Meeting of the Minds

[breakfastmetaphors]

Who: Everyone who chooses to participate
Where: Breakneck Cay
When: December 5th
What: A summit to get down to business and get this situation sorted out, L-Elf-style
Warnings: Possible violence?
Style: Any
Status: Open

Upon arriving on Breakneck Cay, if you can navigate the shoals safely and find safe mooring, you'll notice that the beach is more or less abandoned unless you count the countless shipwrecks an snarled piles of debris strewn across the shore. If you approach the jungle, you'll notice a makeshift sign pointing towards a path leading into the trees. There's a lengthy note tacked to it with a detailed map, an exhaustive list of rules and etiquette for participating in a military summit, and probably more if anyone actually got past the part with the map.

The meeting is to be held in a strangely silent clearing. Upon arriving, you'll find L-Elf sitting on the huge stone in the center, fast asleep. It's immediately obvious that this is not a social occasion or it at least wasn't planned by someone with any idea how to make guests feel comfortable. There's nowhere to sit except on the ground and definitely no refreshments. It might be a good idea to send someone back to the ship to pick something up if you want to make it through this thing.

Comments

[blowfishabq]

Jesse winced. That was right, Roxas was a fighter. "Well- have you figured out how t' really fight? With the different body and everything? Maybe it wouldn't be a good idea... Who's your captain, anyway? Shouldn't they be handling all this?"

He was rambling. Probably anyone else would notice that something was bothering him, but he was fairly secure that he could get away with it with Roxas. The kid was sweet, but not always super quick on the uptake.

[heartismyown]

"Yeah, I think so. I've fought a little like this, I've figured it out mostly. My captain is..." Damn, what was his name again? Roxas paused a moment. "I think...I think it's Gan Ning." That sounded right.

"He has bells on him. He's good, I like him!" He glanced around as if to look for him. "I'm sure he'll probably do some talking...well maybe. If I'm right. Or maybe he just wants to hear everything?"

[blowfishabq]

"Gan Ning, huh?" Jesse glanced around. Someone had come with literal bells on. At least he'd probably be easy to notice. He'd try not to piss him off, at least.

"What kind of fights have you been gettin' up to?" Jesse pushed a little at his shoulder, a little teasing, a little scolding. "You gotta watch your back, kid."

[heartismyown]

"Yeah, he's pretty cool and he let me drink a little last time. Lea won't let me." There was a perfectly good reason for that.

"Hmmm, we had this thing with the Navy not that long ago. I did okay. It's a little different but I guess if I get stuck I can always use my magic. I used to fight all the time so I'm really used to it. You know what Gan Ning told me? He said I have a huge bounty. Bigger than the crew combined!"

[blowfishabq]

...Never mind, he wouldn't mind pissing that guy off a little.

"...You know he was talking about your..." Jesse indicated Roxas's chest, not incredibly comfortable using his typical phrasing at the moment. "Right? This guy got a little thing for you or something? Lea know about that?"

[heartismyown]

Roxas blinked a little, rather confused. "No, why would he? He didn't mention anything about it."

Although that wasn't a lie, Roxas had a wanted poster and everything. Dead or alive, the Navy wanted to get their hooks into him.

[blowfishabq]

Jesse rubbed his temples, then sighed. Maybe it was best to let it go. There was no way he was explaining this to Roxas, anyway. Then he looked at him, those big blue eyes, and he swore to himself.

"No- look, he's commenting about the size of your..." He indicated his chest. "You get that, right?"

[heartismyown]

He shook his head a little. "No. Why?"

Roxas looked down at himself curiously. "Does that kind of thing matter?"

[blowfishabq]

It was hard not to laugh. "To guys who like chicks? Yeah, it makes a big difference! I mean, yeah, some guys like legs, and some guys like-" There, he stopped himself. Yeah, Roxas was a teenager, but he sure as hell didn't act like one sometimes, and he wasn't about to give him any kind of sex talk.

Unless he asked for it. Maybe then. It was hard to not see the kid as some kind of little brother. It made him miss Jake a little- not that his actual brother would ever listen to him this much.

[heartismyown]

"Really? I never thought about it. I didn't notice people like that." That wasn't all that surprising, there were a lot of things Roxas didn't notice on a daily basis. If someone thought that way about him, wouldn't it be weird?

