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‘Cause these words are knives that often leave scars The fear of falling apart |
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Feb 23, 2018 15:58:35 GMT -8
Orion didn't register Nik's expression. Dasha hadn't really either. Each had been a little too distracted with their own things and were left majorly unaware of whatever had just happened. That plus Orion being pretty unaware of like… all the other subtleties that went on at this party already, as Marcie started to leave and Jasna moved, Orion was left… perplexed. Jasna?? Like ??? What???? What had he missed??? Orion hesitated a moment, wanting to get up and see Marcie out the door but having Nik's arm on him was keeping him on the couch. "Take care," he finally called.
Dasha, meanwhile, followed Marcie with her eyes up until she left, internally groaning all the same. She just… kind of wanted to go home too and work on this case more. Or go home and play with the baby, actually. Yeah. That sounded nicer than this awkward situation full of personal grief that she'd been invited back into especially if one of her main targets was leaving as well. But… as Nik spoke and she tuned in to their dismay or… whatever it was that was being felt there, vague…. Regret? Exhaustion? Determination finally caught up with her. "Alright then," she stated loudly, forcing herself up and stepping to catch Marcie's shoulder just before she headed out for sure. "We're decorating one ornament each at least." That was not up for debate, apparently.
Orion blinked owlishly, his gaze flickering from Dasha to Marcie and then back again. He was tired, and it probably would be good to let people trickle out, especially Marcie but…. If Dasha was trying and this was technically his party to host too. "That and we should send you home with some sweets," he added in glancing sideways at Nik.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Feb 23, 2018 16:42:37 GMT -8
Marcie's joke had Jazz snickering a bit. No, he wouldn't be mortified, in fact Jazz was pretty certain that they would be flattered and would enjoy it very well. Right now he was just a little overwhelmed with the entire party. He couldn't even pretend to be energetic anymore, not after everything that had happened and how tension still hung in the air. It was awkward and well, now Marcie was leaving so that made things even better now didn't it. "Merry Christmas," Jazz murmured, giving a half-hearted wave. When Mia stood up, Jazz almost let a groan slip out. Great, was she leaving now too? No? Oh, that hug was nice and he shifted a little, setting a hand over one of Mia's. "Thanks..." This was really nice and it meant more to him than he could convey at this point. For as much planning as he'd done to try and make it in time for this party, he just wanted to sleep for a week. Was that allowed? He wouldn't be storming away at least this time. Hhhh... no, that wouldn't be fair to Nik and Orion and he knew that. Sera's voice had him looking up and half hoping that yes, they would go but at Nik's suggestions doing those other things did sound like fun. Well, decorating wasn't really his- oh... ok, apparently decorating was going to be the next thing he did. Heh, it wasn't really his favorite thing in the world but he had made that badass wreath with Lucien now that he thought about it. "Sounds cool. What kinda ornaments? And will there be glitter?" He sorta had an idea forming already, heh... but that also depending on what kind of things they were working with. Unfolding his legs, Jazz shifted to a more comfortable position. Ah, yeah, more sweets would be good too. Maybe something chocolate.
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Post by Mia Kearney on Feb 24, 2018 5:23:58 GMT -8
Mia could sense the frustration in the room just building again, and while a part of her did wanna go she knew she couldn't. She gave Jazz a brief squeeze in the hug before standing back and away from him so she could take in the room. Marcie probably did have things to sort, she was feeling good for a moment but...honestly having Dasha back in the room, and no real context about how Nik or Dasha were feeling after the reveal...she was feeling awkward and wanted to go home herself...heck a part of her thought she should at least kick Sera out the door with her so she could give the immortal little chaos lord a bit of fair warning.
As Dasha stood up however, it was clear neither she nor Marcie would be leaving any time soon if they wanted to stay 'good people'. Marcie of course had no obligation to be good, as nice as she tried to be to those working with her, she did have serious business to attend to now....all the same with Dasha asking (yes she was telling but she knew full well she could still tell her no and she'd have little power over her decision) it was hard to refuse, mostly because she was sure Dasha, as a member of Interpol, would just make life hard for her if she refused.
"You two can take those home for me, I'll be staying a little longer."
