why do i want to love?

toya aoyagi from project sekai. penned by melody.

[nocturneled]

❱❱: follows the global app / english app translations.  ❱❱: a very blunt and expressionless good boy.  ❱❱: why does a sixteen year old drink his coffee black?  ❱❱: he talks about akito too much. his partner - in music clearly. no other way.  ❱❱: please do not play classical music or ask him to play it. ❱❱: slaps him on the back. you can fit so much daddy issues in this kid.  ❱❱: i like him. (:

--------------------- PLAYLIST.   BOARD. 🥞 

[nocturneled]

splitcrxd​​​​

   Upon hearing the boy’s voice, he’d look up from his phone. Confused at first, but after he’d smile and wave his hand. “Sure, CayCay know’s all about it! What exactly do you need help with?” The guy seemed stylish enough but that soft spoken tone made him wonder what he’d want his help with.

                “ um ... my partner and i have a singing group . i want to take some of the work off of his plate to help us get the word out about shows here . so i thought social media would be good but ... ”

                  he messes with the edge of his sleeves a bit .

                “ i don’t know much about social media or how to get people’s attention on it . ”

[nocturneled]

rad-weekend​

“I’m fine, I think.” 

It was just an uneasy feeling, that he had. He didn’t like it, but was he fine? Yeah. Just because something bothered him like this, didn’t mean he wasn’t fine. Unless he had that feeling for a reason even he wasn’t aware of.

“They’re fine. I mean, they’re weeds, yeah? Most people don’t find weeds pretty. But I’d say somethin’ like if you like them so much, since they’re weeds it’d be fine to pick and take back, but I don’t know about that this time.”                

                  “ well , if you think it’s a bad idea i won’t . ”

                  while he didn’t understand akito’s thought process , he would always trust what he said . toya squats down to get a better look at one , looking between the weed and akito . 

                “ you should trust things a little more . ”

                  he blinks. 

                “ ... i don’t know why i said that out loud. i’m sorry. but i doubt it’s something dangerous ... you shouldn’t jump to bad conclusions from bad feelings you know ? ”

[nocturneled]

rad-weekend​

Akito couldn’t help the small laugh he let off when Toya spoke alongside his younger self in this memory. Of course, he remembered all of this pretty accurately too - but maybe not exactly word for word. It had been a few years, after all, and he had grown to have so many more fond memories with Toya in that time. 

Though this was probably one of the more important conversations they had had. After all, it was what lead to everything else. Going to the same high school, practicing on street corners, finding venues and shows together, sneaking Toya into his house late at night when the other boy just needed somewhere to go. Laying on his bed and staring at the ceiling, talking about anything and everything. 

This was the moment that all started, even if Akito knew for a month or two after this moment that he would remain a bit distant to the other boy out of his own worries and fears. 

He watched as his younger self scoffed, that serious look on his face changing to look a bit more amused than anything else.

“Nothing worth being curious about?”

“…you know you drew a crowd, right? A pretty decent one. Not everyone can do that. Most people have regulars they like to go watch if they’re part of this scene, and yet I saw a few wander over here to check you out instead.” 

As firm as his voice sounded, he had been genuinely curious. Music was just something he was always serious about - which made him sound a lot sterner than he actually was. 

“What’s your name?”

            the fond smile on his face never fades as he watches. this was the day that he met his sun after all - he would watch this all the time if he could. over and over. it might not be a big deal to a lot of people and he might be making it a bigger deal than akito was but --

            this day changed his life forever. 

            he reaches over, gentle taking akito’s hand in his own. it’s nothing big, just a small little act of affection for him and it wasn’t anything new between them. 

          “ akito. this is my favorite memory i think ... ”

            his voice is quiet, even if he knew the other versions of them wouldn’t hear them. he won’t say anything else though, just letting the scene in front of them play out. 

          “ well i’m tall. it’s hard to miss me. ”

            the other toya let’s out a sigh. 

