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Tweak says, "PEANUT BUTTER!"

MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2015-01-05 07:20:00

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Day 305 : MISTLETOE BOT MINGLE
[You won't hear them coming. You won't see their snare. The mistletoe bots are out and they're hunting you, two by two. You can run and you can hide, but eventually you will be caught, and then there's nothing left to do but kiss your way out!

Chapstick stations will be available.]

(OOC: Mistletoe Bots Info)

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	stupidcuteshit 2015-01-13 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	Introductions are going to have to wait because the most Kanji can manage right now is a strangled, panicked noise accompanied by some flailing. Kiss?! Huh?! But he's a guy! No way! Wait, does this robot somehow know</>? Is that why this is happening? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2015-01-16 06:31 pm UTC (link)
	Jack watches the flailing with some amusement that he does his best not to show too much and fails dismally. He just can't keep that smirk off his face. "I know, it's really unfair of them, forcing you to go round kissing all these hot people," he says, mock-sympathetic, and shrugs. "I find you just have to go with it, really!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	stupidcuteshit 2015-01-16 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	What, this asshole is makin' fun of him now? To hell with that! Kanji is used to people giving hin shit for this sort of thing, and he's learned the hard way how to put a stop to it. This guy's older than him but he's still got an inch or two of height on him so if he wants to fight, bring it! "What, you think this is funny? Get bent!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2015-01-17 02:26 pm UTC (link)
	Jack can't help laughing at that. "Oh, sweetheart, I am already so bent I think it would be impossible to bend any more!" He spreads his hands, smiling and shrugging. "Come on, one little kiss is all they want. Who's that going to hurt!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

stupidcuteshit
2015-01-17 06:43 pm UTC (link)

He digs in his heels as the barrier pushes him closer, but even he isn't strong enough to resist it. Beneath the anger and the surly punk kid looks there's something else hiding, if Jack is being perceptive. All this is just making him feel like everything he hates about himself is being shoved right in his stupid face. Accepting his Shadow is one thing, but that doesn't mean he has to like it. And now this guy is standing here laughing at him and acting like this is some big joke when all he wants to do is disappear. Instead he settles for a sullen glare and silence.

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foreverjack
2015-01-18 11:40 am UTC (link)

Well, that's just not much fun, is it? Jack sighs, and shrugs and decides there's not much to do but to simply go for it. If he gets beaten up for it afterwards (which is looking more and more likely) then fair enough, but nothing but a kiss is going to get them out of this.

So he steps forward, cups one big hand loosely round the back of the kid's head, and leans in to press a brief but warm kiss to his lips.

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stupidcuteshit
2015-01-18 04:12 pm UTC (link)

No way this guy can tell he's shaking a little bit, right? And it's totally not from nerves or anything, no way! Totally not. He doesn't really know how to kiss - Teddie's stupid Kings Game thing doesn't count - or what he's supposed to do with his hands so they hover awkwardly somewhere around his chest. And that's nothing on not knowing what to do with his lips especially since Jack seems like he's really good at this and this would probably be a really nice kiss if he knew what to do with it. And through it all is the realization that oh shit he's kissing a guy this is happening for real and as soon as it's over he's probably going to make fun of him for it because that's what people do. Kissing guys ain't exactly manly or anything. And Jack just has this cool, tough guy air about him so he probably really thinks Kanji is terrible for liking things like this. Yeah, it's official, he hates kissing and it sucks now because obviously nothing good can happen after this.

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foreverjack
2015-01-25 12:56 pm UTC (link)

Jack can feel the faint trembling - of course he can - but he puts it down to Kanji's youth. Kid probably hasn't kissed many people yet, so this is probably quite a big deal for him.

It honestly doesn't even occur to him that the nerves might be because he's a man. He still doesn't really understand just how ingrained attitudes about that are.

