🌸 sunshine, she's here, you can take a break

[mistsplitter]

WHO: Everyone!! :D
WHAT: A get-to-know-you-together!
WHEN: end of August
WHERE: shinrin-yoku, Sunwaning
WARNINGS: None for now!


[ The past week, Ayaka and Aether made an announcement on the network, inviting everyone interested to make friends and meet new people to the shinrin-yoku teahouse the following weekend. Well, this is it! The time has come! ]

Welcome
🌸 shinrin-yoku seems like a simple tea house upon entering, with a large wooden sliding door that's already opened for guests to enter.

Ayaka will be the one to personally greet her guests, offering three possible areas for seating– the traditional Inazuman set up, the space for where you can let your legs down and not kneel while seated, or outside in the gardens. Familiar faces may be abound, and guests may like to walk around and see the interior, perhaps even say hello to the manager who is walking around and sniffing people here and there.

For future endeavours, Ayaka informs guests that they may use the shinrin-yoku for business gatherings and meetings. Members of Ayato's committee are more than welcome to use the shinrin-yoku, and may even become a place for exchanging information and the like. The tea house promises to be a safe place to all.

And for this particular gathering, Ayaka is not only serving tea, but also sake. It never hurts to make things more fun!


Konpeito, Truth, or Dare
🌸 All guests, upon entering, will be given a small clear glass container. They will also be presented with a giant bowl containing konpeito. They must take at least one, and as many as they could possibly want, and put it inside their own container. They are told not to eat any for now, but no one's really stopping them from doing so!

At some point during the occasion, a game is announced. Everyone is told to check their konpeito and count how many they have! Now, they must pick a partner and play a couple of rounds of truth or dare with them. Every time they get a turn, whether they pick truth or dare, they can eat a piece of candy! Or eat three or five at the same time Once they've had five rounds, though, then they have to choose another partner and start over until they've finished their konpeito bowls.

There is an added rule to the konpeitos, but not necessarily required to be followed! A white konpeito must have a truth or dare related to family, green for a "favourite", yellow for love or sex, orange for childhood or childlike-ness, and pink for "hate".

Ringo (Ayaka's Eevee) and Taroumaru will be watching people and make sure they aren't cheating! Though sometimes, they may not be looking, and can even be bribed with snacks. Participants who can finish their konpeito in an hour (which we'll conveniently handwave) will receive a box of sakura mochi to take home.


Introduction Bingo
🌸 Guests are given bingo cards to fill up at some point during the afternoon! Pens are also provided, or if they have their own, then that's cool!

Participants may put someone's name twice on any of the squares, but more than that, and it won't count. The objective is to get a blackout by filling out names of people who fit the description! How one does this is completely up to them. They could even slip it into their conversations during the truth or dare games, or just randomly walk up to people and ask them things.


Two Twists and a Lie
🌸 A card is given to participants for them to write two truths and one lie on it, then they have to pin or stick it to the back of their clothing. When someone wants to play, they must first challenge you to a game of janken. If you win, you get to turn the game around and guess which is the lie on their card. If they win, then they're entitled to one guess! If they get it wrong, you have to play janken again.

So, what happens when the person gets it right? The person can now make a rule that the other person has to follow. Whether it means they have to call you "Master", end all their sentences with "yes, please", or some other rule that you can think of! And in case you can't think of anything, there's a box nearby with cute props that you can make the loser wear: cat ears, a cat tail, bunny ears, a bunny tail, a raccoon kigurumi, and some goofy glasses.


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( OOC: Feel free to play around with the prompts. Get creative! )

Comments

[at_heart]

[ you've been getting what from who now ]

...seduction lessons. From [ Zari ] Saya?

[noodleboi]

Yep. Well a lesson but I know I learned a lot. [Nod nod. Nothing weird about those words put together like that.]

So just let me know if you need help with a maid cafe or whatever else you think of. Kind of a hero back home so helping out is what I do.

[at_heart]

You'll be my first call.

—Sorry, can I... ask what this lesson entailed?

