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

[pride_of_amarcia]

Well, yeah! Quite a bit, actually.

The whole Executor powers and light blasts thing is pretty neat stuff. Also it's also a change of clothes somehow, not sure how that works.

But doing that here seems... Kinda off? I dunno.

[emberserker]

Off how? Compared to whatever you remember?

[pride_of_amarcia]

No, no, I mean, why would I want to do that at a slumber party?

[emberserker]

Ugh, this isn't about training now, it's about not being an unwashed heathen.

[pride_of_amarcia]

Eh, it's just the result of a lot of hard work, it's nothing too terrible, is it?

[It is, in fact, rather terrible.]

[emberserker]

Yes. Go shower at least, and for the love of all that is good, find real bedclothes. What, did you die in a garbage dump?

[pride_of_amarcia]

Nooo clue!


.. And uh where would I get bedclothes, actually?

[emberserker]

Tell me you know what shopping is.

[pride_of_amarcia]

... I meant more 'are any of the shops here doing anything besides, like, the Conbini?'

Not that I went shopping that often, but...

[Look she's been focusing on other stuff!]

[emberserker]

Focusing on training and research is all well and good, but you've also got to realize what counts as acceptable behaviour in society.

[pride_of_amarcia]

... I mean, I guess we live in a society? But it's a really weird one.

Are you sure you're not the weird one for focusing on these details?

[Anna's not the weird one for focusing on these details.]

[emberserker]

Everybody notices! I'll bet you awakened at least one or two Spectres in the past month from disgust alone.

[pride_of_amarcia]

... I don't think awakening quite works like that??

[MISSING THE POINT, PASCAL]

[emberserker]

You don't even know for certain.

[pride_of_amarcia]

I mean, it's an interesting question as to what kinds of things induce awakening, but...