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[cawky]

WHO: Davesprite, John Egbert, Rose Lalonde, Kanaya Maryam, Minako Arisato, and Rin Tohsaka (PHEW)
WHERE: The Pie Hole, followed by Kidhaus
WHEN: Backdated to before the Shadow Witch plot
WARNINGS: Teenagers.
SUMMARY: Davesprite and John have been fighting for quite some time and Kanaya is looking to put an end to it...with the help of some unwitting participants.
FORMAT: Too many people, you guys decide.

[There had been a lot of bickering and shoving back and forth before Davesprite had finally been forced to follow Rin to the rendevouz in question. At the end of the day, he had no real choice in the matter -- without the spirograph around his neck, he was bound to the summoning whims of its wielder. Even more inconvenient, he couldn't revert out of spriteform, making traveling indoors very difficult with his wingspan.

Its a comical display, watching him hover outside the coffee shop shaking his head at Rin as she tries to demand him to come inside. Eventually, she manages it by shaking his spirograph hard enough, leaving him squawking helplessly and trying not to knock everything over. Eventually, he just ends up outside again, no doubt glaring at Rin as she jabbers at him to burn off her frustration.

Either way, Dave wasn't really listening. He's too busy trying to disappear into the pavement, knowing that soon enough, he will be forced into contact with John.]

[OOC: Gonna split this off into several threads to try and keep conversations organized.]

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ACT ONE: THE PIE HOLE (featuring davesprite, rin, minako, and kanaya)

[glowsferatu]

[ "what have you done" is a recurring theme in kanaya's thoughts. it was all easy and simple when she first came up with the idea, but it had to get so complicated so quickly once she tried to actually put it forward. this is why she shouldn't be allowed to scheme, everything needs to be too orderly for her, loose threads cut and tied off. she should just leave it to rose, and would if not for her reasons for arranging this in the first place.

he dropped herself off about a block away instead of in front of the eatery itself, to give her time to collect herself, put on her face. and to touch up her makeup as well, sure, but that wasn't the face she needed most. speed would be important for a clean swipe, so she forced a transformation beforehand so she wouldn't have to tip her hand later, shutting off her glow immediately so it wouldn't betray her. it didn't take any physical pain this time, she was already under enough stress from all the ways this could go wrong, which was luckily. having to hide wounds until they healed was always awkward. of course, she could have always brought in an actual thief, but you know what they say about too many cooks, and this was also awkward enough as is. bringing her into it would only make it more so.

she scowls when she sees davesprite floating outside the door, looking like a barkbeast leashed to a post. the words "no hard feelings, right?" echo through her head and she could just strangle them right at that moment. she takes a deep breath. keep your face intact, kanaya, you're working for the oscar tonight.

she stops in front of the doors, of course, to give dave a nod. ]

I hope you're ready.

[ and with that, she pushes through and in. ]

[cawky]

[Davesprite watches Kanaya make her march toward the building. By now, his aggravation has whittled away into exhaustion. It had been a long day, trying to endure Rin while also trying to fight away his spirograph prior to intervention. He's certain he'll wake up with a few bruises in the morning, but now wasn't the time to think about that.

The closer she gets, the more ill he feels. He really doesn't want to do this. There are not words to describe how much he doesn't want to do this, especially now with Jade gone. It was a moot point, and he much rather would have just kept the distance and left it at that. His wings betray him, rustling when Kanaya stops to nod at him.

For a few seconds, it looks as if he's not going to say anything. He's pretty bitter, all things considered.]

Doesn't really matter.

[And it didn't.]

Just get me out of here before she tries to feed me to her boyfriend tonight. That'd be legit.

[He doesn't follow her inside. Instead, he chooses to allow his tail to curl a little and opts to sit on the pavement, propping his chin up on a bend he creates.]

[gandere]

[ Sorry Kanaya, but there's something more important to address than a casual greeting: ] Idiot isn't my boyfriend.

[ As if she would ever allow Archer to consume something as gross as him. If that one girl's words were right, he's likely wearing dirty underwear and her Servant can only have the finest. So she defaults to feigning as though it was the cat they were talking about all while not denying the implication that Archer was more than a Servant to her. ]

He's my pet. Speaking of, you're halfway between a Servant and a pet, although I do wonder if I should add an s in there. [ He's certainly behaving as though he's a pest, but who can blame him? His fate rests in the hands of a tsundere. ] Can't you just shift into a more petite form?

Oh! Then I could really shove you into a cage.

[xxii_thefool]

Hi, welcome to the - eh?