          “ toya. yours? ”

[nocturneled]

            “ um ... excuse me? ”

            toya didn’t like talking to people or rather it made him extremely nervous.  people didn’t understand him or how he felt but that wasn’t there fault - it was toya’s for being unexpressive. but he was getting better at it!! he was! and he even was putting small inflection in his voice. so maybe the other person would know he wasn’t being rude or anything. 

          “ you seem to know about social media a lot ... do you think you could help me? ” 

@splitcrxd​​

[nocturneled]

rad-weekend​

@nocturneled​ // winterfes starter !

A big festival for the winter seemed to roll around, the same way it did for what happened in the summer. Which…coincidentally turned out to be perfect, since Akito knew Toya had experienced much less winter activities, than summer ones. 

( well. in general, his partner hadn’t done many “standard” activities most kids did in the winter, so both of these festivals were great. )

Apparently, there was some huge ice castle set up as a funhouse which…seemed like a waste of an ice castle to him, but whatever. It seemed like something Toya would enjoy - a large structure of ice, plenty of things to do inside, and…

Yeah, as much as he hated to admit it, he figured Toya missed Tsukasa a lot. Funhouse seemed to fall right in line with something that annoying senpai of theirs liked, which meant Toya would probably like it too. Maybe it’d open up him talking about him.

He could…put up with that for a little bit, if it made Toya feel better about being here. But for now…?

“Looks like we’re here. I think all the stuff’s inside, so if you see anything you wanna do, just let me know, ‘kay?”

              when akito said he wanted to spend time together , he didn’t know what to expect . he knew it had to be something big - if it was any of their normal activities he would just tell him they were meeting for that reason .  

              not that he was complaining . he would agree to spend time with akito any day at any time . akito was just that important to him . but when they arrive , he can’t help but just look up at the castle with a sparkle in his eye . it was big and beautiful ... like it was out of a fairytale .

              ah . but akito was talking to him . he gives a nod , reaching to take akito’s hand so he doesn’t get too lost .

            “ alright . what all is there to do ? ”

[nocturneled]

rad-weekend​​​

“Probably something like a weed, yeah.”

Akito rubbed the back of his neck lightly and glanced around the area they were in, eyes scanning carefully over all the flowers surrounding them. It was…weed. There were weeds and invasive species that moved fast, but overnight? No way that existed outside of books and movies.

Though with this…something felt…off? He couldn’t pinpoint exactly why - was it the flowers or…did he just feel off himself? Either way, it was probably a good idea to keep Toya away from them.

“Hey, lets…go. Something about them feels weird and I don’t like it.”

…wait, what did he say? It was definitely a lie about leaving the flowers alone and seeing if they could fine somewhere without them, right? 

              “ something feels weird ? ”

              he didn’t know if he would say that. that didn’t seem right ... they were pretty . though , his ability to detect danger was pretty low ... so akito was probably right . but , would akito have normally actually said that out loud ?  

            “ ... you have a weird look on your face . are you okay ? ”

              his head tilts as he looks at the flowers .

            “ they are pretty . ”

[nocturneled]

              “ huh ? ”

              it seems toya had been otherwise occupied looking at the flowers that had started to sprout ... well everywhere. he liked it .. it felt straight out of a book he had once read. the only thing that snapped him out of his thoughts was akito calling for him. blinking, he looks up, his head tilting a bit. 

            “ sorry. aren’t these flowers weird...? they are everywhere. are they an invasive species...? ” 

@rad-weekend​​

[nocturneled]

carrdsoldier​

“Upset? Not at all. I was worried I had interrupted your reading and you didn’t want anyone bothering you - that was just my own thought.”

“Tea? Sure, I like it well enough. It’s really popular where I’m from…but I actually haven’t had tea made like this in a long time.”

With all the tea parties and unbirthday parties, paired up with the rules in the doctrine of the Queen of Hearts…yeah - catered tea like this he hadn’t had since middle school, at least. But he wasn’t complaining - making it the way it was supposed to be made was actually nice, when he was in the mood for it.

Plus he got the chance to try all sorts of more expensive teas he never would have had the chance to, on his own.

