[OPEN/MINGLE] i'm worse at what i do best

[yakyuuman]

who: Jyushimatsu & ALL
what: SLUMBER PARTY!
when: A few days after this network post
where: Matsu House
warnings: Potentially sad moments from Jyushi, but otherwise none!




[ Jyushimatsu kept things rather simple for his party. When he enthusiastically welcomes you to his house, dressing in his plain blue pyjama, you notice the dim light coming from various candles set all around the living room. The floor is covered up with a large futon, blankets, and few pillows, hopefully enough for the guests. He had moved the furniture around so there would be a wide space in the middle of the room, where a TV is already lit and ready for use. All you need to do is dress up in your PJ and the party will begin!

First, there will be movies! Whatever the guests brought can be picked for watching, whether it's got horror flicks or romantic tropes or explosive action. There's a wide choice of non-alcoholic drinks and junk food if you love stuffing yourself with them while time goes on.

Second, there are games! Jyushimatsu found a game console and a few games to play, some of which are the exact sort of party games that would break friendships and cause an all-out war. If you're a sore loser, you better not try to cause damage to the house or the host will kick you out! On the less digital side, there are board games stacked up to the side. Things like UNO, or Risk. More reasons to break friendships, supposedly.

Third but not least important, the guests can all sit in a circle and either tell each other random/weird/scary stories or play Truth Or Dare, Would You Rather, or anything else that comes to mind as the night air flows and eventually you'll start feeling sleepy and about to conk out.

Whichever direction this party will take, Jyushimatsu hopes you all have as much fun as possible! ]

((OOC: this is a mingle log, meaning you can post top levels and everyone can tag you! If you want to set up a mingling top level for the various games, go ahead! Even if you didn't reply to the network post you can still have your character show up.

Tag around and enjoy!))

Comments

[yakyuuman]

Mhm... I guess it's true! I still don't wanna worry my friends, though. I'd feel bad if it happened.

[ It's not like his brothers died, right? People disappear from Riverview on the regular and he should get used to it. ]

[shoplifter]

[A shrug, so casually.]

People say that all the time. But they also don't apply the same to others.

You would be sad, if a friend hid things so it wouldn't worry you. Wouldn't you?

[Laura's certainly much more open about how she feels than most here, as long as she figures out how to explain her feelings.]

[yakyuuman]

I'd figure out why they didn't say anything but hmmm... yeah, I guess I'd be sad.

[ He heaves a liberating sigh after that many tears. ]

It's just that people are so used to seeing me happy that I don't wanna spook them out of nowhere with sad feelings, you know?

[shoplifter]

Nobody wants you to be happy all the time if you are not.

[She shrugs, looking out toward the cityscape.]

But then again, I am not used to people being happy. Not until I came here.

... I may not be very knowledgeable in how people work.

[yakyuuman]

Ehhh... people are hard to understand, I get that.

[ He rummages through the pile of food and drinks that have survived the party and picks up a soda can. ]

Most of the time I've got no reason to be happy... I just am! So when I find one reason why I can't be happy, it's... jarring, alright. [ He pops the can open. ] I'm even spooking myself being all introspective like this, haha! It's not good when I think too much.

[shoplifter]

[That's a funny thought... Laura's had too much time in captivity to not think too much. Most of the scientists thought she might have been stupid, with how little she talked or how uninvolved she was. If she wasn't the quiet one in the line, she was the rabid, violent child in training. She thought a lot, though. It was hard not to.]

I can't imagine that. Being happy that often.

[yakyuuman]

My mom said that I was literally born happy! I was the happiest baby in the neighborhood! At some point in grade school I was a crybaby and normie, but that didn't stick for some reason. [ He takes a sip, smiling weakly. ]

It's uncomfortable when I'm sad. I want it to go away.

[shoplifter]

[She looks a little alarmed. Like he might as well have said he huffs paint for fun daily.]

