zenderael_mmo | [Victor/Ashtaroth/Chisaki]

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[Victor/Ashtaroth/Chisaki] - Let's Get Drunk!

Who: Victor, Ashtaroth, Chisaki
When: Thursday the 11th, at night!
Where: A bar in the Nenakret.
Before/After: After Chisaki's e-mail to Victor.
Warnings: TBD. Probably swearing because Chisaki.

[A little bit of conferring with Victor led to an amazing plan: GETTING DRUNK. Chisaki is looking forward to this, even if she has no earthly clue whether molavvas can do that or if it takes epic amounts of booze to affect them. Whatever, she has loot stolen from druids from the war and nothing to spend it on. Booze time.]

[She stands outside of one of the Nenakret's bars. News of the war meant the curfew was relaxed through the weekend, for celebrations to occur, which Saftans and French are doing happily. She leans up against the wall, arms crossed over her chest. She has a black, form-fitting shirt and baggy Saftan pants on, instead of her usual gear. She's bathed and washed too. She feels almost good.]

[It's easy to push the bad parts of what happened, everything with Ravindra, the lack of communication with Nova, to the back of her mind. It's time for drinking!]

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[ she makes a face at victor for the grin. smarty-pants.

she looks back to chisaki as she keeps trying to explain baseball, taking another (long) sip of her drink, but she's only shaking her head, frowning ] Why do people watch this?

Just one stick. Like, uh, there's one guy who hits a ball and sends it flying and everyone else tries to catch it.

[She's completely losing them! No fair, no fair! She waves over the bartender and points at a shotglass instead of ordering, this time. Something vile gets slid over to her.]

It's fun! There's people running and jumping and catching balls! Everyone likes catching balls? And you can get drunk while you watch it!

[She slams back her next shot.]

[... Totally lost. Sorry Chisaki.]

I think I would have to play to understand it.

[Because watching it sounds even more confusing at this point.]

[He's still on the same glass of whiskey ohoho. Hopefully the other two either haven't noticed or don't care. It's not the best stuff, but he'll probably sleep well later all the same.]

... They don't get drunk while they play, do they?

[That might explain a few things.]

It sounds ridiculous!

[ maybe it's because chisaki's getting worked up, but there's what victor would know as a familiar note of chiding in her voice that's ramping up to equal it ]

It makes no sense. A bunch of people standing around, waiting to catch a ball that someone hits with a stick? What if they don't catch it? Are they even aiming to hit it at anyone? And what does getting drunk have to do with anything?

[ irritable sip! ]

Oh my God, no! It makes perfect sense. I just haven't explained it right! You have to see it--or play it!

[She looks at Victor, one eyebrow raised. She calms down just slightly.]

Not usually. Oh, God, I have to show you guys now, you don't understand. Baseball will blow your mind. You don't even know! Uhhh--

[She pulls out her phone and pulls up some baseball on YouTube. It's of a player hitting a ball out into the outfield and people running and balls flying and generally basebally antics.]

See! Diamonds! Plates! Balls! Guys running! NOT RIDICULOUS IN ANY WAY.

[Victor quietly sips his drink while the two of them begin to grow heated. He is almost certain trying to suggest they calm down about something as probably trivial as baseball would have exactly the opposite effect.]

[He turns to the video, watching and genuinely trying to understand what's happening. Running, catching, hitting... He's not able to yet pick on that the ball bouncing first matters, or why the teams appear to be unevenly stacked.]

There's so many people on the field, but so few act at any one time...

[Wait was that unwise to say.]

It's blowing my mind how silly this is. [ she stares at the screen pretty much over victor's shoulder and scowls at it, not understanding at all why a bunch of grown men in tight pants ~~wait a minute~~ would be chasing after a ball ]

What do they get if they win?

Well yeah, if they have to get the ball, not all of them run for it, it's like--uh-- [She shoots a frown at Ashtaroth. Not cool, Ash. :( Then she looks back down at the screen.]

They get... pride? Pride's good.

[She sighs.]

It's better live. We should go! Like when my friend gets back from Earth. Like a double date. [WHY THE LASER JESUS DID SHE JUST SAY THAT] EXCEPT WE'RE NOT DATING.

