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[the_fourteenth]

WHO: The population of Outsiders ages 19 and under (and equivalent)
WHAT: A sakura viewing party!
WHERE: One of the choicest of picnic spots
WHEN: Afternoon of March 17th
WARNINGS: TEEN SHENANIGANS. If necessary this will be updated!

For those Outsiders on the younger side, Raidou has sent out a blanket text message to one and all inviting them to a hanami picnic at a park near the base. Everyone is encouraged to bring whatever snacks and entertainment they like, but it's not a requirement. Yukata are also encouraged but not required. This isn't anything formal, just a chance for everyone to hang out, for the newbie kids to get acquainted with their fellow Outsiders, and to get a little comeuppance on the adults who got to go out on a bar crawl without them all. The only rule is that adults will be turned away from sitting with them! Sorry, folks.

Raidou Kuzunoha is not exactly a person known for his social aptitude or party planning skills, and it's a miracle he's even come up with this idea, so it's definitely a good idea for people to bring want: food, drinks, games. Someone needs to sneak in the sake, because this straight-laced kid will not be. Not to fear if you come empty-handed though, as there are plenty of snack stalls nearby. Most of his efforts have gone into finding and securing the perfect spot for them to hang.


This log is for mingling top level comments for any kind of hanging out and activities. Whether you want your characters affected by the sakura hay fever is up to you. Have fun!

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[gundemn]

[ This guy might be in love. It's pretty cute to see. ]

My turn. Ask me anything.

[eyescar]

[ Say that to his face!! ]

Hm... What kind of girl do you like? That's the kind of thing Todo asks people.

[the_fourteenth]

[He seems a little confused by the question.]

What else but demons would be demonic? Ah, though, where I am from it's a more general term for all things supernatural, they're still all spiritual in nature. Nothing here that I've come across, um, reads the same way though, if that makes sense. What I know is not the same as anything here.

[Raidou can sense magic, but everything around him is similar while also being so very different.]

Do you mean on objects perhaps?

[peripheries]

I searched out everyone in Brimstone when I first arrived. But some of them are gone.

[So... he did at one time maybe get close. Still, he can't really argue so he shrugs.]

I was curious. But it seems convenient too.

[gundemn]

[ Huh. Did he really go out of his way to meet everyone. Elan didn't expect him to be so hung up about the subject. ]

Do you want us to be a team?

[gundemn]

[ He's going to devise a way to set them up on a date, the gears are turning in his head. Help he doesn't know they're already dating.

Anyway, sly of Yuji to turn the question around. If Elan were to think about the last girl he took a liking to...hah, nope, no way. ]

She has to be sweet, gentle, and nice to me!

[ This is not true. ]

[peripheries]

Your job is to play card games...?

[His expression is very skeptical. How could you make a living off (children's) card games! If that were the case, all humans would just play games every day and never do anything else!]

Are they powerful or just sentimental?

[peripheries]

I was part of a team at NERV but I didn't like the First Child and Shinji-kun always avoided me and the Second was long in a coma after getting her psyche attacked.

[Wow. TMI.]

Many humans are happy to be on a team. I want to understand what it's like.

[gundemn]

[ Yikes. Tell him more, Elan's genuinely gripped by his messed up backstory. ]

Forget about Brimstone. You'd be better off joining a club or sports team.

[ Brimstone is more like a military unit anyway, not the kind of team to be in for fun. ]

[heroforall]

Rice is very easy to make. It's probably the only thing I can cook reliably on my own. My mom is a good cook and I would help her out a little in the kitchen, but nothing really stuck.

[He's moved on to taste testing the cookies.]

You can bake as well? These are really good.

[heroforall]

[He tries to imagine what it would be like to see huge, life-sized projections of these monsters. Eventually, it seems, he will see them in person. But it just seems like one of those things you have to see to believe.

But for them to have actual weight?]

Is that how it usually is in your world? The projections actually feel solid? That sounds like a pretty intense game.

[peripheries]

Sport.

[He says the word as if saying it alopud will help him better understand it.]

Like with a racket? Or a ball? It seems tiring.

[He's heard of these things. But certainly never done them.]

[heroforall]

Hmm. [He nods in understanding.]

What made you leave your hometown? Was it for school?

[gundemn]

You won't make the team with that attitude!

[peripheries]

I wasn't created for things like that. Fighting comes more naturally to me.

[Not that he looks it. But piloting is a form of fighting after all.]

What team would I even join?

[gundemn]

Go to school. You'll have plenty of teams to pick from!

[ Would that even go well? He has his doubts, but Kaworu should have the chance to experience a life outside of fighting. ]

[peripheries]

School is boring. I just go to the music room.

[His civilian identity is "student" after all. But he fares no better with the kids in Neo-Tokyo than the few he met in Tokyo-III]

[thundercrashes]

Nope.

[A rather blase, but immediate answer. Manjoume wasn't scared of the kaiju... not exactly. He's seen far scarier looking monsters, he thinks, so rather than the kaiju itself, there was something else that day that had his nerves rattling.

But Elan is going to have to ask a better question if they want to get a better answer on that.]

That's what you decide to waste your question on? Geez... but hey, it's your turn now, isn't it? Truth or dare.

[thundercrashes]

It depends on the cards a person has... but I suppose I'd say both, in my case.

[His Armed Dragons can be powerful, while the Ojamas........ actually, the less thought he has to give for them, the better.]

Truthfully, there are some Duel Monsters that are actually powerful enough to have an effect on the human world, whether that be merely manifesting as spirits that can observe and interact with people, or those that can cause actual harm if their cards are in the wrong hands. [Or if the Duel Monster itself is a spiteful fucker... looking at you, Yubel] However, most people don't actually have the ability to perceive them, so as far as the world is concerned, they are just cards and anything peculiar that does happen gets chalked up to something else entirely.

[thundercrashes]

It can be, yeah. Granted, there's supposed to be precautions in place to actually prevent any real harm happening, so even if you get hit by a Duel Monster's attack or whatever during a duel, you're not actually meant to feel any pain. It just looks flashy and dramatic for the audience and for the players, normally.

["Normally" being the key word there.]

[the_fourteenth]

Ah... yes and no. School and work. As a summoner, I was assigned the Capital as my territory to protect. But all summoners attend certain schools there as well.

[Raidou does recall some of the things Bakugo has told him about what their world was like.]

If I remember correctly, you all attended schools that helped you train with your, um Quirks, yes?

[gundemn]

[ Elan doesn't disagree there. The video lectures are dull and faking an identity gets old, and he would be surprised if Kaworu didn't have trouble fitting in. ]

Do you like music?

[gundemn]

Huh, and I thought I was onto something...

[ Elan hums as he leans back on his hands. The guy was clearly on edge, but if not the kaiju then what? He'll get it out of him yet. ]

Dare me.

[eyescar]

Oh... That sounds good?

[ How does Todo make a judgement from this? Shit. Yuji waves his hands. ]

Okay! My turn, truth!

[saudadist]

[ A quiet walk with a guy, under the cherry blossoms. If anyone told her about this kind of thing even a few months prior, she wouldn't have believed it. She supposes it's even funnier now since he's the not!boyfriend of a friend of hers.

Friend...huh. Even a few months ago, that would be a weird thing to say. ]

Here. [ She hands Yuji one of the sakura cookies she made once she's up on her feet. ] Can't hurt to eat one while we walk.