[Closed] Just super-powered teenagers hanging out with other super-powered teenagers.

[good_ideas]

Who: good_ideas, queenofminiskirts, belfire, moribound, theshiningone, espersions
When: early June
Where: Shiho and Kaoru's apartment
What: The joy of food, Mario Kart (played with cheaters) and people literally popping into the room uninvited.
Rating/Warning: Too much food, too much Mario Kart and espers using their powers to ram their friends off the edge of Rainbow Road.

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Kaz owed Shiho a delicious home-cooked meal for two. Shiho owed Minato...well, a lot. She refused to tell anyone but Kaoru what it was, of course, but it's clear in the way her stance softened minutely around him that she believed she owed him that, at least.

So what better way for Shiho to enjoy this sudden influx of genuinely nice people than to invite them all over to her and Kaoru's apartment? The more, the merrier, right? It all starts out innocuous enough, with chips and chocolate and Mario Kart in the living room area while they all wait for food. Except Kaz was never told that the intimate dinner for two had long become a dinner party for friends, Shiho was using her psychometry to cheat while playing (because there's no way anyone can be that good), and a certain lolicon was never even formally invited.

Oh, and any game involving espers somehow always manages to devolve into all-out war. Wait. Is that someone hanging around outside the window?!

Comments

[belfire]

Eh? You can't cook?

[For some reason this actually startled Kaz. He had assumed that Hiro would've had, like, some culinary skill based on... actually, he didn't know what he based that assumption on. Probably because he was older, and therefore "mature" and "adult" (supposedly, anyway, Kaz had yet to see those qualities in his fellow smt protag)]

Geeze, how the hell do you survive? Do you just live off takeout or what?

[Did he make his sugar daddy Sad Duck cook for him??? That was Kaz's current most likely guess. No matter what Hiro said, he was certain there was something between those two... hmmm...]

[theshiningone]

Ah, Saiduq does the cooking for me! He's awesome! [He sticks his tongue out playfully.] I know how to cook some dishes, but I'll admit that I'm not too great at it.

[Granted, Hiro knew that his sense of hunger has dulled since he's become a deity. So eating has become more of a privilege than a necessity nowadays. It was just another hobby to remind himself that he's still... or used to be human. He fears for the day that he potentially loses his sense of taste or gets weird cravings for some alien foods out there.]

I don't need to eat as much as I used to.... But I still remember that food is a very precious thing.

[belfire]

[Called it]

That's an understatement. Food's never to be wasted, not even a crumb. Everything you make, you gotta eat every last bit of it, or give it to someone else to be eaten, y'hear?

[Kaz sounded rather passionate as he said this, wagging a finger at Hiro as if to emphasise his point - and he was! Hiro was some freaky alien-human hybrid, and if he didn't need to eat as much, and did it as a luxury... well! Kaz better not hear him wasting it by doing little nibbles and tossing the remains out!]

But geeze, I'm kinda jealous. You like a camel but with food then? Like, a sandwich lasts you for a week or something?

[That... as much as Kaz loved food, as much as he loved the idea of having access to food whenever he wished, he kind of wanted a lack of appetite. Hunger was a painful thing, and Kaz experienced it as a constant, dull ache. Human food was never fully satisfying to a demon, and while Kaz retained enough humanity for it to be... somewhat filling, it never completely eliminated that cold hunger gnawing at his insides. He'd never succumb to it, of course, even if he was on the brink of starvation, but, still. Even if he couldn't eat a single thing again, never taste any of his favourite foods or his own cooking, he'd take no appetite in a heartbeat]

[theshiningone]

Yes, Mom. I'll remember to keep my proper food etiquette.

[And as usual, Hiro takes it in stride. With the same sassy tone that he'd give his regular parents or to some kind of person of authority. Ah, he remembers his parents like it was yesterday... Though he didn't consider himself horribly close to them. No wonder he ended up being a free-spirited mischievous kid in contrast to their strict and boring ways.

Huh... When he thinks about it, Kaz even had Mom pants to boot for that new nickname. That earns him another chuckle before he speaks again.]

Well, I guess? There's stuff about my body that even I'm not aware of yet. It's kinda cool and weird at the same time... [Having his alien body felt like he was flying a jet without the instruction manual sometimes.] Now that I think about it... I did go without eating for a whole week once, but ah... That wasn't something I'd consider a usual fasting.

[Without saying it outright, he was mentioning his experience in the Underground... Which was something that he didn't want to go through again. Physically, he felt fine... But mentally, there were certain things down there that he wanted to forget about. Though there was one interesting thing that gotten him curious...]

By the way, I've got a funny question. Have you heard of something called... um... Amulet? Almond...? [Ah...] "Amala"! That's right... The Amala Universe.

[belfire]

["Kinda cool", Hiro says. Kaz couldn't quite stifle the spike of irritation at that, though he wisely said nothing in response to it. Of course Hiro would find becoming an inhuman monstrosity "cool"...]

Yeah, I have. [his tone was a little flat] It's pretty much a multi-verse reality that we all live in, and it all spins to The Great Will's tune.

