[EFFECT ROOM] The Red Thread of Not-Quite-Fate

[hyperhero]

[This room is definitely one that you wouldn't expect to find in a school, considering that it appears to be a gigantic cafe. Plush carpets, cushioned chairs, a whole bunch of fancy drinks and snacks...

Someone put a dating cafe in the school!]

((OOC: Here's how it works! The room is based off the idea of the red string of fate from Japanese/Chinese legend. On stepping into the room, your character will find a thin but completely unbreakable red string tied to their pinkie, with the other end tied to someone else who's come into the room. The red string persists even if you try to leave, and won't disappear until a full day later. The thread itself will lengthen or shorten depending on the proximity of the two characters, but it won't let you get more than a room's length away from each other.

Here's the complication: the Gods are kind of sort of drunk off their asses, which means that the red string could tie you to literally anyone. Your worst enemy, your brother, your father, Old Man Jenkins... it's one of those things where you're lucky if you get your soulmate! Furthermore, the strings can (by player choice) actually swap around repeatedly, so your character could end up tied to one person all day or have to deal with being tied to five different ones through it!

For characters who don't know about the legend, there's a paper pinned to the wall by the door that explains it (at least, the actual legend, not the drunk-gods part). While the paper can be ripped up, it'll just regenerate a minute or two later.

And yes I purposefully picked the most inappropriate journal for this))

Comments

[fluffydeathdealer]

U...uhm. This might, actually.

[hyperhero]

Why's that?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Would you... kiss me? I want to know what it's like.

[At least in comparison to Malik.]

[hyperhero]

[...Blink. Blink blink blink. Uhh...]

Sure, I guess.

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Well, that was easier than expected. He sighs in relief.]

Thanks. I just want to make sure of something, that's all.

[He really just wants to make sure it didn't feel good because it was Malik. That would be weird.]

[hyperhero]

It's alright. [Weird, but hey, it's not like it's the weirdest thing he'll have ever done.

Just sitting here, then, leaning a bit forward for Ryou.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

...eheh. [He didn't mean right here, Judai! What if someone said something? What if they thought they were dating? But oh well.

A little awkwardly, he sighs and leans forward to press his lips chastely against Judai's.]

[hyperhero]

[Everyone else is kind of busy either eating or freaking out, it's probably not like anyone would care!

He kisses Ryou back, a little awkwardly, but, well, it's not like it really means anything.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Judai's lips are surprisingly soft, even pleasant, despite the awkwardness. Not bad... Even as awkward as it is, it feels nice. When Ryou draws back, it's with a little bit of a flush to his pale skin.]

Eheh. Thank you. That helped.

[hyperhero]

Uh, you're welcome! I guess. What are you trying to figure out?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Malik-kun kissed me to annoy the Spirit the other day, and I wanted to know if it felt the same with other people.

But it's a relief... I guess I don't just like him that way after all.

[hyperhero]

[...Uh. Well okay, then. Better than what he was thinking.]

Guess not! That's... good?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Either that or I find you attractive. Either makes sense.

[Facedesk.]

This was a pointless experiment after all...

[hyperhero]

[...WELL THEN.]

Well, maybe not? You wanted to make sure you didn't like Malik, right? So... I guess that did it?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Unless I like both of you. I didn't really have anything to compare it to. It was my first kiss, after all.

But it's reassuring anyway. So maybe it isn't pointless.

[hyperhero]

I guess that's possible, too.

[He leans on his arm a little, apparently not bothered by the idea, or at least indifferent to it.]

If it makes you feel better, then it wasn't pointless, yeah.

[fluffydeathdealer]

You really don't seem bothered by it at all... Eheh. I guess that was part of why it was you that I asked.

[Lifting his head, he rests it on one hand.]

I won't worry then. Still, sorry for the inconvenience.

[hyperhero]

Well, it's not like it's too weird or anything, is it? Most guys like girls, but it doesn't bother me either way.

[He grins a little, flashing Ryou a V sign.]

Don't worry about it!

[fluffydeathdealer]

That's right... Judai is that type of person after all. I won't worry, then!

[He gives him a thumbs up in turn.]

[hyperhero]

[Which makes Judai grin, then reach over to grab another cake.]

We should duel again after we eat, Ryou! It's been a while!

[No it hasn't.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

Eh, has it really been that long?

You know, if you didn't want to stop eating, we could do it right here on the table! Though there wouldn't be any holograms.

[hyperhero]

Hey, that's a better idea! Let's do it!

[Just a sec, gonna pull out his deck from the duel disk here.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

Un! Let's do our best!

[Taking his out of his pocket~.]

We used to do it like this all the time.

[hyperhero]

Really? Didn't have duel disks back then?

[He keeps forgetting you're from WAY BEFORE him, wow. He shuffles his deck, cutting it and setting it by himself.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

They weren't invented until Duelist Kingdom and weren't made publically available until Battle City - and even then only to duelists who registered for it.

[Shuffle, shuffle. There.]