cancry | sleepover sleepover SLEEPOVER

[ 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. ]

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Mm. With any luck... that's how things are supposed to go, anyway.

[ But for some reason, the idea of it makes her feel intensely anxious. ]

Maybe it's silly to be worrying about that already when we haven't even left Limbo already, though.

[He sighs out the nose and relaxes some. He hadn't, apparently, meant to tense up in the first place.]

We're still worrying about what to call each other at any rate, which is at least a much more present matter. At least we can still call you Rei as it is.

Mm. At least there's that.

[ A change of subject! Thank god! ]

It's strange, though. I don't understand why I'd remember my name, but no one else does. ... Assuming it's even my name in the first place. There's no way to be sure.

Perhaps you're merely our ray of sunshine. [He doesn't know it's spelled Rei, it could be Ray, it could be Rey, you don't know!!!]

[ For a long moment Rei just stares him down, processing that.

Then she closes her eyes and sighs. ]

Just how do you come out with something like that without passing out with embarrassment first? Jeez.

[He grins ear to ear, laughing.] Well, I can hardly die of embarrassment. Was it really that bad?

It was awful.

[ said in the tone of universal exhaustion that comes with facing Dad Jokes ]

We don't even get sunshine down here in Purgatory, anyway!

All the more reason for you to be our sun.

You absolutely had better not start calling me something like "Sunshine", before you get any ideas.

[ rei when you say it like that you're just GIVING him ideas ]

[There might be a certain twinkle in his eyes! What a wonderful idea!]

Absolutely not.

It'd be something more akin to, hm, Solis, maybe. Solara? Aurora. Lux. I've options.

I'm vetoing every single one of these!

[ She has gone SO RED ]

Rubesco. [Now you're being rude.] I suppose Rei is a fine enough name to remain a name if we must.

Thank you.

[ Embarrassed huff! ]

Rei's a perfectly good name, so there's no point in coming up with anything else.

Careful now, or you might become Inlustris if the sun is a bit too sunny for you.

[he's gonna find out people don't speak fuckin latin down here eventually but]

What does that even mean, anyway?!

[ "eventually" meaning "now", I guess ]

Starlight, my dear. Lunae Lumen is a bit of a mouthful, although Lunae is nice in itself.

Now you're just making these up. Aren't you?

[ what the hell is latin 2: electric boogaloo ]

Hm? No? Well, they aren't traditionally names, I suppose, but when it comes to the language, you can certainly turn most words into beautiful names. [what the hell do you call it if it isn't latin i did not think this through]

What language even is it, anyway? I've never heard anything like that down here in Purgatory.

What language--what do you mean what language is it, it's--

Why it's--

[He has to...think about this...]

It's the...common parlance? No, that isn't right--perhaps it's a more royal, upper class language? Or even something old...?

[It bothers him that it seems both modern and ancient at the same time. also what's an english]

...Well, it's clearly some language I was aware of in life...

Geez. If it's an old language, then how old does that make you?

[ hah hah YM is a crusty old man. hah hah. ]

Surely the study of ancient tongues isn't so uncommon. [But it doesn't feel ancient!!!]

Mmmhm. If you say so.

[ You can tell she's getting too comfortable with the gang, because we're escalating to teasing. ]

Maybe you could come up with a fancy ancient name for yourself?

Rex.

[He makes a face.] No no no, Princeps? Dux? Regulus...hm, no. Dominus, that's an option...

Ah...but that's still presuming I'm some form of king. Perhaps there's some kind of quality about me that comes to mind that might be more suitable to base a name off of?

[ She shrugs. ]

It's the only real clue we've got, so I thought it might be worth trying... but if you're not all that attached to the idea, we could try something else.

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