"People know I'm not really a girl though." He said, as if that solved that mystery. "Oh and I asked Lea about what you said." Even though Jesse told him not to. Of course he did, Roxas had a big mouth.

[blowfishabq]

"Well, I guess that makes it okay," Jesse mused, almost distracted from the rest of his statement for a moment. Then he stared at him, mouth opening slightly.

"You, uh, what?" His mind was racing. What had he said to Roxas about Lea? Was it horrifically bad advice? It probably had been. "What I said?"

[heartismyown]

It probably was because he'd shocked Lea pretty good. "You said he might want to have sex with me so I asked him."

Roxas had the grace to blush lightly though, a little embarrassed about the conversation he'd had with Lea about that.

[blowfishabq]

Okay, so it wasn't the worst advice. "So... what did he say?" Jesse arched an eyebrow, genuinely curious. "Looks like it made some impact on you..." He reached out and poked his cheek, smirking a little. "You're blushing."

[heartismyown]

"I can't help that, it started not that long ago! I don't really know how it happens." Roxas' relationship with his feelings was still tenuous at best.

"He said he thought about it sometimes, but it's not happening."

[blowfishabq]

Jesse rolled his eyes so hard they felt like they were going to come out of his head. "Are you serious?" he asked, pained. "He's that far in denial?"

He ran a hand through his hair, shaking his head. "Sorry, dude. That's a tough nut to crack. I mean, he obviously wants it, he even admitted as much... but there's something holdin' him up."

[heartismyown]

"Oh yeah, I know. It's me." Roxas admitted honestly. "He said I haven't processed it yet. I can't really argue with that. I don't know much about it at all."

It was just another thing he didn't know. Although he'd processed some other things that may help him, he just hadn't gotten there yet. "He said it's kind of a big deal."

[blowfishabq]

"Processed... what?" Jesse spread his hands, brows raising. "You want him, he wants you, last time I checked neither of you were married or anything," not that such things always stopped people, "so I don't see what the problem is."

He crossed his arms, frowning. "See- I'm not gonna pretend I was any better about hooking up with a guy twice my age, but at least I admitted it to myself and didn't fight it and shit."

[heartismyown]

"Lea's not that old, I don't think!" Actually, how old was Lea exactly? It never mattered so he didn't ask. Then again, he was much younger than he looked. It was an interesting thing to consider and it hadn't even crossed his mind.

"Um, well I think he means more like I wouldn't even know how to have sex if I wanted to."

[blowfishabq]

"Well, I meant more like you were super young, and he's probably worried about that, but..." Jesse paused, then looked over at him again.

"Come on," he coaxed, almost anxious. "It's not like sex is hard... you just follow what your body tells you to do."

[heartismyown]

"I'm not sure, but probably he is. I never asked him that." Roxas murmured thoughtfully.

"I never did it so I don't really know what I'd do...if just doing it is how to figure it out, I don't think Lea's going to go for that."

[blowfishabq]

Jesse heaved a sigh. He couldn't do it. He couldn't just ignore him. It wasn't right to leave him in the dark. A guy had to help a brother out.

"So..." It was one of the most awkward things he'd ever said. "You're saying... you need someone to tell you about sex?"

[heartismyown]

"Lea said I could ask someone questions or read a book. He didn't want me to do anything too weird." Roxas wasn't too sure what he meant by that, but it was probably a good clause. He didn't always think things through.

[blowfishabq]

"That probably meant he didn't want someone else demonstrating," Jesse pointed out. Which was both smart and better enforced his point, but also soothed his nerves. Because oh hell no never no way.

[heartismyown]

"Demonstrating? Like having sex with someone else?"

Huh. Could he really do that? Lea didn't want him to and it was probably a bad idea and honestly he wasn't sure he would do something like that.

"I didn't even think of that. I wonder if I'd remember it more though. I think someone explained it to me before but it was a long time ago and I forgot."

[blowfishabq]

"No- that's a bad idea," Jesse said hastily. "Like- I don't think anyone would be happy if you did that, you included, y'know?"

He shook his head, running a hand over his hair. He could feel for Lea right now.