.:A Brief Interlude:.

[ganymed]

Who: Ganymede and people.
What: It's a meeting.
Where: Mac Anu, Ganymede's McMansion.
When: 10/12
Warnings: Nothing yet.
MAC ANU ~ GANYMEDE'S MCMANSION



The everpresent afternoon sunset hangs, echoing picturesque across the glass windows apparent at each spot within the large building. In a large room full of tables and what not are heaps of various cuisine settled here or there. Seafood, pastas, drinks, the like; Mediterranean style so if nobody likes that...gomen.

Ganymede has made it clear that he prefers people to be here in order to get themselves together. Sorted, somehow. They're all acting with a sort of independence he seems disinterested in disturbing, but he wants the prospect of potential solutions to be floated along.

If someone has new information they can share, well, it is encouraged. If not, he hopes that they will at least participate in some way.

It now begins.

 

(( OOC Note: People will not be attacked by monsters once within the McMansion, including pool area. ))

Comments

/3 okay be free everyone he's done

[gluttoning]

[What... did he just...

...

He stumbles back a step, two, before uneasily crumbling to his knees against the floor. Sorry he's getting blood all over your carpet, Gany, RIP...

He doesn't move to help Hani, or Sinclair, or to address the loud sound of voices. He just pants for breath, fists struggling to loosen at his sides. He won't leave that spot for a while unless forced.]

[ganymed]

[ ... ]

How dare you.

HOW DARE YOU!?

[ He's practically screaming at him. Who is this person to lay a hand on Hani like that?

Ganymede has no idea who he even is and yet he seems to think his actions warrant such things?

But after that, he will run over to check on Hani... ]

[gluttoning]

[He flinches hard at the screaming. But he doesn't move to respond, only overlooking Hani and Sinclair numbly between the sea of bodies.]

[tinged]

[ pats ganymede on the cheek with good hand when he comes over, it’s ok. ]

I dared first. You don’t need to be upset.

[insinning]

[It all happens in a matter of seconds. Sinclair blinks, and lurches up to catch Hani before they can fall to the ground.]

Hani-! Are you okay?

[And then a second, concerned glance for Misteaks despite everything that had gone down. What happened? And just like that, Sinclair's anger flickers out]

[gluttoning]

[He doesn't budge, despite a fearful glance up towards Hani that rips away once he's met Sinclair's eyes. Levi has already taken station up in front of him, the start of a wall to separate the tense two parties.]

[tinged]

[ that name again… ]

… Are you?

[ they’re fine. pain and a broken bone or two means they’re alive to feel it. their face is pale, but their expression is neutral like there’s a disconnect between their body and their will. maybe they really are less human than everyone else. ]

[threatmewted]

Barrett, what the fuck-

[She glances over at Hani but - let's be honest, she barely knows them. She can't tell much about their usual behavior.

But she sure as fuck knows a thing or two about Barrett, which is why she marches over to him instead, expression pale but furious.]

Are you insane?!

[trashtier]

[Shoka is totally valid but also--]

Come on, lay off for like two seconds!!!

[gluttoning]

[He spares a glance up towards Shoka, slightly shaken as he continues to pant for breath, not bothering to stop the blood flow from his face.

But Levi is here, and Levi takes the front, and Barrett swallows back any response he might have had. What is he supposed to say?]

[trashtier]

[With the dust beginning to settle, Levi moves in to take care of Barrett. He's operating purely on instinct and adrenaline at this point.

Anyone who tries to physically lash out at Barrett is going to have to deal with his older brother now, sorry.]

[userunfriendly]

[ Ganymede and healers have Hani, Sinclair isn't hurt. Michel is heading this way. ]

I have healing items if you need them. And then I believe it would be best if you take him and go.

[gluttoning]

[It leaves him strangely conflicted, having Levi cross this gap. But Barrett doesn't move, either when Levi stands as a wall or if he starts to kneel down to address the broken nose that's clearly happened at the front of Barrett's face.

He doesn't speak unless Levi breaks the distance between them, in which he just has one thing to say, low and fragile.]

...I think we should probably go.

slides in from the other thread

[worldbent]

[From across the room and the aftermath and still with a smear of blood on his own face, Matoba's gaze falls heavy on both brothers, an unreadable barely-there smile.]

[The rift grows and it grows and grows. It's just what he wants.]

[alchemicalbirth]

[ That sure is a blank stare.

Thank god even if I have two characters who'd react they'd basically have two separate kinds of reactions. ]

[insinning]

[Honestly Albedo someone just needs to sit back and watch and take notes. Good work Albedo Good work]

[justonezero]

[Well, that snaps him out of being a sadsack about the state of his own mind.

Wordlessly, he grabs his staff and rushes to Hani's side, already casting-]

Pha Repth!

[tinged]

[ :o! they’ve never been healed by an actual healer before?! ]

Thank you. Who are you?

[tinged]

[ they don’t have any intention of dodging anything, so the hit lands. (it’s fine, if it’s not emil.) surprise flashes briefly on their face rather than pain. (it’s fine, if it’s them.) crack and shatter, they stumble back, hitting the wall. (pain echoes through their frame from the broken fragile things that make up their shoulder and they don’t care.)

a breath, two. then words quiet and cold. ]

I won’t say it again. All the words I have for you are important, and you will understand me this time. Bear.

[ unblinking, unflinching.

emil will catch them before they fall and so will others. (but this, they do care.) this is where they turn away from bear. ]

[gluttoning]

[He doesn't break that gaze, even when his own turns fragile and terrified. Not until they fall, until he falls, until bodies separate them in a slew of shouting and healing and hands.

They stay separate. The brothers are asked to leave, and they work to do so quickly. He's still bleeding. They're still injured. Nobody wins.

His eyes try to find theirs. What understanding there is reads clear, behind pain and a numb aftershock of anger that lingers like humidity in the air, suffocating.

He doesn't make effort to fight his brother, or anyone else. There is no more words he can say here.]

[tablescraps]

( Post scuffle - Mithrun leaves the house with some delay after Levi and Barrett, but he returns a few minutes later - not looking happy, but not looking angry. He casts his gaze across the crowd, and seeks out Hani, wherever they've been sat down or laid up or wrapped up. )

... Does it hurt?

[deto]

[ uh takes back everything he ever said about most of the people here being unsettlingly kind. false advertisement by winter, clearly

just gonna stay by nanashi’s side, munching on seafood… donmai the actual blood on the actual floor. it’s just spaghetti sauce… mediterranean style… ]

[userunfriendly]

[ NOT HIS FAULT ]

[justonezero]

[Once he's helped as much as he's able he's just going to huddle up by Deto again. Hi.]

[curvaceous]

[ This is a fucking mess, I say, two hours later.

But, Kara watches Barrett swing at Hani, right in the shoulder, right where it hurts. There's a moment of confusion that flashes across her face -- there's Barrett, someone she's started to give a shit about, and Hani, who she already gives a shit about. It hurts, no matter how she looks at it, and there's a pained look that flashes across her face before it just as quickly disappears.

It's not in her nature to be unbiased, however. She'd say something in response, but Levi is here, so all Barrett is getting right now is a blank look and the cold shoulder (no pun intended).

Time to check on the roomie. ]

...Hani.