“Are you a fan of tea? I could actually make some recommendations based on what’s popular from my home, if you enjoy it. There’s a place in one of the wards here where you can get things from everyone’s homes.”

            “ my family liked fancy drinks like this. fancy tea, fancy coffee... so i guess in a way it’s popular where i’m from as well. ”

              this was ... nice? was he making friends? or at least maybe was on the way to making friends. he seemed nice, like him and toya could get along. even though this was scary, talking to someone new, he was doing okay. even if he wasn’t with akito right now. 

            “ i’m more a coffee person, but tea occasionally is nice. but i would take any recommendations. though i didn’t know anything about a place like that. ” 

              ways to keep the conversation going, asking questions and learn more about the other person. right? that’s how most people kept conversations going. unless he was with akito, then he didn’t feel like he needed to.

            “ where are you from? if you don’t mind me asking... ”

[nocturneled]

rad-weekend​

A sigh passes over his lips, and he brings a hand up to rub at the back of his neck. It was a fond sound escaping him though, matching the look on his face as he glanced over to Toya.

It was a simple reply, and most people probably wouldn’t think anything of it, but Akito had gotten good at reading between the lines to figure out what Toya actually wanted to say or express. There was nothing he could do to stop him from worrying, even after they got used to all of…whatever this was.

…but he was just as excited to perform, wasn’t he?

“Right, right. I just want to make sure we leave a good first impression, you know? We had lots of time to build ourselves up around Vivid Street. This is a blank slate - we’re getting some real good feedback and opinions out of putting on a show here.”

Aun no Beats wasn’t a bad choice. But they hadn’t refined it, polished it until it shone. That was always just a song they sang together, when they felt like it. Away from the eyes of criticizing music fans.

Honestly he was a bit…nervous, to put it out there for people to judge. Especially when he knew how it’d go - Toya would be praised for his range, his gentle voice, his perfect pitch. Akito would…be criticized. Questioned. The point of confusion - because why would someone as musically gifted as Toya, pick someone talentless like him as a partner.

And he told his partner, and the girls, that he wouldn’t stop pushing himself away from them anymore but…that didn’t just magically erase his insecurities. 

“…hah. Alright. If you want to, we could do that. What could go wrong, right?” 

            “ i think anything we do would leave a good impression. you’re amazing, akito. anyone can see that. ”

              to toya, akito shone just as a bright as the sun or a guiding star when one was lost at night. but, he could understand the hesitance. the ability to let yourself not be perfect was one he had to discard along with his old ideals. so, he knew how hard it hard it was. 

              but, he knew akito well, well enough to notice the hestiance in his agreeing. akito would rarely ever say no... maybe a new place wasn’t a good time to push him into showing off what he didn’t feel prepared for. 

            “ um. we don’t have to. we can do something else. maybe fragile? would that be better? ”

[nocturneled]

zenobomber​

“So, uh…you lost too?”

When he first decided to do this maze - not really for the prize, but just to have fun - he figured it’d be easy enough! Mazes were easy on paper, easy in theory. He could take one look at one and find the right path, no trouble to it. But actually being in one…wow, it was a lot harder to visualize the path in his head based on how far he had wandered in so far.

It seemed like he wasn’t the only one, thankfully, given he had stumbled across a fork in the maze that another person was standing at. A teenager? Either way, he had a puzzled look on his face like he was seriously contemplating which way he wanted to do.

Maybe they could team up? He wasn’t in a huge rush to get out, not that he could rush if he wanted to, but the magic lights that were scattered around the maze were a pretty amazing sight. He couldn’t complain! 

“I don’t even think I’ve been at this fork before. You try either of the paths yet?”

                he didn’t think the maze would be this hard . in theory , it was going to be easy . toya was good at puzzle games of all kinds , which is why he thought the maze would be easy . he took his time as he went through it , making a mental map in his head of what he thinks it looks like . .. which could be completely wrong . but hey it was something ! 

                stopping at fork , he raises a hand to his chin as he thinks . there is an attempt to imagine what each path could look like , trying to think of it like other maze games he’s played . but ah.. it was so much harder when you were actually inside of the maze . 

                the sudden voice makes him jump a little , lost in his own thoughts that he didn’t even hear someone come up behind him . 

