[closed] we haven't really explored the sexuality of candlenights

[pocketspa]

Who: The residents of Sorrow's imported housing, building 5-1 aka Tres Horny House (Magnus, Merle, Taako, Lup, Angus, Barry), with special invitee Kravitz
What: It's Candlenights! The city might be dreary but the holidays are still hoppin'.
Where: Tres Horny House (Sorrow's housing, 5-1)
When: Backdated to December 25th
Warnings: Should be pretty clean, aside from crude jokes.

[Despite the decidedly non-wintery conditions outside, the residents of the Tres Horny House refuse to let that cut some Candlenights cheer. Unlike last year's scattered disaster of crystal and a very averted end of the world, this year there's been time to prepare. Even through limited resources, the twins have managed plenty of food for the seven of them. They've been hard-pressed to find a good bush, but one's been transplanted into the middle of their living room, surrounded by gift boxes and decked in small twinkling lights. Magical spheres float around the room in lieu of electricity, small pulsing orbs of gold, red, and green to illuminate the space in warm, soft glow, accentuating the few candles they've managed to find and actually have. Taako's even taken to tucking some sprigs of fake mistletoe around the apartment; notice it or not, he's not here to be the Candlenights police.

It's got the makings of a great holiday. Let's see how they wang this one up.]

[ooc: It's a mingle log! Tag around, give gifts, eat so many magical cookies you get sick, find yourself under the mistletoe, I don't care, make it gay.]

Comments

[restinglichface]

[Whether it's Kravitz' thing or not, there's at least one elf at the party who absolutely appreciates the effort he's gone through to not only be there but to at least attempt a bit of holiday cheer. However serious his thing with Taako really was (Lup put bets down on 'as serious as death' ages ago), Kravitz has certainly stepped up his game in the last few months, taking Lup's words about the importance of family straight to heart.

She's still not completely chill about the not letting her lichdom slide thing, but that's pretty much whatever. She loves that Kravitz makes her brother happy and that's what matters the most.]

Sooo, [Lup slides up besides Kravitz during a quiet moment in the party, waving her phone around in front of him.] You in that sweater. Me in this baller dress. We're def takin' a holiday selfie together, right? It's literally all I want as a gift.

[knockthemdead]

[He hesitates for second. Kravitz isn't a big fan of photos. But hey, if she's serious, then that's one less last minute gift to panic over. Plus, and maybe this the Candlenights buzz in the air making him sappy, it's kind of really nice that Lup wants a photo with him. It feels good.

Krav nods and smiles.]

Of course. You'll need to send me a copy, though.

[He stretches out a hand for the phone.]

I have an idea. May I?

[restinglichface]

[Lup's eyebrows arch curiously, but she hands her phone over anyway before pressing up against the man's side, slipping an arm around his shoulder.

She somehow manages to threaten him through a perfectly curled smile, the happiness for the special occasion still dancing in her eyes.]

Don't fuck up my phone or I'll end your undead life.

[knockthemdead]

Wow. Perhaps- perhaps a little extreme for what is essentially a brick Stone of Farspeech, but no, absolutely, got it.

[He presses a couple buttons and then holds the phone out in front of them, Kravitz grins at Lup.]

Just don't break my concentration.

[And then the phone is levitating before them, set on a timer- and Kravitz, with both hands free, opts to pull his face into the most hideous expression he can muster.]

[restinglichface]

Maybe to you.

[Maybe it's silly, but to her, that phone is everything. It's full of her Hadriel memories, full of family and friends and events. She's snapped pictures on the daily since arriving, making way more use of the camera app than of anything else on it, so there's just about a couple thousand images in there that she loves to flip through on nights when her nightmares just won't let her sleep.

She has hundreds of shots of her and Taako in varying poses, trying on clothing, or just candid pics of her brother in mid-movement looking horrific. And there's pictures of Angus and Barry and all of the friends she's made in the last six months. But there's also pictures of Lucretia from her first stay in Hadriel before she'd left, one in particular of the two girls pressed cheek-to-cheek and grinning for the picture that Lup treasures dearly.

A fucked up phone might be easy to replace, but all of her favorite pictures are absolutely not.

(Someone teach this girl how to back this shit up.)

