postictal: (that boy needs therapy)
Tim W█████ ([personal profile] postictal) wrote in [community profile] lifeaftr2018-07-28 01:11 pm

in the middle of summer [ OPEN MINGLE ]

Who: Anyone!
What: Catch-all Denny mingle for the last week or so of July
When: Anytime between July 25th and July 31st
Where: Denny
Warnings: Label your stuff if it comes up



[Feel free to use this as a catch-all for whatever your character might conceivably be doing here. Are they loitering outside? Delivering supplies/food? Helping improve the place because god it certainly needs it? Cooking? Socializing? Eating? Just wanting to booze it up? GO WILD.]

[There are nominal rules but if you don't get caught you don't have to deal with them, so you do you.]
propugnator: (unmaking the fiercest tyrants & kings。)

[personal profile] propugnator 2018-08-01 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
( lance, your taste is bad. )

You're right about the company. ( meaning, obviously, lance in this instance. ) It's a comfortable enough place to take a break at.

( especially they're so far and few inbetween.

then he offers lance a smile. )


Are you referring to me?
thegoofball: (i don't get mad)

[personal profile] thegoofball 2018-08-01 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Rude! He is the only person here WITH taste!]

Yeah. [And it is, for the first time since sitting down, a genuinely sincere smile on his face.] I feel like I've been away too long.

[There's a pause, before the smug look on his face comes back.]

But I've been meaning to ask you about something, now that we've got the time...
propugnator: (never too old to talk to the sun。)

[personal profile] propugnator 2018-08-01 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
I understand the feeling.

( there's a tiny laugh at that. it feells comfortable until that irritating expression slides back over lance's face. whatever he's going to ask is going to be weird, he's sure of it. )

And what's that?
thegoofball: (i'm not going to let you go)

[personal profile] thegoofball 2018-08-01 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[You brought this on yourself, Shiro.

Or, well, technically Keith did, because Keith is a fool who exposed his soft underbelly to Lance.]


It's about Keith. There's something he's not telling me that you might know about... From back when the Jormun were here, having a party.
propugnator: (childish things were never left behind。)

[personal profile] propugnator 2018-08-01 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
( poor, poor keith. he did nothing to deserve this.

except for apparently tell lance something he shouldn't have. )


I don't think there's anything to tell about Keith. The person who embarrassed themself was me.

( which is true. )
thegoofball: (this time of year)

[personal profile] thegoofball 2018-08-01 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
[And now Shiro has exposed his soft underbelly to Lance!]

Really? Because Keith seemed pretty embarrassed about it - kept turning red whenever I tried to talk to him about it.

[He tilts his head, doing his best to look innocent.]

But he said you were there and knew what he got up to at the party, and that I should ask you about it if I wanted to know.

[Which is the complete opposite of what Keith told him to do - not that Shiro would know.]
propugnator: (tonight we'll set it all on fire。)

[personal profile] propugnator 2018-08-01 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
( actually, he knows damn well that keith wouldn't have said that to him because he has some common sense. there's no way that he would encourage it. in fact, he would bet that keith tried to forbid him. )

No, he didn't, Lance.

( lie better. )

I just embarrassed him a little. Do you feel disappointed that you missed it?
thegoofball: (huh)

[personal profile] thegoofball 2018-08-01 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, Keith isn't the boss of him, so even if he did tell him not to talk to Shiro about it, he's not going to stop.]

A little bit.

[He's getting nowhere with this. Which isn't exactly surprising but it is incredibly disappointing.]

I don't know what you could have done that would be so bad Keith wouldn't want to talk about it. I mean, after everything we've been through...
propugnator: (laugh like you're made of wind。)

[personal profile] propugnator 2018-08-01 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
You should have come to the party. Next time, you should try to swing by.

( it was, mostly, a good time. slightly leaning back in his chair, he bites back the urge to laugh. lance was too excited for this.

he deserves to get his hopes dashed. )


Have we really been through anything too embarrassing?
thegoofball: (here i am)

[personal profile] thegoofball 2018-08-01 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
What, so Keith can drink me under the table because of his Galra genes? [Normally, Lance would take this as a challenge, but he also doesn't want to like.

Die.]


I dunno - I mean, I wouldn't think so, but. [He shrugs.] Whatever it is must be pretty bad if Keith got so angry over talking about it.
propugnator: (not trying to make a mess。)

[personal profile] propugnator 2018-08-01 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
Does it have to be a competition with Keith?

( honestly. )

I think you're reading too much into it. It's probably only because you were the one asking.
thegoofball: (that's life.)

[personal profile] thegoofball 2018-08-01 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
No! [Yes.] I'm just saying, he likes to show off.

[He as in Keith. Obviously. Even though Lance is the one who starts most of their "competitions".]

What's that supposed to mean? Why wouldn't he want to talk to me about this? We're...We're friends! Aren't we?
propugnator: (yea‚ it's us against the tides。)

[personal profile] propugnator 2018-08-01 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
So do you.

( matter o' fact. )

I think that's for Keith to say, but you're definitely like. . . family. And sometimes family aren't the easiest people to talk to.
thegoofball: (that's the point)

[personal profile] thegoofball 2018-08-01 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
[¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

They're really not - family doesn't judge you. [Or, well. They shouldn't.] And it's not like I would judge him either, whatever the two of you got up to.
propugnator: (dreaming of that earthen lucid sky。)

[personal profile] propugnator 2018-08-01 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
( eyebrow quirk. )

You're making it sound weird. And missing the point, Lance.
Edited (icon swap shut up) 2018-08-01 07:53 (UTC)
thegoofball: (i'm ready to kill)

[personal profile] thegoofball 2018-08-01 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
Because it is weird! And the point- [He gestures with both hands, and it's unfortunate Shiro has started them down this path.] The point is you two are hiding something from me.
propugnator: (doubt you know what she said。)

[personal profile] propugnator 2018-08-01 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
( this was unfortunate the moment lance sat down. )

No one is hiding anything from you. If he's not comfortable telling you, then I'm not going to make that decision for him.

It's important to respect others' boundaries.
thegoofball: (my gift to you)

[personal profile] thegoofball 2018-08-01 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Of course it was.

It's Lance.]


What could it be that Keith's not comfortable talking about it? [He sighs, and he sounds...He sounds almost concerned?

Ugh. He can't believe this.]


I just don't see why we should keep secrets when we're dealing with something like this. Or why Keith thinks I would like, hold whatever this is against him, or. Whatever.
propugnator: (better be ready to run & ready to go。)

[personal profile] propugnator 2018-08-01 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
Lance, you're taking it too personally.

( he stands up then to walk towards lance, gently placing a hand on his shoulder to comfort him. )

It isn't a discredit to you or your relationship with Keith. We were just talking about old memories. It really wasn't anything. When he feels comfortable, I'm sure he knows that he can talk about it with you too.

But you got to wait for him to be ready.

( except this is not totally what it was about, but it's not a lie either. )