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middaeg2019-08-14 04:22 pm
starseedling) wrote in middaeg2019-08-14 04:22 pm
STEVEN'S MANDATORY BIRTHDAY PARTY (OPEN)
Who: Open to abductees and also hopefully an intervention.
When: Aguril 15th, night of the full moon.
Where: Around the Haven, and in Steven's house.
What: The combination of intense homesickness, his 15th birthday, and also Full Moon faerie mania, has resulted in Steven trying to use illusions to kidnap and trap people in his house that remind him of his family and friends from back home. Theoretically this is for a "birthday party" but it's entirely possible Steven will lose the plot as the night goes on. Threads can either be your character ending up stuck in his house somehow or Steven making an attempt to whisk them away and failing.
Warnings: Probably some fucked up illusion shit. Someone stop him.
With the distraction of the Speed Dating event over, and his initial attempts at experiencing the wild mostly successful, Steven finds himself experiencing a gnawing emptiness towards the middle of the month. He doesn't know how exactly the times line up, but it's close enough to feel true - the 15th is his birthday, or close enough to count. He's fifteen years old, and he's still not home.
He's never had a birthday without his Dad, or without the other Gems. The idea that he's having one here, so far away, without any of them is painful. Part of him wants to try to put together a gathering, to do something to celebrate, but the rest of him feels like doing so will just make the absence of the others more obvious. In the days leading up to it, he resigns himself to maybe doing something small, and to otherwise let it pass by uneventfully.
Unfortunately, on the morning of the Full Moon, those reservations gradually start to peel away in favour of the wild energy of the Sisters. He molts in the afternoon, as has become typical, and upon opening fresh eyes to the evening moons, his fae side starts to take over. He will have a birthday party, and it'll be like his family was never gone! How did he not think of it before?
Steven is going to try to - and possibly succeed in - abducting various people with illusion magic. He could probably end up with anyone, but he'll be specifically focusing on those that fit these archetypes:
1) Anyone with strong dad energy.
2) Mysterious, reserved, self-confident, and will kick your ass.
3) Mother-hen, fastidious, protective, graceful.
4) Scrappy, playful, punk-ass, chaotic, sibling type.
5) People around his age that are big nerds.
We can approach this one of two major ways: either we can thread Steven attempting to kidnap your character, or we can start with them realizing they've already been bamboozled by any kind of appropriate illusions into entering his house, and now can't seem to figure out how to exit. If he's going to try to kidnap them you can have your character be anywhere in the Haven, and if you want to start out in the house, just summarize the initial trickery and have them realize they seem to be in one of the fairly nice houses in the Haven but can't find the door or any exits.
Unless they can see through illusions, in which case Steven's antics probably won't work on them from square one. Feel free to get on his case about it!
He's going to be at this all night, but his roommates and other people may be sabotaging him, so your character may arrive and escape at random times throughout the evening. Other people may or may not be around at the same time. We can play it loose!
When: Aguril 15th, night of the full moon.
Where: Around the Haven, and in Steven's house.
What: The combination of intense homesickness, his 15th birthday, and also Full Moon faerie mania, has resulted in Steven trying to use illusions to kidnap and trap people in his house that remind him of his family and friends from back home. Theoretically this is for a "birthday party" but it's entirely possible Steven will lose the plot as the night goes on. Threads can either be your character ending up stuck in his house somehow or Steven making an attempt to whisk them away and failing.
Warnings: Probably some fucked up illusion shit. Someone stop him.
With the distraction of the Speed Dating event over, and his initial attempts at experiencing the wild mostly successful, Steven finds himself experiencing a gnawing emptiness towards the middle of the month. He doesn't know how exactly the times line up, but it's close enough to feel true - the 15th is his birthday, or close enough to count. He's fifteen years old, and he's still not home.
He's never had a birthday without his Dad, or without the other Gems. The idea that he's having one here, so far away, without any of them is painful. Part of him wants to try to put together a gathering, to do something to celebrate, but the rest of him feels like doing so will just make the absence of the others more obvious. In the days leading up to it, he resigns himself to maybe doing something small, and to otherwise let it pass by uneventfully.
Unfortunately, on the morning of the Full Moon, those reservations gradually start to peel away in favour of the wild energy of the Sisters. He molts in the afternoon, as has become typical, and upon opening fresh eyes to the evening moons, his fae side starts to take over. He will have a birthday party, and it'll be like his family was never gone! How did he not think of it before?
Steven is going to try to - and possibly succeed in - abducting various people with illusion magic. He could probably end up with anyone, but he'll be specifically focusing on those that fit these archetypes:
1) Anyone with strong dad energy.
