Chateau Youkai~♥

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Who: Pig stepford_smiler Kappa inappropriatelaughter Monkey perceives_sunlight AND NOW Rabbit onetrueprince
What: Join the JOURNEY TO THE WEST CREW who is stuck not journeying to the west in their shenanigans.
Where: Spiral Number 2~ 1302 AND EVERYWHERE ELSE.
When: FOR THE MONTH OF JULY
Warnings: Rated G for Gojyo which is the opposite of an actual G rating.

[This is a catch all log for the Saiyuki crew which means lots of stupid fun rolled into one steaming pile of trash log.

This is where I'll be directing people who want to come over to their house or if their character wants to chill with multiple Saiyukis or even just one.

ENJOY!]

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[dedikated]

[ she's had it up to here with phones. and rage. and basically everything. kate this is what you get for staying up all night on the phone flirting you fucking goober.

instead, it's time for some face to face chatting, at Hakkai's place.

she is, at least, polite enough to knock. ]

MY ONE DRIVE BY COMMENT

[perceives_sunlight]

[ And Goku is the one opening the door, because Hakkai is in a literal state of shock right now. He looks up at Kate, a slightly terrified expression on his face. ]

Hi, Kate! Uh... [ And he's scooting past her, away from the inside of the house where a deadly aura is radiating off of Hakkai. ] ...Hakkai n' Gojyo are inside and I'm gonna go okay okay see ya later bye! [ And then he is off like a shot, OUT THE DOOR because he is terrified mom is scary right now. ]

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[He watches as Goku let's Kate into the house and is smiling pleasantly. Oh so pleasantly.]

Hello, Kate. What was it that you wanted to tell me over the network?

[dedikated]

[ totally pleasant that. yeah. ] Get the feeling you already know the phones are glitching, really. [ but she needs to attempt to have a life so... take her. please. ]

FANCY???DINNER PARTY

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[So Hakkai definitely welcomes food preparation after his debut as an up and coming Chinese rap star. Who knew he would be the next Jay Chou of his time?

So hacking away at vegetable-things and fish has been excellently therapeutic for him.

On tonight's menu Chinese steamboat is being served.

He knows that Goku and Gojyo really enjoy his hot pot dish and it's great for a lot of people and it uses different vegetables that he's cut up into nice, even, mouthfuls.

All that's needed now are the guests and his two housemates.

He looks over at his dragon as he puts the broth onto a simmer and smiles.]

How does that look?

Kyuuuuu!

[Jeep peep of approval.]

DR. GOTTLIEB GENERAL???

[verinumeri]

[ idk at any point throughout the evening, see below for example ]

Arriving / Beginning. Newton + Hermann + Name Goes Here

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[ 1302's convenient enough -- the first house in the spiral. Hermann approaches with Newton, peering for the number. They are, of course, in the midst of a disagreement. ]

I told you why. I have told you why sixteen times. No, we can't just go back and go through it ourselves, not only because we'd be sick -- we're expected.

[ It being, no doubt, the container Newton's got of the cookies he (Newton) baked, and the shopping bag Hermann carries of wine and coffee. Mostly wine. He stops in front of the door, briefly tucking his cane into his elbow as he fishes out his phone and checks the time. Right on, despite Newton's efforts. With a satisfied nod, he replaces his phone, takes hold of his cane below the handle, and raps it against the door.

It isn't as though he's comfortable with this, entirely. It isn't the sort of thing he thinks (or is much inclined) to do. Only, they'd been invited. At least Newton being against it naturally caused Hermann to be much more firmly for it. ]

[fortunefavored]

[Newt just sulks. He's been sulking practically the entire way here.]

Can we just have it go on the record that I'm doing this under extreme duress? And that you owe me one? Because I'm really not looking forward to dealing with Gojyo for an evening. [JS.]