Nonetheless, he's aware of Kanji's discomfort, and while on someone he knows well he might wickedly prolong the kiss just because of that, he's not that mean with a stranger, and a young one at that. He really does keep it a just one kiss, and then he pulls back, thumb stroking Kanji's cheek comfortingly for a moment before dropping his hand too.

"Okay?" he asks gently, searching eyes on the kid's face, though his view is momentarily disrupted by the shower of confetti.

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	stupidcuteshit 2015-01-27 01:13 pm UTC (link)
	There's a really cute shower of confetti but even that doesn't really make things better. The touch on his face is comforting but also weird and he's not sure what it's supposed to mean. This is all confusing and stupid and he blurts out abruptly, "Why are you being so cool about this?!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2015-01-28 08:08 am UTC (link)
	Jack bites back a laugh of astonishment and manages to tone it back to warm amusement. "About what?" he asks, head tilting in what is almost genuine confusion. "It was just a kiss. And a very nice one at that, if I may say so!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	stupidcuteshit 2015-01-28 07:46 pm UTC (link)
	Kanji's mouth opens and shuts a few times like some sort of confused, horrified fish. This doesn't make any sense. After a few more moments of gaping he manages to splutter, "But you're... I mean I... I mean... We're both dudes!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2015-01-31 02:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, we are," he agrees blithely, still unable to completely contain his amusement, but at least it's warm amusement. He lifts his eyebrows. "So what?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	stupidcuteshit 2015-02-01 04:01 pm UTC (link)
	None of this is making sense to the visibly confused and uncomfortable Kanji. Wait, is this guy okay with this sort of thing? Does that mean he's... No way, that's totally not possible. Right? "I don't get it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

foreverjack
2015-02-02 08:31 pm UTC (link)

"Don't get what? That it can be okay for two men to kiss each other - or more? Or that I, in particular, very much enjoy it?"

And yeah, he is managing to display at least an element of tact, because he's been with enough young men in denial about their sexuality to be fairly sure what all that trembling was about during the kiss, but he's decent enough not to say it out loud.

At least, not yet.

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stupidcuteshit
2015-02-02 10:25 pm UTC (link)

Kanji feels like he's taken a punch to the gut, as if all the air has been knocked out of his lungs. He looks Jack over, staring wide eyed at his military coat and the confident way he carries himself and all he can say is, "But you don't seem like a-" He cuts off, but it's easy enough to guess he's had any number of the ugly words that could finish that sentence aimed his way over the course of his short life.

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	foreverjack 2015-02-03 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	"A poof?" He grins, wide and free, and spreads his hands. "Oh, sometimes I really do seem like one!" He shrugs. "It's not that proscriptive with me, though. I'll shag anything that moves, if it's hot enough. Man, woman, tentacle alien - I'm really not bothered." He sighs, and takes a proper look at Kanji for the first time. "When are you from, kid?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

stupidcuteshit
2015-02-03 09:54 pm UTC (link)

It's a nicer word than he would have gone with. His brain stumbles across the list of things he says he's interested in. Wait, what? That's... Wait, that's big. Is he for real? It's not just... Not just him. He's staring again, but it's a different sort of look than before. Like this could be something that changes his life as long as he can get up the courage to ask about it. Almost absently he answers, "Uh, 2011. Japan. Wait, what do you mean, uh, guys and girls?"

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foreverjack
2015-02-05 09:55 pm UTC (link)

Damn twenty-first century again! Why can't there be some more people here from the thirty-first, or basically any time further on than this? He forces back a sigh and focusses instead on the kid's obvious curiosity.

"It's called bisexuality, sweetheart. Or, in mine, omnisexuality, since there are more options by then than just male or female." He gives Kanji a smile, surprisingly gentle. "There's nothing wrong in it, you know. There's so much fun to be had out there - it's a crime not to make the most of it!"