It is silly... [He murmurs it, hoping that one blends into the bar noise as he sips his drink. Whether or not silly has to be bad, he's not sure. He just doesn't understand this at all.]

[But he's not sure Chisaki is wrong, except--]

[Victor sighs and sets his glass down.]

Neither are we.

[ chisaki

you are getting judged right now

full on, teenager-level side-eye judged.

she may need more convincing about the whole "it'll be fun we should all go together" thing.

she's in the middle of another sip, keeping silent this time, when chisaki's outburst shocks her and she coughs, nearly choking on her drink. omgosh chisaki you don't just go planning dates for a bunch of people that aren't dating!

... omgosh victor. betrayal?? no don't be stupid ash he is telling the truth. and she knows he is ouch that's even worse. ]

Nope. [ did that sound a little dismal? she sticks the straw in her mouth again. ] What is your friend like? [ on to a new topic, quick! deflect, deflect! ]

[Chisaki's face screws up further at that. How does she describe Nova? The answer might be 'not very well' because she's had a few drinks. She waves a hand at the bartender, pointing at the selection of liquor. He sighs and starts preparing something.]

Uh, he's... [Not talking to her much. Damn.] ...kinda doofy but in a good way? He's funny. He rolls with my bullshit pretty well.

[She nods.]

So yeah, we should go. Baseball. Not double dating. It'll fucking rule.

[Oblivious to Ash, alas. It's just the truth!]

[Hey Victor you know what would be a good idea: not saying what you're about to say.]

Is this the guy you've been living with?

[ she makes another noise, almost snorting, and she covers her mouth this time. it isn't meant to be like a laugh, but more startled surprise. not dating, but living together?

... shut up ash that is dangerously close to your own situation. ]

Victoooor!

[There may be flailing. No, there is flailing.]

IT'S NOT LIKE THAT.

[He is trying so hard not to smile and you guys it's not working at all. It's not just her reactions, but the dawning realization that joking around isn't completely lost to him. Apparently, pointing out the obvious is effective. It might be the most effective.]

I didn't say it was like anything.

[Teeheehee he didn't. Sip. He looks to Ash to see how she's doing with her drink.]

Are you still feeling all right?

[ she looks between the two of them while they joke. joking! really! victor was finding a way around it to tease the other girl. she felt the urge to say something rising up, but she pushed it down. they got along very well, after all, and she had to be stupid, incredibly stupid (more stupid?) to realize that the girl was clearly harbouring some feelings for her 'friend'.

...unless she was trying to make it clear to victor that he really was only a friend. just so victor knew. ]

H-huh? What?

[ startled to have his attention on her again, she flushes slightly, having been stabbing at the ice in her glass with the straw ]

Yes! Yes, I am. Fine. This is good. Thank you. Can I get another? [ and that she asks the bartender putting down chisaki's newest drink. zenderael doesn't seem to care much about drinking age, by the looks of it. ]

Your friend! How long have you been together? I mean, how long have you known him. Is what I mean.

[She gives Victor a look. She doesn't trust that, mister! Even if he is absolutely right.]

Uuuuuhhhhh. Since the tournament.

[Chisaki's newest drink wasn't a shot. It was tall and had ice in it. She tilted her head to the side, wondering how they got ice in it on Zenderael, before she shrugged and took a long drink of it.]

I threw food at him and then he shrunk me, because he's a whiny punk. Now we get along?

[There's brief concern on his features, but he tries to shift that away. Ash seems to be doing okay... It's not really his place to suggest she stop, either.]

[Victor's eyes flash with realization. The tournament! Vaguely, he remembers her. That's not really the issue.]

There are... stranger ways to meet a person.

But I can't think of very many.

[He wonders if this friend of her knows about her condition, but he's not drunk enough to ask. Or drunk at all. Maybe one more glass won't hurt? He orders something that comes back opaque and white that must have been mixed with cream or milk. Sometimes he can drink straight milk and fake it, but that's not for tonight.]

Well. Let's hope this world situation has some solutions. Then we can see about... not double dating.

... how did you ever manage to become friends?

[ she stares at chisaki in a why aren't you saying anything normal kind of way before she has her next drink handed to her. does she thank the bartender? does she pay him now? chisaki's been knocking them back like there's no tomorrow (after all that work, ash certainly hopes there is!) without having to pay anything yet, so ash assumes it'll be dealt with before they leave.

it's starting to hit her- she can feel almost like a slow-down of her actions and her thinking, but she doesn't realize what it means. ]

Not that it would be a bad thing to double date. [ she takes a sip of the second drink and looks at it curiously, stabbing at it again with the straw ] Or, well, you know, if you two were to date, because really, who else would put up with that?

[ wow ash you are saying some mean sounding things ]

I'd get pretty mad about things in my hair too.

[Chisaki drinks her long island iced tea through a straw, but she stops and looks at Ash with a glower on her face, before she lets out a humph.]

His hair was awesome. It was perfect for catching bread crumbs. Yours isn't netty at all, sorry.

[Clearly, she thinks this is a problem.]

I dunno, we had--we just became friends! Shared interests or some shit? Why did you two become friends? [Not how they met. She knows that!] Can you explain it? It's haaaaard.

[Glance at Victor.] Merge has to end some day, right? Maybe a few months, and...

[omg Ash! He blinks at her, staring, not really sure how to react to that. ... Note to self, do not mess with Ash's hair.]

It's-- ah. It is difficult to explain.

[It's in there somewhere between resurrection and players and who even knows when genuine fondness actually began.]

[So, uh, about that merge.]

...And two become one? I wonder. There was the loss of the northern coast, too...

Ah... you know, you know. I think it was after the tournament. Maybe started during, but it wasn't until lately, I think.

[ she looks to victor, trying to gauge that feeling. acquaintances, and something strange in between... maybe it's different for him, but there was a long period, even though, really, it wasn't that long ago, where she wasn't sure he would ever even like her again, never mind be friends with her. and that, that seemed fairly recent to her.

ah, but that's when, not why. ] We've spent a lot of time together, I suppose. Circumstances being what they were.

[ would it have been different if she had left? if rhys had allowed her to leave instead of taking her in?

she thought of the possibility of a merge. what would that be like? would she finally meet her player? she couldn't imagine it. ] Victor, what was my player like? [ a sudden demand, not totally unlike her, but all the same unlike her. the look on her face indicated she wasn't aware of it. ]

Yeah, that's me and him. Hard to explain.

[Chisaki sighs. Except, hey, Victor knew her player? She didn't quite put that together. It might be the booze. She drinks more of it.]

Or something. I don't quite get how it works, you know? I just hope whatever it's doing, it hurries up. And doesn't suck.

[She frowns.]

Fuck, though, if it finishes that'll be really hard to explain to my parents...

[Ah-- Ash hello. He stares back at her, blinking in stunned silence before he can recall all his memories of Theresa.]

She was concerned about you.

[That comes out first, because that's what he always thought was the most important. It's what he latched onto.]

She was honest-- when I suspected, she came forward. She said she made you because she wanted to understand herself, and she always spoke of you as a person. [He frowns.] I think she was lonely. ... I don't know much else. Maybe when-- [He motions vaguely to Chisaki to represent the merge conversation.]-- this finishes...?

[Victor sighs.]

Sorry. I worry, but it's not as if anything can be done. [He blinks at Chisaki, turning toward her.] ... Which part? Don't most people know something's happening?

[ she stares at victor a moment, thinking about that, though her capabilities of thought are so badly slowed she may as well not be thinking on it at all.

maybe when...? ah, merge, yes. she could meet theresa then, and see if she's anything like how victor describes her. she doesn't sound too bad. she never saw anyone else's player, really, well, not the way victor saw hers. rhys was as far removed from player as a player could get by the time she'd met him.

she nodded a little to show she'd heard him, distant though it was, and looked back to chisaki, blinking at her owlishly ]

There've been earthquakes and things, haven't there? [ nevermind they could be happening on the other side of the world- the "other side of the world" to ashtaroth was the other side of the continent. the concept of anything bigger than that was lost on her. ]

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