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

[queenofminiskirts]

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!]

Comments

[pyrafect]

[ Awwww..... ]

...I'm very glad to hear that. [ She can't help but smile! Who wouldn't? ] I hope that means you get to experience something amazing every day. [ Pyra places a hand on her hip. ] Because that means people are being nice to you.

[holycurse]

[Always hoping for his happiness...he's been slowly getting used to that, but the warmth he feels from her words is just as strong as ever.]

I assure you, people are nice to me every day here. And that in itself is amazing. [Truth.

...He scratches his cheek, feeling a little awkward now--he can only handle so much of this!] They're nice to everyone else too though, so far that I've seen! So I hope you're enjoying it as well.

[pyrafect]

[ A nod. ]

You know, you're so very kind, I find it hard to imagine that there would actually be anyone else in your world that wouldn't treat you kind.

[ She appears thoughtful for a moment, bringing a hand to her chin. Indeed, why does he believe it is so amazing that people are kind to him in the first place? Is it so odd for him to experience it? ] You don't take me for the kind of person to make many enemies.

[holycurse]

Even the greatest gods can make mistakes, after all.

[Not that he can imagine Jun Wu ever making mistakes, but.]

Normally most people wouldn't look twice at a beggar on the street, or a dying man in the desert. Such things happen often, after all, and to try and help everyone you ever meet would only serve to hinder your own affairs.

[pyrafect]

[ Ah, so the gods are fallible, in his world. Curious...? But that’s not what she’s going to ask after.

“Trying to save everyone you meet”.... ]

Funny you should say that. [ Leaning in a bit, she raises one brow. ] Because you’re exactly the type to try to save everyone you meet.

[holycurse]

[He's fallible, isn't he? Proof that gods are fallible.

Xie Lian leans back at that jab, looking rather embarrassed--because it's true, he is the type. He's always been the type, if not as positive about it as he used to be.]

Yes, well...I don't often have affairs to hinder, after all. Haha.

[pyrafect]

[ (x) doubt ]

...I'm not sure you've ever "hindered" anyone's affairs in the first place.

[holycurse]

Oh no, usually I'm the only one getting hindered, if anyone! That's just my luck, you could say.

[His -500 luck stat!]

[pyrafect]

Now you make it sound like you're cursed!

[holycurse]

[He is cursed though--]

Do I? Ahaha. Meeting you was certainly good luck, though!

[pyrafect]

[ She doesn’t know that!! ]

Hehe~ now you’re flattering me.

[holycurse]

I'm only speaking the truth.

[A bright, honest smile!]

[pyrafect]

Anyway, I’m glad you’ve found happiness and kindness from others here...


Although I wish, we could bring that all to your own world. [ ... ] And who knows, maybe it’s just a matter of time. How old are you, since you’re immortal? What’s a few hundred years more waiting to find someone who just might make you happy in your own world?

[holycurse]

...I suppose that's always a possibility. I've been alone for seven or eight hundred years now, but...there are a lot of people in the world.

[Does he believe what he's saying? Not entirely. But it's true that he's met all sorts of kind people since arriving here...so maybe there's people like that in his own world, as well? The tiniest sliver of a chance...it's a nice thing to imagine.]

[pyrafect]

[ Why does it feel like he’s saying he has no friends in his home world? This is still sad! ]

You’ll find a new family and friends in your home world... I’m sure of it. Without having to do anything for them, too.

You’re quite likable, after all, and even-tempered.

[holycurse]

Thank you for saying so. I suppose my temper has evened out quite a bit since I was a child...really though, you don't need to worry about me.

[He wants to say that his bad luck has consistently kept him from being stable enough to make friends, that he's grown used to his life, that he's content with it--]

...I've been making friends here, and that's what matters now, don't you think? It's much better to live in the present than to worry about unknown futures.