armoredsoul: (Youthful)
Alphonse Elric ([personal profile] armoredsoul) wrote in [community profile] route_10652015-12-06 11:36 am

Why is that present buzzing.

Who: Shark House and it's visitors
Where: Shark House, Goldenrod
When: All through December
Summary: December catch-all log!
Rating: PG13 because monsters, man.
Log:


foolishwren: oh you know, Sony bankrolls Hideo Kojima's fever dream about Norman Reedus giving birth in a Red Lobster. But it's okay, because we get a pachinko machine. ("what's the matter heather??")

[personal profile] foolishwren 2016-01-04 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
[For maybe like... three seconds, Heather was pretty sure that she'd dodged the bullet. That had gone down about as quickly and painlessly as could be expected and he didn't seem to think anything was Weird (because naturally, she missed that little startled face he made because she'd been so focused on making sure HER expression wasn't doing anything funny and also she's an Idiot (tm)), and they had technically fulfilled all the expectations placed upon your proverbial pair of people under the mistletoe.]

[But then all of a sudden it seems very, very hot in here, and she feels a little bit woozy and flushed.]

[It'd be real easy to blame it on the alcohol, and she kind of WANTS to, but she also knows better.]

[Because in addition to kind of wishing she was in short sleeves and not an ugly Christmas sweater, she's also thinking about the fact that Envy's lips are soft as fuck and why does this even surprise her of course they are between him and Lust this goddamn house is FILLED WITH LIP GLOSS everybody knows that or wait a minute what if it's not everybody what if only SHE'S noticed how much lip gloss Envy buys, IS THAT WEIRD?]

[FUCK. IT'S PROBABLY WEIRD.]

[Fortunately for her act, a gruff, indignant chirp from Scarlet interrupts Heather's reverie and she looks up, wincing briefly as she's met with the Litleo's DISSATISFIED GLARE. >8C NO, TRAINERS, SHE IS NOT HAPPY! THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH SMOOCHING!]


--ahhh c'mon, get outta here. Go dangle it over Henry, I have a plate of snacks here, I can't keep kissin' people.

[Even if 'people' is Envy.]

[ESPECIALLY if 'people' is Envy.]
exeggutorhead: (smirk)

[personal profile] exeggutorhead 2016-01-04 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
[He's still looking at Scarlet, so he misses that bit of flush. He would have blamed it on the alcohol if he saw it, or maybe teased her about how he told her he was a good kisser. But it's probably a good thing he didn't, because he's having enough trouble as it is.]

[He's trying really hard not to think about how HER lips had felt on his, or about how he wouldn't mind feeling them again. He can't think like that and he knows it. She wouldn't be interested anyway, and...]

[That guilt twists deeper. He hasn't kissed anyone since France disappeared, hasn't even thought about it, and now there's this. It isn't even just kissing. He shouldn't be feeling anything like that warmth for anyone else, ever again. He hadn't wanted to. It feels like a betrayal, and...losing that had hurt enough the first time.]

[Right?]

[He tosses his head in the face of Scarlet's disapproval, waving a hand at her.]


C'mon, she's right. I'm sure there's plenty of other people here for you to mess with that'd be just as funny as us, go on. Look, they're all right over there on the couch. Get Greed with someone, that'll be great.

[He tries to take another sip of his drink, focusing on that instead of everything else, but it's empty.]
foolishwren: let's take ibuprofen together (hey.)

[personal profile] foolishwren 2016-01-04 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
[BUT... BUT...!]

[The Litleo's face first puffs up in indignant anger, but then she deflates, squeezing her head back through the railing bars and disappearing off to go matchmake somewhere else for the time being.]

[Heather lets out an internal sigh of relief.]

[Then dares to look back over at Envy, in time to watch him fail to get anything more out of that glass.]


Heh. Here.

[She holds out the glass of cider.]

You can have the rest of mine, I think I've had a little too much tonight, anyway.
exeggutorhead: (calm)

[personal profile] exeggutorhead 2016-01-05 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[PHEW. No more enthusiastic lion.]

[He lets out a little chuckle of his own, trying not to look as relieved as he feels that, even though he's a big mess of confusion on the inside, she doesn't seem to have noticed anything.]

[He reaches to take the glass from her, feeling another tiny jolt when his fingers wind up brushing against hers as he takes it. Hopefully that doesn't stick around, or he's going to be in real trouble.]


I don't know if I'm any better off, but hah, thanks.

You okay?

[He hasn't noticed a thing, besides her suddenly thinking she's had too much, which is something to ask about regardless of anything else.]
foolishwren: Usually one star is the lowest you can get, but for you, I've made an exception. (Really? That's all you got? .5 stars.)

[personal profile] foolishwren 2016-01-11 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, just gettin' a bit of a head-rush. I should probably hold off on the booze for a bit.

[Maybe some more snacks will stave it off.]

[Yep.]

[That'll help.]

