Waking the Dead 2.0 || May 19, 2063 (Saturday) || Friendship in the cups.

[kawaakari]

[It's a little after lunch with the Shinta Clan that Kasumi Aoi makes an interesting suggestion: that the War Hounds wile the afternoon hours away in good company with their mentors, former or otherwise, that can make it. Invitations are easy; she can handle them.

So, there you have it: doing things the Japanese way, talking over sake, nibbling idly on onigiri and whatever else. The rest of the household has left you alone. This is quality time with the people who have watched your back, and taught you whatever they could.]



OOC Notes
+ Each thread here is for one-on-one conversations between players and their respective mentors. Group shenanigans can be played out on the table, if you guys like.
+ Noey and I are going to bring his conversation with Malia on the table!

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Tala & Brianna

[thetalavega]

[Tala Vega is, undoutbedly, the most beautiful person in the room right now.

...Okay well, Brianna is too. Kimonos, yay~]

The next time you come to Japan, we need to go to Gion. And we have to go decked out like this.

[therealbrianna]

[ Is slightly familiar with the districts in Japan. Slightly.

Also she feels incredibly good and poised in her kimono! ]

It sounds familiar! Someone must have mentioned that to me or I read it somewhere.

What's in Gion? [ Excited smile because YAY future plans! ]

[thetalavega]

Oh, just one of the prettiest places in Japan, ever. It's in Kyoto, which is nice and traditional and full of people wearing stuff like this.

[therealbrianna]

[ Small gasp. ]

I would so love to see that! If only I could wear a kimono in the Philippines for the rest of my life...

[thetalavega]

But it wouldn't be so special if you did that. Besides, there are so many other things to wear out there.

[therealbrianna]

[ Bestie is always right, o m g.

She laughs at that. ]

That is so true. By the way... [ She's pouring Tala and herself some sake. ]

... I'm planning a birthday thing, probably in Haven. That's okay, right?

[thetalavega]

Ooooh, you are? I'm totally invited, right? I love Haven.

[Memories~~~]

[therealbrianna]

[ She laughs. ]

Of course you are! I might even ask for some bit of help or like advice and stuff.

Anyway, [ she leans a bit closer to Tala. ] how're things with my bestie?

[thetalavega]

Oh, I've been fine~ definitely can't say the same for some people that I know, though.

[Like. You know. Aria.

Anyway.]

Make sure to ask Selene to DJ for you during your party. She'd love to, I'm sure.

[therealbrianna]

[ O M G Y E S ]

Yeah I should totally ask her!

[ Hushed voice. ]

You mean Aria, right?

[thetalavega]

Aria? Whatever made you think that she wouldn't be fine?

[Sarcasm. Is dripping. All over the floor.

Is she being mean? Probably. She has her own opinion on the matter, and Selene - god bless her, but really - isn't around to stop her sister from letting it rip out.]

[therealbrianna]

[ Ouch, burn. ]

So I take it you don't really take to each other like milk and cookies, huh?

[thetalavega]

That's the thing: we do now, and have for a while, but stupid is stupid, right?

[Pouring more drinks for the both of them.]

I'll be the first to stand by her if I think what she's doing is right. I don't right now.

[therealbrianna]

[ Makes sense. ]

So it's okay to call out your blade mates when they want to do something stupid, right?

[ Thanks Tala and takes a small sip. ]

Cos sometimes even if I want to, I'm too uhm... Shy I guess? Like sometimes I want to smack them in the head for thinking they can do things on their own.

[ Another small sip. ]

I mean I'm used to speaking my mind and all, but with them it's just different. I feel like I can't just say what I want to in front of them.

[thetalavega]

Well, if you're not going to call them out on their shit, who will?

[She's drinking hers down in full, and pouring another one. She knows how to hold her liquor, and doesn't care to be needlessly graceful about it.]

You're the one who stands closest to them. You're in the best position to keep them from doing something that they'll regret, or telling them off when you're too late to stop them.

[therealbrianna]

[ Wise bestie is wise. *-*

At this point, she's just nodding in agreement, looking like she's just learned something new. No matter how loud, friendly and open she's been to her blade, she's still keeping a few things under wraps. ]

Why don't you talk to her then? Or... Have you?

[thetalavega]

[Letting out a laugh that's incredulous, amused and bitter all at the same time.]

There's no point to it, really. She's all about deny-deny-denying good advice, even when it hits her right in the face. Believe me, I've tried.

[therealbrianna]

[ Wew, intense. ]

So she's just that difficult, huh?

[thetalavega]

She is BEYOND difficult.

[Oh. My. God.

That is what her expression says.]

[therealbrianna]

[ She's kinda nervous now. Cos really... ]

But you guys have been together for a long time. Wouldn't you have like, sorta fixed that by now?

[thetalavega]

Maybe it would be if there hadn't been a war. Fifty years of peace makes things easy. Fifty years of fighting? Mmmm, not so much.

[therealbrianna]

[ Riiiight... That happened...

Real quietly now, because she wants to learn more about her bestie, and also because she can learn a thing or two from this, being a Changeling herself. ]

What about you? I mean, what did you get from those fifty years?

[thetalavega]

[She's quiet for a moment, smile fading into something a little softer, more serious.

She is also fetching her cigarettes and lighting up.]

I learned that I was not good enough, but that I was okay because I simply had to do what I can. I also learned that power is as only good as the people who have it.

[therealbrianna]

[ She's listening in intently with her chin propped on her hand. She can't imagine how Tala was like when she was just starting out just like, well, her. ]

Okay, well since we're on the topic of not being good enough... I read up on some Courts stuff for Changelings.

[ She's looking at Tala with BIG eyes as if expecting her bestie to fill in the rest for her. ]

[thetalavega]

Oh? Are you interested in any of them? The first Court that I curried for favor in was Maria Makiling's.

[Good times, those. She's very grateful to Maria for... well. Everything.]