              “ ah . i apologize , am i in your way ? ”

                with a shake of his head , he lets out a small sigh . 

              “ i haven’t tried either . i’m trying to think which would be better but .. i don’t know if there is any logic to it... ”

[nocturneled]

rad-weekend​

“Worried? Well, sure, there’s plenty to worry about right now but…”

“…don’t go worrying about me, alright?”

He knew Toya well - better than anyone, probably, and that was something he’d proudly gloat about. But in knowing him, he learned to read between the lines of what he said, what his expression looked like, and what he actually meant. Thankfully it was something he had gotten very good at, since the start of their partnership. Especially after their brief falling out.

You were worried about me, weren’t you? 

He’d have to tell Toya to worry about himself, if it got bad enough, but…even if it didn’t look it from the outside, Toya had always been the more carefree between the two of them. Akito liked structure, and schedules. He liked things he was familiar with and stuck to it, but he wasn’t afraid to try new things if he needed to, or just wanted to. Toya was usually okay going with the flow which…he couldn’t blame him for, knowing his past.

This whole situation definitely wasn’t something he was handling well, but…he was latching onto music right now. Easier to find the thing he was most familiar with - the thing that gave him structure and something to focus on with every ounce of his energy - than worry about how he wound up here, and if anyone even noticed that he was gone how An, Ken, and the others were doing without him back home. 

“Aun no Beats…? We haven’t really done that in front of a crowd before - it could be risky. But it could be fun, too.”

            “ i can’t make any promises . ”

               his reply was simple as most times . and as always , very true . it wasn’t like toya could simply not worry about akito - he always did . how could he not worry about the well being of the one who saved him ? the one he cared for more than anyone else ? worrying about him was basically second nature , as easy as standing next to him . 

                still , he wouldn’t push it . he could only guess his eagerness to jump into music was his way of dealing with this . as always , toya was eager to indulge him . why would he not be ? he loved to see that determined look on his face , which was different depending on what he was focused on . the music look was his favorite he thinks .  

              “ risky but fun . besides , i don’t think it’s that risky . we work hard like always and there is always a first for singing in front of people , right ? so , it couldn’t go that bad ? ”

                 a pause while he thinks . 

              “ besides , you’re always great . i don’t think you should worry about trying something new . ” 

[nocturneled]

carrdsoldier​

“Sorry! I don’t mean to interrupt your reading.” 

“But…thank you, if you really don’t mind.” 

He probably should have looked a bit better to see if the other had been doing anything before he spoke up, but he…didn’t seem like he minded that much? Deuce wasn’t the best at reading people anyways, but verbal confirmation was enough for him to go ahead and set out his blanket and sit down, holding the cup of tea and little plate of food he grabbed carefully. 

After sitting down, he turned his attention to the other boy and smiled, offering a quick nod.

“It’s nice to meet you too, Toya! I’m Deuce. I’m not always the best company either but…well, that’s probably just what other people tell us, right? I’m sure you’re great company.” 

            oh crap . the boy was apologizing .. did toya have that scary look on his face ? hopefully he didn’t scare him off or make him feel like he had interrupted him . he didn’t mind being interrupted - really !! but his lack of expression might have made him seem otherwise . 

            his anxiety fades when a smile if offered and normal conversation was struck up . a breath he didn’t even know he was holding in is let out as the other speaks . okay . good , he didn’t mess it up . 

          “ it’s nice to meet you too , deuce . you already seem like good company . i was worried i had made you think i was upset ... ” 

            a pause , thinking about how to add to the conversation . oh he really was bad at this . 

          “ i’m not a very talkative person is all . do you like the tea ? i think it was made really well for being such a big event . ”

[nocturneled]

rad-weekend​

“Right! We’re still doing shows as BAD DOGS back home, but it’s been a second since we’ve done a battle of the bands with just the two of us.” 