Child for you 8D

[perceives_sunlight]

[ So those are the people coming over for dinner. Goku was hoping he's see someone his age, but it makes sense. Hakkai wouldn't wanna babysit more than him (and Gojyo couldn't, sad as he was). Even so, it's still people that he's never seen before, so that makes them interesting in his book! ]

[ The little five-foot-even boy walks over and tugs on Hermann's sleeve gently in an attempt to get his attention. ]

Hi! [ There's a bright smile. He gets to introduce himself! He's very proud of his name. So any chance to let people know it is good. ] My name's Goku!

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[ Mr. Hakkai had mentioned a third person by the name of Goku. Hermann had assumed, without realizing he assumed, that the individual was roughly the same age. The two given traits, 'excited to meet new people' and 'can eat quite a bit', were not strongly suggestive toward any bracket.

As a result, he does not expect the tug or to need to look down. Surprised, and reflexively averse to touch, he jerks his arm up and away, though it had been gentle -- but when he does look down, half through a step back and away, he's greeted with that smile. ]

Er--

[ Which is frankly disarming. As is the ample enthusiasm with the introduction, so this is Mr. Goku, whom Mr. Hakkai and Mr. Sha must be looking after. Which is really -- he could not have expected it. ]

Oh. Yes, you must be.

[ . . .

Oh, right. ]

I'm, er, Dr. Gottlieb.

MID-DINNER idk

[inappropriatelaughter]

[ Gojyo has found himself sitting next to Hermann, which (given the rest of the present company) is a pretty decent situation (for Gojyo, at least), since Hermann has yet to straight-up call him an idiot. Mr. Sha has alarmingly low standards.

He's actualy drinking the wine they brought, although he's holding the glass wrong. ]

So are you guys workin' on any crazy stuff? [ He gestures vaguely with his glass. ] Science stuff?

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[ Distressingly low standards. Though Hermann has much higher standards, they do not much apply to how one holds a wine glass, especially the slightly wrong sort used by the previous inhabitants. ]

'Crazy science stuff'?

[ Hermann debates his answers, considering Mr. Sha over the rim of his glass as he sips.

The man fully deserves a load of nonsense. He won't keep it up, or anything. What is an appropriately crazy sounding thing? ]

Yes, a death ray beam. Affixed in the mouth of a mechanical, flying bat.

[ Sip. ]

Winemom time

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[When the boys are off playing, Hakkai remains sitting in his seat at the kitchen table, having another glass of wine (never mind he's had, like three already from dinner).]

I hope you both enjoyed dinner.

[He smiles over at Hermann.]

Goku - General

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A: DURING DINNER
[ This child is only five-feet-even, but he is eating like there are five of him. He's gotten some better table manners due to Hakkai's influence, but the rate that food is going inside of him is... alarming to say the least. ]

Hakkai makes--chew chew swallow--the best food ever!

[ Be careful. If you're eating too slow, he might ask you for it. ]


B. AFTER DINNER
[ You'd think that after all that food he ate during dinner would slow him down, tired him out, but it just gave him plenty of energy. Now he wants to play games and tire out people with conversation. ]

[ So he'll saddle up right beside you, nice and close to talk, with the dragon Hakuryuu in his lap. No personal space with this little guy. ]

b

[fortunefavored]

[Hello yes small child you have a dragon. Newt is just going to naturally gravitate to wherever the dragon is so...that works 8D. He's also not bothered at all by Goku's lack of personal space]

Hey, kid. [he grins, widely, stretching the scars on his face a little garishly] You were really hungry, huh? [he saw the way you were chowing down at dinner dude]

kougaiji, ~stylishly ~late or some shit... | hmu for any point in time!

[onetrueprince]

[ So... earlier, Goku told him that he should come over. Kougaiji, of course, had hesitated. And resisted. Because no thank you, that's going to be about five or ten thousand kinds of awkward, he's pretty sure. Especially with the whole, you know, network... fiasco... thing. Hanging over him. (and Hakkai, poor bastard.)

And yet, here he is. He's late, but eh, at least he's here??

So, feel free to either greet him at the door. Or bother him over dinner, or after dinner, or before... whatever happens! ]

[perceives_sunlight]

[ Goku practically throws open the door when Kougaiji arrives. ]

YOU CAME! [ His voice is loud--he probably alerted everyone just now that a sort-of unexpected guest has arrived. He's already grabbing Kou's hand, pulling him on inside of the house. ] Come on, come on!