[Minako caught part of Rin's comments as the encroaching chaos starts to make its way in from outside, and it completely derails her customary welcome into a look of complete puzzlement.]

Kanaya, Rin. What's going on? [Why are we talking about putting someone in a cage?]

[glowsferatu]

[ kanaya ignores rin's actual words, if she tried to make a response she'd only end up regretting it. instead, she forces a polite smile and turns to minako, hands clasped in front of her. ]

Oh, we're just having a small outing with Rin's new... [ she looks down and pauses, a sneer flashing through her smile for a moment. ] ...Servant. This is where you work, is it?

aaand count me out until they come back outside <3

[cawky]

[Davesprite's mouth smooths to a thin line at the way Rin speaks to him, but he opts not to answer back -- Kanaya has a better shot than him at this, as much as he hates to admit it, so there's no point in screwing things up for her.

So he just turns his head back around and lets the door close, leaving the three girls inside until they come to collect him. Rather than sit around and stare, he closes his eyes and opts for a short nap.

It would keep the echo of Rin's nagging voice out of his head at least.]

quitter!!

[gandere]

Hee, isn't he a funny one?

[ At least Rin can still laugh over Davesprite's predicament. It just may be the very thing that saves this from a disaster full of angst. ]

Won't you join us? I'm sure you can leave work a little early to spend time with friends.

[xxii_thefool]

...mm.

[Minako, not quite up to date on recent network shenanigans, takes a dubious peek out though the storefront windows at Davesprite, then looks back towards Rin and Kanaya. This has not really cleared things up all that much.]

Well... I suppose I could ask Ned if it'd be okay...

god sorry this is really late D:

[glowsferatu]

Well, you shouldn't feel forced if you don't want to, either!

[ it's times like she's that she's really glad that she can turn off her glow now. even if neither of them re necessarily familiar enough to know really how to read it at different levels, at least she's sparing them from being blinded.

she walks up to the case, maybe if she delays it some she can avoid this from getting as bad as it might otherwise be. ] So, um... These are the pies, yes?

Act... two? IDK but John, Davesprite and Rose

[dupable]

[ John's not overwhelmed by this whole set up. He had no idea it was coming, and he isn't really jumping with joy over the fact that no one decided to warn him he was getting a surprise reunion today. That was probably the point though, to keep John from running away before hand so Kanaya could trap him in his own stupid living room with a bunch of portals, a best friend who is in serious trouble for joining in on this scheme! And some stupid feathery douchebag that John doesn't particularly want to talk to.

He's sitting on the sofa, arms crossed, looking down at the floor and willing for them to all realize this is a stupid plan and give up on it so he can go back to the important task of playing a computer game. ]

dis gonna b good

[nitidus]

[Enter Rose Lalonde: Mediator. She is keeping a close eye on them both. The silence in the room is deafening, really, but not unexpected. She has come to accept that they are both morons. Morons who are fighting over something that is incredibly dumb.

She sitting on the floor, legs crossed and her hands resting on the floor. She smiles at them both in a vaguely threatening way that says one of you better start making nice soon. ]

cries

[cawky]

[While John was on the couch, there was absolutely no way Davesprite was going to be any closer to him than he had to be. He is, instead, on the other side of the room, curled up on his tail with his wings draping lazily to either side of him, easily encompassing that corner of the room. Since Rin still had his spirograph, there was no way he could shift back.

Part of him wants to speak up, but most of his feelings are still pretty hurt, so he continues to sit on the other side of the room, looking between Rose and John every few minutes.]

HEH

[dupable]

[ John is very pointedly not looking in the corner of the room that Davesprite has taken up nest in. He was angry at the guy, and unfortunately for all of Rose and Kanaya's attempts to convince John to reconcile with the guy, John's actually gotten angry. Fair to Davesprite or not, John's more than a little miffed at feeling like he's being blamed for what he considers to be a self-exile.

He looks at Rose, sitting there all cozy and content to make them both sweat it out and sighs loudly. This is boring, and he just wants to go. ]

YEA GUESS WHO DIDNT TRACK THIS THREAD

[nitidus]

[Rose is angry too. Under the pleasant smile, there is a volcano of frustration aimed at them both. She is waiting to erupt. She is waiting for one of them to say something stupid before they say sorry.

She chins her hand. ]

You either talk to one another, or I text Kanaya and ask her to get a hold of Grease 2. I can assure you, apologizing is the better alternative here.

my life all the time

[cawky]

[Davesprite knows. The tension in the room is tangible, only worsened when Rose brings up Grease 2. Davesprite's face visibly scrunches and he shifts uncomfortably.