Not that he was necessarily upset with that. While he definitely wouldn’t have envisioned himself teaming up with An just a short few years ago, he was glad they were performing together now. Even if there was no way in hell he’d say that to her face. With Kohane too - RAD WEEKEND was looking like it’d be more and more obtainable every day, as a group.

Even if he himself had a long way to go to match the level of his teammates. 

“It’ll be a good opportunity to show this place what we’re made of. A chance to see what other bands here are like too. We might be able to get an in with some venues if we chat them up enough and make a good impression with our singing.” 

“But we gotta decide what to perform first. Fragile? Ghost City Tokyo? We have a couple of options, but I wanna know what you’re feeling before I sign us up.”

          “ and here i was worried ... ” 

            akito didn’t seem to be one to like change or take spontaneous situations the best . even if he was smart enough to navigate them with ease , toya was worried akito would have been really stressed about not being at home . but with him talking about performing with the same bravado as usual ... well nothing was going wrong here he thinks . 

            he can’t help the small smile on his face as akito talks about getting their name out here . making the best of a questionable situation ... how very akito of him . though , the smile is replaced with a confused look , his head tilting a bit . they did have a lot of options for what they could sing .

          “ hmm ... ghost city tokyo might be nice ? it’s upbeat and fun . good for people who have never heard us . or maybe we could try performing aun no beats in front of people ? ”

[nocturneled]

rad-weekend​

@nocturneled​ // dreamscape starter !

It wasn’t like most dreams he had. 

When Akito dreamed - he was in control. Not in the lucid dreaming sense, but he was the starring role of the story. He was experiencing everything in a dream the same way he would be if he was awake. Even if the story was guided, the actions felt like his own.

But this was different. He was watching a memory - a very good one - play out, like if he had pulled up a recorded video of the event on his phone and pulled out his earbuds, handing one to Toya and keeping one for himself. Because…oh yeah, Toya was watching it with him. And it was strange, but it wasn’t bad. 

Because this was their memory. It was when they met.

Vivid Street looked just how he remembered it did that day. It was only a few months after RAD WEEKEND, and there were still ripped corners from flyers people had stolen hanging up on the brick walls and metal lamp posts. He had taken one himself, it was in his bedroom on the wall behind his desk.

He had already formed a rivalry with An, a mentor-student like relationship with Ken, and was a regular at Weekend Garage. He had dropped art entirely to put all of his energy into singing, and sing he did. On street corners, in Weekend Garage, at live events. He had been fine going completely solo at the time - trying to find a partner was too much work. No one would fit with him, no one was passionate about his dream like he was. That’s what he thought, and that’s what he stuck to…

…until that day. Someone new was singing on the corner - and he had started to keep track of who sang where. The power of the other’s voice, the emotion and passion behind it…it immediately made him latch on. The boy couldn’t have been any older than him, and yet he sounded like he had years of professional experience under his belt. Sure, the genre choice he had picked made it seem like he didn’t have much experience in it, but Akito could tell there was something there.

So he waited, hair not yet dyed and middle school uniform hanging off of his body slightly as he grew into it, merging into the crowd of Vivid Street regulars to listen to the other sing. And as soon as he was done, as soon as people started to leave, he pushed his way over to stand in front of the other teenager, a serious look on his face.

“Hey. You’re new around here, right? I haven’t seen you sing before.”

                      this city was strange . 

                      after all , it was his only reasoning for why they were watching their first meeting together again . not that he minded . it was a cherished memory , one that he held near and dear to his heart always . if he could , he would record it while they watched it play out - just so that he could watch it over and over again . 

                      but it seemed like he couldn’t do that in the middle of a dream . that was okay . as long as he could see it again , replay it at least once , that was more than most people got when it came to their cherished moments . 

                      he remembered his first thought about akito - it was that he was fake . if that wasn’t obvious by how cold and closed off he was at their first conversation . not that he was any better , singing on street corners because it would make his father angry . it was his form of rebellion , nothing more and nothing less . or that is what he told himself at least until years later akito finally knocked some sense into him . 

                      his gaze shifts to the akito next to him , his partner watching the same scene as him . he seemed just as entranced by watching their meeting as he was . a fond smile appears on his face , a light laugh coming from him before once again resting his sights on the two younger versions of them . 

                      this conversation was engraved in his heart , which is why he could speak the same exact words at his younger self at the same time as him . this time it is said with a lightness to it , a tenderness as if it was confession of love . 

                      which it kind of was , a way . it was his first words to the boy that would change his life forever . 

