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

[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.

[booyaka_boom]

Hmm. Okay. But, if there is anything you wanna talk about, I'm here.

*Because she feels like some sort of sister to them, or something*

And I know I like to talk a lot, but I can keep a secret too.

[reluctantjinrou]

That's kind of you.

[Natsuno lets silence linger for a moment and he sighs.]

Last year, the holidays were very different. If I had known how things would turn out...I can't get over it. It's almost surreal. Like what happened this summer was just a dream.

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie hugs him a little closer, though only a tiny little bit*

Life is weird, huh? The way things work out...

[reluctantjinrou]

Yeah, I guess so.

[He sighs softly.]

I need to think about something else.

[booyaka_boom]

Okay! Let's talk about something different! Tell me... What kind of movies you like watching or... What your favourite food is!

*Selphie - the master of distracting questions. Maybe*

[reluctantjinrou]

I haven't watched a lot of movies, although mostly they were stupid comedy movies. I rented a bunch of vampire movies over the summer to educate myself. My favourite food is Pocky.

[booyaka_boom]

Vampire movies? No offense, Yuuki, but you're not really like the vampires I've seen in movies, or read about in books.

*They were all tall, brooding, ladies men, for a start*

What's a pocky?

*She has in mind a type of vegetable*

[reluctantjinrou]

Yeah, I'm pretty different. Nothing about me is what you see in the movies, but the regular shiki are much more...traditional.

[Well aside from that, Selphie would be interested to know he was short, brooding and popular with the ladies.]

Pocky is a sweet. It's a cookie stick dipped in chocolate. Childish, I know, but...

[booyaka_boom]

Hmm... But then, even when I was a vampire for a little while, it wasn't like I thought. I didn't wake up all stunning and powerful, that's for sure!

Huh. That sounds pretty nice. And here I didn't even think you liked sweet things so much.

[reluctantjinrou]

You get powerful by consuming blood. That's where I get all my tricks from. Otherwise, I'm just as useless as I've always been.

[He nudges her a little playfully. He's sort of made peace with drinking blood.]

I try not to eat them too much, but...yeah, I often had soda or juice with Tohru.

[booyaka_boom]

You know my offer's still here - for the blood thing, if you need it.

*She grins as she nudges him playfully right back*

Though maybe Riku tastes nicer...

*Selphie raises a brow slightly - soda or juice wasn't really sugar, in her mind*

Do you have hot dogs in your world? They're popular in our world, but they're not a sweet thing.