⇨ SHABONDAMASHII

[ringleaders]

Who: Everyone!
When: Day 92 - Day 99
Where: Shabondamashii Bathhouse
What: With the Silver Mirror claimed and the animals of Eden relocated, it's time for the carnival to kick back and enjoy an interdimensional bathhouse and the surrounding festival city. Meanwhile, the scattered shards of the Mirror have an unexpected effect.
Warnings: Dark/Light halves acting weird.

THE BIG CLEANSE↴ As the carnival recovers, the Ringmaster has brought it to the gates of a famous interdimensional bathhouse to rest. She won't be joining you for most of it, though she will be checking in frequently and available by radio. She's fixed a large portion of the Silver Mirror after it shattered, but it seems like pieces are missing. She doesn't want to rest until the missing shards are dealt with, and the Mirror itself is locked away safely. ► YOUR OTHER HALF: The shards missing from the Silver Mirror didn't just disappear - after breaking apart in Eden, fragments of the object embedded themselves in the spirits of those not already touched by its powers, and those that had been the most fae-touched. That means, your characters. The effect of this, explained in more detail on the plotting post, is that some characters will be splitting into two versions of themselves: the Light, and the Dark. This doesn't mean good and evil, of course, it's far more complicated than that. Splits can start happening at any time after arriving in Shabon, and initially characters won't know how to rejoin with their twins. Later on, it will become apparent that they need to reconnect via the shard of the Mirror they share... of course, in order to rejoin, you have to have both halves, and not all twins will be as eager to go back to the way things were before. This plot point is optional. ► SPA DAY: When you're not engaging in metaphysical division, you are free to enjoy the many luxuries that Shabon offers. Things will mostly have an east-Asian bend, like what you would see in the movie Spirited Away, but as long as it doesn't affect the setting much, you can honestly have whatever spa-type services available that you want. Food is served both in restaurants and 'buffet' style. There are also well paid sex workers here, if that is your thing, but make sure to tip well. ► FESTIVAL TOWN: The city surrounding Shabondamashii is largely meant to catch the business of interdimensional tourists. There are frequent parades and other events held, and the architecture is very closely packed. It's easy to get lost if you leave the bathhouse, but it's definitely worth it if you like party. You can pick out a few outfits for yourself and some fun nick nacks, but nothing that would normally require mod approval.

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[whattaprick]

"No, he's talking to the lamp post behind you." In quite the departure from the usual state of affairs, Lambert's the more dour of the pair this time, though he's also flush with drink and notably unsteady. He squints at Zangetsu's new acquisition of earrings, cocking his head.

"You've got a hole in your chest," he declares, unprompted. "Actually, you've got a lot of holes."

[atouts]

"No, no, it was definitely Zangetsu, not a lamp," Childermass disagrees, waving a hand and beckoning the ghost closer right up until Lambert points out how many holes he has. The chest hole, yeah, whatever, but what are those? He squints at Zan's ears.

"What in God's name did you do to your ears? Those are a lot. A lot..."

He's going to stagger forward a step and straight up some, reaching for one of those aforementioned — and very pierced — rabbit ears.

[moonfang]

"You don't know, that lamp might be real good people~" he drawls, arms open in a shrugging gesture and a bit of a slur evident now that he's saying more than one syllable at a time. He's still doing better than Lambert and Childermass, at least -- just pleasantly toasty and not three sheets to the wind. He does come closer though, close enough for them to touch.

Which might also be a bad decision.

He looks at Lambert with a frown, "Awwww, you didn't know about my hole? I'm real upset by that, it's real important ta me. Don't touch it though."

The last bit is spoken like a true threat with a decent bit of venom behind it. Then he's back to a lazy smile.

Zangetsu bends down and lets Childermass touch one of his ears, which are covered in downy feathers instead of fur. There's probably ten holes in each ear with a variety of rings and chains and bars between them. "Hehehehehe....! Well you see, I had to show Gon a good time... he was feeling a bit more like a teenager than an old man. I ticked off all the rebellious hellion ticky-boxes with him."

[whattaprick]

Did Zangetsu ever tell Lambert about his hole before? Hell if he remembers. The threat is completely lost on him, though, as he frowns in consternation at the hole.

"Didn't think he had any," Lambert snorts, and corrects, "And he is a teenager. He's fourteen."

Which makes him snort again, giving him an uncharacteristic fit of the giggles. He's still mopey though, so they're quiet giggles, and he's turning his head and burying his face against Childermass's shoulder to muffle them.

[atouts]

"No one wants to touch your hole, Zangetsu." God, that's a hard name to pronounce. Childermass ends up slurring on it a bit, idly feeling the feather-covered rabbit ear he's been offered. How do they even stand up with all that metal? And maybe he can nick one via the shadow of his hand when it passes over? Possibly. He's sure going to try and pickpocket an ear through magic if he can, whatever earring is shiniest.