[noodleboi]

Awesome. And sure. We went to a club. We had drinks. They were my first. Then we danced and she taught me about touching. Mood. Biting. Kissing, but we didn't actually kiss. Just talked about it and stuff. She's a great teacher. She did this thing and her eyes went red and it was like all mesmerizing and stuff.

Then I picked her up and she wrapped her legs around me. I put her on the bar. Then we went out and killed werewolves. It was a fun night.

[at_heart]

[ boy that honestly sounds Incredibly Bad And Concerning, lucky he knows Saya too well to be that worried ]

—gotcha.

You know, if you asked me for tips, I'm not sure where I'd start. [ Wry. ] Dunno that I really believe in seduction as a concept.

[noodleboi]

I had no idea where to start either. I mean, I'm new to the whole romance thing. Never really thought about it much back home.

You don't? What do you think it is instead? If that makes sense.

[at_heart]

[ Aw jeez. ]

Ehh...

I think people are either interested in each other or they're not. [ A thoughtful sip of tea. ] You can put some off with a really bad approach, sure, but even a terrible pick-up line delivered earnestly can be charming, to someone who's open to being charmed.

[noodleboi]

That makes a lot of sense. Like if you click, it works. If not, it doesn't. Yeah. I like that a lot. You're super smart. No wonder you run a while guild.

1/2

[at_heart]

[ aw, MK ]

Oh, I don't run it. I keep trying to tell Red that. Karol's the boss. Just because he's not here doesn't make it suddenly my guild. I'm just... taking care of this local branch for him.

[at_heart]

But yeah, I think — when it comes to romance? There's only really one important thing to remember.

Be yourself.

That means be real with people. Be honest and upfront with people. And trust that... whatever you're looking for? There's someone out there looking for the same thing. Whether that's having a good time for one night or a relationship with a Capital R — whether that's being with one person for the rest of your life or several — well, every pot has a lid. And your odds of finding the right person, or people, go way up if you do what you can to make sure the people you meet are getting to meet the real you.

[noodleboi]

Well then you're a good guild uh...temp-boss. Stand in, assistant manager.

[MK said with a nod. He listens and the words strike something in him. Something good. It actually makes him feel like he can understand the relationship stuff. Finally.]

Wow. Thanks. I really needed to hear that. You're a really smart person. I bet you make a great mentor.

[at_heart]

Heh. Thanks.

[ But then MK just keeps talking and jeez. ]

—I've never really been good at being anything but myself, so. It's not like I had another option.

[noodleboi]

Well you do a good job at being you and you're cool. That settles it.

[at_heart]

[ ahahaha ]

I'd say something like 'who's bad at being themselves', but. I have met some people.

[noodleboi]

Yeah, me too. So it's a good thing to be good at being you. If only that was on the bingo cards.

[at_heart]

Heh.

[ Beat, a glance down at his card. ]

Oh, right. I think we both owe each other one more? What's your flower charm color?

[noodleboi]

Oh! Mine is a Chrysanthemum. [He holds up his phone to show the yellow flower charm.]

What's yours?

[at_heart]

Lupine. [ He'll show off his phone, too. ] It's more purple than blue, unfortunately.

[noodleboi]

Okay, that is a cool cooling. Too bad neither of us got blue flowers. Oh well. Oh. My world has cell phones. Does yours?

[at_heart]

Glad you approve.

Nope. Not the one I'm from-from, anyway. Got a crash course in Tokyo-F, though.

Let's see — I've won a contest, as long as tournaments count.

[noodleboi]

Okay cool. And I think so. Like a tournament is just a contest with like stages.

I'm counting it. [He marks it down.]

Well that's the bingo cards done. Wanna do the truth and lies one next or you wanna go hit up more people for more squares?

[at_heart]

Eh, it didn't actually have those. Hundred opponents just came at me at once.

And that'd be rude! "Thank you, next"? I'm good for Truth or Dare.

[ He likes Ayaka's sakura mochi, but he's very much taking this game as a pretext to get to know people. ]

[noodleboi]

Hey, just wanted to give you the out if you wanted it.

[MK grins. Sweet. Truth or Dare time.]

I'll go first. I piiiick Truth. Since you wanna get to know me. Ask away.