[ open: maid cafe fundraiser ]

[at_heart]

WHO: Yuri, Saya, Kantera, Venti, Lumine, and YOU!
WHAT: A fundraiser for office space for Yuri's up-and-coming guild, Brave Vesperia Ellipsa.
WHEN: Late April.
WHERE: Blossomcrown, a karaoke bar rented out for the occasion.
WARNINGS: Cheesecakey fun. Potentially alcohol consumption. All maids offering black menu services will be linking to an additional top-level off comm ♥

ask about bve/the fundraiser | ic menu | request a maid | byotoplevels!

[ When you head to the location of Yuri's GPS ping from yesterday's network post, you'll find a rented-out little karaoke bar with MAID FOR YOU written on a handmade banner that is temporarily covering the bar's normal name, decorated in pink and black on the inside, with a lot of cute little two-chair tables taking up most of the floor space. There are rooms in the back that would normally be for singing karaoke in private, and singing with a maid is indeed one of the things you can do with those rooms today!

The real draw, though, is all of the very cute folks dressed as maids and/or butlers today, who will — for a small fee — wait on you personally. ♥

Take a menu, select a maid, and place your orders... or just ask Yuri what all the commotion's about, he'll be happy to explain! ]


((ooc: Maid cafe fundraiser! Don't worry too much about the coins your character is spending here, nothing is too expensive (though the black menu items are at a premium), we're all just here for the CR.

PLEASE NOTE: Yuri does feel personally responsible for the safety and comfort of all the Official Maids who are trying to help him raise funds here, so he will be actively trying to curb anyone bullying their friends into signing up, and he really doesn't want anyone working for him to be wearing or doing anything that makes them uncomfortable. Adult characters who only want to wear pink ribbons? Characters who want a full coverage maid outfit, or who want to be butlers instead? Excellent exercising of your boundaries, Yuri loves that for you.

You can, however, definitely pay for the "dress up as maid or butler" menu item and use that to bully your friends to your hearts' content. 😉))

Comments

[at_heart]

The liqueur is sweet, yeah. [ Actually all liqueurs are apparently but Yuri didn't google before replying, unlike his player. ] Sweetest option would probably be a milk tea.

[acquirement]

{ bless his player }

Milk tea with liqueur? Then I'll try that, please.

{ his fave is about to reach a whole other level }

[at_heart]

[ A chuckle. ]

Coming right up.

[ He stands from the table, then pauses and says, very cheekily: ]

Oh, and I've never been shopping for my own groceries, either. But since it's more of a technicality, I'll spare you.

[ OFF TO GET THAT TEA. ]

[acquirement]

Oh? I don't see the problem with that. In that case, neither of us have a drink, correct?

{ honestly he just followed the start yuri set in motion with his never have i ever. }

But thank you again.

[at_heart]

[ Totally fair. ]

Yep. And you're welcome.

[ He makes a quick round-trip, and comes back with a steaming mug of quite alcoholic milk tea. It's Sweet™, and probably also Rose, since Ayato picked that for his coffee. ]

Which makes it my turn again. Let's see... Never Have I Ever — had anyone call me 'master'.

[acquirement]

{ he'll curl his hands around it, even if the coffee itself would have been enough to keep him warm.



but he doesn't move to take a drink. }

You are aware this very event has other people using that term to their customers?

[at_heart]

[ Settling in across from him, chin propped up on his elbow. A little bit of a shit-eating grin?

But he holds the pose only for a moment before leaning back. ]

Before today, then.

[acquirement]

{ he sighs, but then lifts the hot drink to blow on it before taking a drink. there's a small look of relief when this doesn't taste appalling. }

I should say it is much less common than other titles, so that was actually closer to being a fluke.

Never have I ever picked out my own clothes from a store.

[at_heart]

[ A chuckle. ]

Hey, we barely know each other. Flukes are part of the game.

[ That he'll drink for, but honestly also lucky; he lived in hand-me-downs before showing up in Imeeji. ]

Are we just trading class-based guesses? Should my next one be about bank balances? I think we've established that you're rich and I'm not.

