ensemble ❋ an otherworldly celebration!

[eccitato]

Who: The Ensemble Stars cast, for as disastrous as they all are combined.
Where: The kitchen
When: Midafternoon for the cast gathering, early evening for Knights ""meeting""
Rating PG13 for Sena's terrible mouth, mostly
What: A gathering orchestrated by a king that will probably go horribly wrong, but everyone's feeling a little better now, right? (And then Knights celebrates Ritsu's birthday.)

THE ENSEMBLE ❋

[ Well.

Leo gets it in his head, after talking to Astoria, to maybe get things together now that they're starting to feel better. Not by a lot, but that's mostly why he's opted to pick the place that he has. The kitchen isn't too far away from where everyone else is, and it's where they can get food and maybe just sit down and not have to deal with anything. Even Little John is in brighter spirits!

So, he sends out the message to everyone (with some help reminding him who's here, because he's not wholly sure someone else hasn't maybe snuck in when he wasn't looking): ] meet in the kitchen! if you have any questions about the temple and what we're doing here and how this whole thing works, guess what!! i have some an~swers ♪

[ Because he... actually does, for once? Weird.

So Leo can be found seated on one of the tables, tapping away at his Struxta tablet and humming to himself while he waits, Little John nestled in his lap underneath the device.

Feel free to also use this log to simply mingle with one another, threadjack, gossip, etc! ]

THE PARTY ❋

[ It takes a lot of pestering Sena to get him to make a cake, but, by god, he gets him to make a cake. It's not a very big one, but it is chocolate. Someone must have had it, or it was stocked already, or they got it from a different world, but - whatever, doesn't matter. Chocolate cake.

Getting a candle is trickier, he thinks, but he manages. One works for the occasion, so he gets it and sets it down next to one of the fire ovens to make sure they can light it later.

And then he goes to collect Ritsu, the most difficult task of all. Tracking him down isn't too hard, and it'll give Arashi and Sena more time in the kitchen if he's the one to locate where he's flopped over to take a nap. ]

Rit~tsu, Rit~tsu, where'd you gooooo?

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[strayknight]

Leo giving...Answers?

[As the message went unread by Ritsu for at least five minutes, the dinging alert was what finally got him to look. Reading it...it wasn't what he expected. Honestly, he expected maybe Secchan would provide some answers but this should be a fun explanation by the king.

Yawning loudly as he enters the kitchen he runs a hand through his hair before rubbing an eye. It wasn't hard to spot Leo.]

Ousama...?

[A curious look on his face he approaches him and drapes himself over the other.]


Birthday Devil


[The birthday boy in question had the full plan to sleep all day long without being interrupted. It was his birthday after all, right? When it was night fall he expected to be spoiled but for now a nap was the best plan.

It might take a little searching but a blanket poking out from under a table is a telltale sign he was discovered. Why he was under a table? That was a great question with no real answer besides...Ritsu.

Nice and cozy with the blanket and pillow he's sound asleep until his name causes him to stir...but only slightly. It might take more convincing that just his name.]

ensemble~

[finethanks]

[Eichi shows up rather early to all of this. After all, Leo sent the invite, and that's enough to be interested for him. He's sitting there, minding his own business, smiling brightly, and that's probably enough to raise suspicion. But to anyone who asks, he's just here as instructed? He's following directions and eager to learn? ♪

He looks a lot better than he did on the first days of his arrival. Not healthy, necessarily, but not like he's at too much of a low point, either. He's been resting!

To anyone who even glances his way, he lifts his hand with a smile and gives a cheerful wave.]

[crystallomancy]

[ Natsume similarly looks much better than the past week or two, though he walks in (punctually early, naturally), sees Eichi,

and very much looks like he's contemplating just leaving. Honestly, there being so many of Knights here, and Eichi on top of it, with no allies of his own to watch his back, makes his skin crawl. But. It's his trade, and his hobby, to gather information, so after a stiff moment of standing in the doorway, he enters and takes a seat beside Eichi.

...Not to sit next to him, but to drag it a ways away and sit in it then. Pointedly. ]

I doubt there's much to be learned here that we couldn't have asked Astoria-sama ourselVES, but I'm interested in what can be shared regardLESS. [ a small wave. all of this is a bit open to everyone but, you know. ] ...The people here are from such varied PLACES, aren't THEY.

[runwaying]

[ she arrives a little bit later than the two of them, only because fashionably late is the way to go.... (okay no, that's a lie, she's actually on time, they're just early) but hey. she may not be as aware of eichi and natsume's... feud... as this player is, which absolutely gives her the perfect excuse to sort of just. slip into their conversation, mostly responding to natsume in the first instance.

she's good at making unannounced entrances apparently. ]

Astoria-san is a little bit indisposed at the moment, unfortunately - she needs to rest~ so I don't think it would be in our best interests to ask her things in her condition.

[ punctuating this with a wave in return at eichi before she kind of pulls up a chair and acts as a buffer between eichi and natsume. it's fine. ]

You're right, though, there are a lot of people from different places~ I met some people who originally had powers even before they were... pulled here? That's the term some people use, anyway.

