thenearshore | Sleepover!

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Sleepover!

Who: Forrest, all of his teenage CR, and CR of that CR
What: Giant sleepover log
When: The night of June 21
Where: Lakshmi's temple
Warnings: Cuteness overload

[Forrest has never had a sleepover before, so he's pretty excited to host one at his temple. He sends out invitations ahead of time to everyone he can think of, letting them know to bring pajamas, snacks, and even a friend or two if they want. He's clad in a frilly pink nightgown with ribbons and bows for the occasion, and he's temporarily converted Lakshmi's audience chamber into a space where the guests can all party and sleep. It was already mostly full of pillows to begin with, so all he had to do was move some more in and set up some tables for snacks and things. One of the tables conspicuously contains all of his beauty supplies, because like hell is Forrest hosting a slumber party without makeovers. Anyone who shows even the slightest bit of interest will get their makeup, hair, or nails done. Soft music and the scent of lotus blossoms drift through the air, creating the perfect atmosphere for everyone to relax and enjoy themselves.]

((OOC: If you've got a teenager that Forrest has talked to more than once, assume he invited them. Friends of friends are totally welcome as well. Everyone can feel free to put up their own toplevels, and everybody tag everybody and mingle to your heart's content!))

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It is kinda tricky, what we remember. If you can call it remembering...

It must be easier for people who come from worlds like this. Even if we don't remember, a lot of things are familiar.

How much a world is like this one is a matter of degrees... [Says the Warmblood, who still feels out of place here.] But maybe what makes it easier is less the familiarity, and more the people we come to know.

[That answer brings a gentle smile to her lips.]

I think you're probably right. Even though it hasn't been very long, I've made a lot of friends here.

Apparently I've at least made one or two. Enough to get me invited to a sleepover, in any case.

[He's making a joke out of something he doesn't quite know how to handle, having been entirely unaware of what accepting the invitation would get him into. ]

I get the feeling I didn't come properly equipped, though.

Good!

[She seems genuinely pleased that he's making friends! Although... that next part gets a curious look.]

Um, what do you mean? You look fine to me.

[She says this no matter what he actually looks like today...]

[To be fair, making friends with Kairi seems to be a lot like getting sunlight in summer -- you kind of have to work hard to AVOID it.]

I don't exactly have clothing meant specifically to be slept in. Didn't realize that was... common.

Oh...

[Strange how such mundane things can be so different between worlds.]

I don't think that really matters. Some people just sleep in their underwear, but... um... [Suddenly, she realizes what she just said out loud, and the blushing begins again.] That... wouldn't be appropriate for a sleepover.

[Wow. Human blushes are obvious. That stands to reason what with the lack of fur and all, but still, that's quite a sight.]

I might have known better if I remembered anything, but since I don't, no one can complain. [Or they could, but it would be unjustified.] I think it's safe to say that whatever I expected, all of this wasn't it.

[Natsuru's are especially easy, both to cause and to notice.]

Maybe! I only sort of knew what to expect from a big sleepover. More like a really vague idea of what one was...

[And she assumes she must have been to one before, being an apparently normal teenage girl and all. So if she didn't entirely know what to expect, he has more than enough of an excuse.]

More than me. But it's fairly common for humans, isn't it? Especially around your age... our age? [Dust has -- no idea how old he is. He looks physically mature, but sometimes he doesn't feel that way. Is that because he's missing the memories, the life experiences he should have to feel mature? Or something else?]

The way things are, I'd expect you'd get invited to them readily enough...

You don't know either, huh? I've been guessing around sixteen, for me. Definitely not any older than eighteen.

[She's put a lot of thought into this already. But she doesn't know how Dust's people age, so she has zero guesses for him.]

'The way things are'?

[She blinks, giving a questioning tilt of her head in his direction.]

[Huh. Well, if his mental context is anything to go by, humans seem to age at about the same rate as Warmbloods?]

If this is normal behavior, and you -- well, it's just judging by appearance, I guess, but you look like you fit in with the crowd.

[He's... not wrong, is he? Her instinct tells her sleepovers like this are a pretty normal teenage girl thing. Forrest is close enough to that type, at least in his interests.

She doesn't want to agree in a way that might make him feel left out, though.]

Well, I don't think anyone cares about that...

[You're good people, Natsuru, and the statement does get a smile out of him.] Here I am, so I suppose that must be at least mostly true.

Still makes me wonder what I would have known instead, though.

It's not a bad thing, though. We're all in the same situation here, so we're all learning.

[When she thinks about it that way, it doesn't seem to matter what's different about where they all came from.]

Some of us more than others. [Though Dust says that with good humor, he feels the weight of it keenly.] In both ways.

I don't remember if I ever heard who your god was...?

[She doesn't remember if she's told him, either. Oh well, it's no big deal!]

Ah, it's Maria-sama. She's supposed to be Nuada Airgetlám.

[Don't ask her how much she had to practice that name.]

[Dust sure as hell isn't even gonna try it.]

She seemed like a good person. That must work out well for you.

She's my second god, actually. Lightning-sama was a good person too. I've been really lucky.

[Dust himself seems to get along quite well with Takumi, but -- is that luck?]

You don't think it's normal for a shinki and god to get along?

Not exactly.

[How can she explain what she means?]

I think it's usually harder with total strangers? I don't really know. But with Lightning-sama and Maria-sama, it felt... like I already kind of belonged.

Aren't all those relationships total strangers, at least going one way? [Even if a god knew their shinki... before... the shinki always forgets, right?]

Takumi and I get along pretty well too, so I thought it was pretty normal...

Well... yeah. That's why it was a little surprising, how easy it was.

[She couldn't explain why she thought that, though.]

I'm glad it's not just me. I've heard some people don't always have good experiences with the gods they end up with.

That's dangerous though, isn't it? A god who treats their shinki poorly is just asking to get -- stung, right?

[He's still getting all these terms together in his head, but he's pretty sure he has the basic idea correct.]

Something like that, yeah...

[She's not sure exactly if he's talking about blight, or something else. Either way, she's sure it's true.]

I guess that might be one of the reasons why it all works that way. Gods and shinki work better together if they get along.

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