SanaChan

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

It's alright. Trust me, I understand being busy, starting Monday I'll be juggling all of my teachers classes at once. I'm sorry your break was so busy though, I know I'm dying for one XD

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

Hotaru watched him play, raising a brow when he stopped to figure out what to do and then when he beat her, she narrowed her eyes with a huff, "One friggin' point, you got lucky," She pointed the dolls hand at him, "And you don't have to be embarrassed, honestly. I am the last person in the world to judge you for enjoying yourself- something you do not seem to do like... ever outside of eating- and these people don't matter. We'll move on to the next town on our journey to heaven only knows where and we'll probably never come back here anyways. So just forget about their opinions and stop trying to hide the way you actually feel about something," she said as she looked around, "But I have picked the last two games. I think it's time you picked the next one," she smiled at him before seeing the kids run by with their masks on, "Oh, hey, do you want one of those, cause I've got mine," She put the doll in her pouch as she got the mask back out, putting it on, grinning a bit behind it.
It did feel nice to just let loose a little bit, to feel like for just a little while they were just normal people spending time together at some normal little festival with no impending doom lingering on the fringes of the evening, and reality wasn't a cruel thing waiting to crush all the normality they got to experience for the short amount of time. She wasn't thinking all that naturally, not allowing herself to think of anything other than getting Larel to let himself just actually get excited about something. She was surprised that Zenmaru wasn't chatting away though, making her usual kind of comment about them going on like this, wanting to eat the nearest person or something, or was that latter thought her own? She was glad she had the mask on because the fact she wasn't sure had her a bit concerned, "After the next game we should try some other stand food. Mera gave us a lot to spend tonight so I can pay for it next time," she said from behind the mask looking around for a mask vendor to get him, "What animal would you get? I think you should get a dog one," she moved the mask up to the top of her head, the strap holding on by her bun, as she smirked at him, "Honest and loyal definitely sound like traits for you," she nodded.

Mera gave a small eye roll at how dramatic he made her laugh sound, "I suppose I haven't laughed much since you've met me.... Small disappointments over the years have lead me to where I am in the terms of how I expect people will treat me and how I feel I should treat them, more of how much I should bother with and how upset I should when they've decided to abandon the ideal of trust for something different," she said before standing up, taking a deep breath, "Well, alright, Wisdom, I'm all dressed up, though I feel half like a geisha," she tried to fix the top half of her kimono a bit, "I'm not sure what you mean by counting this as a moment but I'm guessing it's one of those ridiculously romantic ideals all cooped up in the head of yours. I feel like you've never had someone to focus your attentions on before in the same manner as you do me and that's why I can't seem to persuade you to relent," she said with a slight shake of the head, a few rebellious hairs sliding free of the braids and hanging around her face, "But while we're here, I suppose you have some idea of how to give me a lesson in having fun?" she raised a brow as she crossed her arms again.
Maybe he wasn't completely wrong. Maybe she should just stop charging headlong in to the idea that she could handle this on her on and that she had to face it and abandon everything that made her happy so that she could protect those she cared about. Maybe for just a night she could think about herself. After all it didn't feel quite right anymore to just spurt out all those emotions, the feelings bubbling up deep in her- by the goddess, his ego did not need her admitting to the fact she had somehow along the way fallen for his constant pursuits, his constant affections. The idea of telling him at all had her turning away to hide her blush at it now, and a very strange phenomena hit her. She put her hand to her stomach, still not looking at him, wondering what suddenly had her feeling like that. She had been so sure in her anger that she could just say it and be done with it, that in the end this would end up being another disappointment, but now that he worked away that anger, gotten down to the part of her that she had a hard time showing anymore- the side of her that used to raise her sisters through the village streets closest to the gypsy camps to try and get to the shops that sold sweets and then waste about half of them pelting her brothers for stealing their favorites, the side that used to have sore cheeks at the end of the day because she spent so long laughing and grinning, a side she had forgotten about by now- and with that, her emotions suddenly seemed raw and something to remain hidden.....
Well great, that was certainly going to make for great conversation for the rest of the now long evening.

