thenearshore | stick with me baby, i'm the guy that you came in with [closed]

Who: Tsuzuki Asato, Jae-Ha, Kija, Gojyo and Ronald Knox
What: Poker night!
When: May 1, evening
Where: Tajimamori's temple
Warnings: Booze, gambling and probably stupid arguments?

[Looks like it's a buffet style dinner! Some of that food over on the sideboard looks like Tsuzuki got it from a supermarket deli and reheated it. The deep-fried sugar-glazed sweet potatoes, on the other hand, are too burned and the sauce too drippy for them to be anything but homemade. And nobody would deliberately sell that gorgonzola spaghetti he's got in the center of the spread.

There's a couple of six-packs of beer in the fridge and a battered flea market poker set in the middle of the kitchen table, and Tsuzuki's hovering by the front door ready to greet his guests. Kija's going to have a fun night out! Tsuzuki'll make sure of it.

And hey, with any luck, the rest of them will have a good time too.]

[ooc; feel free to make top-levels and tag around mingle style! it's a party: go wild.]

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[ He'd been hovering around the food, not quite hungry and not quite sure what to nosh on just yet. It's the movement that draws his attention though, specially the minute Kija's thumped his head on the table.

So Ron's just going to come over and pluck the can out of the poor guy's hand. ]

Right... that's prolly enough of that for the night. You alright, mate?

[His can... Where is his can?? He reacts too late, because he has the alcohol tolerance of a peanut, but he still sits up too quickly and makes a swipe for his can back. He sways and his face is already flushed, but look, he's trying.]

I am fine! I am... [uh.] My drink.

[ Nope, pulling that can out of reach. ]

Sure you are... and I'm the ruddy queen. You're full up the knocker, blimey.

[ He's looking at the can though and taking a sniff. Yup. Beer. Just beer. How'd he get drunk off a single can of beer... unless... ]

...hang on, how many have you had?

[Nooo, his can... He slumps back onto the table after the Herculean effort of keeping his head up. He'll probably get a stupid red mark squished onto his cheek from this, but he's past the point of caring about that.]

That's my only one. Jae-Ha told me not to have any, but I did not want to disappoint the party...

You're not disappointing anyone, no worries there.

[ You know what, just to make sure this can doesn't get snatched, he's just going to drain it by drinking it himself. It's just half a can... maybe more, maybe less but either way, nothing that's going to get him hammered. ]

Normally I'd say drink up but if you can't see a hole in a ladder from just one beer... then you'd prolly stop at one, eh?

[ And sliding that can away now. ]

S'Kija, right?

[Ah, goodbye can. He'll forget in a minute, don't worry.]

I did not have this problem the first time I had a drink... [Yes he did, he was just literally on the floor after that one, so. It's fuzzy.] I am fine!

[Again. And again, to prove this, he sits up far too quickly than he should be.] That is me, yes-!

[ And a chuckle there even as he loops his only arm around the other's shoulders to help him straighten up. ]

Pleasure to meet you all the same, Kija. Come on then.

[ Gently leading the other to a nearby couch to sit down lest the poor guy fall over. ]

First time at a mixer?

[Oh, where are they going... Kija makes it to the couch, and then he sits heavily and immediately slumps sideways, putting his head down on the arm of it this time. Mmm, comfortable.]

Jae-Ha brought me to a bar, but only once... [He's never heard the term mixer before, what is that?? Is that this? Help.]

[ Poor guy... one beer was all it took to do him in. But at least he seems chatty. ]

Just once, eh? You're prolly not used to the spirits then. He's the one who didn't fancy you having a drink too?

[He's always like this, he might just be weird now... Weirder. The big hand is already weird.]

Spirits...? [SQUINTS, like ayakashi?? Help.] Yes, Jae-Ha is my good friend. He looks out for me even when he does not have to.

[ Mr big hand hanging out with Mr one hand. Nothing weird here whatsoever. ]

S'good you've got someone to keep an eye out for you though! Better'n stumbling about here without a friend in the world if you ask me.

[The perfectly normal hands club meeting will now come to half drunken order...]

That is true... I should thank him for everything he has done for me. How do you say thank you to a friend like that?

[He says this, out loud, while Jae-Ha is across the room. This is fine.]

[ Everyone raise your weird hands and pledge allegiance...

There's a soft hum of thought though. Jae-ha across the room? Not a problem. Surely he can't hear all the way from there, right? ]

I dunno... d'you know how to cook? Could prolly make him something he likes.

Oh, well... I can make an excellent honey-baked ham sandwich.

[As if to highlight how lame this is, he slides a little further down on the couch as he says it, without even bothering to stop himself. Goodbye, Kija...]

[ No! No man that's totally not lame! It's not! In fact that got the gears in his head turning. ]

How about making him breakfast then? Couple of sandwiches and a spot of tea should be enough to make a decent bit of grub.

[Ah... a breakfast...]

I could try that... How do you make tea?

They've got stuff in small bags you can steep in water. That'll do in a pinch if you can't get the actual leaves!

[ And a pause to think though. ]

Or if that's too complex, some fellows fancy coffee with breakfast instead. That's easier if you get the instant stuff you can find in the store.

Instant coffee?

[Is he too drunk or too ye olde for this? A little bit of both. This is the most confusing thing he's ever heard.]

I do not know how to make coffee either. Jae-Ha will never get his breakfast...!

You just have to pop it in hot water! S'the easiest thing, I swear.

[ Fancy that. Someone more ye olde than he is! But then he's done his acclimating to these climes and times after all. ]

Smart lad like yourself could prolly get it done easy.

Pop... what in hot water? Is popping required?

[??? At Yona's they had milk, and at Youji's he just has water— nice, normal, cold water. How do you make these things??]

No, mate! Just a turn of phrase. You put the instant coffee powder in hot water.

[ He's trying not to laugh at his own silliness. GDIT why can't he ever remember to speak normally in front of other people. ]

It's idiot proof. Honest.

stick with me baby, i'm the guy that you came in with [closed]

pls no drunk dreguns

too late

someone save this child..

he needs a babysitter

they both do gosh

please teach them responsibility

they need a senpai.

where have all the senpais gone....

our senpais are in another jamjar

weeps

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as an offhand mention, Ron had CR with another Kija back in Inugami, incidentally!

be good to ur new dragon, ron

never met a dragon he wasn't good to

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