I'll draw this line and hope you'll take my side [OPEN]

Nov 30, 2010 22:56

Characters: OPEN
Location: Death by Pastry
Rating: PG
Time: September 29
Description: Another partner shindig is being hosted at Death by Pastry in preparation for the upcoming mission. Trust games, resonation help, and mingling ahoy! Check out the previous one here. There are two subthreads but feel free to make your own!

you shouldn't have to fight alone )

oerba dia vanille, badou nails, dokuro chrome, kyo sohma, noa voilier, tohru honda, lovino vargas (south italy)

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TRUST GAMES thesmallergun December 1 2010, 03:57:53 UTC
[Here is a list of various trust games to play with people!]

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RESONATION thesmallergun December 1 2010, 03:58:40 UTC
[Want to try resonating? Try so here! If you need help feel free to ring up Liz or Patti!]

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open! yadamn_rat December 1 2010, 05:42:52 UTC
Kyo really, really didn't want to do this. He'd never really worked with anyone before, sensei aside, and certainly not like this. He was relatively antisocial to begin with, not that it stopped people from trying to be his friend and crap all the time anyway. But the whole touching all the time thing-- they kept saying powers and stuff were taken away, but all those cats had crawled all over him when he first arrived, and Kyo wasn't keen on taking any chances.

...Still, he could understand the necessity of having a partner in this place. He'd seen how crazy things could get first hand, and while he wasn't sure about this war thing, he didn't really want to be left vulnerable or something. So, with some trepidation, he found himself loitering just outside the Death By Pastry store where he'd heard, some way or another, people could meet to find partners. He peered in the store window, and considered turning around to leave.

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strengthtohelp December 1 2010, 08:10:04 UTC
Noa knew he needed to work harder at developing the Weapon powers that were swapped with his Shard Casting abilities. Part of that included learning how to work with other people, especially anyone who could potentially be is Meister. So when he saw Patti's notice on the network, he thought it would be a perfect opportunity to meet and work with other people. The get-together being held at Death by Pastry was an added bonus.

While he walked up to the entrance, he saw an orange-haired boy just standing there. By the looks of things, he seemed to be waffling. Approaching the door, Noa put on a smile and asked him, "Are you here for the meet-up too?"

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yadamn_rat December 1 2010, 18:44:03 UTC
Kyo startled, however slightly, at being spoken to- as though guy had reached out and shoved him instead of just offered a greeting. He forced his hands into his pockets, shoulders hunching, though it was less a gesture to be invisible and more one to look unapproachable. Generally these things didn't work, so he shrugged and scowled. "Yeah, I guess so."

He still didn't make a move towards the door, though.

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strengthtohelp December 2 2010, 12:35:02 UTC
Noa peered inside one of the shop windows. Not too many people who looked like they would be involved in the event were in there yet. "I see. It looks like we're early. We'll have that much more time to situate ourselves," he said, turning to the other boy. Judging by the way he slouched into himself, Noa guessed he was hesitating to go in. "You don't have to be nervous. We're all here for the same reason." He stood aside and opened the door for him. Whether he decided to go through it, at least he had one supporter in a bespectacled boy.

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feel free to switch to action instead of prose! middayitaly December 1 2010, 21:11:36 UTC
Romano had only attended one of these damn things before, and that time was purely an accident. But with desperate times came desperate measures, and that meant that he actually came to this little shindig out of his own free will.

Though that wasn't to say that he would actually admit this. After picking up some food to snack on (because hey, what wasn't to like about free food?), he made his way to the back to chill. Really grumpy chilling with crossed arms and a stubborn scowl, anyways.

... okay, maybe this wasn't the best disposition to have while partner-searching. But it wasn't as if he had been particularly excited for the task.

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This works for me! smokeeasy December 1 2010, 23:32:34 UTC
It was the promise of free cake. It was always the promise of free cake. Or smokes. The latter (let's face it) would actually have motivated him better. But one way or another Badou was there. He had a plate piled up with French fancies, macaroons, a cheese danish or two, one chocolate eclair, and a selection of cookies--an impressive haul, really--and now all that was left was to hang back out of the way, eat, and watch people playing trust games.

