paixaorpg | Get Down, Baby! [active/open]

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Get Down, Baby! [active/open]

Character(s): Akutare and any other party-goers
Content: To keep himself entertained, the Dark Hero decided to throw a party.
Setting: The Wild Ginger
Time: Late Afternoon going on into the night
Warnings: None as of yet... but I'd suggest you not be the last one out of there.

[Note: Since there's probably going to be a bunch of people in this post, I figure it'd be best to break it up into mini-threads. Just make your post in here and others will reply to it or make a completely different post if your character is gathered somewhere else. Feel free to thread hop in between and have fun~!]

While he waited for everyone to arrive, Akutare lounged in one of the chairs, fiddling with his journal and pointedly ignoring the disapproving looks from the man nearby. It had taken the demon a long time to convince the owner of the establishment to allow him to throw this party (especially since it was so sudden), but he'd managed to get it done, promising the owner that everything would be paid for along with a bonus for all of the people who happened to be working that night.

Now that he thought on it, it had actually been a lot easier than Akutare had expected. Not that he was complaining. He probably just happened to get a particularly gullible and greedy group of suckers on his hands. All the better for him! Still, he wondered just what kind of currency they had in this place, anyway. Everything seemed shiny enough that they probably had something that glowed or something like that. Maybe. He guessed he should have asked something like that when he just came in. Oh well, he'd manage somehow.

"Aaaaand posted!" he noted to himself, pressing the button and waiting for the responses and people to roll on in. Haha, this was an awesome idea.

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Akutare merely shrugged at Rozalin's question. "Well, why not? If there's no way out, might as well make the best of it, right? Not like there's anything else to do," he replied. And there was no way they were going to get him to go against that giant thing that was running around.

"Oh, you say that now..." he began, "but in a few moments you'll be wondering why you didn't come here sooner!" Of course he understood. Adell was probably just trying to be all macho and uncaring in front of the princess. He probably just didn't want anyone to know he was a party animal... Well, there was no fooling him. Akutare was good at these kinds of observations.

Now that was some VERY fuzzy logic. "How are you so sure there is no way out? Have you even bothered to look?"

It couldn't be possible for their not to be some way to escape, right? If everyone was saying their wasn't a means of escape, it could just be they hadn't found it yet. Perhaps the Last Boss hadn't yet revealed themselves, for example. Every place, after all, had a Last Boss. Perhaps the defeat of it would present a way home.

Rozalin could only arch and eyebrow looking less than amused. "Or wondering why we didn't leave sooner."

She turned to Adell, now pointedly ignoring Akutare. "Shall we be off?"

And of course Akutare was completely wrong but that was to be expected. Adell certainly was no party animal and it was very doubtful the demon before him had even bothered to look for an exit. It was like he didn't even understand the graveness of the situation they were in. Or maybe it was just that he didn't care at all. Either way, the battle maniac really couldn't be bothered to respond to that.

Instead he followed Rozalin's example and ignored Akutare as he turned back to the princess. "Yeah, let's." Much rather the museum than here.

"Well, that's what everyone else said," Akutare replied. "You know, island in the middle of nowhere with no way out? I'm sure something will come up sooner or later but why bother when there isn't anything?"

It was then that he noticed they were beginning to wander off. "Hey, you can't leave yet!"

The Dark Hero immediately sprang into action, moving to block the exit. "The party's only just gotten started!"

Their plan to leave didn't seem to be working out when Akutare suddenly was in front of them, blocking the exit.

Rozalin narrowed her eyes, and folded her arms to her chest, with a huff. The party 'just starting' wasn't much of a reason for them to stick around in her opinion. "What reason do we have to possibly stay?" she asked, giving a side glance to Adell.

Adell sighed, he knew leaving couldn't have been that easy. Still, he could have hoped, right? Not that it mattered now with Akutare standing in the way like that. Of course, he could probably just shove the demon aside if he wanted to but that wasn't his style.

He met Rozalin's gaze for a moment before glancing back to the Dark Hero, interested to see if Akutare would actually be capable of providing a good reason to make them stay.

"What reason? I can list plenty of reasons!" Akutare assured them. He just had to figure out exactly what those reasons were.

Not that there weren't any! There were plenty of reasons to hang out with the Dark Hero. It was just that these two were so deep in denial, he would have to be careful about what he said. They were like wild animals, after all. The wrong move could scare them off.

"Well, you could meet new people, for one. And there's a free buffet!" Free for him, anyway. Boy, he almost pitied the poor sap that was going to be stuck with the bill for this one...