The two Pokemon quickly agreed and teleported away, the Dusknoir happy to be gone. Marcie took a quick breath and turned on her heels, putting on a smile even if it was still clearly tired. "So, what little decorations are these?"
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Feb 28, 2018 10:48:45 GMT -8
AJiajwiejfaiweje. Dasha, Nik loved you but hhhhhh fuck, could you not have picked the movie idea or something that was less involved with less potential for Nik to feel extremely stupid about the whole thing. 8');;;
Jazz's interest oddly helped but.. Ugh the way Marcie asked about 'little decorations' sounded so condescending and Nik kind of wished she'd just left. As much as they'd wanted to try to get to know her that seemed totally unsalvageable now so her presence was just... eugh. "There's glitter, yeah..." they mumbled, pointedly ignoring other questions as just showing them would be easier than words.
Leaning into Orion a moment, half to talk and half in an 'I don't wanna get up and you're comfy wehhhh' way, Nik nuzzled up a moment and asked, "Why don't you go ahead and put together some take-hope plates for everyone, k babe?" Nik reached up to gently touch his cheek and tilt his face toward theirs, kissing him once softly as much for their own comfort as out of affection right now. Afterward, they forced themself up. "It'll probably be easier if a couple of you move to the dining table here where there's more room to work. I can bring in another if everyone wants to sit there but coffee table's also fine for a few."
Even as they explained, they were already headed to their room, and returned shortly with a surprisingly large basket. On top a few boxes of blank round ornaments could be seen, but once Nik got closer the others would see there were all manners of paints, markers, glue, glitter, glitter-glue, tiny foam shapes and letters, a few stray sheets of stickers that looked like they'd been stolen out of coloring books over the years, and some stencils thrown in. Nik's face was nearing scarlet red already. (all-red-y)
"Iknowit's.. pastChristmasandwhatever..." they mumbled. The tree would be coming down soon anyway. "Ijustthoughtit'dbefunsorry..."
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Post by Dasha Laska on Mar 2, 2018 14:29:53 GMT -8
Dasha tentatively relaxed again. Her hand shifted, dropped, and set by her side. Ok, alright. She'd done her part for a moment.
Easing off the couch after Nik turned out to be a lot harder than Orion was going to admit to. Everything was starting to feel surreal, and he wasn't exactly sure what to do about it. Still, he wandered over to the kitchen, washed his hands, and started pulling out the long paper plates that could be compressed together as a sort of pseudo case for the various sweets.
Dasha, meanwhile, shifted to the dining table, sitting down and resting the push still there over her lap and sort of leaning on it. Some vague part of her was trying to justify it solely for comfortableness, but just as much as it could have repulsed her being made by Niso Konto and friend, it was soft and Snowflakesque. It was almost enough, almost.
As the various items came out, Dasha chewed the inside of her mouth before breathing in slowly. She could read Nik's face well enough even before they explained anything, but she wasn't going to take back her own statements or anything now. "It's… been a while since I've done something quite like this," she admitted. The closest thing she did to art was perhaps makeup which required only a subset of the skills.
Still, she'd take one of the blank and start to turn it around in her hand. Her hands shifted, finding the blue, white, and grey paint and a glitter bottle. Taking a paper plate in substitute of a paint pallet, she gingerly started to mix the blue and white into a very bright sky blue. Carefully, she started to paint the sphere thereafter. Occasionally her eyes flashed up, drawing in the others around her but not really saying much else now.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Mar 3, 2018 1:33:31 GMT -8
Oh, it seemed Marceline wasn't leaving after all. That was good, right? Maybe. Well, at least Nik seemed kinda alright about the decorations? And hell yeah there was going to be glitter. If he could pull off his idea well enough that'd be good. Though now with Orion putting take home plates together and Nik getting the decorating supplies, Jazz felt a little out of place. Well, perhaps getting some paper towel or wax paper would help with setup? Yeah, at least it was something to do. While Nik got the supplies, Jazz forced himself to his feet and followed Orion to the kitchen. Well, if he was going for the paper plates he'd just... steal the roll of paper towels while he was in here. That would work for now. A few sheets would be torn off and placed at various places at the dining table before the roll was set aside. Paper was easier to clean up then scraping off paint, glue, and what not later, heh. The supplies that Nik had in his arms had Jazz's eyes growing a bit. That was... quite a lot for some little ornaments but hey, this could be fun. Nik's mumble had Jazz smirking a bit before he waved a hand dismissively, " 'ey, man, dun sweat 't. 't looks great." With that said he'd take one of the ornaments and sort through the paints long enough to find the black and blue paints along with some silver and gold glitter. Yeah, that would work. Using a paper plate, Jazz started mixing the two colors together to create a dark midnight blue color and started to carefully paint the entire outside of the ornament. In some places it looked more black, others more blue, but with a swirl of the paintbrush it at least looked more purposeful than anything. Once he got started, Jazz fell silent, too busy concentrating on painting to remember conversation should be a thing too.