[And that was the extent of Kaz's knowledge on the subject. Bel was the one who was the resident "expert" of Amala, being the ancient elder demon-god thing that he was, and when Kaz had queried it a long time ago, after hearing the term from one of the angels, Bel had thrown such a snit that Kaz didn't dare to ask again. Apparently this "Great Will" was another iteration of God - or, a combination of all the Gods in other worlds or... something? It was confusing and Kaz just simply didn't care]

I dunno how your sort come into it though. What are you... an "Administrator"? Some alien weirdo that pervs on people, right?

[theshiningone]

[It was hard to say if Hiro didn't notice Kazuya's irritation or he just didn't care. He figured that he was just always finding random reasons to get annoyed over something. Though explaining the bit about what Administrators do, Hiro pauses in mid-thought as he wondered how on to talking about it.

Hm. He figured that he could abridged it as best as he could... If Saiduq were here, Hiro would force the complex explanation on him or shove it on poor old Daichi.]

First of all, not a perv! [Well, he is, but felt the need to rebuke. With that, he continues on...] Second, Administrators are beings that exists in a realm above humans. They've pretty much been around since... forever and they've been watching over multiple worlds and universes. It's crazy multiverse stuff like that.

[There's more stuff to explain like the Akashic Record and how the Admins had control of that thing too... But Hiro didn't feel that was needed to be mentioned for now. All things considered, there were still some parts of that thing that even he didn't fully understand.]

I used to be a full blooded human, but... [He pauses a little gentler.] Things were getting really bad in my world and we were pressed for time, so I decided to become one in the end. The only downer is that I can't interact with humans ever again. [In a sense, he was just like a ghost. No one could see him nor speak with him. He was just something that makes papers fly off their desks or leaves move in the wind. Was he fully happy with his decision? Of course he had some regrets...

No, he had a ton of regrets. This whole Administrator thing was a love-hate relationship, but he always tried his best to see the silver lining. There's another short pause before tries to force out some of his cockiness like normal.] Sucks that I get a cool throne to sit in, but I can't show it off to my buddies. Not that they'll remember this handsome face.

[belfire]

[Kaz looked unimpressed with Hiro's explanation. So, they were Peeping Toms, just on a multi-universal scale...]

How the hell do you fit through doors with a head that big?

[His tone was positively dry, planting his hands on his hips and considering Hiro with an unreadable expression. He wasn't touching that bit about Hiro apparently being some sort of ghost alien, because there was a time and a place to air out those kind of heavy decisions and the consequences of them, and Shiho's kitchen was not that. Besides, Kaz knew that Hiro would dislike his own personal opinion on said consequences. So Hiro became an inhuman alien abomination and was unable to interact with humanity? Well, in Kaz's eyes, that was fair. A bit shit, but fair. Humanity shouldn't interact with supernatural entities at all, and that included Kazuya himself. He had his own plans and ambitions once he got back to his world, and while they'd be painful to carry out, he was actually hoping to end up in Hiro's own situation, even if...

...

Well, like he said: time and place. He'll leave those gloomy thoughts for later. Stupid Hiro, always kicking up unwanted dust]

Sorry to burst your bubble, Hiro, but you only rank a five, maybe a tentative six, on the attractiveness scale. You're no Okuninushi, sorry to say.

[Okay, so perhaps Kaz's scale was kind of skewed after rubbing shoulders with the perfection that was Okuninushi and Cu Chulainn, but still]

[theshiningone]

Pssh... Are you sure you're making the competition fair? Comparing me to Okuninushi?

[You asked, Kaz. Either way, Hiro gives off a wry little smirk. Was he really comparing him to a pretty looking demon? Along with many other things, he was perfectly aware that he was a pretty handsome fellow. Though the fact that even Koharu called him handsome made him wonder if it was a crime.

But even Hiro had to admit that there were some attractive demons out there. So he will give Kazuya some props for having some good taste. However, this is the boy who thought that Aramisaki was pretty for a batshit tentacle worm goddess! That had make people wonder if Hiro's tastes and preferences could be comprehended...]

Well, whatever. The point is that you consider me moderately attractive, so I'll taking that to the grave!

[belfire]

Average. I'm saying you're average.

[Kaz's face went a suspicious shade of pink at that - like hell he wanted Hiro to walk off with that stupid thought in his head! Moderately attractive, just what was that guy smoking? He had a nice face to look at, Kaz could admit that, but it was average! He'll keep shouting that until his dying breath if he had to!]

There's nothing special about your stupid face, is what I'm saying! It's stupid. It's average! Averagely stupid! Stupidly average!

[theshiningone]

Riiiiiiight, riiiiiight. Well, you're not so half bad lookin' yourself!

[Never let it be said that he doesn't return compliments despite his giant ego. But man, oh man... He is definitely taking this to the grave with him. Hiro turns his back, but you could hear the mischievousness coming out from his tone as he hops out of the kitchen. Like some trickster little bunny who got away with something naughty.]

I'm gonna go get your stuff now! Bye bye! ♪

[belfire]

[Kaz was making quiet, scandalised noises as Hiro hopped out of the kitchen, genuinely too angry and flustered to really retaliate]

Y-You-! Just- fine! Go away you- you idiot!

[HUFF HUFF HUFF! With that, Kaz returned to furiously chopping vegetables, his face a burning bright red. He's not gonna be able to look at Hiro in the face for a while...]