All while carrying on with a snort of laughter at Lambert's own outburst and looking over at the witcher.

"You don't know. Fourteen... why, maybe that's a venerable age for... whatever he is." Then he frowns, brow furrowing a little. "He's not human, isn't he? Wasn't he always a... dog?"

Dogtaur. Dogperson. Dogthing. Gon hadn't looked terribly human even when Childermass first saw him and his appearance has only gone a thousand miles worse at this point.

[moonfang]

"Yeah, but he never acts like a teenager. He has the soul of an old man. I just showed him a good time, thassall. And had some fun myself!"

There's definitely some sparkly ones in there. Zangetsu doesn't notice when Childermass filches one of the ones with a gem inlaid, but he does notice when the hole immediately seals itself shut, healed over as if it was never pierced in the first place. Zangetsu swats at Childermass's hand and stands back up straight. "Oiiiii! Don't do that!! Now I gotta... now I gotta pierce that place all over again!"

He pouts a bit, but doesn't seem too put out by it.

Back on the subject of Gon, Zangetsu taps his chin thoughtfully, "Ahhh... well, he's been a tree-dog ever since I knew 'im, but he says that back home he's just a normal human kid. I mean. 'Normal'. Fer a kid who speaks like an old samurai..."

[whattaprick]

The fuck is a samurai? Lambert doesn't know, but he can at least confirm one thing.

"I don't know if I'd call him normal, but he was human," he muses, before he waves a hand vaguely. “Or at least in Yuya’s dreams...”

But his attention is easily distracted, too, and he doesn’t elaborate, caught up in snickering meanly when Childermass filches that earring.

“Shouldn’t steal people’s stuff,” he admonishes. “You want earrings that badly, get your own.”

[atouts]

Welp, his earring now. Childermass pulls his hand back as it's swatted away and gives a laugh, producing the very same earring between two fingertips as he sleight-of-hands it back out of the shadow of his palm. He holds it up, grinning like a damn fool.

"You have so many already! But we could just do it ourselves. All we need is something sharp, right?"

That is a highly ill-advised idea and that fact doesn't seem to cross this Childermass's mind at all. Though regarding Gon, he mostly just shrugs at this point. He doesn't exactly know the lad all that well, beyond the entire 'too big for age' and 'some dog tree creature' aspects. Earrings, though...

He looks over at Lambert and wrinkles his nose.

"Tch, I'd look terrible with earrings. I'm not even a sailor any more!"

[moonfang]

"Hehehehe..." Zangetsu chuckles knowingly at the mention of Yuya. Their little relationship is kind of adorable, and Zan appreciates every chance he gets to give the pair of them shit about it. "They sure are cute together. Shoulda seen how worried little Yuya was about Gon in Eden~"

Zangetsu waves a hand, "Eh. Keep it. I don't trust ya with a piercing needle, not with the way you smell! I can feel my blood alcohol level goin' up just standing here, breathin' in the same air!"

He holds up a finger to interject, "Ah! But ears ain't the ONLY place you can put rings!" He pulls his yukata down a bit more, revealing his blue-tinged nipples which, as you might expect from what he just said, have rings through them. "TA-DA!! Check it out!"

[whattaprick]

“Huh,” is all Lambert has to say to that, blinking slowly. Of course, baring his chest like that to a pair of drunks is pretty much an open invitation, so Zangetsu shouldn’t at all be surprised at Lambert reaching out, index finger curled against his thumb ... and letting it flick sharply against the piercing, metal hitting metal with teeth-jarring force.

[atouts]

Zangetsu, why...

Thankfully (or perhaps not thankfully at all) this Childermass is wasted and ultimately all of the fun parts of his personality, so the hollow baring his chest like that gets a slow, surprised blink, followed by a fit of laughter at Lambert just going on and flicking one. He pulls on the witcher's shoulders.

"That! You should get... that's what you should get!" God, he isn't at all serious, but the thought is hilarious. "Stick little gold swords through them!"

For the carnival's sake, we can hope he does not, in fact, do that.

[moonfang]

Lambert flicks his nipple ring, and before Zangetsu even realizes he's done it, he's punched Lambert right in his stupid face. Highly honed warrior reflexes, you see! The witcher's made of pretty tough stuff, the blow probably only broke his nose a little.

Then he blinks, realizing what he'd done and --

laughs.

"OH MY GOD. YOU FLICKED MY NIPPLE AND I PUNCHED YOU! I'm so sorry!!! BUT I'M NOT! BAHAHAHAHAHA!! I DIDN'T MEAN IT!"

