The Return of the Bastard Tea Party!

[mithrigil]

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Have been bored out of my skull for most of the day, consider myself in need of cheering.

So!

Following the events of the first tea party, there has been...a noticeable change in the guest list.

This session of the BASTARD TEA PARTY has begun.

Step One: Select one of the following characters:

Griffith --Berserk (let us say that this is,

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[tenshi_kain]

The one where Xanatos finds out what a True Rune is.

[mithrigil]

Xanatos: So they're wars of property

[tenshi_kain]

From "dapperly curious" to "I'll be asking him up-front. Someone who's been around that long must get bored with mind-games and duplicity." -- !

Just waaaaaahhh! It's so totally Xanatos, man.

Guh, do you have ANY idea how much I want to see the followup with Yuber now? I'll pay somebody to req it.

[zombie_fetus]

Seishirou meets Griffith.

[mithrigil]

[It is an exceptionally awkward moment, in as composed a way as possible; from opposite ends of the hall come a paragon of masculinity in a black trenchcoat and sunglasses, and a trounced-up long-haired nobleman in pale purple with bows and cravats and turned up shoes. They regard each other cordially, Seishirou with a smile, Griffith a mask-faced nod.]

[Neither of them makes a move to open the door for the other one.]

Griffith: You received the same invitation as I, did you not?

Seishirou: Yes, I've been to one of these things before. [eyes ahem what Griffith is wearing under the bows and ruffles, discreetly behind the sunglasses] I'm sure you'll have a time of it. [steps back, nods] Sakurazuka Seishirou. Hajimemashite.Griffith: [doesn't bow either] Duke Griffith of Midland, commander of the Band of the Hawk. [also doesn't open the door] Are we the first to arrive

[zombie_fetus]

Mortal!Griffith having a shoujo-anime moment is the best ever.

Seishirou's first response is just golden.

[puella_nerdii]

Delita and Vayne. Ivalice then, Ivalice now.

[mithrigil]

Delita: Forgive me, I did not expect tea with history.

Vayne: There is nothing to forgive. [slides the tray of pastries over] So tell me, this Ivalice of yours--what is mine to it?

Delita: A world and more away. Archadia fell not a century after you. The people to whom your reins of history were given could not control the steed.

The pastry tray: [slides to a halt]

Vayne: Of the empire itself, I have little concern. But of the sentient races, from this did they learn?

Delita: Humanity recovered in time. But no, they are not enlightened; still they place undue trust in gods and symbols, and so little in themselves. They wish to be shepherded, for that is a care off their backs, a crate off their carts. I am working to allay this, but it will take time long after me.

Vayne: [knows failure, quietly and imperceptibly] But that was the choice of the people, and who am I to fault them?

Delita: [knows humility, only slightly more evidently]

[puella_nerdii]

Fuck yes.

Subtle bastards, both of them. And wonderful.

[lassarina]

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

[lady_venn]

Vayne, the one where they talk about family, please.

Thanks!

[mithrigil]

Vayne: And he is the third brother of four?

Delita: The last is a sister, but yes.

Vayne: Such patterns history has. There was a House Beoulve in Archadia. It gladdens me that some lines have survived.

Delita: More than perhaps you'd think, if you allow impurities.

Vayne: Did my brother have heirs, then?

Delita: Five children, three of them sons, if I recall aright. The Emperor Larsa passed the throne to his second son, and the second to his first. But of the Emperor Larsa's others, in male line--one a monk, and the other street-corner legend.

Vayne: A pirate or a thief, I do not doubt. Already my brother consorts with these.

Delita: My father would sing songs of that hero. Heiral the Black.

Vayne: I pray that this is so; I could not ask for better for my line, than to have the twin dragons spout the Hydra's third.

[lady_venn]

If I had actually played Tactics (something I need to DO, damnit), I would probably get this more.

But even in my basic understanding, YES. LOVE. THANKS.

[lassarina]

!!!! omg ♥

[kawaiigami]

Okay, I can't resist prompting this time:

The one where Xanatos meets Seishirou.

[mithrigil]

Xanatos: [is on the room's balcony overlooking the city and the bustling airships] Fascinating.

Seishirou: [emerges from the room proper, stands or looms next to him, and takes out a cigarette].

Xanatos: [whips out the most high-tech lighter ever and lights it for him]

Seishirou: [smirks approvingly]

[kawaiigami]

Y Halo Thar Sei-chan.

Of course Xanatos would *just happen* to have a neat, high-tech lighter on him. XD So very wonderfully both of them, this was.

[mithrigil]

I do plan on continuing this one, actually. ::smiles:: It's actually plausible for them to meet in canon.