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

Ah, there was an extra letter in the .jpg part. I added Eryn's bio now

Worthington's Academy for the Supernatural (Now with More Bats!)

I'm on board for overtaking it

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

I'll get to Eryn's sometime in the next couple of days. I'm sorry if my posts don't seem to be long enough to match up to what you're giving out I just don't like repeating myself for the sake of length, and I'm just trying not to do too much that the response is all over the place

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

Hotaru smiled brightly at Larel's outburst when he got the fish, finding it almost kind of adorable, patting his shoulder a bit as he spoke about going on to the next game, "Hope you're not a sore loser," she smirked, "But hey, don't be afraid to let yourself get excited about something, it's good for the soul," she smiled before taking his arm again and pulling him over to the next game. She'd only been to one of these things in her childhood with her parents and they had expected her to behave herself, they were there to be seen, not to be like the rabble. But she had snuck off to play some games, to have some fun- that's what children did after all. She remembered some boy telling her exactly the same thing as he pulled her from vendor to vendor, that fun and excitement was good for the soul.
Hotaru stopped once they reached the target game, handing Larel her fish was she paid, "Hold that just a sec," she picked up the beans they were using and looked at the different jars, "Each jar is worth a certain amount of points, a certain amount of points gets you a certain sized toy," she motioned to the stuffed dolls and the different kinds of toys, looking more expensive the higher up they went, "We'll just see who gets the nicer gift huh?" she smirked at him before starting to toss the beans. Throwing them would be overkill and probably would break the jars. Tossing them created more of a challenge as there had to be just enough force to get it where it was going, nothing more, nothing less. In the end she got about 20 points, as she had an easier time getting it in the jars further back than the ones up front, though she was just as capable as giving too much force as not enough and a lot of her beans went completely past the jars and in between them. She got a wood carved doll that had an interesting paint design on it and tucked it under her arm as she took the two fish from Larel.
"Your turn," she smirked at him, "Let's see how well you do cause it's certainly not at easy as it looks," she was psyching him out a bit, as it was fairly easy once you understood just how much force would send the little bean where you wanted it. She just wanted to see how he would react and how well he would do, she liked seeing him get excited about something so simple as games, it was a different side of him.

Mera lowered her hands from her face as Alari spoke to her, leaning on her knees as she listened to what he had to say. She looked up as he asked what was wrong with having fun, and she seemed a bit surprised at the way he spoke about enjoying a world of bliss and talking about Hotaru, Larel, and Kaori being happy. Her brows went up as he mentioned her father wasn't worth sacrificing happiness for- it was a concept that she had never let herself think about, one that just never occurred. Her focus had always been that she had to deal with him at all costs if he were to start coming for them, that if she didn't face him before he reached them that he was going to make everything hard for them. But the thought of forgetting about him for just a small portion of time and actually allowing herself the ability to breath, relax, and actually enjoy herself was something that seemed almost difficult to wrap her head around.
She looked at him again as he said he was envious of her and then something happened as he mentioned embracing during the firework, the fact he had stayed up trying to plan it out. She put her hand to her mouth as a strange fit of laughter hit her. Something so ridiculous as trying to plan an evening just so it ended a certain way was suddenly just so hilarious to her, with everything they were just talking about, to go from almost lecturing her about putting happiness on the back burner to such a bout of silliness, "I don't understand you at all," she finally said as she caught her breath, "Your thinking seems to simple and straightforward all the time, then you spout these moments of thought that are so much deeper than you allow anyone to know you're capable of, and then come right back around to this childishness.... You're so strange, Alari," she shook her head, getting quiet for a moment as she ran her hands over her legs, trying to think of what to do or say before looking at him, "It's been decades since I allowed myself... to be childish, to just forget about all else and have fun... I don't think I even know how to do something like that anymore," she mumbled, looking towards the people passing by, hearing the children laughing, "I hope Mary's out there, she really needs something like that...."

