[ what a weekend! he never wants to do this again thanks.
somehow he's either persuaded someone to fill up his stupidly large glass, or did it himself, and he's just sat in the bar sipping away at his drink with his fancy blue straw like a man either possessed or Done.
maybe the former. he's staring pretty intently off into space. ]
[ mephisto's drink is... more modestly sized, but he also brought his fun straw along for the ride, so date's just going to see that getting set down on the bar next to him as he takes a seat. ]
anyway, date's at the bar. he probably fell in the ball pit upon entering because i am making sure he does that EVERY time he comes here, so maybe mephisto got to witness that ridiculous display.
but now he's got a couple of the speciality drinks on the bar and is eyeing both of them like he's seriously considering mixing them. which is probably a terrible idea. ]
[ rng says the terrible burning sands of the artifical beach await them.
which isn't the worst place they could be, honestly. the temperature is currently not terrible? there are snacks? and an entire ocean over there? this is a step up from the miserable cells of a few weeks ago.
the bathing suit options though? not so much. ]
Oh come on, this is just asking for trouble. [ he's holding a truly weird pair of swim trunks. they look about four sizes too big. a lot of them look like they could be too big? or just truly terrible.
date is just staring at them. ]
... No, I'm not sure I want to go swimming in Hell's Ocean, actually.
[ me like "date lives in this onsen now, i don't make the rules". but honestly after whatever happened with that mini-event and the boat building and akira, who sure was there, it's not surprising that date made a beeline here afterwards for some relative peace and quiet.
relative. he doesn't expect much out of hell.
he's just vibing at the edge of the onsen itself though. it's comfortable here, at least. ]
-- if he wants to run around harpooning everyone, I'm not going out of my way to stop him. I like not being harpooned? Not being stabbed is great actually?
[ and apparently he's just muttering to himself darkly. that's nice. ]
[ well mephisto loves a goddamn onsen episode so he's also going to be spending entirely too much time here, and heads over not too long afterward after swinging by the clowntown bar for a ramen ramune to go.
(he feels like maybe this had some kind of effect before? huh. but he doesn't remember so must not have been a big deal!!)
anyway, he's here in an open yukata with a towel around his waist and a number nine in hand when he spots date. who's probably still mad about the drink thing earlier, but mephisto is a fully realized annoying asshole and he's going over to him anyway.
and listening. yikes. ]
...Is there someone in there [ a gesture toward the water ] that I should know about?
[ sometimes you just want some silence! in theory. but date's looking pretty weirdly intently at the seat in front of him when mephisto arrives, and when he starts talking-- ]
It's hell. This place was never going to be fair, I'm not stupid.
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Ah.
[ ... and then he goes quiet, and rubs a hand across his forehead. awkward. ]
[ i asked for a location and instead i'm just throwing them straight in the hole. that's one way to get things starts.
date is very pointedly not looking at the screen. as in he could be trying to sear through the wall to the side of it with the power of his gaze, he is trying so hard. ]
No, I'm not looking at it. [ he might just be here forever. ]
coin flip said the onsen which somehow makes this funnier. honestly though? thursdays are becoming as much of a dreaded day as fridays and saturdays at this point. date is in the mood to just throw the entire weekend and pre-weekend out. get rid of it entirely. ]
Seriously though, how injured are you? Getting “zapped” might not be in the same category as “had my arm eaten by witches” but it doesn’t sound good.
date is just absolutely sprawled over one of the sofas. it's free real estate, it's all his. he's staring very harshly at the ceiling again, with a frown on his face. ]
[ well it's not all his anymore because mephisto's perching himself on one of the armrests. and flinching slightly as he does so because he's STILL shocking himself on everything. ]
[ another week, another weird new bar. mephisto sits down on a dandelion that is a little too reminiscent of his hair from last week and looks around. ]
I've heard of hole-in-the-wall bars, but hole-in-the-floor is something new.
They'll do anything to reel the customers in. [ even throw people into the floor. the mushroom table has a weird chunk missing out of the side of it, like someone (date) didn't believe this was an actual mushroom and tore off a corner trying to prove it was plastic.
kaname date did not fall into the ball pit this time for ONCE in his over a month here. he might have been called a tsundere, and he might have dadpression now thanks thancred, but let him have this. ]
well, date’s rattling the door enough times to be sure it’s really locked before he seems… maybe satisfied isn’t the word for it? maybe more like. resigned? ]
Here we go again.