He steals a glance at John to try and gauge his answer to Rose's threat, opting to remain silent as usual.]

saaame

[dupable]

[ John's also not looking overwhelmed by Rose's threat, but he doesn't look any more willing to talk just because she wants to play a shitty movie to try to make them suffer.

He sinks back into the couch and like a two year old throwing his first little fit loudly huffs as he looks down at the floor. ]

i like that grease 2 is universally is known to be shit

[nitidus]

I'll get you started.

[Rose clears her throat. She then, very seriously, does her very best imitation of Davesprite's voice: ]

Hey John, sorry I broke up with your sister.

[She pauses. And then, her very best John imitation: ]

Sorry I overreacted and got offended over something that was none of my business in the first place.

ACT 2.5: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL (kanaya, rin, minako)

[glowsferatu]

[ she was down a hand, hanging nearby the doorway and listening to hear if she could catch anything of what was going on across her portals. she'd stretched them across the walls and ceiling, figuring the floor would be inconvenient and no one would want to damage the house by tunneling out. she would much rather be present for the confrontation, but she trusts rose to manage it. she had her own part to see to.

they'd seated rin and minako at the dining room table with tea and cookies, so it might be best for kanaya to entertain them. she takes her seat to rin's left, so that the hand occupied by anchoring the glittering green threads of her portals would be farther away. she'll need the free one to snatch the spirograph, but a stealth grab will be tougher this way. she'll have to manage someway, when the window opens.

in the meantime, she pours a bit of blood from her pocket flask into her tea and gives them both a nervous smile. this wasn't awkward at all. ]

[gandere]

[ Blood? Really? Normally this might be when Rin makes a smart remark, but here she finds herself out of her element. It was easy to talk about getting the three of them together, but now that they were sitting here? Her stomach twists tighter in the knot that's already formed as she thinks on what to say. The loud mouth of the trio was herself certainly, but all she can do is sit in silence.

Maybe she should just close her eyes and call for Archer. If she asks him to come through their spiritual link, he would come. Right? Casually glancing down at her right arm, she considers it. Underneath the red fabric was her key out of this place. ]

These are fat free, aren't they? [ Instead she settles on asking about the cookies. ]

[xxii_thefool]

[Of course getting past the events of the arena wouldn't be as simple as agreeing to put it behind them and be friends. Really, Minako feels a little silly for somehow having expected that it would be. She's supposed to know better.

She looks between the other two, brows lifted, trying to gauge for herself if actually addressing the awkwardness would help to dispel it or only make it worse. Maybe for now it's better to ignore it.

Inane chatter, go. She tries a cookie.]

They're good, though. [She says it in the way of someone who expects 'fat free' and 'not tasty' to be automatically linked.]

[glowsferatu]

[ kanaya doesn't take a cookie, instead continuing to stir her tea. ]

I don't really know, I hadn't paid attention. [ but she didn't really buy them, either. she could've told you anything you wanted to know about the food in her own house and the various accommodations she's had to make for her friends distinct diets, but it was different here. just your typical earth household filled exclusively with human teenagers. that's typical, right? ]

They don't really taste the same when I'm like this, anyway. [ not if there isn't any blood. hence the tea, which she takes a sip of. idle chit-chat has never been her specialty. even basic sociability has always been something she's found difficulty maneuvering. as the instigator of this meeting, she feels almost like she's being expected to take the lead on the conversation, but doesn't exactly know how. ]

[gandere]

Well, if she says they're good...

[ She'll believe in Minako and take after her lead by munching down on one of them. As far as Rin is concerned, she said her part and stuffed her mouth full of something. For them to wait on her to say anything else would not only be awkward, but rude.

It's fortunate she's made a living off of avoiding conversation and people in general. Skills of that nature come in handy whenever uncomfortable moments arise. ]

[xxii_thefool]

..."like this"?

[Minako echoes Kanaya uncertainly, with a curious tilt of her head.]

I did notice... you looked a bit different, right after you came back... [From being dead, she does not say.] Is it something related to that?

--ah, if it's okay for me to ask, anyway.

[glowsferatu]

[ kanaya holds up a hand. grey, with the nails painted green though they might have looked more yellow underneath. ] It's fine.

This? This is me. How I was born, how I truly am. The other one, dominant as it may be here in the City, is merely Lachesis' estimation of a human equivalent. Luckily, I can resume this form under certain conditions.

[gandere]

[ Rin's relieved someone other than herself thought to ask. She's sure she would have blurted out something rude soon enough if Minako didn't. ]

What are these conditions? [ So instead she'll pry into personal matters instead. ]