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

"Trying to measure up your competition, I see how it is," Hotaru smirked at him, "Well, then let's go for the fish, it's something I've always wanted to play," she said and walked forwards the game and bending down next to the tub of water. She paid for the game, getting three paper nets to try with, and she looked down at the fish, "Just so we're clear, I also find these games to be ever so slightly rigged, especially ones like these," She waved the paper net at the vendor, who rolled their eyes, before she started to pick a fish. She reached in slowly, trying not to startle the fish before the longer it took to try and catch the fish, the more likely it was that the paper would tear. She went to get a regular goldfish, but the paper ripped the second she got it out of the water, "Damn," She pursed her lips, trying it again and ripping the next one too, "Told you," she looked at Larel, "Rigged," she looked back at the water, looked at the last next, and then backed toward the water before reaching in. She went after a black goldfish and grinned as she got it out of the water and the net didn't tear, "Oh hey!" The vendor got one of the jars of water and put the fish in it and she stood up, showing it to Larel, "It has to be beginners luck because I never won any kind of these things when I was growing up," she said with a smirk, holding her finished skewer between her teeth, "You're up! Don't go showing me up too bad," she laughed a bit as she stepped back to let him up to play as well. She realized then that the guys had left and there was the skewer in the wall where they had been standing. She smirked a bit at that before turning to look and see how Larel would fare at the game.
As annoying as the get up was, she was going to focus on just having some fun with him, actual fun that she couldn't recall them being able to have before then. She almost felt bad about the fact he had been uncomfortable around her and Mera at first, but she was rather relieved at the fact that he had gotten comfortable over time. She would hate for him to be stuck feeling that way the whole time, but it was decent leverage against him to know she was "afraid" of Mary. She wouldn't use it often but it was just always good to know what cards were in her deck.
She looked around seeing there were games that had balloons in water that the vendor was making spin in the water and there were a couple of places were throwing small items at targets trying to win prizes. There were certainly plenty to keep the kids occupied, and there was food galore. She was pleased to find that eating the chicken made her feel less like she was desperately in need of feeding, which was even more important now when there were people all over the place. She chewed on the skewer, waiting for the results of his efforts or his choice of whether or not he wanted to play a different game.

Mera walked up to him, glaring at him, "And how the hell am I supposed to enjoy myself?" she pointed behind her, toward the way they came, "He's coming this way, I can see it," She grabbed the front of Alari's kimono, "Why do you continue to act as if there is nothing wrong, why do all of you continue to pretend as if the world is just fine when it's on the precipice of falling apart at its seems?" her frustration was mixing with the emotion she tried to hide just about as much as her emotions towards him, her fear. It wasn't just for herself, it was for her siblings, for Larel and Hotaru, for him, because they were all in danger if he got there, "Why can none of you just accept that this is the worst time for such childishness?" she looked down, still holding on to him before taking a deep breath and looking back up, "Fine you want a different side? I'm sure this will boost your ego plenty- Do you have any idea what it would do to me to see any of you get hurt? Not just Thanos, Mary, or Eryn, but those two? Or you? Hell, even if something were to happen to Kaori, because all of you have wound your way in to my being in a way I've never felt before," She gave him a slight shove, mostly just dropping her hands, "And this is exactly why I never wanted any of you close to start with, I didn't want anything to get in the way or doing what needed to be done....Why couldn't you just leave me be?" she rubbed her eyes, feeling exhausted after the small outburst, the smallest bit of opening herself up, "I'm still not going out there, in case that isn't clear," she waved her hand towards the busy streets before finding some toppled barrel to sit on, putting her head in her hands.
There was a hollow ache in her chest, wondering just how pathetic she looked being so desperate to focus on the negative rather than being like the lot of them that would rather see what small positive there was and holding on to it. But how could she just forget he was coming? What if she got so busy trying to actually "enjoy" herself she missed the fact he'd caught up with them and then he showed his truest colors as a monster? She knew all of them, all of them but Kaori, could easily defend themselves from most of what the "grunts" were capable of, but even she did really know what her father would rest to and she couldn't really stand the idea of seeing any of them in the condition Thanos had been in after he confronted him.