[ he just kinda flops into one of the seats and props his feet up on the back of the chair in front of him, in true terrible movie etiquette. ]
[ sitting in a seat next to date, mephisto leans back with his hands behind his head, though he's proper enough to just cross his legs rather then put his feet on another seat, unlike some animals. ]
[ HE'S AT THE BAR. ON THE TRIAL ISLAND. there are GOOD drinks here and he's gonna have one, dammit. so, techically he's behind the bar rooting around the bottles of alcohol for whatever the heck he can find that looks good.
[ another week, another island another wave of things to look at and take in. right now though, date's taking in the sign that says "home biome", quite intently. ]
I can understand the other three, but do you think this is--?
[ not that he's waiting for a response, he's already got a hand on the door and is opening it. ]
but yes. the gift shop. date is just stood around where rynlan and thancred had said the pile of kigurumis were found, and staring at the wall where the blood splatter unrelated to his cloud was found. ]
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I'm pretty sure there's no drink that induces mind control. And the most I can tell this week is that we've all been more confident, or audacious. So how the fuck--?
[ well, mephisto will be bringing over two cups of cocoa to the sitting room now that he conveniently knows how to make it. he hands one over to date before sitting down next to him. ]
[ shocker -- it's a bar. aiba is back in date's eyesocket for the moment, but there's not a lot of point in pretending she's not there now, so he's just talking without trying to hide it anymore. ]
I don't care if you think it'd be a neat science trick, I'm not mixing every drink together and trying it. That's too many weird effects for one person to handle.
[ this is the bed i've made for myself, so i guess mephisto is wandering through the city looking at shops and just... pauses to glance in the window of hell's adult video store. ]
[ i can't believe they're all here and they're all not!dead and it's all because mephisto saved them--no.
anyway. date's at a coffee shop in the city, sat at one of the tables outside with a cup of coffee in front of him.
aiba's not out and about at the moment, but he seems to be talking to her given that he's staring into the distance with such an intensity that the workers at the coffee shop seem a little bit concerned about him, honestly. ]
[ well, the fact that he's so weirdly focused gives mephisto the chance to go in and order before date notices him, so a few minutes later he suddenly shows up to take a seat across from him (probably with, like, a strawberry frap with extra whipped cream, let's be real.) ]
Am I interrupting?
[ not that he really cares, obviously, since he's already claimed the chair. ]
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week 0, sunday
i guess watching the big bang theory from a leaky beanbag chair is just the way things are gonna go today ]
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[ in this hellhouse we Judge big bang theory. ]
Is that that weird America show about nerds?
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w0, sunday
somehow he's either persuaded someone to fill up his stupidly large glass, or did it himself, and he's just sat in the bar sipping away at his drink with his fancy blue straw like a man either possessed or Done.
maybe the former. he's staring pretty intently off into space. ]
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I see you don't know how to quit that.
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w1, tuesday
anyway, date's at the bar. he probably fell in the ball pit upon entering because i am making sure he does that EVERY time he comes here, so maybe mephisto got to witness that ridiculous display.
but now he's got a couple of the speciality drinks on the bar and is eyeing both of them like he's seriously considering mixing them. which is probably a terrible idea. ]
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Have you had that one yet?
[ a gesture toward the number nine ]
It really isn't kidding about the flavor!
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w2, tuesday
which isn't the worst place they could be, honestly. the temperature is currently not terrible? there are snacks? and an entire ocean over there? this is a step up from the miserable cells of a few weeks ago.
the bathing suit options though? not so much. ]
Oh come on, this is just asking for trouble. [ he's holding a truly weird pair of swim trunks. they look about four sizes too big. a lot of them look like they could be too big? or just truly terrible.
date is just staring at them. ]
... No, I'm not sure I want to go swimming in Hell's Ocean, actually.
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glancing over... ]
Who is that?
[ he shakes his head. ]
Well, at least they should technically stay on if you tie the drawstring tight enough...
[ no guarantees about other malfunctions that might result from the oversized leg holes, though. ]
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w2, wednesday - post mini-event
relative. he doesn't expect much out of hell.
he's just vibing at the edge of the onsen itself though. it's comfortable here, at least. ]
-- if he wants to run around harpooning everyone, I'm not going out of my way to stop him. I like not being harpooned? Not being stabbed is great actually?
[ and apparently he's just muttering to himself darkly. that's nice. ]
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(he feels like maybe this had some kind of effect before? huh. but he doesn't remember so must not have been a big deal!!)
anyway, he's here in an open yukata with a towel around his waist and a number nine in hand when he spots date. who's probably still mad about the drink thing earlier, but mephisto is a fully realized annoying asshole and he's going over to him anyway.
and listening. yikes. ]
...Is there someone in there [ a gesture toward the water ] that I should know about?
