle of friends anyway.

I think different personalities help make groups stronger. But don't say you're a burden - it's unfair to those who believe in you. And it's likely all in your head most of the time.

[ giorno smiles at him. ] Whenever you need the boost - I've got plenty to spare. [ a slight frown. ] Come to think of it, that's what that guy hated about me too, but it never hurts to have lots of it. Talent and hard work makes up for the rest.

[theshowsover]

[Sounds like himself and Akechi, though probably (probably?) not as potentially fatal.]

Alright. I'll keep that in mind.

[For the sake of his friends, he'll keep his chin up. He'll try to believe in himself too, as much as they believe in him.]

Why did your friend hate that?

[tropism]

[ hm, how does he best answer that. ]

I was new, in this circle of friends. I was also the youngest; he was one of the older ones. I suppose, as with anyone new, I had to prove that I was worthy of being there. Does that make sense?

When nobody else but one person knows anything about you, it becomes imperative that you make your mark. I have talent and a strong will on my side, and I can be very stubborn. So was he. We had very different ideas of what it meant to fit in a group; thus, our personalities clashed. But we both cared about the same group of people. We both wanted the same things. That is indisputable, and on that, we were both very dedicated to.

[theshowsover]

Mm. I guess it does.

[Though no one in their group ever really felt the need to prove themselves, so to speak, when they were new, he remembers what happened with Morgana as new people joined up. He felt like they didn't need him anymore, like he was replaced.

Sometimes group dynamics can be tough. But all that really matters is...]

But if you were both dedicated to the group, it worked out, right?

[tropism]

Yes. Somehow, things worked out for the best, in the end.

[ even if so many others died. he can't save them all. ]

Are you finding your place here as well? [ with others he's just met in town. ]

[theshowsover]

Something like that...

[His relationship with Guren has been a bit strained lately, but the rest of his friends that he's met... things are good with them.]

I'm thinking of starting a cafe. [He's already working on it, actually. It's a project, something he really needed.]

[tropism]

No way.

[ giorno looks amazed. ] That sounds delightful. And I think it'd be nice for people to have a place to hang out and meet each other instead of just naming the well, or any other random place in town.

[theshowsover]

[He nods, looking definitely more peppy with the change of topic.]

That's the idea. Another guy already has one for food, but this will just be for coffee, and hanging out.

[His friends hang out with him in Leblanc back home. He wants this to be similar; a warm, friendly place.]

[tropism]

Do you have a place in mind already?

[ coffee and hanging out sounds good. he misses the cafes back home, they just littered naples like weeds. ]

[theshowsover]

Yeah. A friend and I started cleaning up an old store in Ruga.

[Coincidentally, the same friend he's angsting over as he sits here. Ah well.]

[tropism]

That's not bad. [ a pause. ] It's good that we have so many spaces like that available to us.

You gotta let me know when it's ready. I'd love to drop by.

[theshowsover]

Mm. [He nods. The one good thing about this place is that real estate is really readily available...]

I'll make an announcement when it's ready. You can come by any time.