Guys' Night [OPEN]

[seafloor]

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 ♥ ))

Comments

[peripheries]

I wanted us to be friends but... he always rejected me, yet he did what I requested. I don't know what that makes us. I suppose, I'll never know.

[At least his expression grows somber at this recollection, rather than the unnerving amusement that previously graced his features.]

[frostfist]

[ Relationships between people are truly so complicated.... ]

Allies then. Though it sounds like he might have just been shy.

[ He's really saying this knowing nothing about this Shinji Ikari. It's fine. ]

But no point dwelling on the past when there's nothing you can do to change it. Now that you're free [ hopefully?? ] what do you plan on doing?

[peripheries]

I don't know. I didn't expect this outcome. I expected the end and nothing more. There's so many choices.

[There's so much to do and it's all enticing... which makes it even harder to decide what it is that he wants from the world.]

[frostfist]

[ Fair enough. He'd felt a little the same way upon first arriving to Neo-Tokyo. ]

Then why don't we start with ice cream. You said you wanted to try some, yes? There are plenty of places around here to get ice cream.

[peripheries]

Okay.

[At the very least, he perks up at this prospect.]

I want to know why there are so many kinds. And why humans have such a preference.

[frostfist]

[ Wriothesley shifts, relaxing a little now that the conversation has moved onto less serious topics. ]

Every living being has preferences. Some of it's tied to instinct - a mouse that prefers warmer environments to cold, for example, because being too cold might lessen their chances of survival. For others, it's a learned experience.

[ But they're talking about ice cream specifically, so.... ]

As for something like ice cream....I'd guess it all comes down to the power of choice. Being able to assert our own opinions and feelings on a matter rather than being forced one way or another. It may be small, but even the smallest things can have a huge impact. [ He shrugs. ] But there's no point in me explaining it when it's best for you to experience it for yourself.

so sorry... rl came for me

[peripheries]

[Kaworu listens to the man speak, taking in his words but also his demeanor. No adult has ever spoken to him like this before. SEELE never had time to entertain his curiosities. It makes him feel like he's a being meant to be in the world rather than to sit back and observe it.]

Free will.

[He says in agreement.]

It sets humans apart from most other creatures. They can shape their world through their choices

it's all good!

[frostfist]

Free will indeed. [ To be able to make your own choices rather than have them foisted upon you. ] I'm guessing you didn't have much of that until now.

[peripheries]

No.

[His smile is bitter.]

Amongst my kind, only I was able to possess my own will. But I knew very little about how to act on it.

[frostfist]

[ There's a brief lull after that, a silence that's meant to be empathetic rather than judging, before he speaks up again. ]

Well, it's never too late to start. Unfortunately there are still rules to play by here, but you should have a lot more freedom here than before to do as you like.

[ Which then begs the question: ]

Is there something you've always wanted to try?