[ Humming as he thinks. ]

[acquirement]

That is true, which is partly why I said my last one. We've been here a number of weeks and while previously I may have had a different lifestyle it is rather different here. The only reason I haven't picked out my own clothes is because my sister picked them out for me.

{ he has no qualms admitting that. she did a good job!! }

[at_heart]

Fun fact: the only reason I have is because this and the last place I was in gave me a lot more disposable income.

Before then, I didn't shop for new clothes so much as root through the give-aways pile back home.

Okay: Never have I ever... [ The real trouble here is that he suspects he's done way more of the fun things than Ayato. No offense, Ayato. ] written a love poem.

[acquirement]

...Did you not have work?

{ even the poorer people where he was from weren't so badly off (at least in inazuma city) they couldn't afford an outfit or at least accessories every so often. they made sure people were taken care of, after all. if anyone had troubles they'd come to the yashiro commission to ask for assistance.

but ah. well. that he won't deny, he'll take a drink. }

I used to write poetry to practice calligraphy.

[at_heart]

[ Calligraphy practice definitely tracks for his mental image of you, Ayato. ]

I worked wherever I could, but mostly — for other people just as poor as me. We shared whatever we could, whenever we could.

[acquirement]

I see.

{ honestly, it's best he doesn't say anything else, because he's trying to understand it, but it's... a bit farfetched for him. } I'll endeavour to avoid those subjects going forward then.

{ which is difficult for someone who has only ever known upper class life, so he'll turn to something else he knows he has no experience with. nor does he feel any shame for it, given his background. }

Let's see... Never have I ever been on a date.

1/2

[at_heart]

[ A crooked smile. ]

You really don't have to.

[at_heart]

[ ...And this is a very, very, very long pause, while Yuri thinks about it. He's not drinking yet. ]

[acquirement]

{ ...time keeps ticking on and ayato looks surprised. }

Oh? I thought you would have.

[at_heart]

There was a girl back home, sort of? I don't know; we were kids, it lasted about a month, and I'm not sure any of the hanging out we did actually qualified.

[ It also Felt Wrong the literal entire time, but that's neither here nor there. Not her fault, either. It's entirely possible that both she and Yuri would've rather been 'dating' someone else. ]

...I guess there's also that one time during my last kidnapping when a game screwed with everybody's — relationships, for lack of a better word? It was supposed to be a date at the time.

[ And it's mortifying to think about in any detail, which is why he's being blithe. He will take murder and trauma games any day over the ones that messed with his head. ]

[acquirement]

Considering you don't sound certain about either of those, you're free to skip as well.

{ he pauses, thinking of how to raise this but since lumine had mentioned something to do with this before... being forced into certain situations for entertainment like on a show.

at least his question will be quieter, softer as though he's very aware of how public this place is. } You don't have to answer, given what I've heard of the place, but were you also at Tokyo-F?

[at_heart]

[ Startled, then: a very sardonic sort of smile. ]

Yeah. A — few of us here were.

[acquirement]

{ ayato looks almost sympathetic when he speaks this time. }

I won't linger on it, I wasn't there myself but was told a little about what the world was like - the fact you mentioned it being treated as a 'game' is what made me wonder. Apologies if it was a surprise to hear.

[at_heart]

Nah, you're fine. I haven't exactly been hiding it.

Tokyo-F gives me new reasons to be grateful I'm here instead every single day.

[ hmmm ]

Never have I ever... [ It's just mean to say something like 'had trouble fitting in or making friends', even if he suspects that'd be a strike. ] learned a foreign language?

one day i'll stop fucking this up dsgkjn

[acquirement]

I can imagine.

{ though he won't actually drink to that. he's had to learn a fair amount for his clan's duties, but they didn't exactly need to directly interact with merchants and the like. translators could be provided and most of the governance he has to do is internal, after all. }

Unfortunately, in this case, I handle governance within the country, but in rare cases I need to interact with foreign diplomats a translator can be provided. Besides, recently the nation's borders were closed.