2) Mysterious, reserved, self-confident, and will kick your ass.
3) Mother-hen, fastidious, protective, graceful.
4) Scrappy, playful, punk-ass, chaotic, sibling type.
5) People around his age that are big nerds.
We can approach this one of two major ways: either we can thread Steven attempting to kidnap your character, or we can start with them realizing they've already been bamboozled by any kind of appropriate illusions into entering his house, and now can't seem to figure out how to exit. If he's going to try to kidnap them you can have your character be anywhere in the Haven, and if you want to start out in the house, just summarize the initial trickery and have them realize they seem to be in one of the fairly nice houses in the Haven but can't find the door or any exits.
Unless they can see through illusions, in which case Steven's antics probably won't work on them from square one. Feel free to get on his case about it!
He's going to be at this all night, but his roommates and other people may be sabotaging him, so your character may arrive and escape at random times throughout the evening. Other people may or may not be around at the same time. We can play it loose!
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He knows how long Steven's been here, after all. He believes that it must be lonely to have to be spending his birthday alone. The warnings he received about the full moon are, unfortunately for him, an afterthought.
Also, he's just gullible.
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Steven leans forward, giving Yuya his rapt attention.
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"I don't know if the kind of music I listen to exists here... but it's your birthday, right? Why don't you show me what your favorite things are?"
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"Have you had pizza? They don't have it here, but pizza is the best!" He puts his hands to his face. "Or hot dogs! Or hamburgers! Or sushi! Or waffles!"
Apparently, Steven likes a lot of things.
"And I love... my dad! And his music! I bet you've never heard it, but he's so good!" Suddenly, somehow, this song will start playing in the background, an auditory illusion conjured purely from Steven's memories.
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He smiles a little more, letting out a laugh despite himself at Steven's enthusiasm. "I've had all those things!"
He glances around again as the music starts up, even if it's meaningless to find the source. "Is that his music? And your magic?"
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Except have his family with him on his birthday. Even that though - he's going to do his best to change it!
"My family isn't here but... if I try hard enough, I can make it feel the same!"
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Yuya waves his hand. "Uh--I don't think I can be that much. But we can get to know each other and have fun our own way!"
It just seems a little presumptuous to believe he could fill those shoes when they hardly know each other. But if he's honest with himself, they're both lonely.
"You said you invited other people, right? If you haven't set up yet, let's start with that."
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"That's what illusions are for, right? Making yourself believe whatever you want?"
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"Why do you want to believe something that's not real?"
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He flutters closer - a bit too close for comfort, maybe.
"You're my friend, right?"
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"I mean--I think I'd like that? You know, to make friends here... but not to replace the friends I have back home."
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He gestures... vaguely. They should sit. "Why don't you tell me about them? I don't know anything about where you're from."
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"Not right now! I have to go find people to bring here. I can make you stuff for while you wait, but... after that I have to go!"
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"Then--let's make a pizza ourselves!" Yeah, brilliant, distract him with his favorite food. "You know, for everyone for your party."
More than one pizza. He hopes this works.
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"...I don't remember how," he says, reluctantly. Then he shrugs it off. "But that's okay, because I don't need to! I can make you taste anything I can remember! Isn't that great?"
Sadly, it doesn't work as well on himself, so it's far from satisfying, but he doesn't want to admit to that.
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"it can't be that hard, and I think everyone would like to be full of real food."
that's a really awkward smile, Yuya
He stares at Yuya, leaving it really uncertain over whether or not he's offended by him trying to physically move him. His wings spread, their colours shifting and radiating magical light.
"We can do that after..." he says, a bit of tension in his voice.
For an awkward situation
"I guess, but--you can't really leave me here with nothing, right? And there should be something for the other guests before they arrive."
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HEY IT'S NOT MIND CONTROL ITS JUST INSERTING SENSATIONS INTO YOUR BRAIN, I MEAN-
I see why you really chose fae
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"Urgh... You're being so... annoying!" This is his birthday! "I'm leaving... I'll come back when you'll actually let me have fun!"
With that, Steven zooms up the stairs. If Yuya tries to chase him he'll find that the stairs somehow go on forever until Steven is already out of sight.
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Yuya, of course, immediately follows. But the infinite stairway delays him too long even as he reaches out and Steven's gone. He lets the silence sit for a while before he accepts it.
Okay, well... if he's gone, maybe he can get out and find him. He sighs, turning around to head back to the front area and try (and fail) to find his way out. Escape, escape...
This is terrible.