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

I can't remember at this point whether or not Mera can actually see or if I did something to her eyes again XD I'm fairly certain she can see though.
I got Mary's done, I just have to work on Eryn's bio and then he's done.

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

"You're afraid of Mary?" Since he had never really seemed to have a problem around her or Mera, she didn't realize his fear was of women in general. She took a bite of the chicken while he stumbled over his phrasing, raising a brow at it, but looked in the direction Eryn had gone as she answered him, "He promised me a guilt free meal and I've been having a hard time with that lately, and then he took my katana once we got there and threatened to melt it if I didn't cooperate. Mary's got it now and she's hiding out somewhere," she muttered, "He stills owes me the first part," she muttered as she looked around them, "So. Shall we try our hands at some of these games? At the very least we should try and enjoy our time, right?" she smirked at him, "Maybe we should turn it to a contest or something? The person to win the most prizes is the victor of the night. We can decide on a prize or something later," she waved that part of before taking another bite of the food and starting over to one of the games, watching someone else play to try and understand how the game worked. Something caught her interest though and she turned looking towards a group of guys she realized were watching her and her face turned red again and she looked back to the game, "I'm driving this skewer in to Eryn's eye socket," she growled as she angrily took another bite, though the little kids in line that heard her got very scared and scattered. She rolled her eyes, looking to see is Larel was interested in the games or not.
She had to be honest that him acting that way was causing some confusing reactions in her. She didn't know whether or not that the reaction was a good one so she was worried that she was making him uncomfortable and then there was the fact that even Kaori who insisted she was tomboyish said she was cute and then that made her uncomfortable. And now the guys made her feel creeped out and she kind of wanted to stick them with the skewer to keep them from looking at her that way.

Mera narrowed her eyes at the rather dramatic scene from the two of them when they saw her, "You're idiots, and I swear on my life, Kaori, you draw me in any form or fashion and I'll not only skewer you, I will burn all your work," she threatened darkly before Alari sent him on his way and she looked back to him. She put her hands on her hips, "Honestly I don't understand why appearances change anything. I'm still exactly who I was before," she said with a clear agitation, "And I had no real interest in going out there and being pushed around by people too caught up in their own worlds to pay attention to where they're walking, or children who are in too much of a hurry to get to every stand, and especially not to be gawked at by other men who can only focus on the fact that my irritating little brother decided the most appealing fashion he had involved showing skin," she huffed. It was everything she could do to focus on being angry rather than blushing at the fact she was showing more skin than she was accustomed to, "I'd rather get right to the point and do what I have to to get these damned cuffs off."
Saying it so abruptly suddenly reminded her of what she was really and truly about to do. She was about to confess to him how she felt about him- something she never ever wanted to do because his attention was hard enough to bear sometimes as it was- but she needed these shackles off. She couldn't do anything properly with them on, and even if she couldn't go to face her father, she wouldn't be able to defend herself if he caught up with them and he wasn't far enough way that she was comfortable with just dealing with it for awhile longer. She stood up a bit straighter, hoping Mary hadn't try to sabotage this any to make it drag out, but she only had this one shot. Alari couldn't unlock the damned things until she spoke her heart to him and she knew he had the key. She looked at him, hoping he would just let her get it over with.

Dystopia

Well I just looked at one of the thread's Seravee was in about a week ago and she/he/they were saying something about an ulcer on their eye so I'm imagining they're not able to respond at the moment...
Either that or she's in Mexico and doesn't have internet.
Or some combination of the two.