[HUB ISLAND | ICE BREAKERS]

[spellheal]

Who: Coven Members
Where: Coven Base Camp
When: Day 90
Open/Closed: OTA

You're not doing anything right now, right? Good. Genette's using some of the resources taken from Aimintas to create a little get together. Even if you do have something going on, she's not averse to using a little force to make the evening magical. In fact, the magic is exactly how she's pulling this off. Genette is offering you to a little get together at the base camp, which may be all it takes for you to follow her. If not? Your hand is tethered (or some other part of you) quickly and you're led to the camp anyway. This is important, darn it! What's so important? A little "party" of sorts. There's an assortment of foods, some of which have been hastily made since some groups have gone harvesting for new resources, and a large water basin that's acting as a punch bowl. The true purpose of this little activity is a 'get to know you' exercise of sorts. Genette's got a glass container of a large quantity of Elto bones that can short-circuit the tethers, but the caveat is that you have to participate in a little, tethered sharing circle. (It's honestly a good idea to know who you're stuck within your little makeshift coven, but Genette is the pushy sort when she sets her mind to something.) The way to be released from your Elto shackles? Tell everyone your name, where you're from, your magic (seemingly left a little ambiguous) and something else about yourself. Discussions are encouraged! The more people know, the better! After you're done sharing with the class, food and drink is yours to have -- or you can just run off, that's fine too. OOC: Characters who would have absolutely nothing to do with this can of course escape, whether fleeing in the first place or using Elto bones of their own to circuit out their tether. A ▢ This is it -- your character can breathe deeply, unlock their knees and get this little activity over with. All they have to do is share the criteria and they're free to go! B ▢ Afterwards, their free to stick around the area and mingle. There IS food and also drinks. They may also want to have a more private conversation about something they learned tonight.

Comments

[splinten]

[Without changing expression, Dirk extends his hand.

And initiates the konami code handshake.]

[talim]

[ !!!!!! jude just lit up like a christmas tree. ]

You remembered it!

[ bless jude's good memory, even if he hasn't gotten the chance to use it (tragically) he still recalls every hand movement. ]

[splinten]

Of course I do. I'm still in the club[He indicates his eyewear. Still there!

Good job still remembering it, Jude.]

[talim]

I usually keep the goggles 9S designed at home, but...

[ jude sighs. wistful. ]

9S hasn't mentioned the club since the last time I did. Do you think he's resigned as a member? Is it just us?

[splinten]

It's possible. There's been a bleed in membership for the last three years.

[talim]

Three years...

[ jude boggles for a good ten seconds before realization clicks, and he stifles a laugh. ]

Alright, I get it. I'm easy to mess with. Your poker face sure is impressive, though.

Maybe it's the goggles.

[splinten]

It's an expression carefully honed after decades of letting my capacity to express emotions atrophy in isolation.

[THAT'S ALSO SAID WITH A POKERFACE there's a reason it can be hard to tell when Dirk is being sincere or not]

You looked like you were having a good time.

[So like. Why not go with it?]

[talim]

[ see dirk doesn't look decades old to him. that dirk! what a joker! ]

It might've been silly, but I was. It's always nice to be a part of something, especially when you're feeling kind of lost deep down.

[ and that's... surprisingly touching. a little white lie every now and then isn't so bad. ]

[splinten]

As a general rule, the silly is just a cousin of the absurd that approaches things more sincerely. I can respect that.

[he may be the irony ninja, but he does appreciate sincerity]

[talim]

Hmm.

[ jude mulls it over. ]

Has anyone ever told you you really have a way with words? You're something else.

[ it's a good thing he appreciates sincerity, because it's a sincere compliment. ]

[splinten]

Thanks. Usually it's accompanied by some kind of caveat about my tendency to share sentences that are better suited to an academic publication than casual conversation, but occasionally it's been phrased with that kind of positive sincerity.

[talim]

[ jude just shrugs. ]

Well, as someone who has written more academic publications than I can count, I don't think there's anything wrong with it.

[splinten]

What field?

[he's a nerd let him nerd]