[whattaprick]

It happens too quick for Lambert to dodge out of the way; not that he could in his state. He won’t get a chance to respond to Zangetsu before fist meets face with a sharp-sounding little noise. It catches Lambert too off guard for him to even yell, at first, jerking back in Childermass’s arms in surprise before he tastes iron in his mouth and he touches his fingers to feel where blood’s trickled down to his upper lip.

Then he snarls.

“I’ll rip those things right out of your tits if you don’t stop laughing, fucker!” His actual ability to do so is significantly hampered by being both drunk and essentially having little of his own fighting ability to hand (Lambert’s ideal self, obviously, has most of that) but it won’t stop him from trying to lunge for Zangetsu to give him the nipple gripple of the century.

[atouts]

Yeah, that kind of happens while Childermass is in the middle of laughing and suggesting the stupid sword idea, leaving him caught surprisingly off-guard when Zangetsu lashes out and Lambert staggers back in his arms. He immediately looks alarmed and grabs onto Lambert to try and pull him back.

"Lambert, no!" If it were anyone else, sure, he'd let Lambert break their face, but he's seen what Zangetsu is capable of. He'd prefer a living witcher, thanks. "Hang on!"

[moonfang]

The demand for him to stop laughing only makes him laugh more. Lambert lunges, Childermass grabs him, and Zangetsu steps gracefully to one side, still cackling. At least he's in a good mood!

"Well, that was a nice little adrenaline rush, wasn't it? Relaaaax! It's your fault for touching me! I did warn you."

Standing a short distance away, now, he fixes his yukata so it covers all the sensitive stuff on his chest.

[whattaprick]

“You didn’t warn shit!” Lambert bares sharp fangs at Zangetsu, though the effect is somewhat ruined by the fact that he’s pressing a hand to his nose to stem the wet gush of blood as well as keep his nose back in alignment. Considering he’s still tipsy as all hell, he probably shouldn’t be the one trying to do that, but at he doesn’t have Zangetsu’s instant healing to fix it.

In any case, while his interest in a fight may have evaporated, so has his semblance of a good mood. “Let’s go,” he grumbles, shoulders slouching and hunching to make himself smaller again and squint up at Childermass. “There are other assholes to hang around.”

[atouts]

"...damn it, you're getting blood all over," Childermass grouses, sounding far more upset over this than he ever normally would. He throws Zangetsu a nasty look and digs a handkerchief out of his pocket, offering it over to Lambert, basically to sacrifice it for the sake of stopping up his nose. "Here, it's fine. We'll just backtrack some, alright?"

Going somewhere else is apparently approved, seeing how Childermass is getting both their drunk asses turned around.

[moonfang]

Realizing he's about to be ditched, Zangetsu's ears droop. This Childermass is fun!! He wants to hang out with this one!

This Lambert is a little lame, but still Lambert, so still good.

"Awww... hey, wait! I didn't mean it...!"

He jogs to get ahead of them, standing in the way.

"Look, I got one'a them healin' potions in my room. Lemme buy you guys another round and I'll run and go get it."

[whattaprick]

Lambert glares at Zangetsu as best as he can around the handkerchief he's now got pressed to his nose and Childermass's shoulder. He doesn't look particularly mollified by the promise, slouching against the magician, tail wavering slightly behind him.

"A round of drinks and you show us where you bought those," he declares, a little nasally, raising a hand to point at Zangetsu's ears (or the general vicinity thereof, anyway; his depth perception is kind of shitty right now).

[atouts]

This one is fun but also super clingy to one witcher in particular, so when Zangetsu tries to make amends, he can't help but scowl at him regardless of the offer. Luckily, Lambert is willing to deal, which means Childermass is willing to relent and immediately add, "Round of drinks, showing us where you got those, and the healing potion."

Because he knows how fast Zan can move. Making him get that on top of the rest should be child's play, as far as he's concerned.

"Who the hell just hauls off and punches like that, anyway, I swear..."

It's so rude!

[moonfang]

Zangetsu seems pleased that he gets to hang out with the COOL BOSSES, at least in his slightly buzzed state, for such a small price. He gives a goofy little two fingered salute.

"You got it."

Then, he gestures to the town at large with a wide sweep of his arm.

"Pick a bar, any bar! We'll get drinks goin' and I'll go get that potion."

[whattaprick]

All bars here look alike, fundamentally, but Lambert is neither picky nor inclined to move far in this state, so he readily picks the closest, non-crowded looking one.

"There. That one."

He starts tottering off, tugging Childermass behind him, and it won't take long for them to grab a table with two benches to sit on. Once they're seated Lambert keeps his hand and the handkerchief to his nose, but he'll also lean against Childermass's shoulder, getting comfortably snuggly.