QUASIPLATONICROMANTIC NOT-MESS

[chanteuser]

i'm still wheezing y'all

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week 4, friday post investigation

[chanteuser]

[ let's be honest here, alex is already behind the counter of the saloon looking for bottles. just... bottles. of alcohol. anything that works.

she's setting them on the bar itself before she goes back to look for the next bottle. ]

[antaressnipe]

[Chiron himself isn't much of a drinker, even though the eventual whispers of Hikaru's disappearance means he is very quiet, settled by whatever table the rest are gathered (on the floor bc... well he can't sit in the chairs, can he?)

He'll on occasion exchange a look with Hansa, but otherwise -- oh, actually.

There is one thing of note he wishes to say.]

One of you is welcome to my reward for this week. I have no intentions of using something like this again.

[And so he pushes a wedding RSVP onto the table, it's fine]

[chanteuser]

[ him being on the floor probably makes him the right height for her to stroke his hair soothingly, right?

well. she's going to anyway, when she circles around the bar and joins them properly. ]

...

Oh. [ she digs her own wedding RSVP out and places it next to his ] I'm not interested in using mine either.

[antaressnipe]

[He will be surprised by the touch, glancing in her direction, but he won't mind it and will allow her to continue if she pleases]

... I sincerely hope this is not what we all received for our efforts. [sighing]

Perhaps the effects are different.

[chanteuser]

We all got bracelets after the last one didn’t we? It was just the effects that were different.

[ ... ]

Mine’s something like... I put two names on it and those people will feel like the other has deeply betrayed them for an unspecified amount of time.

[antaressnipe]

... I see.

[Closing his eyes and breathing deeply, his face twitching in annoyance as he talks]

Should I write two names on mine, they will be emotionally tied to each other.

[It's a fuckin love arrow note, maybe]

[robopriest]

What, you have emotionally tied and betrayed? I just have plain falling in love between two people. What kind of wedding RSVPs are those?

[antaressnipe]

... I despise this.

[Tail flickering in DISAPPROVAL]

Playing with other's emotions in such a way... we are not gods. The utter foolishness.

[robopriest]

[stares at marie behind the screen]

Well, we could just throw them away, if they bother you so much. I'm sure you don't want to play Aphrodite.

[chanteuser]

Do you think it’s the same as last time in that all of the people we were with have the same items?

I was with Ange and Bucky, so they may have the same RSVP.

[ she doesn’t seem happy with any of these invite abilities honestly ]

[robopriest]

I think that's lucky. Which is...scary, since there could be more variants we just don't know about.

[chanteuser]

Asking around to find out shouldn’t be an issue? No guarantee they’ll say anything but...

[antaressnipe]

Rule-- ah, I mean. Jeanne was with me, so I will check to see if she had a similar effect.

[chanteuser]

[ she nods ]

I’ll check with my group as well and confirm it.

[antaressnipe]

[Me: Why am I being attacked right now???

But Chiron will not make an official decision on that in case Emet-Selch wants to offer a counter-argument. He just looks at the pieces of paper in faint, sullen disgust.]

Actually, it was Eros who created most of the mischief you know in Greek lore, though the Lady Aphrodite was certainly... prevalent as well.

[SORRY HE'S A TEACHER and he knew these binches]

Regardless, I will not tell you three what to do with your rewards. If for some reason you wish to make use of mine, you may. Otherwise I will destroy it later.

[chanteuser]

[ ..... oh they just got Schooled. ]

I don’t think we need any powerful feelings of betrayal around here, on top of everything else. I’ll either keep mine with me or destroy it.

[robopriest]

[Pondering to himself...]

Maybe I can use mine on people already in love to help their relationship...?

[antaressnipe]

Hansa.

[NO BE GOOD]

[arkitect]

[just adding, tiredly:]

Mine will cause heartbreak in a person, as though they have been rejected.

[chanteuser]

[ just a big ol’ yikes from here ]

[antaressnipe]

... How cruel.

[This is madness]

[arkitect]

But it could prove useful. We shall see.

[robopriest]

Maybe it will come in handy? But I don't think anyone wants a wedding right now.

[And here his is, pulled out of a pocket and put on the table. Hansa looks...tired, also sharing looks with Chiron.]

I might have to help myself to the bar, too...

[chanteuser]

[ she’ll just bring over the bottles. and kiss his forehead. ]

[robopriest]

Thank you, Alex.

[He reaches up to rest a hand on her shoulder and lean to give her a kiss on the cheek in return.]