Day 346- Day 352: OPEN

[bastionpc]

Who: Everyone in the Bastion
Open: Open
When: 346-352
Where: The Bastion in general
What: This is the calm before the storm. Any last conversations with NPCs? Any last things to take care of? Do them here.
Format: action
Warnings: none so far


When you make a thread in this post, please put the names of the NPCs you want to respond in the header of the first comment.

As a note, this is also your last chance to make any changes that will affect how endgame begins. All things that help or hurt the Bastion residents will be tallied up on September 18th, and the final post will go up shortly after that. So if you want to catch the thief, form any alliances with other NPC groups, or anything else, now is the time to do it.

Comments

haha

[scary_music]

[Ibuki's just laughing... apparently heading for the house]

[darkshooter]

[oh goodness that's your homestead]

[we're not about to collide with it, are we]

[scary_music]

[Ibuki collides stops just short of the door and]

Ibuki's hands are full! Ikuri-chan, can you reach the knob?

[darkshooter]

[...]

[you could just put her down... but she doesn't want to suggest that.]

[It's a little awkward, and she has to kind of twist and lean in Ibuki's grasp with little Ikuri grunts, but - with your help, she can reach that knob and turn it.]


[Success! You now have an open nose door.]

[scary_music]

Good job, Ikuri-chan!

[she nudges the door the rest of the way open, rushes inside and sits on the couch with an Ikuri on her lap]

[darkshooter]

[...]

[...I still don't understand what your intention is...]

[scary_music]

[And Ibuki... starts cuddling]

[darkshooter]

[o-oh]

[but]

[but]

[scary_music]

[Ibuki can't read minds, so she's just squealing over how cute Ikuri is and snuggling]

[darkshooter]

[but those are my feelings! they should be obvious enough!]

[...]

[this doesn't compute at all.]

[scary_music]

Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuute~

[Cuddle cuddle, more cheek to cheek nuzzling too]

[darkshooter]

[no, I am powerful warrior, please respect!]

[...my sunlight is so close to me, touching my cheek, I don't know if I can handle this...!!]


[not in so many words, of course, but the feelings are something like that.]

[on the physical side of things, she's just...not pushing away, but still so very confused. her hands are kind of up like she's trying to figure out what she should do with them.]

[scary_music]

[Ibuki's just gonna keep at it for awhile then if Ikuri's not going to do anything]

[darkshooter]

[well]

[maybe]


[...reach up, a bit? and...kind of hug while you're cuddling?]

[certainly not discouraging that contact, no, but. still communicating that this is...basically okay? or trying to, rather.]

[scary_music]

[Ibuki laughs happily]

This isn't bad, right?

SURPRISE IPPO

[windgod]

[Noises from the living area? That meant it was time for Ippo to investigate, or at least poke his head into the room. He was instantly glad he did because...well, this was an adorable sight.]

Hey you two, having fun?

iyan!

[scary_music]

Ippo-chan!

Let's have a cuddle pile!!

NO ONE EXPECTS THE IPPOSITION by which I mean I am pleased to see you <3

[darkshooter]

[Oh! It's Ippo.]

[Even though this was your domain, she was still a bit surprised to see you just then. Not at all unpleasantly so, mind; Ikuri trusts you a great deal, so it's hardly unwelcome to see you there. In fact...]




[Ippo-chan this is not an everyday thing. What am I supposed to do? Please help]


[--wait, did Ibuki say something about a cuddle pile]

Always a pleasure!

[windgod]

[Poor Ikuri...he could see the confusion on her face clear as day, she had absolutely not idea what to do. The best he could do was give her a sort of half shrug...when it came to Ibuki, it was usually advisable to just go with the flow; hopefully she could read that much off of him.]

I dunno Ibuki, we'd have to ask Ikuri first.

[He wasn't about to cuddlepile with someone if they didn't want him to, that would just be rude.]

[scary_music]

It's fine, right, Ikuri-chan??

[darkshooter]

[so. so there's no choice. ...that's not strictly bad, she supposes, but...it's just. her heart (or equivalent thereof) is going a mile a minute and she is at such a loss.]

[...but. her friends...and frankly, the person who is pretty much her love at this point...are asking permission for something that matters to them. They want cuddle pile. Ikuri...can't find it in her to say no. She's not even really sure she wants to, so don't feel bad about that. It's the 'overwhelmed' moodlet that's producing any sort of back-away feeling. Especially considering her state of mind before Ibuki'd gotten to her.]



[She nods, hesitantly. Please be careful?]

[windgod]

[Oh don't worry Ikuri, Ippo is the epitome of careful. He's just going to position himself on the couch enough to give Ikuri the room she needed to be comfortable and to give Ibuki the closeness she needed to be happy. It was a rough middle ground but he managed to find it...somewhat at least.]

Is everyone okay with this?

[scary_music]

What wouldn't be okay with it??

[... yeah, of course Ibuki's okay with it as she tries to wrap her arms around both Ippo and Ikuri]

[darkshooter]

[...a small sound, quietly affirmative. You managed it well indeed, Ippo.]





[...]

[This actually isn't so bad. A little awkward still, but...huh.]

[windgod]

[Well...the triple hug was enough to kind of squish him into Ikuri, but he was doing his best to keep his weight off of her; thankfully he had a strong core and could keep the brunt of himself off her for the sake of her comfort.]

I suppose you're right. By the way, what have you two been up to today? Anything interesting?