[finethanks]

[Eichi looks glad for the cheerful wave exchange from Arashi, though his sharp eyes do linger on Natsume, all the same. Haha, keep being so riled up like a cat, it's all the more interesting.

Outwardly, he doesn't seem to mind this set up at all. He's smiling, he's comfortable, and he's not in such a bad condition today, so it's all good.]

That's right, isn't it? I also met a soldier in full armor, and a boy who told me I could help him to mix cures for the ill. We truly are Alices in our own wonderland, aren't we? It's quite exciting.

At the same time, it all feels like some sort of a fever dream, when it's as unrealistic as this... Though days pass and I experience pain just like in reality, it feels surreal, doesn't it? I'm not quite sure how we fit in, to be honest.

you get two tags how lucky are you

[eccitato]

[ Leo doesn't look up from his tablet right away, his body slouching forward with the weight of Ritsu's body. Little John is just a purring loaf in the cradle of his lap, hardly fazed by the sudden presence either.

But he does eventually stop writing, lifting his hand up to pat, pat, pat Ritsu's head before he scratches his fingers into his hair at the top of his head like he's a cat. ]

Hel~lo, Rittsu! Welcome, welcome, there's plenty of places for you to nap here in the kitchen, but I think Sena would be naggier than usual if you slept through this.

[eccitato]

[ There he is. It's more the combination of seeing the tailend of the blanket, and then the slight bit of stirring, that draws his attention to where Ritsu is. He huffs a fond noise as he makes his way over, dropping down into an easy crouch with his knees up by his chest to peek under the table.

And then he weasels his way underneath the table, draping bodily over Ritsu's blanketed figure and putting his chin on what he presumes to be his shoulder.

In a dramatic whisper: ] Rit~tsu.

[eccitato]

[ After everyone's gathered in the kitchens, Leo -

Well, Leo pops up to his feet after removing his cat from his lap, dusting himself off and beaming at the collection of them. It's most of his Knights, Eichi, and Natsume of the oddballs.

Ah.

This is definitely going to be interesting, and even he knows that. Will he act like it? Certainly not! So he puts his fists on his hips, remaining on top of the table so he can see everyone, be seen by everyone, and be heard by everyone. Really, pity for anybody who comes into the kitchen wanting to use it for its actual purpose, only to see all of these idols with some bad blood in their veins and an orange gremlin on the goddamn table. ]

All~right! Seeing as how I have the most experience with this kind of thing, I've taken on the duty of teaching all of you! You're welcome. ♪ [ Leo. ] This is a very good time, too, because now that the Temple is all bright and lively again, we'll prob~ably be moving to the next world. It's been about a month now, right, right?

Mm, so, welcome to the Circle, officially! How lucky are you to have a king like me to answer your questions? [ Leo. ]

[crystallomancy]

[ Natsume manages the feat of looking unimpressed but curious at Leo. It's a gift, honestly. ]

I wonder if a king like you is actually fit to LEAD. [ ...but he isn't. going. to bring up everything so ANYWAY MOVING THE FUCK ALONG. ] I asked Astoria-sama about the next WORLD, but then we drifted off topic due to the nature of AkVOS.

[ it is full of water and natsume already hates it ]

...When you say we move to the next WORLD, how do you MEAN? Is it a jump like in science-ficTION, or is it something smoothER, like simply waking up and finding yourself THERE?

[crystallomancy]

...I hate to agree with you once AGAIN, but it is curious that there should be people who are useful in the sense they have powers beyond our comprehension naturalLY, while we—mere idols, ordinary humans—don't have anything similarly useful to ofFER... That we should both be HERE.

[ Hmmm. Natsume leans back in his chair, lips twisted in thought. ]

I wonder if that's the cause of us having powers THEN, like Tenshouin-senpai's ability to heal things at a dangerous energy COST, or my ability to... [ a beat. uh. he doesn't actually know how to describe his ability, but. ] ...augment others through SPELL.

[ ...That'll work. ]

To stand on the same stage as THEM, so to SPEAK. But still: we are iDOLS. I suppose we could always offer morale support through SONG, keeping spirits up and spreading smILES; it isn't as if we have a rule like "You must participate in a unit of two or more people" to adhere to here eiTHER, so it's perfectly acceptable to do so on our OWN... [ ...he's getting off track, a little, but he's wondering. Why them. Why idols of Yumenosaki Academy, of all places. ]

[runwaying]

You could always ask Astoria-san~ ♪

[ shrugs and leans back in her chair. ]

I will admit that I've never actually asked her why we were chosen of all people, but she does have a tendency to speak in riddles and cryptic thing. Not unlike yourselves, naturally~

[ pew pew shots fired, she's definitely shading natsume and eichi both with their grandiose prose style. too cryptic for them plebs. ]

Perhaps you will have an easier time unpacking her motives than any one of the rest of us?

[crystallomancy]

[ hey ]

Don't lump me together with HIM. I have reason for speaking the way I DO.