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week 2, post-trial
That eager to find out if the sharks made it out of the tornado?
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It's hell. This place was never going to be fair, I'm not stupid.
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Ah.
[ ... and then he goes quiet, and rubs a hand across his forehead. awkward. ]
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w3, monday
date is very pointedly not looking at the screen. as in he could be trying to sear through the wall to the side of it with the power of his gaze, he is trying so hard. ]
No, I'm not looking at it. [ he might just be here forever. ]
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[ sits up straighter and pays even more attention!! ]
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w3, thursday
coin flip said the onsen which somehow makes this funnier. honestly though? thursdays are becoming as much of a dreaded day as fridays and saturdays at this point. date is in the mood to just throw the entire weekend and pre-weekend out. get rid of it entirely. ]
Seriously though, how injured are you? Getting “zapped” might not be in the same category as “had my arm eaten by witches” but it doesn’t sound good.
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he gives a dismissive hand wave. ]
That was right near the end. One of the least annoying parts, actually.
...Well, maybe that's not true, I'm shocking everything I touch now.
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minor nsfw warning on this memory... closes eyes
help. also hands you your birthday twin.
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w3, friday
this is great. he's having a great day.
date is just absolutely sprawled over one of the sofas. it's free real estate, it's all his. he's staring very harshly at the ceiling again, with a frown on his face. ]
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Don't feel like being in your room, I suppose?
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week 3, post-trial
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the drink gets a head tilt. ? ]
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[ oh. ]
That the one you mentioned before?
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how the fuck is it only week 4, monday
I've heard of hole-in-the-wall bars, but hole-in-the-floor is something new.
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don't worry about it. ]
No matter where we end up, there's always a bar.
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w4, tuesday
kaname date did not fall into the ball pit this time for ONCE in his over a month here. he might have been called a tsundere, and he might have dadpression now thanks thancred, but let him have this. ]
And he sticks the landing.
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Now there's your perfect ten.
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w4, thursday
well, date’s rattling the door enough times to be sure it’s really locked before he seems… maybe satisfied isn’t the word for it? maybe more like. resigned? ]
Here we go again.
[ he just kinda flops into one of the seats and props his feet up on the back of the chair in front of him, in true terrible movie etiquette. ]
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Almost a comfortable routine at this point.
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w4-- how is it only week 4, saturday post trial
rip he is kinda over today already. ]
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Man, that felt like it was never going to end.
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w5, monday it is only week 5
I can understand the other three, but do you think this is--?
[ not that he's waiting for a response, he's already got a hand on the door and is opening it. ]
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[ that's what it sounds like, anyway, which seems pretty fun! peeking inside as soon as the door opens...! ]
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w5, saturday post trial
but yes. the gift shop. date is just stood around where rynlan and thancred had said the pile of kigurumis were found, and staring at the wall where the blood splatter unrelated to his cloud was found. ]
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I'm pretty sure there's no drink that induces mind control. And the most I can tell this week is that we've all been more confident, or audacious. So how the fuck--?
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One of those curses, maybe? Yours this week seemed a lot less innocent than some earlier ones, in any case.
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w6, monday
he's also pointing not looking at the feet pics. ]
Who designed this place?
[ fuck it he's going to the kitchen ]
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Need some help warming up~?
[ at least he has the decency to announce his presence first before pulling date into a hug from behind. ]
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week 6, thursday
How's my little wet rat holding up?
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I'm not about to freeze, so that's a bonus.
... I think I would've preferred electric shocks and fruit arms.
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w7, monday
I don't care if you think it'd be a neat science trick, I'm not mixing every drink together and trying it. That's too many weird effects for one person to handle.
[ he's probably fine
wait i forgot. he's also wearing the worst cap ever. ]
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Wouldn't be surprised if Lu Bixing already had someone testing it.
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week 7, friday
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[ well. now he's curious. ]
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Damn, we really are out of the backwater islands.
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w7, the endest of games
anyway. date's at a coffee shop in the city, sat at one of the tables outside with a cup of coffee in front of him.
aiba's not out and about at the moment, but he seems to be talking to her given that he's staring into the distance with such an intensity that the workers at the coffee shop seem a little bit concerned about him, honestly. ]
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Am I interrupting?
[ not that he really cares, obviously, since he's already claimed the chair. ]
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preemptive aitsf spoiler warning for this thread in case anyone else looks at it ig
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