Rozalin really wasn't ready to listen to any possible reason Akutare might throw at them, until he mention food.

She almost felt her stomach gurgle at the thought of a meal. It was funny how one's hunger became all the more apparent when food was offered. And this was a free meal! A buffet, no less. They wouldn't have to wait to be served or anything. The real question was could she stand being in the same room as Akutare for a meal? ...Her stomach was saying yes.

"W-well... I.. am a bit hungry," she admitted, glancing to Adell once more, with a kind of 'well, maybe it wouldn't hurt for a little' look.

Adell didn't really look convinced. Two reasons were hardly 'plenty'. He had doubted from the start Akutare would be able to give them a good reason. Considering you could just pluck money from the trees, wasn't all the food pretty much for free in this city? Although a buffet didn't sound too bad...

He was slightly surprised by Rozalin but then again, they hadn't eaten that much today, had they? He couldn't see any harm in getting some food here if Rozalin agreed. Finally, he nodded to her and turned back to Akutare. "Fine, we'll stay for a while."

Ha! He knew that'd do the trick. Of course, there were plenty more reasons to stay at the party, but why go any further when there was a perfectly good buffet nearby? Everyone loved free food!

"Great choice! Stay for as long as you like!" he replied triumphantly. "The buffet is right over there."

They were here and there was easy food to be had. It made sense to stay, if just for that, then they could make a speedy escape whenever Akutare wasn't paying attention. Not to be rude or anything, but there was no reason to stay long after the food, of course.

With Adell's agreeing, Rozalin broke away and went straight to investigate the buffet. While she would rather have a proper meal with a waiter and such, food right in front of her all cooked and ready was too good to pass up. It looked good. All of it. Hmm, what to start with.

Adell's thoughts were pretty much on the same wavelength as Rozalin's. They could leave whenever they wanted to and hopefully in an unnoticed way. At least for now the Dark Hero would be happy and they could eat.

He gave Akutare a nod and followed Rozalin at an easier pace, pausing once to glance around the place, before joining her side to look at the food. There certainly was enough to choose from, no arguments there.

Finally deciding what she wanted, Rozalin glanced around for a moment until it hit her. Wait... There was a fact about a buffet she'd forgotten about entirely. You had to serve yourself, didn't you? Well, how uncouth. She wasn't sure how she liked the idea of having to do this herself.

She didn't see any servers anywhere however, and as her stomach gave another reminder that she was hungry, she finally gave in and reached for a pair of tongs to attempt to claim a piece of what looked like roast beef.

Of course, the keyword there was try. Her expression shifted to one of annoyance as the meat repeatedly slipped from between the tongs. How did servants do this so easily?

Naturally Adell was having a much easier time and he'd even gotten himself a plate full of the food he had picked out already. He was just about to look around to find them a place to sit until he noticed the trouble Rozalin was having. She...had never done this sort of thing before, had she? It was rather obvious and almost comical.

Deciding to come to her aid, he put his own plate down on the table before moving behind Rozalin and putting his hand on hers. "It's done like this," he said and rather than just taking the thongs from her, he moved her hand along with his as he demonstrated the correct movement to grab the piece of roast beef she had been aiming for. Once he'd gotten it, he let go. "There."

She very much noticed when Adell came up behind her, and more so when he reached out and put his hand on his, and proceeded to blush as he helped her claim the piece of beef she'd wanted. She glanced at him briefly out of the corner of her eye, before quickly looking away, as she felt her face turn even more crimson. Depositing the beef onto her plate, it took everything to not drop the tongs, as she placed them back down.

Flustered, she wasn't half sure what to say. Normally for helping her like that she might have yelled at him or something, but the manner he'd done it had just left tongue tied. Finally she managed out a, "...T-thank you."

Hastily she moved down the buffet a bit and grabbed a spoon, dumping some other things on her plate, trying to avoid looking at Adell, as she knew she was still rather red.

Well, he just figured that had been the fastest way to teach her. It was the way children were taught table manners and such after all.

Though Adell was slightly surprised by her rather...calm reaction. He had at least expected to be scolded but this was certainly a nice change of things for once. "No problem." He replied as he watched her move down the buffet before returning to his previous task of finding them a seat.

He spotted a nice, quiet little corner where they would be able to eat in peace, granted Akutare didn't come back to bug them, and moved over to sit there and wait for Rozalin.

Finally happy with her plate full of food, she glanced around a moment, and caught sight of where Adell had disappeared to after a few moments. Quickly she retreated to the quiet corner he'd found, setting her plate down on the table before settling herself into a seat beside Adell.