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Post by Mia Kearney on Mar 9, 2018 4:47:36 GMT -8
Mia didn't feel entirely comfortable but she just generally wasn't used to tense situations like this. If something ever froze the vibe at her parents place on christmas, one good joke and everyone was laughing again. Sadly didn't feel like as much of an option here. As Nik went to fetch the supplies, Mia sat on the floor with her back against one of the couches, Marcie herself debated standing but eventually just took the closest free seat there was.
With Nik coming back with the ornaments, Mia wasn't exactly sure what to go for here. Reaching out with her right hand she'd take one of the small baubles. On a better day she might have thought of something stupid and just went with that but...ah hell. It was all she had. She'd reach for the paints and use the paper plates similarly to the others, trying to mix a light blue shade with one hand, the paper plate in her lap, while her right hand continued to hold the-
CRRRRNCH
...Mia's eyes shifted to the bauble she'd accidentally crushed between her metal fingers, giving off a nervous chuckle. Marcie had to suppress a light chuckle. Mia felt her nerves spike for a moment, realizing her control over the new arm probably wasn't perfect but...
"Well Nik...be glad you took that Chroma cookie."
Marceline had to cover her mouth the second that clicked in her head, pushing her head forward a little as she tried to suppress the snickers. "S-sorry sorry.~" She thought briefly about justifying herself by saying how on edge she felt and that joke breaking the sense of tension she felt, but she felt it was probably best to just hush up, grabbing one of the baubles and starting with a simple layer of green.
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I can't help it, I'm a babbling idiot. Please kiss me quick, 'cause I need to feel it~ |
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Mar 9, 2018 5:27:52 GMT -8
Sera too took an ornament from Nik, a plate from Jazz, and some paints from the basket. Having waited until others were mostly situated, she looked around and saw how many had gone for blue? ... Screw that she was gonna be a rebel, and picked out a brilliant cherry red with a metallic quality to it.
Nik had started to settle down once everyone seemed to take to it okay. There was still kind of the dreading sense that no one was comfortable and they were kind of being forced into this, but.. maybe once everyone got focused on their projects they'd kind of forget the tensio--
C R A U N C H
Nik jolted, startled, and took a moment to process where the sound had come from. Their mouth opened with intent to say something along the lines of 'sorry I'll get you another one, but then Mia spoke.
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Only once Sera got it and snort-giggle-sputtered did Nik finally get it themself, and visibly flinched hard. "O W ? ?" Holy fuck that was painful even to vaguely imagine what the fuck Mia.
... Sera was still fighting back giggles but?? ... Hhhhhhh they wanted so badly to retort something like 'wait are you implying you'd actually touch it' but one dirty joke was already too many with Dasha around whiiiiiine. ... Instead, a different, non-dirty interpretation came to mind, and Nik put on a dramatic pout. "Ya know if you're implying being female means I'll clean up your messes now you're shit out of luck because I'm as much a slob as ever." They gave a small, high-pitched (but clearly very fake) 'hmph' for good measure, but then smirked a bit as they tossed her another ornament. "Seriously though try to be careful, I only bought two boxes of these."
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Post by Dasha Laska on Mar 9, 2018 7:36:47 GMT -8
Orion went on loading plates and folding aluminum foil over them. He didn't quite realize what was going on and didn't actually fully process the crunch. He heard it, yeah, but Mia's comment had his gaze flicking back over his shoulder. Hm?
Dasha jolted at the crunch sound, her gaze flicking to Mia questioningly. As her gaze slid down the yellow arm, however, Dasha bit her lip. That's probably going to be a lot harder to deal with than Kaimana's foot- What? Why was she even comparing them?? One was so so so much better and- Huh? Dasha had… missed the joke entirely, and even Nik's response didn't… quite make sense immediately.