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stupidcuteshit
2015-02-05 10:15 pm UTC (link)

He bristles visibly at the sweetheart thing, then runs an uncomfortable hand through his hair, clearly deep in some private internal struggle. He does not talk about this shit; he learned that real fast as a kid. But when is he ever gonna have anybody around like this again? Someone who might be able to answer the one big confusing question he has about himself that makes him wake up every morning wondering if he's some kinda freak? Nobody he's ever met seems this cool with talking about things the way this guy does. He's always talking about how brave he is, right? Time to prove it. Ok, here goes!

Shit this is hard.

He tries again, swallowing hard. "Hey, uh, I know we just met and all but, uh, can I, um, can I ask you somethin'?"

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	foreverjack 2015-02-06 08:28 pm UTC (link)
	He has a fair idea where this might be going, but he knows from experience that Kanji has to ask it himself. Leading him into it isn't going help anyone. "Sure," he nods, and smiles, open and waiting, patient and friendly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

stupidcuteshit
2015-02-06 10:02 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, maybe not so sure. Brace yourself, Jack, this is a weird one. Okay, here goes. He takes a deep breath. It ain't like this can come back and bite him in the ass too much. Naoto ain't here or anything after all.

"Okay, so, uh, there's this guy I, um, I l-like. Back home. Only she ain't actually a guy. I mean, she dresses like a guy and she said she was. Only she's not. She's got her own stuff goin' on, you know?" It's pretty obvious that no matter what he may think of himself he clearly thinks Naoto is a total badass for all this. "But I, um, I still like her. Is that a thing?" A pause, then, "You tell anybody and I'll smash your face in." If anyone could follow up on that threat he sure seems like he could.

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foreverjack
2015-02-07 09:34 pm UTC (link)

Well, that's certainly a bit of a change from the more usual 'coming out' kind of confessions he rather frequently gets to hear (he seems to bring out these kind of things in people; he can't think why)! He listens with genuine interest, rather intrigued, and amused by the threat that ends it, though he does his best to nod solemnly and try to remember not to tell anyone, since for some reason not telling anyone is obviously important to this kid.

"Of course it's a thing," he says easily. Was Kanji not listening when he said he'd fuck anything? "It's what I was saying: you should feel free to want anyone, regardless of gender, or apparent gender. It's not about what sex someone is, or even what sex they appear to be; it's about the connection you have with them."

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stupidcuteshit
2015-02-07 10:25 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, can't imagine why you always get these talks, Jack. Kanji is still bright red and uncomfortable looking, and can't quite decide how he feels about that statement. On the one hand it's the first time anyone has said anything to him that makes him feel like maybe there isn't something wrong with him. He's never had anyone out the way he feels so perfectly into words like that before and he can't quite believe it. On the other hand he doesn't even know this guy. A few positive words from him aren't likely to change a lifetime of bad experiences.

He glances down, scuffing his boot against the ground then looking back up at him. "Nobody ever told me anything like that before."

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foreverjack
2015-02-10 09:11 am UTC (link)

"That's because you come from a time when everyone is horribly blinkered," Jack says dryly. "Luckily, I think you'll find most people are far more understanding here. Certainly, I can't think of anyone who's had an adverse reaction to seeing my boyfriend and I together here - whereas we used to get all sorts of looks back in Cardiff."

Maybe that will help convince Kanji that what he feels is not wrong but just natural - and, in Jack's opinion, to be celebrated.

"Actually," he says, on a thought, "have you met a kid named Nico here? The two of you might find some things in common to talk about."

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stupidcuteshit
2015-02-10 11:59 am UTC (link)

This is a lot to take in. Boyfriend? Seriously? This guy? When he hears about guys with boyfriends he expects somone like his Shadow acted; over the top, a crazy stereotype. It's hard to process and he can't quite make it make sense. And Nico? They're friends. What's that supposed to mean, stuff in common? Not... Not think kinda stuff, right? No way.

"Yeah, I don't... I... That is..." He's not good with words, and he never has been. Not in situations like this where he's flusteredand confused and doesn't know what to think about everything.

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