sleepover sleepover SLEEPOVER

[phantasmagorial]

[ With the handful of new Executors awakening after the first batch, Rei's starting to get a little bit dithery. They're getting to be a big group now and while she's more than grateful for the help (and the company), she still finds herself worried about the group's cohesion. After all, Lion had admitted that he'd lashed out when he'd first awakened, Kingslayer and Pariah were at each other's throats and Iris wasn't even sure she wanted to be here at all.

Not that Rei could blame her.

But if they're going to be a team, then they at least need to be civil with each other. And getting in a bit of bonding before they have to go down and potentially double-die couldn't hurt.

So Rei borrows one of the hotel suites – a 'luxury' suite, according to the receptionist but to Rei's eyes, it just looks tacky as all get out. But it's big enough for the whole group and after spending an afternoon dragging in all the blankets she can find (and a few mattresses – thank god there aren't any other actual guests here to complain about her pillaging their rooms), Rei makes one final trip to the conbini to get... pretty much everything she can carry. Alcohol is right out (sorry, wine grandpa) but she brings back bulging bags of sodas, sweet drinks of all kinds and pretty much anything that looks made to be chugged. After that comes everything vaguely snack and candy-like in the store and a few things that might not actually be good to eat, and Rei feels confident in saying she's done.

She'd mentioned to a few of the others that she was having a bit of a get together that night, so all she can really do is wait for them to show up. She's in her pajamas, she's looked up sleepover games in the library and snacks, there's a TV mounted on the wall and she has... never held a sleepover before.

This is gonna turn out just fine. ]

Comments

[emberserker]

You believe certain people were chosen by fate to awaken, then?

[doofyissues]

[This got pretty real for a sleepover.]

I guess... it doesn't really make sense to me for it to just be random...

[emberserker]

[I dunno, my childhood sleepovers usually had a Ouija board session or reading circle of someone's mom's Chicken Soup for the Soul followed by discussing the meaning of life. Then again, we would follow that up by watching Dude, Where's My Car.]

It makes as much sense as anything. If we were selected for a reason, then we must be able to fulfill that.

[doofyissues]

At the same time, though... I think it's okay to just have fun, sometimes, too...

[emberserker]

[Without the driving force of Ernestaaaaaa and/or the pressures of mage society, Wolfsbane... has no argument to this.]

...well, I suppose. As long as Medic doesn't force us to watch that rubbish she brought in. None of those titles look the least bit entertaining.

[doofyissues]

I don't know... with the right people, even watching a bad movie can be pretty fun...

[In theory.]

[emberserker]

Do people actually do that sort of thing?

[doofyissues]

Probably...? I guess I don't remember...

[emberserker]

I'd rather do something I'm meant for, and I doubt it's that. But if everyone thinks all this bonding time is a good idea, I might as well. I can't recall any reason not to, at least.

[doofyissues]

Oh! That reminds me... I remembered some stuff when I became an Executor.

[emberserker]

Oh? Was it anything useful? I recalled a magic tournament, so I suppose yours might have been similar.

[Does she have any basis for this? No? Okay.]

[doofyissues]

Oh, nothing like that... It was just a bunch of random childhood memories, and... my name, I guess...

[She doesn't sound as happy as one might expect for having recalled her name.]

[emberserker]

Oh. That doesn't seem all that helpful, but then, perhaps it's important to you. GRANBELM must have meant a good deal to me, after all.

[doofyissues]

I guess it's better than not remembering anything... I'm gonna keep going by Iris, though, I think...

[It isn't right, but it's at least not obviously wrong.]

[emberserker]

Very well, Iris. So if you've become an Executor, what sort of powers have you got?

[doofyissues]

Oh! I haven't really tried it out, yet... I guess it's some kind of transformation...?

[emberserker]

We all transform. Observe.

[Wolfsbane snaps (she absolutely did not need to do that) and she's in this in a red burst of light, displaying her Executor marking on her upper right arm.]

So far it looks like I've got fireballs and ice shards. Elemental magic, His Majesty called it.

[doofyissues]

Whoa!

[That's cool... but not worldview-changing. Is that because she's seen so many weird things in this world already, or because she's used to seeing this kind of thing...?]

I don't know if I should try it right now... I don't know if it's dangerous or anything...

[emberserker]

Hm. It is true this isn't a training session, and who knows if your power isn't something that ought to be used indoors.

[Wolfsbane detransforms and folds her arms.]

I'm sure Rei is more interested in this party business anyway.