... I don’t remember feeling anything like that, when I was little.

[Sure, she’s still little, but you know what she means.]

What makes someone so happy? Is it genetic?

[yakyuuman]

[ He turns to her, cradling the can into his sleeves. ]

I don't think so? My parents are pretty normal! None of my brothers are as happy as me, either. Maybe it happened because I'm Jyushimatsu. [ It's the only answer he's got for everything at all. ]

[shoplifter]

[She looks surprised by that.]

Some people are just born with how they'll be?

[Probably an odd question — but it comes from a child shaped by her childhood so much, it's hard to say what kind of girl she could have been. She wonders if it would have been for the better.]

[yakyuuman]

Must be it! Sometimes I do wonder why I was picked as the happy one. If I really am happy or someone else decided it for me.

[ ... Maybe it's a bit too heavy of a thing to tell a teenage girl?? ]

Sorry, sorry! My brain's wandering! That's why I don't like being alone, I tend to think way too hard.

[shoplifter]

It is okay to let your brain wander, I think. I do it all the time.

I wonder why I had to be picked to be how I am.

[Laura glances at him.]

But I guess it is more important to figure out how to use what you're born as in a good way.

[yakyuuman]

Not a lot of good things happen when I think too much. That's why I try so hard to not take myself seriously...

[ He sips a large amount of soda and then sighs largely. ]

I already have figured it out. I guess. I wanna share my happiness with others if I see them sad and gloomy! Other than that... [ Hmmm. ] I don't know...

[shoplifter]

[She hums and nods, apparently in agreement; she's not very good at sharing happiness, but...

She can at least learn. After a moment, she offers her hand.]

I'm Laura.

[yakyuuman]

[ He perks up and readily goes for the handshake, bowing his head. ]

Jyushimatsu! I'm from Japan!

[shoplifter]

Japan...? I don't know much about Japan.

Will you tell me about it?

[So she can distract you more from your sad, negative thoughts?]

[yakyuuman]

Oh, I can! I didn't travel a lot, but I know my home place by heart!

[ It's a nice distraction indeed. He sits up straight. ]

Tokyo is a huge city and after all this time I still don't know a lot of streets, but the things I saw were really fancy! It's all so bright and beautiful and full of colors even at night, there are always lots of people walking around and using the train sometimes is so hard because it's almost packed every hour of the day! I live in a part of Tokyo called Akatsuka Ward! My house is super old, very showa era compared to the tall buildings around it, but it still holds strong and it's gonna probably last a hundred more years!

[shoplifter]

Full of colors? Is it like Las Vegas?

[It's one of the only places she's visited outside of Transigen - but what a place.]

[yakyuuman]

Something like that! But instead of like, american things, there's japanese stuff everywhere!

[ Pretty vague but the meaning is not lost? ]

[shoplifter]

You must gamble a lot then.

It seemed to be all everyone did when I was there. And smoke and drink.

[I'm a hypersensitive mutant with ultra smelling, it was Something Else.]

[yakyuuman]

My eldest brother did that a lot! He plays pachinko or goes to the horse races every single day. I only gamble if I'm super bored.

[ baseball >>>>>>>>>>>>>> money ]

Well, it's not really full of gambling places. There are soooooo many restaurants! I had at least four counting in my house's range!

[shoplifter]

[Any food places are her fucking jam.

But hold up-]

Pa-chin-ko?

[This is definitely a new word.]

[yakyuuman]

Right! That's the spelling!

It's like a game of pinball, but all you've gotta do is send the ball down and hope it never drops to the bottom! There are boxes that makes you win more balls and money!

[shoplifter]

.... This sounds like a lot of fun. I'd like to play it.

[She seems very determined, even, to do so. Pachinko machine, fucking watch out.]

[yakyuuman]

Uwah! Careful! I don't think they allow kids there, since it's a gambling game!

[ Please don't ruin your life on Pachinko addiction! He'd feel sad and guilty. ]