                    “ ... so what ? it’s nothing worth being curious about . ”

[isolaradiale]

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Summer days drift along, the cozy air of offshore breezes drifting nothing but pleasant scents and desires for it to never end. Were it only so easy as that, for happier days long since gone to have never ended. “Hm. If only,” someone muses softly, one hand pressed to her cheek as a foot twirls beneath her desk. Shoulders ease with a release of a sigh from Pleiades’ lips, observing the ongoing lives which many have fastened themselves into. Whether of those older residents of a years time or fresher faces, she could only imagine the trials which they faced to be more hardship than what payoff they might be getting---regardless if it be the stars themselves or the very ones under their watchful gaze.

“You know, for all we’ve asked of them, it simply won’t do to only give back what they’re supposed to work for regardless. After all, deities should be gracious when their subjects have far exceeded their expectations. Or something along those lines.”

A wave of her hand at her musings with the lean back in her chair. Shifting a hand to adjust her glasses, she tucks blonde tresses behind her ear in thought of it all. Perhaps, with the knowledge they have now, it would not be so hard pressed to do even a little as that. Fingers are quick to align themselves to her keyboard, tapping away for moments on end as if to calculate the appropriate approach on the matter, let alone to inform the others of her brief decision, and before long the very solution which would usher in a time of rest for the weary souls who have done more than any should ask of them.

Time flows ever on upon the island, unchanging as ever... until a lavender aura, hardly seen by the untrained eye, begins to drift upon the citizens. Aromas of familiarity enticing their senses, the sound of a voice calling their name in the distance which might pull their focus from a task at hand, slowly sapping their strength with each passing second. Tenderly, like a long forgotten lullaby meant to soothe one into a gentle slumber before all goes white...

“Oh, but do rest well, my little subjects... there’s no denying you really have deserved it.”

                                                      ☆               ☆                ☆

So what’s happening?

Simply put, all of your muses have drifted to sleep after the more lavender tinted aura has overtaken the wards and even the branches. Whether they were hanging out somewhere outdoors or even chilling in their home, they would have felt their strength slowly fade and a heavy tiredness overwhelm them before falling asleep. Don’t worry, though! Many of the NPCs seem to have caught any in more unfortunate circumstances (standing up when this all happens) so that they wouldn’t have been harmed when sleep overtook them.

How does this work?

Essentially, your muses will experience dreams while in this sleeping state. Or, more specifically, memories that are posed as dreams, drawn from the characters themselves. Your memories can be either big or small, little ones which hardly have any effect other than the smallest blip of happiness or those that have made an astounding impact on you as a whole. Though, most notably, they’re intended to be good memories! Ones that are heartfelt or were of happier moments. Anything that fits in these moments, whether it was time spent on a battlefield or just leisurely laying in a tree eating a fruit, are all capable of manifesting in these dreams.

Likewise, while you sleep, your character’s body will be given all the benefits of getting a good nights rest by tenfold, rejuvenating itself over time the more dreams they experience. If you didn’t feel well rested before, you definitely will feel high energy at the end of it all, at least for a short while before it gets all used up over the next few weeks.

Basically this is the Stars way of saying you all deserve a good rest.

Are we the only ones who can experience our dream?

Absolutely not! More than your own muse can share your dream, whether they’re from the same world or a stranger entirely. You’re welcome to have anyone and even a multiple of people, not just one other, experience the memories with you as you see fit.

Cool, but what about bad memories?

