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[open] It's a (very belated) birthday log!

WHO: Kaoru, Shiho and friends
WHERE: Town hall
WHEN: Last week of February
WHAT: It's Shiho's birthday
WARNINGS: None probably.

I: Food!

[What is a party without food? Kaoru can't cook but she happens to know people who can! There's even a cake! She may have borrowed a table from another house for the purpose of keeping the food.

Though, oddly enough, there's also a small card (all of them different colour and sizes, some of them looked like they'd been gently folded then ripped along the fold) beside each dish with a number on it. There's also a list (all handwritten in pink), with the same numbers all listed on one side and lines beside it like something you should fill out.

On the top it says: Guess Who Made This Dish!

Are you here to play or are you just here to eat?]

II: Games!

[There is a hastily written sign on one side that says: NO DANCING.

But every party needs entertainment so beside there is a sign with game suggestions like: Truth or Dare, Never Have I Ever...or maybe you'd like to take your list from the food table and see if you got more correct than the person beside you!]

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I dare you to... [ Hm. ]

Give your best super-hero impression.

A super-hero?

[Problem: Does he know what a superhero is...Xie Lian thinks on this for a moment, looks around for some sort of clue, then decides to go with the closest he can think of: lifting a fork (from the food table) up into the air like a sword, and dramatically announcing] I'll save the common people!

[.......Aaaand dropping that pose after a hot minute.]

Er. I hope that looked alright!

[ The common people....

She claps her hands. ] Oh, no, no, that was perfect. All you are in need of is a cape!

A cape-?

[Wait, uh.] ...I'm glad you thought so! Though I have to admit, that was a challenge I hadn't expected to hear.

Mmhm, don't super heroes wear capes? Or masks? [ ...He'd still be easily identifiable though.

But she waves that aside. ] A dare like that is an easy one. I never actually played it myself until I came here, but the principle is the same as when I watched others play it back home.[ Because her other-self could not be assed to play anything with anyone.

She cups a hand to the side of her mouth, as if telling him a secret. ] You got to start out with the easy dares first... lure them in with a false sense of security so they keep on selecting "dare", but then they keep on getting tougher and tougher!

I'm only telling you this because I don't want others to take advantage of you. It's a tough world of truth-or-dare out there, you know. [ She's obviously exaggerating though, just to have a little bit of fun. ]

[Honestly imagining himself with a cape and mask yelling "I want to save the common people!!" is giving him embarrassing flashbacks of his youth, so waving that aside is Great.]

I've never played before either, so I suppose that makes us comrades in arms! [Ha--he joins in on the secret-telling.] So you're saying if I keep choosing "dare," you might eventually come up with something I can't do? Because some people might take that as a challenge.

Some people? [ Oh yeah, she can think of a number of people both here and at home that would take it as a challenge.

Including herself, so long as it's all in good sport!!

But she gives him a sly look. ] ...You included? [ U WANNA GO M8?? ]

[Ah, she caught him! Not that he was being particularly subtle.

Smiiiling back:] Me included. Though I suppose it's someone else's turn now, isn't it? [Hm!!!]

Alright, I’ll choose dare.

[ Hit her with your best shot!!! ]

A dare, hmm?

[Thinking, thinkiiing--]

I dare you to...do a handstand.

...Easy! [ Like, is that it?

WELL OKAY! No problem! She's quite acrobatic, and after first making sure she has enough space, Pyra is going to be doing a handstand with ease. ] ....How long do I have to hold it?

[He did, in fact, pick an easy one for her....but alright, if she wants a bigger challenge:]

How long do you think you can manage? A minute? Or until I've completed the next dare?

Hm, let’s make it... Until you complete the next dare.

[ She’s going to assume that that is his next choice.

Thinking of a new date, thinking....

Ah-ha! ] I dare you to... give your best drunk-man impression!

[Drunk? Drunk....he can't exactly remember his own drunk experiences, but he's certainly seen drunk men before.

Tottering around on unsteady feet! Singing a drinking son--he doesn't actually remember any drinking songs so really it's like three words and a few "something somethings" but. At least he's got the actions down?]

[ Pyra laughs, ending her handstand to applaud him for his impression. ] Okay, okay! Very good-- aaah, I didn't think you'd be able to do it!

Haha, thank you for the praise! I did my humble best.

[He does a cheerful little bow as he speaks, before smiling at her.] You're quite impressive as well, to stand so straight for so long!

[ She comes down from the hand-stand gracefully and controlled, mirroring his bow with an extra sweep of her arm, as if posing for applause. She holds that for a moment more before straightening up. ]

It's what I do.

[ She smiles brightly. Ah, but now it's her turn. ] Alright... I pick... truth this time.

[He does, in fact, applaud when she bows! So strong, so graceful.]

Truth, hm? Let's see.... [tapping a finger to his chin...] I'd like to know.....your favorite food.

[Smaller dares first, right? Or truths, in this case.]

Does... Tea count?

If so, upon one of the Titan-continents in my world, there is a place that brews the... best tea I've ever had. It's called Jenerossi Tea.

Titan-continents...? [A blink.] Ah, but I wonder what Jenerossi tastes like? I've always enjoyed a good cup of tea.

The continents in our world are.... living beings. They fly, up there. [ She points upwards. ]

Jenerossi tea is found on the Titan called Uraya-- she's a magnificent land where the people live within her, rather than atop her back like other Titans. As for the tea itself... it's hard to describe. It's aromatic and herbal... and has a pinkish hue to it when steeped.

That sounds...fascinating, actually. I'd love to see it, if I could.

[Living inside a living creature! Would it be like some sort of demonic mountain? Alive and capable of thought, but full of dirt and grass rather than organs? A continent that flies....he looks up at the sky as he thinks.]

That tea sounds interesting too...I don't think I've ever seen a pink tea before. Green or brown, maybe, but...

[ Uuuugh man, just thinking of it right now makes her want to try some again!

....Although, the memories that come with the tea are less about the tea itself and more about who she first shared that cup with, as well as her final moments walking upon the earth before being sealed and sank beneath the cloud-sea. Her eyes drop for a moment... but she smiles in the end. ]

I wish... I could show you, what the continents are like... [ It's rare that she speaks of her own world... and for a moment she thinks back to how she had seen a glimpse of it in her heart. No one had entered that chamber of her heart, so she had no one to share it with-- and she's just a bit sad at that. But maybe that's for the best. ]

And then I'd also brew you some of that tea. But-- [ A breath. ] it probably wouldn't be the same, as having a cup of it above the clouds. [ Ah, well. MOVING ALONG. ]

Truth or dare?

Maybe someday you can. I certainly wouldn't mind getting to visit, one day. Or just getting the tea, regardless of location.

[A faraway land, high up in the sky, with tasty teas and Pyra...that already sounds rather nicer than the life he'd been living before, though he realizes there's no way he could stay there forever. Duty is still important, in the end.

As for that question....he'd kinda wanted to just keep picking dares, but since she picked truth...]

I suppose I'll try truth this time, as well.

[ Hmmm... what would be a good truth to ask.

Ah! ]

What is the most amazing thing you’ve seen or experienced here?

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