Still, Kravitz makes good on his promise to not fuck up her phone and instead levitates it so that they can take an even better pic. He makes an exaggerated face and Lup is quick to follow along, baring her teeth and sticking out her tongue just before the camera light flashes. When they relax, she nudges him in the side, fondly, and makes a grab for her phone so that she can do another.]

Okay, but one nice one cause I look super hot and this has to be documented.

[knockthemdead]

[He laughs, relaxed and happy, and the usual traces of constant stress and composure evident in his posture and face are seemingly nowhere to be found. Lup, despite being possibly the scariest person he knows, has given him the Candlenights gift of levity. Beats the shit out of frankincense and myrrh any day.]

Oh, yes, of course.

[Normally, Kravitz is stiff in photos. Formal and sharp, and a little menacing in the right lighting. But not now. He's still loose and smiling, and he places a hand on Lup's back as he leans in to slot himself into the frame.]

[restinglichface]

[She won't say it ever, but this picture is already one of Lup's favorites. She'll treasure it.

When they're done posing, Lup doesn't move very far from Kravitz' side, grinning up at the man before she's reaching over to give him an affectionate (but rough) pat to the shoulder.]

And here's my gift to you, Skeletor. [Lup pulls a few handmade cards out from behind her back (where had she even been hiding them??) and thrusts them in Kravitz' direction. They aren't for favors or back rubs or doing his chores. All three are identical and simply say GOOD FOR FREE TWIN ADVICE in large lettering.]

You're gonna need these. [The smile she aims his way isn't very reassuring.]

[knockthemdead]

[Kravitz laughs like a big, dumb laughing idiot, and says,] No I won't. [and then hastily takes the coupons and tucks them into his inner suit pocket. You know. Just to be polite. They're a gift, after all.]

Thank you. It was very kind of you to think of me. And I, obviously, have a just as well thought out gift for you in return.

[He definitely didn't blip out through a portal moments ago to grab it, alongside everybody else's presents, after realizing gift giving would be happening. You can't prove anything.

Kravitz passes Lup an unwrapped matching pair of singlets. She's free to interpret this however she wants; Kravitz is content to lean back and grin.]

[restinglichface]

That's what you think.

[Just wait, Krav. Lup knows her brother a little better than you do. There's no staying on his good side forever. Not even Lup's managed to do that.]

Shit. Really? [Kravitz is the only person Lup hadn't exactly expected a gift from, so when he pulls out the matching shirts, she's left staring blankly at them for a handful of moments before she finally just dissolves into laughter, snatching the pair of them excitedly right out of his hand.]

Hell yeah! Okay, which one fits me better? [She pushes each one up against her body, one at a time, before turning her attention on him instead.] Scratch that. Which one fits you best?

[She's absolutely pushing that 'the drama queen' right up against Kravitz' chest, cackling the whole time.] Oh yeah, deffo this one.

[knockthemdead]

[He will never admit to knowing she's right. Not until shit gets dire, anyway.]

Of course. [Krav sweats for a moment (not literally of course because he can't fucking do that, just figuratively) as she stares silently at the gift- then melts with relief and grins at her when she laughs.

It allows Lup to press the shirt up against him with little more than an eyeroll. After all, he set them both up for a drag, here.]

Mm. One of my more complimentary colors, too.

[restinglichface]

[The more time that Lup spends with Kravitz, the more she's come to appreciate his sense of humor. He may come off as a total stick-in-the-mud at first, but now the elf has a much clearer idea of what a real goofball he actually is. And maybe she understands just a little of why her twin is so into him.

Lup thrusts the shirt into Kravitz's chest. Yup, that's his now.]

Dunk. We'll have to coordinate and wear 'em at the same time. Make a real entrance.

[knockthemdead]

[Oh, thank goodness. Grudging, minimal approval. It's all he wants.

Kravitz nods faux-seriously, tapping a finger to his chin.]

Perhaps we'd best wait for the perfect occasion. We wouldn't want to be overshadowed by anything, after all.

[restinglichface]

Um. Excuse you?

[Lup can't quite hide the grin on her face, but she does best to train her voice into something at least a little offended.]

Do you even know who you're talking to? Like anything could ever overshadow me. C'mon now.