[But if she gets too tipsy, she runs the risk of saying something she'll Regret Later (tm). She doesn't know what... just that it'd be something.]
exeggutorhead: (lol u gais)

[personal profile] exeggutorhead 2016-01-11 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Fair enough, you don't wanna go tripping over Wrath and breaking an arm on Christmas.

[He gives her a joking nudge with his elbow, out of habit. That still feels normal enough, and he's glad for it.]

[But for everything else...]

[YEAH. SNACKS AND BOOZE. He's happy to drink, because to him it seems like a good way to just enjoy the little party with his friend without having to think about all of that.]
foolishwren: me realizing that 'boobytrap' spelled backwards is 'partyboob' (pictured:)

[personal profile] foolishwren 2016-01-15 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[She'd started to take a bite out of one of the cookies stacked on her plate, but Envy's next statement has her spluttering with laughter. It's not even that funny, but she's tipsy and Envy has a way of making completely innocuous statements sound cattily humorous.]

--PPPffffhh, NOPE. No, I'll pass on breakin' bones and tripping on small children.

Not on my holiday agenda.

[She pounds a fist on her chest once or twice to knock the crumbs lodged in her throat loose, then coughs once or twice and leans on the bannister, still grinning. She lets out a sigh.]

That little guy is wild.

Were you all like that when you were little? Or-- I mean, new, I guess?

[She doesn't really know the exact specifics of how Homunculi work, but she's always kind of gotten the impression that they come full-sized right from the start.]
exeggutorhead: (happy grin)

[personal profile] exeggutorhead 2016-01-16 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Ha, wild is putting it lightly.

But...not really, no. Almost all the homunculi have been older than him when we were brought back anyway, and Wrath...I'll tell you about it later, if you really want to know.

[But, well. It's NOT a fun story, definitely not one that he wants to go telling at their Christmas party where Wrath's around. But he's definitely glad for the change of topic, it's a good distraction.]

But say...Lust? She wasn't ever like that, she was quiet and followed me around everywhere asking me questions. She's always been the smart one.

[He grins fondly as he says it; the situation surrounding it may have been a straight up horror show, but he doesn't have to mention those parts. It hadn't been all bad. He'd gotten a little sister out of it.]

It's almost like being a child, but not, because we're born with the same level of brain development and all. Just without most of the memories to go with it.

So Wrath's a special case. Hell, we're still learning what to do with him.

[Some of that same older brother fondness creeps into his voice then, too.]
foolishwren: but whatever the hell is wrong with him is WAY funnier (honestly i COULD fix him)

[personal profile] foolishwren 2016-01-19 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[She nods along as he explains. She's honestly not SURE she really wants to know-- so far she's felt a point of connection, a deep relatability, to every single Homunculus she's met. The little boy currently shredding wrapping paper ferociously in the other room has every chance of being another one, and the fact that he is a little boy makes it all smack even more of those awful firstlife memories.]

[It makes her gut twist to think of one of Envy's mother's victims being a literal child.]

[But you know what?]

[It's mitigated, not by the alcohol buzz but by that soft note in Envy's voice, and she finds herself smiling with half-shut eyes at him despite the melancholy subject matter. And once he trails off, she reaches out to nudge him gently with her elbow.]


Hey.

I'm real proud of you.
exeggutorhead: (hm?)

[personal profile] exeggutorhead 2016-01-19 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Those words coming from her and the look she's giving him make him feel warm all the way to the tips of his fingers, in a way that not even the lurking guilt for feeling it can stop.]

[He looks almost startled again, but this time at least it's a more normal, easily written off time for him to look like that. It's what he usually looks like, getting unexpected praise--especially when he's not really sure he deserves it, given everything.]


You are?

[But there's a pleased little grin trying to creep onto his face that he can't really hide.]
foolishwren: me: i am an atrocity to god, but thank you (someone: ur cute)

[personal profile] foolishwren 2016-01-20 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
Mmhm.

I know you're in the doghouse for how much of a clusterfuck everything's been, but like.

I remember you talking about that kid last year on New Year's. You didn't want, like, ANYTHING to do with it.

And look at you now.

[Another nudge.]

You big softie.
exeggutorhead: (happy grin)

[personal profile] exeggutorhead 2016-01-20 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
[He shakes his head, but he's still grinning.]

[This is actually the first time since this whole thing started that anyone's actually praised him for anything to do with it. He's kind of just been constantly in trouble, and for good reason. Not that he'd NEEDED to be patted on the back, but...]

[It's nice. And somehow, the fact that it's coming from HER makes it even better. He gives her a nudge back.]


Oh come on, don't say that too loud, you'll ruin my image.
foolishwren: YA GIRL... (HEY DEMONS IT'S ME...)

[personal profile] foolishwren 2016-01-24 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[He might not NEED it, but a pat on the back every once in awhile never hurt anybody.]

[She laughs.]


Your image?

I think your image went out the window years ago, buddy.