thenearshore | [ Open-ish ]

Who: Yona and castmates/adjacent CR
When: The days after the Age-Swap Event
Where: Yona's Temple
What: Catch-all to deal with fallout from the new arrivals and things discovered during the age swap event. Also probably a picnic.

[ The day after time is restored to normal, Yona sticks close to her temple, mind still reeling from what she had learned and the hectic events of the past few days. Between the arrival of her two newest shinki and some of the conversations she'd had with companions over the past few days, taking some time to process it seems the wisest of ideas.

But even though she doesn't venture far from her own temple, it doesn't mean she doesn't welcome anyone who stops by for a visit, clearly happy to greet anyone who stops by. Especially if they are people she needed to talk with anyway.

As for those staying in her temple, she does her best to make sure they get settled and comfortable, answering any questions she can to try and make this new arrangement as smooth as possible. And if there's a sudden resurgence of bad dreams in the aftermath of one particular shinki coming back to live in this place with her... well. She does her best to hide the evidence of it. ]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Humble even among the gods is Hebe, Zeus' daughter and cupbearer. Zeno has a pitcher of something sweet and icy-cold in one hand, plus a stack of cups in the other.]

Real nectar is what gives the gods their immortality, but Zeno has none of that. This might be wine, though~

[Something for the grown-ups...]

[Fortunately, Jae-Ha is plenty grown-up-- more than enough for wine.]

Please tell me you have more where that came from.

[Given the last few days, Jae-Ha isn't sure that one pitcher is going to be enough.]

Aaah, is this something you like~?

[He's almost smug, but doesn't want to give himself away. Every man of a certain age likes the occasional haze liquor provides. He pours for Jae-Ha.]

Zeno doesn't indulge so much [there's no point, when water is cheaper and has about the same effect on him] but it's so social here, Zeno must!

Not only like, but may very well need to get through the rest of this day.

[Everyone is friendly enough, but it bothers him a bit that everyone seems so fine with this situation, that nobody seems troubled by the fact that so many of them have been stripped of their memories.

He takes his drink with a grateful nod, exhaling after taking a long sip.]

Nothing wrong with a little indulgence. You should allow yourself a bit more often.

[Things aren't always as they seem, little brother.]

Not a matter of 'allow.' [He quickly drains a cup, and there's a brief moment of fuzzy burn, but it fades soon enough.]

Anyway, Zeno indulges plenty of other things! Afternoon naps, mainly. The sunnier, the better.

I can see the appeal.

[He pauses long enough to take another sip, arching a brow at Zeno over the rim if his cup.]

What else? Gods know there are plenty of vices to pursue in life-- or the afterlife, as the case may be for some of us here.

[He takes another quick swallow. He might need a refill before too terribly long, at this rate.]

Tasty things! Chocolate is the food of the gods here. It makes Zeno glad not to be in Greece, where Hebe is originally from. Zeno can't imagine their ambrosia being half so nice.

[Zeno tips the bottle in his direction invitingly.]

[Jae-Ha takes another long drink before holding his cup out to be refilled, happy to take Zeno up on that invitation.]

Chocolate certainly has its charms, there's no denying that. My personal favorite when it comes to indulgences, however, is beautiful girls.

[But not so beautiful that they outshine him, mind.]

[Hmmmmph. Y e a h, he saw you and a particular beautiful girl... He's going to pour himself another drink before filling Jae-Ha's cup now. Just as a little punishment.]

Do they indulge back, Zeno wonders...?

[Jae-Ha arches an eyebrow, though otherwise seems unruffled by Zeno's choice of punishment-- for now.]

Plenty do.

[Wait-- do they? He can't remember, he can only assume.]

How could they not? I'm charming, beautiful, strong-- the whole package.

[And modest! He fills Jae-Ha's cup brimful to make up for the earlier slight. He can't exactly be angry over it, after all-- nothing happened. And of all the sights he'd never thought were possible! Watching Jae-Ha turn his charm up to full throttle was fun, anyway.]

And friendly! [Said encouragingly. He didn't think he'd have loved Kaya so if they hadn't gotten to be friendly first.

Also, talented, an enchanting musician... but would that count as telling him something about himself? Aaaah...]

Mm, and that you can talk! Talking helps.

[It had all been in good fun, of course-- memories or no, Jae-Ha isn't interested in going after anyone who's spoken for, but Kaya had been so bright and friendly it had been impossible not to give her the usual song and dance.

He smiles indulgently as Zeno refills his cup, lifting it to his lips a moment later.]

Of course talking helps. It would be hard to pay a lady compliments otherwise.

Zeno would pay a lot more than compliments to see you do it in gestures, though!

[He nearly upsets his bottle trying to demonstrate, pointing it towards Jae-Ha's hair, then making a wavy motion down, down, down across and twirling excitedly.]

See!

[Jae-Ha stares for a moment before he bursts out laughing, practically doubling over in the process.]

What was that supposed to be?

Pretty long hair!

[Short hair was cuter, like on Kaya and Yona, but Jae-Ha seemed to rebel against his innate cuteness, alas. Hopefully it was just a phase.

Anyway, Zeno had long since stopped caring about what sort of spectacle he made. It was worth it to hear Jae-Ha laugh.]

It is nice, isn't it?

[But he shakes his head as his laughing subsides, smirking with his hand resting lightly in front of his mouth.]

I think that sort of compliment suits you far better than it does me. I'll leave the gestures to you.

[ Open-ish ]

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject