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Who:

espersions,

belfire,

moribound,

popsometags, their cr, their cr's cr...
When: Early April
Where: Source Below: Cerealia's most surreal karaoke bar
What: How do you come to terms with death and disappearance? Get hammered and sing about it, obviously.
Rating/Warning: alcohol, hot tubs, death mentions, and j-pop

Ket Whiss is gone for good, and Minato has returned from his PLAYER ONE GAME OVER moment, courtesy of a hungry monster. And there's the residual trauma of everyone's jungle/elemental adventures.

So, well. Why not have a party?

Source Below is Cerealia's most popular — and most surreal — karaoke bar. It features a costume closet, with hundreds of outfits to try on, for that full idol experience. There are themed rooms: one with overflowing candy, another built to resemble the interior of a spaceship, one full of robotic cats who yowl in time with the music, to a pitch-black room filled with pairs of enormous, glowing, slowly-blinking eyes....

But Team Catastrophe's party isn't in any of these, because none of these losers made a reservation. Instead, they got stuck with the only one left, covered in white tile, with a hot tub in the center.

This is a bad idea on so many levels, but it's not as if that's ever stopped anybody.

(ooc: open to any extended cr, feel free to handwave how you heard about it. the more the merrier!)

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No, she's my friend. [Okay...that doesn't explain anything, but judging by how Minato's perking up executing victims can't be the only thing this person does.] Her name's Mitsuru and we fought together as comrades- she just arrived recently too. [A pity he's not so drunk as to let it slip that Mitsuru's also his lover...]

...your friend, huh.

[Sounded like a very scary friend, if she went around executing people for the simple act of bathing. But really, should he be surprised? Minny attracted total weirdoes (sans himself, of course!) like flies to shit]

If she's just arrived, why haven't you introduced us? [Kazuya looked about, as if expecting her to leap out of the crowd, despite not knowing what this "Mitsuru" even looked like] You embarrassed of me or what? Rude, Minny...

Hey, don't take it personally. We didn't have much time to talk, and she'd probably feel out of place here cause she's super rich and sheltered. [There's the smallest of huffs after his reply.] I don't want her to see us like this anyway- we're all a mess right now and she can be quite intimi- uh, fierce.

A mess?

[Kazuya sounded slightly offended. Excuse you, Minny. He may be naked, but he was still in full control of his faculties (at the moment). The only mess he could see right now was Minny's budding insanity (or rather, his current insanity that was finally exposed thanks to the alcohol...)]

I'll have you know that I am currently one hundred per cent organised- or, er, whatever the opposite of an emotional mess would be. Collected? Sane? Stable?

That's not fair, Kaz. [Aren't they supposed to be friends? If they're going to be wasted, they should all be wasted together!] I thought you were drunk because you're already naked...how could you lead me on like this? [He sounds slightly offended too? Oh lord, what is going on.

He'll get up presently and grab a glass of alcohol for Kaz, just because.] Here, drink up.

Edited 2015-12-02 14:38 (UTC)

[Kazuya stared at the glass]

Minny...

[You know it's bad when the responsible one out of the bunch was endorsing complete drunkenness. In this type of situation, the right thing to do would be to assume the role, don his rarely-used maturity and gently rebuff the alcohol, and maybe drag Minny into the hot tub, clothed or not, to clear his head a little.

However, that wasn't the point of this outing, was it? Though, really, Kaz had expected to be too drunk to notice his friends' spiral into no doubt unhealthy coping methods. Alas. Guess Minny had the right of it then]

Fine, fine, you set a strong argument. Though, let's do this right. Since you're clothed and mobile - get us ten shots! We're gonna do a shot challenge!

[Oh, it was bad all right. Minato wasn't normally given to indulging so much that he lost track of what was going on but he was simply too overwhelmed after having Ket vanish on all of them to continue being responsible, and he got Hyoubu's message well enough after seeing the karaoke room- they all needed to let off some steam, and he wasn't going to be a downer.

(He would however regret doing this.)

He responds to Kaz's words with a thumbs up, already looking around for enough drink for ten shots between them.] You got it! [It takes him a while, but they soon have enough to start.] A challenge has to have a condition though, what happens to the loser?

Oh, uh.

[Shit, he didn't think that through at all. He couldn't say strip naked because, well, he was already naked, so it wouldn't matter if he lost, and Kazuya couldn't think of anything he'd personally find horrifically embarrassing. He's already practically flashed everyone in the room, and after that, there's very little that can make you self-conscious...

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... oh!]

How... how about... you've gotta drink the goldfish? You know, you fill up a bowl with all the alcohol you've got on hand and have to chug it?

[And mind you it's because Kaz has practically flashed everyone in this room that Minato went for the alcohol in the first place, having had enough emotional trauma to deal with without the eye-searing memory of his friends walking naked in the lounge as if they owned the building.

That being said he's having a rare moment of clarity right now and he's looking at Kaz half in awe and half in horror- just how alcohol-tolerant was he to be able to suggest such a condition?]

That sounds fine, but I'm not sure if either of us will be okay after this... [One death is more than enough, okay.]

It'll be fine. I've drank an entire bottle of wine and don't even feel a buzz, so it can't be that bad.

[Of course, Kazuya had Bel to thank for that. The demon was metabolising the alcohol at an insane rate, breaking down the toxins before they could truly take effect. Of course, this came with the consequence of Kazuya most likely becoming either ravenously hungry within the hour, or the metabolising speed screeching to a violent halt to prevent Kazuya having to eat something with a bit of life to it just to sustain it. Either way, though Kazuya won't feel it now, he'll definitely be feeling it tomorrow morning, and Bel certainly won't help with that]

Alright, so let's line up the shots. Five for each. We'll see who can down them the fastest.

Alright. [Minato's not inclined to argue even when he's sober, and he trusts his friends would do something before he gets too drunk.

He has a fair amount of trouble trying to line up the glasses properly, what with his hands trembling slightly and the glasses seeming to double every now and then. But at last it's done and all they have to do is to drink up.]

Ready, Kaz? We'll start on the count of three.

[Kazuya carefully observed Minny's trembling, unsteady hands, his expression unreadable. It disappeared quickly enough though when Minny looked back up at him, smiling mischievously as he let his hand hover over the first shot.

...

You know what? He'll let Minny win. Drinking the goldfish would probably kill the poor guy]

Sure. Okay then, one... two... three- go!

[Minato's a second off from reaching for his shot before Kaz does, and it's only through sheer willpower that he even manages to down all five shots being too drunk and focused on his own drink to notice that Kaz isn't even trying particularly hard despite his gusto from earlier.

He's relieved when he's finished, and he's surprised to see that he won.]

That's surprising...I was sure you were going to win.

Edited 2015-12-07 07:21 (UTC)

[Kazuya downed the shots at a leisurely pace - though this meant he actually got to taste them and, wow, okay, thinking on it alcohol tasted pretty nasty. He set his last glass down a heartbeat after Minny, wrinkling his nose briefly before it eased into a sheepish smile]

Eh, um, well, it's kinda hard to drink fast, y'know? [He cleared his throat - such a bad liar] Guess I'll have to drink the goldfish. Ah, well, poor me.

Poor you. [At this point Minato's ended up so wasted his filter is preparing to turn in for the night and his blank stare isn't helping.] You're going to be okay, right? [Translation: Should he call the ambulance in advance?]

Huh? Of course I'm gonna be okay. It's only a goldfish.

[Though, there was the matter of getting the goldfish. Kazuya was completely naked, and he may be shameless but he wasn't going to get out and wander about in the nude when the party was in full swing. And yet, in Minny's state, could he really trust him to get enough alcohol to fill up a fishbowl? The guy looked like he'd trip over his own feet sitting down at the moment]

Though, er, maybe I'll do it later, when a waiter or someone walks by. None of us are in any state to get alcohol right now.

Good idea... [Minato also looks like he's going to collapse at any moment, and he's trying to make himself more comfortable on the seat when he suddenly gasps like he's heard something unthinkable and sits up in a hurry, which is a bad idea as advised by his pounding head.]

No way! A real goldfish?

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