Day 110 :: action [OPEN]

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Who: Mireille and anyone
Open: Open
When: Day 110
Where: Inside the Distillery
What: After getting the different items requested last time, Mireille has a treat for everyone.
Format: action
Warnings: none

[A delicious smell begins to waft out of the Distillery in the early afternoon. Anyone who investigates will find that Mireille has baked a rather large cake, topped with bright yellow frosting and blue flowers.

Also, whoever enters the Distillery will be asked a question.]

What do you think: should it be served now, or after dinner?

Comments

[individuates]

[Tama-chan flicks out her tongue in return and Kaoru chuckles]

...yes, I'm sure she will. She seems very fond of you - you and Seimei. [reaching out a hand to help Rin up] Sometimes it feels like I'm just her fancy transportation.

[hellpyre]

Aww, be nice. She loves you too, Mama-Kaoru.

[Rin takes the offered hand, getting to her feet and dusting off her skirt.]

Thanks.

[individuates]

[you may say that, Rin, but Tama-chan seems to be gearing up to make the big escape from Kaoru's shoulder to yours] She's already abandoning me, see? All right all right, your legs are only small you're not going to make it without help.... ...I don't know how she's going to manage when she gets bigger. I can carry her around fine for now, and she's not grown that much since she hatched, but if she gets heavier - or bigger...


[reddening a little at the Mama comment] I... I'm not.

[hellpyre]

Tama-chan, stay with Kaoru. [She puts a finger on her snout.]

It's not nice to ignore your mama.

[This is Rin completely ignoring your protests, Kaoru.]

[individuates]

[Tama-chan makes a little nose in her throat, staring at Rin. You don't want her, Auntie-Rin-chan?]

But... but I'm not a Mama. Or at least not in the regular sense.

[hellpyre]

Shh... later, okay?

[You'll get your attention from Auntie Rin soon.]

I'm just teasin'. But you are a parent, in a loose sense.

[individuates]

I guess. [steering them towards the Monument, gently rubbing the side of Tama-chan's face with his hand, making her lean into his cheek] But do you really have to call me mama? It's a little embarrassing...

[hellpyre]

I'm not doin' it in front of anyone else~

[But she drops the teasing tone, giving him a nudge.]

But I'll stop.

[individuates]

If she ever calls me "mama" I know who to blame.

[hellpyre]

[Sorry, Kaoru, she's just going to grin like she's completely innocent.]

[individuates]

Tama-chan?

[feel that, Rin? That's Tama-chan's tail swishing around to thump against your shoulder. And Kaoru definitely has a smirk on his face...]

[hellpyre]

Erf--!

[Ow. Heavy anklegator tail.]

Ruuuuude.

[individuates]

[oh my god, that actually worked?! Laughs and scratches Tama-chan under the chin]

That's my clever girl~!

[hellpyre]

Oh just use your shards.

[huff. You caught her off guard, that's all.]

[individuates]

Oh, but your face... [chuckles as Tama-chan slips off his shoulder to the ground]

...do they have a menu or something, or do I just close my eyes and think really hard?

[hellpyre]

Yeah yeah.

[She rolls her eyes at him, crossing arms over her chest.]

Just think really hard. That's what I did for the onsen.

[individuates]

[Tama-chan starts rubbing the side of her horn against Rin's boot. Don't be mad, Auntie-Rin-chan!]

All right. Well, I've got a quite a lot of shards stored up. Guess even if it doesn't work it can't hurt.

[well, first he needs something to defend himself with. Just to set Seimei at ease. Better not picture it too literally though. He doesn't want a giant shield to come crashing down out of nowhere.]

[hellpyre]

[Not mad, just her usual prickly irritated self.]

Go for it.

[Admittedly that would be kind of funny...]

[individuates]

[all right. Shards in. Let's do this thing]

[his face scrunches up in concentration for a few minutes before he opens one eye tentatively]

...I don't feel any different.

[But at least he wasn't crushed!]

[hellpyre]

Well... it's an ability, right? Like my fire. Not a weapon. You gotta focus on it to use it, y'know?

[individuates]

[stepping back] All right, so let's test it. Throw something at me and... I'll see if I can block it, I guess.

...Tama-chan, leave her feet alone for a sec.

[hellpyre]

Uuuhm...

[Throw something... that requires having something.]

... I don't have anythin'.

[individuates]

Well, nothing that's gonna hurt. Like a pebble or something, I don't know, just to see whether it works or not.

[hellpyre]

... I could use my flames...

[individuates]

You could...

[not that he doesn't trust you, but you'll have a lot more than an angry anklegator to deal with should you accidentally roast him]