It would take Orion a moment too, however, before a small sputtering snort escaped from him. Wow, just… wow his nerves were fried, and he was snickering for longer than necessary. Arceus. "Is that my job then?" he chimed in right after Nik's comment. "Least the wood floors are easy to clean."
Dasha's eyes flickered between Nik, Mia, and Orion before finally rolling instead. This atmosphere still felt weird, but it wasn't like it was going to clear any time. Urgh, why was her hand shaking? Dasha set both elbows on the table as she tried to paint out the mountain tops as she remembered them. She was hardly as skilled as Nik but at least could get a clear image in her mind of what they were like- that and it wasn't like this was high stakes or anything.
Finishing up the plate prep, Orion washed his hands again. He hesitated a moment before setting them all out on the island, wandering around it, and leaning in to pick up a sphere. "Mmmm you know it might be fun to trade these once they're painted?" He half spoke-aloud half-suggested.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Mar 11, 2018 23:06:21 GMT -8
Jazz was so intent on his painting that the sudden noise had him jumping slightly. Shit, that hadn't been his ornament... oh, right, Mia had done it. He should probably be more concerned about why the arm had done than he was. There was time to fix things later though, one project at a time, yes. The following comment had Jazz flinching a bit as well. Fuck, that was horrible to imagine. Ehh, back to painting. Or at least, that was the idea before Orion suggested trading the spheres. Jazz wasn't exactly thrilled about the idea but well, it sorta sounded cool he guessed. Didn't know who exactly would want his considering he'd spent most of the time painting the sphere a dark midnight blue-black. It looked nice to him, but he was also going to add in stars and all sorts of cool things. Hmmm, maybe there should be more to it than stars but whatever. " 's cool with me if yal wanna." Not really but ehhh, not like anyone was actually going to want his. Maybe. Who the hell knew at this point. Right, back to painting, he still had more of the base to do and then make sure that the stars were actually in the right places. Maybe he could do some of his favorite constellations too, that'd take time and he might run out of room on the sphere.
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SOMEONE CHALLENGE MY GYM ALREADY |
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Post by Mia Kearney on Mar 13, 2018 3:10:38 GMT -8
Mia wasn't too worried about the arm crunching the ball, the last arm she had from the league was actually pretty accurate, but it didn't read her perfectly till she got used to it. Looking to Jazz it was pretty easy to tell there was a brief moment of worry for him, smiling softly at him and showing him her holding the next bauble without smashing it, though she did swap it to her left hand before long just incase. "Look it's fine Jazz, just need to get used to having a right hand again...especially one without a soft layer of flesh. Heh."
Carefully dabbing her paintbrush into the paint, Mia started working again with a golden starting layer. Marcie was already done with her first layer of paint, she started with a nice soft green and moved onto a bit of red, her eyes shifting up to Orion and smirking at his suggestion. "Dibs you take mine Orion.~ I'll take whoever's of course, assuming we're not doing this in sheer pairs." She paused briefly as she realized she slipped on what she was trying to draw, focusing her eyes very closely on the bauble, shifting the paint before it set with some highly focused telekinesis before continuing.
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I can't help it, I'm a babbling idiot. Please kiss me quick, 'cause I need to feel it~ |
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Mar 15, 2018 15:47:26 GMT -8
Is that my job then? Nik smirked. "You know it babe," they teased. There were a few routes their thoughts considered running with that, but at best they would have wound up with very silly schmoopy inside jokes and at worst turned very dirty very quickly, so Nik opted against it.
They didn't much care for the idea of trading the ornaments, but realized it would probably sound selfish if they said they wanted to keep them, and beyond presumptuous at this point to think everyone would consider doing this next year. And they'd still yet to entirely shake the fear that half the room had been guilted into this, so...
"Sounds like fun~" Sera chimed in, almost having finished her base coat and preparing to dust it in pink glitter.
So yeah, that sealed it they guessed. "If you guys want, sure," Nik quietly agreed. As Marcie insisted Orion take hers, they mentally screamed HOW ABOUT YOU STOP SHOVING YOUR SHIT AT MY BOYFRIEND, but outwardly maintained a smile. In the spot where they'd settled, they worked not with an ornament or paint, but with small bits of foam, trying to be discreet about what they were doing with it.
