You promised me heaven then put me through hell

[erogappa]

Who: Sha Gojyo and the Kenren formerly known as General
What: WINE GOD PARTY
When: Afternoon/evening of 6 April
Where: Villa Dionysus
Warnings: ah ha ha ha will update as needed


Apparently he was just blessed. He had blessings coming out his ass (not that it was getting used for anything else lately) -- not an hour after he left the school and returned to the Far Shore, the place was attacked by a whole flock of ayakashi. Or maybe a wizard... reports hadn't all been the clearest. Monsters, that was the important part. Monsters attacked the place he'd just left, the place where all his friends, old and new, were holed up without him. As if he hadn't been feeling worthless enough as it was, fuck. And some guy had identified him not only as a youkai but as a fucking kappa and dredged up all kinds of feelings he'd thought he'd put aside as a child, and something was going on with Sanzo that he hadn't had a chance to poke into, and Elsa had basically accused him of forcibly enslaving Sanzo, and that wasn't even touching the creep who'd known he was a hanyou. Fucking blessed.

Gojyo shuddered, tossing back another swig of wine. There was something seriously wrong with that guy. He'd have to remember to tell Sanzo and Hakkai about him... somehow. Maybe he could send them a letter. Dear shit monk and Hakkai, please take notice of some scary asshole named Ni Jenny who knows things that I can't talk about because they might kill you, love Gojyo. Yeah. Brilliant idea.

At least he had plenty of wine to drown his pathetic sorrows. Gojyo drained the dregs of the one bottle (a red, so dark it was almost like drinking jam and it left a sour taste on the back of his tongue) and reached for another. His too-big house felt even bigger when he was the only soul inside (Banri's ghost was probably somewhere, but he tried hard not to think about that). "FUCK!" he yelled, just to hear his voice echo off the far wall. It didn't really make him feel better, but at least it didn't make him feel any worse? "FUUUUUUUUCK!"

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[scatterproudly]

Before Kenren can ask who Banri is, Konzen and Tenpou make their triumphant entrance.

He sits up straight and waves at them cheerfully. "Yo!" Which right now, to Kenren, counts as shorthand for: Look! Totally not as wasted as I probably look! To-ta-lly.

Except then Tenpou has to remark on the state of the room. Kenren clears his throat and all but pouts at him. "Look, listen, most of it was already like this when I showed up. Sooo shut up, let's just drink and have fun."

Then he turns to Gojyo, as if to explain. "Alcohol tastes better when there's more of us, so I invited some company."

[erogappa]

Gojyo sits bolt upright when Konzen and Tenpou enter the room. He's met Konzen before (although he still does a double-take at the sight of Sanzo with long hair and an even bitchier expression), but it's Tenpou that really catches his attention.

Kenren says something about inviting company, but Gojyo's not listening. He shoves back from the table, kicking (stumbling, let's be honest) an empty wine bottle out of the way as he makes a beeline (again: stumbling) for Tenpou.

"No way," he breathes, enough wine on his breath to fell an ox. It's Hakkai, only it's not. His face is almost the same (only, like the other two, it's him-but-prettier), but he's... dirty. It's a dirty Hakkai.

He turns to Kenren with a mixture of shock and glee. "It's another Hakkai!" Sorry Tenpou. Welcome to villa Dionysus.

[scatterproudly]

Kenren sounds the opposite of impressed with this assessment.

"It's not a Hakkai."

He met Hakkai, Hakkai helped him during his Home Economics class, he would know.

[blossomstorm]

Excuse you, Gojyo, it's barely been twenty-four hours since Tenpou's last bath. There is a witness in the room and everything.

"Please call me Tenpou," he says. Gojyo's breath is something else, but hanging out with Kenren has apparently made Tenpou stronger than an ox, because he barely flinches at that.

Tenpou can tell this is going to be a trainwreck, but at least both Gojyo and Kenren are still capable of conversation, and his curiosity is piqued. So he turns to look at Konzen. He won't try to talk him into staying, especially not when he's making that face, but it might be good for him not to be alone now and distract himself a little. Tenpou could use some of that himself.

"What do you say, Konzen? Shall we join them?"

There's a hint of challenge there, of course, but it's also an honest question. He's not taking responsibility for this.

[bon_bon]

Tenpou ignores his comment, Kenren is completely wasted, and Gojyo stinks to high heaven and calls Tenpou Hakkai. What in the world did Konzen do to deserve this bullshit? The comparison to Hakkai just irritates him even more. The fact that Konzen's seen the resemblance too is irrelevant. That asshole sent him on his way so he could blindly run into the barrel of Sanzo's gun. And he probably didn't care if the bullet went through Konzen's skull, too. (Though really, why should Hakkai care? It's not like he's Tenpou. But being shot at can make you a little testy and irrational).

At least Kenren has enough wits about him to correct Gojyo's idiotic mistake.

And Tenpou ... is being especially sneaky. It's not like Konzen feels any pressure to stay, but how could he ignore that challenging tone that he swears he can hear? Tenpou looks all amiable and smiles, but Konzen knows better.

"Che," is all he says, which might be a yes. (But don't quote him on it).

Honestly, the alternative is his empty house. And while hanging out with drunken winos is hardly how he envisioned his evening, he finds it even more intolerable to be back there, in his white washed walls with just his thoughts. There've been too many messy ones to deal with lately.

[erogappa]

"Che," Gojyo mocks him back, pulling a face. He strides up to Konzen, jabbing a finger in the man's face.

"Don't you che my hospitality, you sham monk lookin' bastard!" He gestures roughly behind him, the movement briefly setting him off balance. "I'm offerin' you godly wine, okay, that shit's fancy enough for gods, so sit your god ass down and have a drink!" If anybody needed a drink, it was Sanzo's surly lookalike, Gojyo has decided, and he folds his arms in challenge.

"Unless you're too good to drink with th'likes of us."

[bon_bon]

"Oi!" Konzen takes a step backward when the idiot starts waving his finger in his face. What the fuck. Then he has the gall to say that he (Konzen) looks like him (The Psychopath), which induces an immediate grimace.

And what was up with his attitude? As though Konzen cared two shits about the company of gods or non-gods or whatever it is that has Gojyo so ass-pained. He says 'likes of us' as though somehow he and Kenren are a race of people that Konzen feels superior to.

"He," he says, jabbing his own finger in Kenren's direction, "is also a god, you dumbass."

In other words, you're both equally idiots, Konzen makes no distinction.

[scatterproudly]

Kenren, who hasn't moved one inch from his chair, raises his hand to draw attention to himself.

"Y'know, technically, eeeeveryone here's all gods now," he pauses, considering what he just said. Hmm... maybe that's not what Konzen was talking about.

He doesn't follow that up with anything else, though, forming coherent thoughts is a little complicated right now.

[blossomstorm]

Konzen and Gojyo seem to be getting along just fine, so Tenpou goes on ahead and pulls up a chair in front of Kenren.

"Oh, they have Hi-Lites here too," he murmurs when he's close enough to look at a pack of cigarettes that someone left there on the table. Then, of course, he takes one for himself. Thank you, Kenren or Gojyo. These may not be Ark Royals, but he's not picky right now.