week 4

[airlockedmods]

[Just like the previous week the status quo is restored with frighteningly quick efficiency. PAL still makes the morning and night time announcements through the PIP on each Champion's arm, and still the Champion unitards are freshly laundered and re-hung each morning in their closets. Even the glass roses Choromatsu and Takumi broke after the trial in their fit of anger have been replaced with fresh ones. All signs that there was anything amiss this weekend are completely gone.

There's a new floor to explore, their "reward" for a job well done.]

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[ooc: Don't forget to to turn in your AC for week 3, submit your memory regains and put in your threads for the Benefactors!]

Comments

[tacomeme]

[fuck yeah fire]

...can I have one of those?

Also... we need to talk.

[theundertaker]

One burukh coming up. [She starts mixing the ingredients for another one but slows before reaching for the shaker.

About what?

[tacomeme]

You know what. What do you know about Nohr and HOW?

[theundertaker]

[Cece sighs a little and slows her mixing, twisting the bartender spoon she was using between her fingers.] I only know what I skimmed in your profile and the rest I learned secondhand. [She seems hesitant to elaborate anymore.]

[tacomeme]

Secondhand... from who? My profile wouldn't have something like the Nohrian standard.

...please Cece, don't bullshit me.

[theundertaker]

...From Prince Xander. [Fwoosh! She lights his drink aflame and then slams a glass over top of it to smother the flames.] Drink it while it's still hot, it's better that way.

[tacomeme]

[the name is like a slap to the face. But his mind is already racing, adding what he learned from Kip- how he had glanced at him. The words he used so similar to when the paladin would challenge Ryoma across the battle feild:]

...you're telling me that not only was Crown Prince Xander on this show, but he was their leader and betrayed everyone. And somehow WON.

[he takes a loooong pull off the drink then yells at Kip:]

YOU HAVE HORRIBLE TASTE IN CHARACTERS AND I'M ASHAMED OF YOU!

OHHHH THIS WAS AT *ME*

[theoverseen]

[Kip startles and falls off the table he's laying on with an indignant yelp.]

WELL IT'S NOT LIKE I HAD A FRAME OF REFERENCE!

You're totally the better kisser, though.

[tacomeme]

[He's too shocked and mad to even ask how the hell Kip would know what kind of kisser Xander is. Instead he takes another long drink and stomps over, grabbing hair as Kip stands up]

Damn right I am! Have you seen his face, you'd probably cut yourself on that scowl!

[theoverseen]

[Kip is wearing heels and so is taller even more than normal but by god does he stumble and nearly drop to his knees in instant submission when his hair is grabbed.]

A-aahhhah--

[It's. Kind of an agreement.]

[tacomeme]

What was that? I didn't hear you.

[theoverseen]

I-I said yes, your Highness~!

[It's not quite a moan, but his voice is growing more ragged the longer those fingers are buried in his hair.]

[tacomeme]

That's right.

[and just like last time, once his temper is eased and his desire to bully Kip passes, he mostly just looks... curious. But unlike last time he can't blame atmosphere or a really bite-y kiss. He's inexperienced, but he's not innocent. Or stupid

The full realization makes him blush... but he keeps his hand right where it is, going from pulling to firmly carding his fingers through]

...huh.

[theoverseen]

[When the pressure eases off, Kip looks up at him, cheeks still flushed pale pink. He leans into the touch nonetheless, though without the sting of being pulled he just looks like he enjoys having his hair touched, rather than like he's actively being banged like a screen door.]

Mmm?

[He licks his lips hopefully]

It's rude to leave a guy hanging like this.

[tacomeme]

[He ponders for a moment, chewing his lip. How curious, and for someone like Takumi a puzzle is just as tempting as a challenge.

Finally:]

...not here.

[theoverseen]

[Kip's expression brightens, but he still doesn't move from where Takumi effectively put him.]

My room? Or somewhere a little closer?

[tacomeme]

Yours.

[if he's doing this he's taking his time, not pawing around in a bathroom. He gives a slight tug]

Come on.

[he glances at Cece and mouths 'sorry']

[theoverseen]

[It's almost comical how he staggers like a baby deer to get up on his heels and also stay bent over enough to accommodate the grip on his hair.

He, being a asshole, shoots Cece a grin and a thumbs up.]

[theundertaker]

[Is there an opening for victim this week? Because she would like to volunteer. Or maybe she can mentally will PAL to disintegrate her with lasers. Just someone End her Suffering.]