synflux | Guys' Night [OPEN]

WHO: Dudes, dude. Bring all your dudely Outsiders, bro.
WHAT: ~~Man I sure wish I could tell you~~ Cracking a cold one open with the boys
WHERE: The Onsen
WHEN: 4/11
WARNINGS: Alcohol, nudity, dad jokes... This'll be updated accordingly

[ A few days after the girls have had their fun (cause girls just wanna have fun), another blanket text sweeps over the Outsiders' inboxes. This time, it's from Kaito: and he is proposing a very original idea that all the guys should come by the hot springs in a few days' time. Gossip and bathing are optional, but an empty stomach is mandatory.

Several pictures of newly purchased smokers, grills, and even a fucking pizza oven can be seen at various points throughout the message. There are also mountains of stacked beer and soda cases. Kaito's apparently going to be cooking enough to feed the whole base, or so he purports.

Where did he get all the money for this? Whatever, it's free!

He also adds in no uncertain terms that if any girls try to show up and sneak a snack, he will send them home with a stern warning and a bottle of water.

If you take him up on the invitation, welcome! It's a spring cookout and Pitmaster Kaito Nagano is going to be serving up enough barbeque to temporarily turn the onsen area into a Texan territory within Japan. Seriously, there's gonna be a metric fuckton of food and booze, and the hot springs will be right there when you're ready to get hot and hungover.

There are absolutely no plans after food. Feel free to stick around and socialize, but you will not be publicly shamed for just yoinking a plate and dip setting. Probably.

Aside from the barbeque, there are some horseshoes and cornhole boards set up (google it, it's safe, this is not a bit it's just a funny name for an american game) for dudes to try their hand-eye coordination at after having one too many drinks.

If you're feeling particularly brave, Kaito's got an ice box full of artificial fish (all the meat's artificial, let's be real) that you can try to attract a feral cat with. Good luck. ]

(( ooc: hello yes i didn't want The Boys™ to feel left out so feel free to make top levels and just get some general cookout social time in with your boyos. make it as friendly or awkward or awkwardly friendly as possible. go nuts. get naked. cause a ruckus. [ insert toxic masculinity here ] ilu ♥ ))

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[ Oh, he loves this. A bite-sized way to get to know so many people at once! ]

You can call me Ryoji Mochizuki. [ He's grown fond of the name! ] I'm from Tatsumi Port Island, Japan, and my favorite flavor of ice cream is Neapolitan. [ That's cheating?? ] The most surprising thing about me...oh, I learned to play the piano recently.

[ This is NOT the most interesting thing about him but he thinks it's pretty cool, okay. ]

I don't want to presume I could beat anyone here in a fight, haha...

[ it's not cheating when it's only 3 flavors out of 492034834. also playing the piano IS really cool, he's so right. ]

It's too bad there's no piano here, otherwise I'd ask you to show off what you've learned.

[ Thank you for the validation, Wrio Thee Slay. u_u ]

There's not one on the base, either - that I've found, anyway. Maybe I should pick up an instrument that's a little more portable.

[ Like a flute! Or an otamatone. ]

[ please give ryoji an otomatone, i am on my knees begging— ]

If LILITH can afford to hand out dozens of Valentines Day chocolates to us, then surely they can afford to invest in a few musicals instruments.

[ he says that but he knows they never will.....RIP. ]

What about the french horn? Or the violin, if you prefer a softer sound.

[ Trombone Champ, watch out, here he comes... ]

You make a good point...serenading someone with a piece of music is just as effect of as chocolate. Maybe even more so. [ He would know! ] Maybe a viola? To accompany a violin. I'm more of a supporting character, anyway.

[ A beat, and then he adds: ]

Did you not enjoy White Day?

[ Ryoji is the lead character in my heart 🥺.....and also Wrio's now. ]

White Day?

[ That was a jump. But he'll do his due diligence and give it the appropriate thought, tipping his head to one side as he does. ]

It was alright. It's not something I was familiar with before I arrived, but the custom makes enough sense to me. After all, if someone gives you a gift then it's only right to give one in return.

[ Or maybe that's just how he's been conditioned after too many years bandying around Credit Coupons. Anyway. ]

What makes you think you're just a supporting character?

[ Ah, credit coupons, my detested... ]

That's fair enough. I had a lot of fun with it myself, but I understand that wasn't the case for everyone.

[ He would hand out any amount of chocolates that LILITH gave to him, but he's also a Local Creature and Infamous Flirt, so he's an outlier and should not be counted.

...Speaking of outliers. As Wriothesley turns his throwaway comment back on him as a question, Ryoji hums thoughtfully, tapping a finger to his cheek. ]

I suppose it's because of my role in mankind's fate. I'm a harbinger of the end of times, but not the one who will ultimately carry out that sentence. More of a follower than a leader, in other words.

[ ??? Okay. ]

[ the credit coupons will follow you no matter where you go..............

but also: what. ]

[ Is this guy pulling his leg? No, he seems dead serious about this. Then is this some sort of prophecy?? He has a little bit of experience with those, he can handle this. ]

That seems like quite the burden. [ To put things extremely lightly. ] And you accepted this role that was given to you?

[ It sure is a burden and he's been stuck on the verge of an existential crisis for several months now! But it's fine. His smile stays sincere, not strained in the least, in full acceptance, full resignation. ]

It's always been my part to play. The moon can't become like the sun.

[ In other words, it is what it is! Or as they say in Fontaine, "kay sir-ra sir-ra". ]

There's nothing to worry about here, though. I'm not bound by that same fate in this world.

[ not kay sir-ra sir-ra...................

But also: these are weirdly insightful words for a kid. Then again, the kid is also the (apparent) harbinger of humanity's end, so maybe there's a little clarity that comes with that particular job description. ]

I suppose not, [ he mulls ] but that doesn't mean the moon can't shine with its own bright light.

[ Anyway. The men's bath is a weird place to wax poetic about stuff like this. ]

But now that you are free of this fate that was placed upon you, what do you plan to do?

[ If it's a weird place to wax poetic about this kind of thing, Ryoji doesn't seem to mind. Then again, when something is just a part of your accepted, everyday existence, the only limits are what others are comfortable with. Wriothesley doesn't shrink away from it the way others might, however, so that's reassuring enough that Ryoji doesn't steer the conversation elsewhere, either. Even if, in the back of his mind...

He'll need some time to ingest the meaning of those words. That the moon can shine with a light of its own... ]

Do anything and everything that LILITH asks of me. I owe them a great debt in bringing me here, after all, and I've far from repaid it.

[ A beat, a hand fluttering over his hair. ]

I don't mean to say I believe they're beyond reproach or anything, but...they have earned my loyalty, by sparing me from my fate, for the time being.

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