It wasn't precisely masochistic, he told himself. Even if he did feel kind of melancholy being reminded of Al's absence and the fact that he didn't have a partner now (which he supposed meant he was going to be stuck in the city when this next mission came; hopefully not for Rain-of-Poisonous-Frogs, the sequel).

Oh, but hey, it looked like he wasn't the only one holding up this particular section of wall. And even if he wasn't exactly here looking, it wouldn't hurt him to be cordial ( ... )

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SORRY FOR kind of late tag ;;; middayitaly December 3 2010, 02:45:21 UTC
Romano almost didn't hear the offer, since he had basically started to daze out (in a completely grumpy-looking manner, of course). And even when he registered the sound, he didn't think that it was toward him. Because even he knew that his body language wasn't the most inviting at the moment.

Then he noticed that there really wasn't anyone else in the vicinity, and also. Well. The plate of food was sort of right in front of him.

"... what?," he replied, sounding much more confused than annoyed. Did he know this guy at all? Though actually, it made a bit more sense when he remembered that this was a shindig specifically meant for meeting strangers. Ugh. Why had he even landed himself in this situation?

With this train of thought, he abruptly pointed out, "There's a whole table of food right there, dammit. You trying to ask something else?" But of course, he took the macaroon. Why the hell not?

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Worry not, worry not! I am often rather slow myself, so I'm def. not one to complain! :) smokeeasy December 3 2010, 10:28:35 UTC
Badou shrugged, not bothered by the ill tempered response. "Not really," he said conversationally, picking up a cookie off his plate and eying it experimentally (it was one of those shortbread cookies with a dollop of jam in the center) before taking a bite.

He spoke around the mouthful as he chewed, "Just seemed like the thing to do, you know. I'm standing here. You're standing here." He jerked his chin towards the people milling about in the center of the room, "All of them over there are trying to make small talk or meet their new soul mate or whatever. Kinda leaves us the odd men out." He didn't say it like he thought it made them friends of some sort, or even like he expected a real answer. Just a casual observation without any particular agenda underneath.

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thedovetailed December 2 2010, 07:03:07 UTC
She wasn't going to find a partner by sitting around, doing nothing. It was time for Chrome take initiative and this seemed like a good way to do it. Walking up towards the store, Chrome took a deep breath before pushing the door open and entering.

But... now what was she supposed to do? Chrome had always been bad at mingling and it looked like there was an awful lot of that going on. Meekly, she made her way towards the food table, hoping somebody would notice and approach her.

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lyingragnarok December 12 2010, 22:54:57 UTC
She still wasn't entirely sure if she wanted to do this (after all, after being thrown and then changing...well, it had been scary), but Vanille had promised to meet up with people, so she figured she should give it a try.

When she walked into the store, she looked around, trying to find people she knew. Seeing the blue hair made her remember Chrome, and she lightly skipped over to her with a grin.

"Hi!"

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dfasfs I'm so sorry for my slow /)_(\ thedovetailed December 18 2010, 09:50:38 UTC
Chrome looked up in surprise at the sound of Vanille's voice, before relaxing slightly and returning her grin with a small smile and nod of her own. Silently she gave thanks that she had not been stood up - one less thing to fret over. Doing her best to ignore the nervousness that remained, Chrome began to speak, politeness in full force.

"Hello, Vanille. I am pleased to meet with you in person. Talking through computers, it is not quite the same, I feel..."

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It's okay! I'm always fine with backtagging! <3 lyingragnarok December 18 2010, 10:12:50 UTC
Vanille took a seat at the table, smile in full effect while she listened. It was funny, to hear someone be so polite to her, in contrast to her laid back way. She sounded a little like Hope did, at times.

"It's nice to meet you in person, too! I like meeting people, and it's a lot easier to talk in person, yeah? The little communicator things are nice, but you don't really know a person until you've met them eye to eye!"

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