She also hoped this would be a good corner for Akutare to forget about them. Maybe then they could almost enjoy this.

Rozalin glanced to Adell for a moment, but glanced away fairly quickly. That battlemaniac still had her feeling bashful. Touching her hand, carrying her, kissing her. Why did he keep doing such strange things?

Lifting her fork and knife, she began to cut a small piece of her roast beef, being a proper lady and all, and began to eat. Food was a wonderful distraction from her thoughts.

Once Rozalin had joined him, Adell too started eating. Although not quite in the same prim and proper manner like the princess beside him. He ate in relative silence as he watched the other party-attenders, glancing at Rozalin every now and then between bites.

His head was still full of questions he would like to ask her but couldn't bring himself to ask yet. Besides, this was a party and hardly the place to be talking about serious matters. So he kept it to himself, trying to focus on his attempt to enjoy the party.

....Well, at least the food did taste good.

Adell was being so quiet. While she was somewhat watching the party, she kept glancing to him out of the corner of her eye when she was sure he was looking away.

Was something on his mind? He seemed kind of, well, thoughtful? It had seemed like he'd been holding back on something for awhile. Was it what happened yesterday? Or was it something else?

A party or not, Rozalin's curiosity had peaked over the top now. She had no reservations about trying to find out what was going on. Wouldn't it be better just to get it out of the way?

That's what she decided as she finished her meal and set her cutlery neatly on her plate. She stared at it a long moment, before lifting her head, looking to the red head beside her.

"Adell?" Rozalin spoke up hesitantly, as she was breaking a long silence. "...What is it?"

"Hm?" Adell snapped out of his thoughts when Rozalin suddenly broke the silence and turned to look at her. He seemed to consider the question for a little while, putting down his food as he tried to decide whether to just brush it off or come clean.

In the end, he settled on the latter. Getting some answers would grant him some peace of mind that he really needed.

"I was just thinking...about home and," he hesitated for a moment before finally saying it. "...What happened yesterday."

Her eyes quickly dropped to her lap. She'd guessed correctly it seemed.

Rozalin's hands came together in her lap, nervously clutching the other as she tried to figure out what exactly to say. She was... afraid. Afraid of how he'd react. Afraid he'd leave her.

But he wouldn't do that, would he? It wasn't his style and... he'd promised her. Adell had snapped her out of it, the least she owed him was some sort of explanation, right?

Wringing her hands now, she closed her eyes as she tried to formulate words. "Yesterday... I... I...." she started, trying to figure out how to even start.

Finally, in a quiet, shuddering voice, she forced the words out, "I'm... t-the real... ...Overlord Zenon."

Adell watched her carefully with great concern. Whatever she had to say, he got the feeling he might not like it. She was showing such reluctance after all. But when she finally forced the words out Adell only found himself dumbstruck.

A million thoughts ran through his head but somewhere it clicked, it all made sense. The 'failed' summoning, everything...

Eventually he managed to collect enough thoughts to put into dumbfounded words. "Y-you're...Overlord Zenon? But your father...!" Perhaps not completely coherent ones but it was a start.

"H-he wasn't really my father," she choked out, still nervous but it was too late to back out now.

"I... Overlord Zenon reincarnated into... me. The fake was an enemey who found me and raised me as his own daughter all for revenge," she explained, the conversation between her... Zenon and the fake she could remember, allbit a bit on the fuzzy side, but she remembered enough. She remembered enough of the words and the feelings. The vast loneliness...

Rozalin shuddered slightly, hugging her arms to herself. She could have hurt so many people... even Adell. Zenon's powers and emotions were just so strong.

Adell grew silent as he listened carefully and although the expression on his face clearly showed confusion, it was a lot calmer now. "I see..." He muttered to himself once she had finished her explanation. It all made sense that way and somehow he felt relieved. It really had been the Fake Zenon who had put the curse on his village.

Before he spoke again, Adell put a hand on her shoulder comfortingly. "Thank you for telling me." Surely it must have been hard on her.

She barely heard his mutter, only jerking her head up when she felt his hand on her shoulder. She... hadn't expected that. Nor the words that followed.

"Thank yo...? --You mean you're not... ...not..." Words failing her as she tried to figure out exactly what she was worried he'd be. Angry? No, she hadn't thought that really. Disappointed? No... that didn't seem right either. She remained silent as she wrestled with something to fill in.

Finally she forced something from her mouth, "Not... going to leave me?"

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