Th' food is already ready n' stuff! And Hakkai brought people over! They're really super smart and whatever. [ A nice change from Gojyo. ]

LATER, AT SOME POINT,

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[ Gojyo hasn't really said much directly to Kougaiji so far—not ignoring him, but not being as open as he is with other people, either.

But then there's a moment where everyone else is talking or busy with something and Gojyo's leaning on furniture a couple feet from Kougaiji, semi-obviously staring at him, like he's trying to make up his mind.

Finally: ]

You want a beer?

during dinner

[fortunefavored]

[Soooo guess who you got sat down next to, buddy??? This guy. Which...might be a little awkward. But then again, Newt has no filter, so maybe not.]

Dude. Your ears are killer. You might poke somebody's eye out with them, but they look really badass. [says the guy with a massive facial scar. C'mon, Newt.]

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[ As a general rule, Hermann was not very good at this sort of thing. 'This sort of thing' encompassed anything to do with socializing. Introductions he avoided, small talk he loathed, he'd never been invited to someone's home for something as mundane and friendly as this. There'd been no play dates as a child before boarding school, no visiting 'friends' while on holiday, no stopping by dorm rooms or apartments at university, and then it'd been twelve years of Shatterdome living.

Yet, he's not unaware of how one should behave and he does care to when he must, mindful of decorum, unlike Newton.

It presses at him as the evening wears on, that he ought to say something. Mr. Hakkai had at least seen to the introductions, and for once, since Newton tended to do it normally and in the same breath flagrantly disobey Hermann's insistence, he was introduced as Dr. Gottlieb. That had further elevated his opinion of Mr. Hakkai, making this present venture all the more necessary.

He wouldn't be rude at Mr. Hakkai's dinner party. He'll have to do the small talk. It's a bigger group than he's used to (as if two was a group) but small enough that he doesn't think he can get away without it.

Thus, sometime after dinner but before the wine mom division of the group, Hermann glances at M. Kougaiji. The wine helps. ]

So, you lot all come from the same world?

GOJYO SPECIFIC

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[ I don't know what I'm doing please hold ]

IF THE WINEMOMS GET A THREAD, THEN AWKWARDDADS GET A THREAD

[fortunefavored]

[So. It's after dinner. Winemoms are still at the table and somehow Newt and Gojyo have been tasked with keeping an eye on Goku. This can only end in tears. At current, though, Newt's just gonna...stand here, awkwardly, hands shoved in his pockets. Honestly, the only thing keeping him here right now is Hakuryuu and, well, Hermann. But the latter has abandoned him for Wine Time with Hakkai so....right. Going where the dragon is. Which is with Goku. And Gojyo. Y e p.]

So...you mentioned beer? [because beer.]

After everyone goes the hell home

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[After a long day of cooking and a long night of entertaining, it's now time to clean. Hakkai looks at the empty plates and glasses stacked up onto the counter with a sense of satisfaction.

He rolls his sleeves up and starts running the water so that it heats up to a good temperature for cleaning.

It was quiet now, save for the running faucet. But it was a good quiet, a fulfilled and needed quiet.]

[inappropriatelaughter]

[ Gojyo's draped over one of the kitchen chairs, leaning back precariously, doing nothing. He could really use a cigarette. Fuck this cave.

He's also kind of idly watching upside-down Hakkai.

That's a shitload of dishes—Goku and the two of them and three other people.

He lets his chair down, sighing, and gets up. There was a little towel around here, somewhere—there it is. He leans against the counter by Hakkai and holds up the towel. See? He's gonna help. Who's the best who's your favorite. ]

FOR GOJYO

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[One morning after breakfast and Hakkai has finished cleaning up the kitchen, he goes over to a lingering Gojyo and places a few cigarettes down onto the table in front of him wordlessly.

Without so much as a lingering glance, he started heading to the living area.]