the lure of sweets and song

[combat_butler]

Who: Hayate Ayasaki + Lucifer of Pride + A bunch o' idols! OPEN to anyone in Goldenrod who knows them.
Where: Goldenrod City, in the house Hayate rented.
When: August 20th, afternoon.
Summary: Breaking in the new house by inviting over friends!
Rating: If it goes above PG-13 there will be cause for alarm.
Log:

*It had been a little over a week since Hayate got this place rented, so it was high time that there be more activity then just those who were currently calling the place home alongside him. Naturally that means inviting friends over, which while Hayate had done himself, Yayoi had handled by inviting all her 765 Pro idol friends over for a proper get together between the bunch of them in town.

Luckily for those coming over, idols or otherwise, Hayate makes for a generous host! If the fact there was a variety of cookies and snacks spread about for indulging in aren't enough, there's even a masterfully made chocolate cake amidst it all. Given who he knew was coming over, the fact there's a small karaoke machine out shouldn't be a surprise either. ... though how accurate the songs include will depend on Johto's mercy.

Still, it was going to be a busy afternoon for the new house. Hayate would just have to settle for keeping himself busy in the kitchen a bit longer. At least until everyone had started to show up.*

(( As is labeled up there, this is an mostly-open log! As long as you know Hayate, Lucifer or the im@s cast, your character is welcome to show up and assume they were invited by whoever they know! ))

Comments

[combat_butler]

... ah! You mean like finding out a way that I can stop having people think I'm too girly?! That would be a big change for the better!

*will just be standing on the opposite end of the field here...*

[femininity]

No, that would be worse!

That's... that's complete opposite of what you should be doing!

[ confusing their situations a bit, yes... ]

[combat_butler]

--EH?! It... It's the opposite?! H-How is it the opposite?! Shouldn't it at least be vaguely the right direction...?!

[femininity]

Eh? But... well... um... oh, you're right... I guess... [ whoops. ] N, never mind! You'll be able to do it, Hayate...

Go and become less girly! [ give your leftover girliness to her while you're at it... ]

1/2

[combat_butler]

Y-Yeah! It might be a losing battle going by the direction my life constantly tries to steer me in, yet someday...!

[combat_butler]

. . .



Sometimes, Makoto-san... I kind of wish I could just swap traits and stats with you...

1/2

[femininity]

Trade? You mean like...




...

[ wow that is actually a good idea. if they could do that, then all their problems would be gone, wouldn't they? then they could... ]

[femininity]

No, no, that's impossible! You can't do something like that!

[ why does she sound like she's chiding herself rather than you, hayate... ]

[combat_butler]

Ye... Yeah... You're probably right... *he feels a little guilty for actually saying it...* It's one thing to pick up tips from another person who's a lot like how you want to be, yet trading places with them is another entirely...

[femininity]

We can't solve our problems that conveniently...

[ what a let down. ]

[combat_butler]

Worst of all, we have both of our traits naturally, so it's not like we can actually give advice to each other in those areas! All we could even do is observe each other carefully...

[femininity]

Alright! Then I'll watch you closely to see how I can be more feminine, Hayate.

[combat_butler]

*In a perfect world, Hayate could just bounce back with "And I'll watch you to be more manly!", yet...*

Ma... Makoto-san... I know we just openly admit our faults and how we wish we could be more like the other... yet actually hearing you say it... It kind of makes me feel some mix of embarrassment, pride and utter defeat...

[femininity]

Eh? Oh... oh, yeah... I guess... putting it like that is a little much, huh. Then I'll just watch you and try to learn what I can!

...was that better?

[combat_butler]

... still embarrassing, yet at least it feels less like defeat when say it like that.

*augh... this just reminds him of how he asked the network if he was girly once and the majority vote was yes...*

[femininity]

Don't worry, Hayate! You just have to work hard, and you can turn that defeat around into a victory!

[combat_butler]

--eh? I might be an expert at working hard, yet turning defeat into a victory from hard work alone in this situation sounds like it would need some kind of crazy Survival Strategy.

[femininity]

Th, then... you can have one of those too! [ she has no idea what a survival strategy is, but who cares. ]

[combat_butler]

... I'll need to get some penguins and a princess...

[femininity]

...what do those have to do with becoming manlier?

[combat_butler]

That's more preparation for the Survival Strategy, not the manlier part.

As long as I don't wind up the princess though, I think having one of those could definitely help improve my manly factor a little...

[femininity]

So you just need a princess to protect, right?

You can be her knight! [ don't be the princess yourself, hayate, that definitely won't help your goal... ] But being a princess would be really nice, wouldn't it? Getting to wear dresses like that...

1/2

[combat_butler]

Mmm... It would be nice to get to be someone's knight in shining armor... I haven't genuinely had to protect someone in that way in what feels like a long time.

[combat_butler]

*and then he got confused. makoto why you asking him that kinda thing...*

Erm... While... While I'll admit that princesses do have the kind of dresses that a person of my background would envy the quality of, I'm not entirely sure I'm suited for being one or wearing that type of dress?

... ... not that I'm suited to any type of dress...

*let him delude himself okay.*

[femininity]

Eh? Oh... I wasn't really talking about you...

[ why would you assume that, hayate.

why...

why.............. ]