[closed-ish]

[swordboning]

Who: Archer (swordboning), Saber (invisibleair), Rin (codere) and everyone that was invited!
When: November 11th (RIGHT NOW) ~4PM
Where: The Tohsaka Apartment
What: PARTY TIME. Well, a party so Rin can actually make friends since she secretly complains about not having any!
Rating/Warning: nupe

[Cooking for a large amount of people is what Archer was all about. Might as well call him the Chef Heroic Spirit instead of the Blacksmith Heroic Spirit. This guy was a complete pro in the kitchen and completely without complaint!

Tons of food, cake, and nachos and cheese and salsa (don't ask). Serving it was left up to Saber since she was still probably under punishment. Either way, she had to make up for her issues in some way!

So for everyone here, they just had to chill out and wait for Rin to return home. Which should be shortly if she's not trying to be an absolute brat. Which, admittedly, happens sometimes.]



[ooc; Please feel free to make your own threads! The top thread is what I've got for you.]

Comments

[codere]

You invited people here who hate me and expect me to get along with them? I feel so betrayed right now.

[ The brattiest Master of them all. ] I'm not going to suck up to a bunch of losers who are incapable of getting along with me.

[swordboning]

No, I expect them to get along with you and for you to at least be polite in return.

But that's entirely out of my control. At the very least, I had hoped you'd be happy that someone cares enough to do this for you.

[codere]

[ In what universe is pushing a social recluse out into company an action of someone who cares?? She frets a little, torn between her obvious discomfort and gentleness towards the man. ]

I'm content with it just being you and Saber.

[swordboning]

[Sighing but in a more goodhearted manner.]

I understand that. However, you need allies and not enemies. There are plenty of people who will accept you for who you are so you don't need to worry about changing yourself.

You may even argue and fight with those people but it's still the same.

[codere]

Archer, are you afraid that both of you are going to leave and then I'll have no one? Because I don't understand where all of this is coming from.

[ She doesn't need friends. ] The people here--myself included--are already dead. Our worlds are gone. It's unlikely that we'll ever be truly real. It's been so long since I've been alive that I can't even tell if what we are now are real or just entries in a database.

What good is there in pursuing relationships when there's nothing for it in the long run?

[swordboning]

That's definitely not a fear of mine.

But I have to say, are you mad? Are you happy? Are you feeling any emotion? If so, take the chance and indulge yourself, no matter the circumstance.

Don't miss the trees due to the forest.

[codere]

Ehh? You're saying all of that nonsense now...

[ Indulging seems like a waste. Why does everything seem like a waste!! ]

You dislike my impulsiveness and yet here you are encouraging it. You're confusing.

[swordboning]

[Shrugging.]

I know but you should find a comfortable medium. One where you can smile. As your Servant, that's all I ask.

[codere]

What a strange thing for a Servant to desire. I thought you wanted this pact because it was convenient, not because you wished to see me smile.

[ CALLING HIM OUT RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. ]

[swordboning]

That's how it started, yes. But even a Servant's feelings can change due to experiences and wants.

[TRY HARDER!!]

[codere]

If you want me to be happy, then you should strive for it with your own hands instead of relying on a bunch of strangers to do it in your place. [ TRIES HARDER?? ]

So tell me Archer.

How will you make me smile?

[swordboning]

I'm not having them do it in my place.

[Which is true. This was a method, in a way! But having fun apparently isn't a thing.]

To be honest, I don't know. However, I'm not going to cheat and ask you how. I'll simply be stubborn and continue trying until I hit on it properly.

[codere]

So you intend to be persistent despite your failures? Interesting.

[ And kind of stubborn. Wow, she really can see the Shirou Emiya in him when he gets this way. It's unsettling since she hates thinking positively of the boy closer to her age. ]

I guess I can admit I'm floored by this. I knew you were up to something, but I thought it was something nefarious. To find out you were setting this up for me... I, I guess I'm kind of grateful???!!!

[swordboning]

I'm thankful for that then. Whatever your reaction, I at least knew you'd enjoy the food. Take this as permission to sincerely indulge yourself however you want and ruin your health. If you eat an entire cake, I'll simply make another.

[codere]

I'll have a slice and then let the others take care of it for me. I shouldn't hoard all of your hard work to myself.

[ What a noble sacrifice.... ]

[swordboning]

What if I said I preferred you hoarded my work?

[codere]

I have you every single day of the week. [ Rin reminds him a bit. ]

It'll be all right to share you just this once.

[swordboning]

That's certainly your prerogative.

[Making her another cake tomorrow!!!]

But it seems Ryuko and Athena want to take the leftovers home. I suppose that's okay with you?

[codere]

I'll be generous this once. [ And only this once. ]

Those girls seem as if they don't have much between them. A lot of people here are like that, aren't they? Having to work hard to support themselves...

[swordboning]

Like Saber and myself?

[A JOKE.]

Still, you seem a little subdued. You're not going to kick my shins?

[codere]

[ Frowning a bit. ] I'd like to try to help out more, but the job suggestions I received...

[ She almost seems embarrassed to admit them as she recites from memory. ]

Cocktail waitress. Shoe store employee. Bar hostess.

What kind of jobs are those? Serving drinks to men who will stare at me in lust and placing my face near the feet of those lesser than me? Disgusting.

[swordboning]

...when you put it like that, it makes me a little mad. No, I don't think I'd really be happy if you worked either of those jobs.

[codere]

It's downright insulting. Prior to coming here and the Moon Cell, I was part of a resistance group who opposed the super power conglomerate that ruled the world! I don't deserve this trash.

[swordboning]

...I apologize for giving you grief over that.

[codere]

If you knew better, it wouldn't have come up. I just thought it was pointless to discuss it because if things continue as they have been, I'll have no choice other than to choose one of those places of employment.

[ Meaning why is he throwing a party for a bunch of strangers with money they could be spending on her?? ]

I'll figure something out in the meantime. I promised you that I would.