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‘Cause these words are knives that often leave scars The fear of falling apart |
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Mar 18, 2018 8:43:31 GMT -8
Orion chewed the inside of his mouth. The looks and replies from Jazz and Nik didn’t offer much. Dasha only glanced up and gave a shrug so… yeah ok. Three “fine” with it. He couldn’t get a good read on Mia, but at least Sera and Marcie seemed a bit into it?
Marcie’s little suggestion had him smirking and shrugging. “Sure,” came the answer. He hadn’t actually specified who was getting what or anything, so they could figure that out after. Orion briefly stepped back and grabbed Mia a small trash bin to dump the ornament in before settling down himself and fishing up one to paint as well.
Dasha, meanwhile, had been vaguely aware of everything and was… mostly just focusing at that point. Some part of her felt it may have just been better at this point if Marceline and her left, but they’d committed to this sinking party, so she’d put up with everything for a little longer. Yeah.
Ten minutes passed with a couple of minute words from various persons, none of which had much substance at that point. After that, though, Dasha had finished up her painting of the snowy mountains. It… hadn’t come out exactly like she wanted it to, but whatever at this point. Her eyes raised to find at least Orion still working on his given that he’d started later than everyone else.
Orion, meanwhile, had detailed his out with greens, lots and lots of greens. It was supposed to be some kind of Christmas tree forest or something, but even with his vision reconstructed with decent lenses and his dexterity a bit higher than average, he just didn’t have the spark of design that came with these sorts of things. Instead, it kind of came off like a bunch of decorated bushes or something. Ah well.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Mar 26, 2018 21:55:25 GMT -8
Mia's assurance that they were still getting used to the arm had Jazz relaxing and returning to his painting. For the next few moments he didn't look up or acknowledge the others in the group. He was focused on making sure his ornament was perfect after all and it was in those moments that everything else just seemed to disappear. It would be a while before Jazz finished and remembered that he wasn't at his desk upstairs. Oops. He hadn't meant to zone out that badly, ehehe. Oh well, he was happy with the galaxy ornament he'd made. The stars were even in the right places aside from a few descending comets he'd thrown in for the hell of it. The final touch was adding more silver glitter to really make the stars glisten. It looked nice to him, and he was proud of it but Jazz didn't really know if any of the others would want it. Were they still doing this exchanging thing? Ehh, he'd just hold his for now while waiting for others to finish. Maybe see what everyone else had painted in the meantime. Dasha's ornament caught his eye, especially those mountains. It looked really nice, huh... It made his midnight star-filled sky feel so simplistic in comparison. Well... nobody had said it needed to fit a Christmas theme. Course, looking at Orion's now it made Jazz's stomach clench a bit. Christmas trees? Maybe. Fuck. "Yours looks nice," Jazz murmured, looking back at Dasha briefly before eyeing his own orb again. Why had he thought this was a good idea again?
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Post by Mia Kearney on Mar 27, 2018 10:45:12 GMT -8
As everyone seemed to be finishing up Mia was faintly grumbling at the ball in her hands and the way she'd fucked up the paint job on her right arm, kinda hoping she could was all the paint off her hand without washing off the work Nik had done to give it that golden shade. Marcie was doing quite well herself, putting the finishing touches on a nicely decorated ball, sprinkling a bit of glitter over the horns of the reindeers she'd painted on the side so their horns looked pretty glittery. Seeing this, Mia got her own idea, as her ball had somehow turned into a dribbling mess of mixed paints. She grabbed a paper plate, poured out some glitter, and began rolling the ball in it, leaving her hands and the ball coated in glitter as it sank into the drying paint.
"There, whoever gets mine can have a disco ball on their tree!~" She said, not realizing SOME of the paint had dried, so their'd be random un-glittered splotches once she picked it up
Marcie giggled a little at the display and held up her own bauble by the top, her hands practically untouched by the paint, unlike Mia who somehow managed to get a blue streak across her cheek too. "Think I'm all done too.~" Hers was nicely done, with the little reindeers on the side looking quite good. "I used to love doing art in school but I suppose I've lost my touch a bit since then.~"
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