The intention of this is to give people relive their good memories and dreams overall, though that isn’t to say some bad ones can’t slip in due to a hiccup or two. Sometimes it just happens. So if you really want your character to relive some bad memories, we won’t stop you at all, so feel free to slip in some bad memories as well if that’s what you’d like to do.

Are we stuck with only one memory?

Absolutely not! Please don’t feel stifled that you are only kept to one memory or dream. Throughout this time, muses are absolutely able to cycle through many different memories that you want to explore, whether it be your own or falling into another dream of someone to experience. Feel free to shift through as many memories as you want in either one thread or several, the sky is the limit.

Is there a wrong way to relive a memory?

Nope! It’s completely up to the mun on how they might want to relive it. If you’d prefer to have your character to be a third person viewer, such as merely observing the memories pan out while they watch on and essentially watch themselves interact with the world as it happened, that’s completely fine. They can still interact with the setting and people in their dreams and memories just the same, though in a way there would be two of them walking around: themselves as they are and the them from the memory itself. However, you can also take it as a first person stance, such as you being put in place of your memory self and interacting that way, as if you were truly reliving that moment.

Can we alter memories at all?

No. Nothing changed in these dreams will permanently alter any memories. Even then, while the memory doesn’t have to play out to every little detail as your character recalls, the core event of the memory will still conclude as it would have. That being said, if your memory is of a farewell to someone, you can’t alter it to where they would stay indefinitely and the dream would find a way to make it end how it would have come to pass. However, little interactions are perfectly okay, such as telling someone you love them when you hadn’t before and receiving a response that was never given, or more playfully removing an item from the scene which would make the memory figure in question have to look to find it, etc.

Do we have to have our characters participate?

As with every event, this is very much optional! Maybe the aura didn’t affect your character at all, so you’d still be awake. Hopefully it might not be a little too strange walking by and seeing some people napping on a random patio or against a wall, though... but at least the NPCs are still wide awake to take your coffee orders and drive you around, right?

I have a question I don’t see here. What do I do?

If you have any other questions, just send an ask to the MASTERLIST and we’ll get it answered as soon as we can!

How long will this run for?

The event will run from 7/04 through 7/25!

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carrdsoldier​

@nocturneled​ // spiralefes starter ! 

It had been awhile since Deuce had attended a tea party. Or, uh…just generally drank tea. There were too many rules about it that he had still yet to fully memorize, and even if he was sure Riddle wouldn’t care…that much, and even if they weren’t at school, he was still a Heartslabyul student. 

He’d still at least try to follow the rules he did remember. ( and that weren’t absolutely insane ) 

But, here he probably didn’t need to follow the rules. It was late into the night, and the tea and the little finger foods were catered, he didn’t really have control over how they made it. 

He came prepared with a blanket, but it looked like he showed up a little later than other people…there weren’t too many spots left that weren’t next to someone else, but he didn’t have any problems asking. He just hoped other people didn’t have a problem with it. 

Oh well. The best place to start was with someone who looked to be around his age, right?

“Uh…’scuse me! You don’t mind if I sit next to you, do you? We don’t have to talk or anything if you don’t want to but…”

                       considering the events that had shown up what seems like just before toya’s arrival , he wanted to use these to try to learn more about the city . this tea party sounded nice . it wasn’t really akito’s scene which is why he didn’t really ask if he wanted to go . being alone during big things wasn’t something toya was unfamiliar with . not in a sad way , but he was a loner for most of his life . 

                        most people stayed away from him , which he expected . his face wasn’t the most inviting when people didn’t know him . it was apathetic and unchanging , which was unnerving to other people . he didn’t mind though . he brought a book to read while he enjoyed the drinks and snacks . 

                        hearing someone actually speak to him though he perked up , carefully placing his hand where he was in his book so he didn’t forget to mark it should he need to close it .  

                      “ i don’t mind . ” he didn’t mind speaking , it’s more so that he was bad about it . he seemed around his age .. which made it easier ? maybe ? “ .. i’m not the best company sometimes , but i don’t mind talking either . i’m toya . it’s nice to meet you . ”