Trial of the Spades

[hiken]

Who: The Spades Crew + Anyone wandering by or onto their ship.
Where: Isla Empieza, The Sun
When: 12/15 - 12/21
What: Shenanigans! The Cold Curse, Sailing, Etc
Warnings: None so far. Possibly violence, given this crew.
Style: Prose/Action. Either or!
Status: OPEN

Threads below! Feel free to drop in your own, just remember to date them. More 'general' threads will come up after the crew sets sail.

Comments

[reluctantjinrou]

[Natsuno is impressed with her enthusiasm.]

Well to begin with, 'hello' is based on when you are saying it. It's different in the morning, afternoon and evening. We can start there.

[Natsuno cycles through all three, speaking slowly.]

[booyaka_boom]

Oh - okay! That's a good idea!

*Selphie nods, and listens very carefully, narrowing her eyes in concentration. Then she repeats the words, just like Natsuno said them. The first one is easy, but she has a little more difficulty getting the accent right for the last one. Mostly though, she seems to get the hang of it quickly*

How's that?

[reluctantjinrou]

[Natsuno nods a bit.]

Close to perfect, so it's good Selphie. It's an easy enough language, at least I think so, there's only so many characters and sounds. Speaking is much easier than writing or reading.

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie grins brightly, clearly very pleased at her efforts*

Yay! Good! Think I'll stick to just speaking it for now. Are there other people on the ship that are Japanese? I can practise it with them too!

[reluctantjinrou]

You know, I have no idea. I don't actually think so.

[booyaka_boom]

Aww, that's a shame. That'd be cool if you could meet up and do like, Japanese stuff with other Japanese people. Are there other Japanese people on others ships, do you know?

*Cause she'll totally start practising on her journal if she has to*

[reluctantjinrou]

I'm not sure what kind of Japanese stuff you're talking about.

[He nods a bit.]

There might be, I can't say I paid too much attention.

[booyaka_boom]

Me neither - cause I don't know anything about Japan!

*She giggles a little and nods back at him*

Well, I'm sure we'll find out eventually.

[reluctantjinrou]

I'm not sure, unless you mean the holidays or something. Or religious customs, but I'm not really a believer. Also, I'm a vampire, and I'm pretty sure I can't set foot on sacred ground, or touch any religious symbols.

[He shrugs a little bit.]

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie gives him a curious look, then shrugs with a smile*

Well, hopefully you don't really have to worry about that here!

[reluctantjinrou]

I'm not worried about it. I wouldn't be able to go near a temple or anything. I'd feel it, from what I understand.

[He sighs a little bit.]

As for the holiday, it's a romantic thing, Christmas Eve. Christmas day we don't do much, just have chicken for dinner.

[booyaka_boom]

Guess maybe there's a few things you'd have to get used to.

*She raises a brow at that, leaning forward for a moment only to take a small sip of rum*

Christmas Eve is romantic in Japan? You mean, like Valentine's Day?

[reluctantjinrou]

Sort of, but more than Valentine's Day. On Valentine's Day, you give chocolate to all the women you know pretty much, they're called 'obligation chocolates'. Of course, you get something better for the person you like, and on White Day a month later, the women do it for the men.

Christmas Eve though, is more about a time for confessing to someone, going on a date and exchanging gifts with someone you like.

[booyaka_boom]

Valentine's Day in Japan sounds weird. Your Christmas Eve sounds more like what our Valentine's Day is like...

*She thinks about this for a moment before giving Natsuno a quick wink*

So - whatcha getting Riku?

*Yup, blunt as to the point as you like*

[reluctantjinrou]

[He does his best not to blush, but he loses that battle.]

What? Riku, ah, well, nothing...

[Not entirely true, but Selphie doesn't need to know that. He's not really sure he's going to give anything to Riku.]

[booyaka_boom]

*Aww, and that blush only makes her smile all the more*

Really? Well, good job Riku isn't Japanese cause otherwise I bet he'd be expecting something from you. But don't worry, I won't tell him that you haven't got him a special Christmas Eve gift.

[reluctantjinrou]

I don't think so. I mean, I don't think he's expecting anything from me.

[Natsuno exhales and looks away.]

Anyway, you shouldn't talk to Riku about me at all.

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie frowns a little at that, pausing her teasing as she tilts her head*

Huh? Why not?

*Because they've already talked about him plenty*

[reluctantjinrou]

I just don't think it's a good idea.

[He shrugs a little. Selphie talking about them as if they were a couple would defeat the purpose of Riku asking for discretion on their parts.]

[booyaka_boom]

Alright, if you say so. But we talk about you already, so...

*She didn't want to go messing around where she didn't need to. She was a tease, and a matchmaker at heart, but she wasn't intrusive, at least not in a bad way*

[reluctantjinrou]

If he doesn't mind then...I suppose it doesn't matter.

[booyaka_boom]

Well, listen, it's not like I'm trying to interfere. We talk about you sometimes because we both like you, and we worry about you from time to time. But that's nothing you don't already know.

*She smiles at him then, hoping that he doesn't think she's being rude or anything*

[reluctantjinrou]

No, it's not that. It's fine Selphie. It's just he's...

I don't know, it's complicated. Forget I said anything.

[booyaka_boom]

Hmm? He's just what?

*She gives a gentle, encouraging smile*

Everything okay?

[reluctantjinrou]

Yes, it's fine. Don't worry about it.