you'll be alright, no one can hurt you now

[flagitate]

[ After a hell of a trial, Katniss needs to focus her energy into something. So, the afterparty it is. Since she's not good at this kind of stuff, she's had some help. She'll pass out invitations to anyone she passes by, or she'll slip them under the door. ]



[ There is some food set up, but it's very much in sealed containers. Cookies, specifically, along with anything else she could scrounge up. There are very tightly sealed bottles of drinks, too. After that whole thing, she figures it'd be best to tread with caution. She won't blame anyone who brings their own food, of course.

There are fixings for smoothies, just in case someone's feeling it. Katniss has set up a couple of blenders around the game room. There's also some surf 'n' turf food, to honor Mack, too.

There are some decorations--courtesy of the guys, of course, because how the heck do you decorate for anything. ]

Comments

[glaciates]

Ferid's teasing might actually kill me. Despite my ego I am pretty fragile, you know.

[LOOK FERID HE LEARNED HOW TO BANTER!!!]

[notaccurate]

[Luca waves that comment off.]

Ferid teases everyone, you'll be alright. If you bruise your ego, I'm sure you can find someone to kiss it and put a band-aid on it.

[glaciates]

And I thought I was being a bit ridiculous.

[notaccurate]

What, you think we don't have any ego-doctors here?

[glaciates]

The only doctor we've got left is Aligula, and she's definitely not my type.

[She's tiny and cute and steamrolls him, so actually she's exactly his type but she looks too young!!!!]

[notaccurate]

Not a fan of the millenia-old-ones, hmm?

[TEASE TEASE]

What is your type, then?

[glaciates]

[OH NO NOT YOU TOO.....]

Uh. Good question. The girls I've dated in the past were both short and blonde, but that was a coincidence.

[His type is angular and evil, it's very specific.]

[notaccurate]

[Wow such angles. AND YOU CAN'T BLAME LUCA FOR ASKING Isaac is exactly his type.]

Hmm...well there's plenty of short people here, at the very least. What about body type? Petite, muscular, chubby?

[glaciates]

Uh... they were both on the small side, I guess?

[...]

Are you going to tease me relentlessly about this too?

[oh my god!!!]

[notaccurate]

Of course not, I'm not Ferid. Any teasing on my part would be entirely good-natured.

[glaciates]

How about no teasing at all, that sounds good.

[h e l p]

[notaccurate]

I think I can handle 'no teasing'. What do you want instead? Heated discussions? Flirting? A pep talk?

[glaciates]

[ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS—]

Flirting?

[notaccurate]

Really? You want flirting? I didn't think you were into men, but who am I to argue?

[SHRUG SHRUG SO NONCHALANT]

[glaciates]

What? No! What the hell did Ferid tell you!?

[notaccurate]

Ferid hasn't told me anything.

You, on the other hand, have just told me quite a lot.

1 / 2

[glaciates]

[.....................................]

2 / 2

[glaciates]

That's—

[oh my god]

No, that's not— This is just a misunderstanding...

[OH MY GOD]

H-He just sort of assumed the wrong thing about— So I assumed...! But it's not that!

[#nailed it]

[notaccurate]

[Luca did not expect to be someone's guide into the wonderful world of homosexual thoughts, but today has been quite a day after all, so.]

Isaac, there's no reason to be embarrassed about it. I can understand your reluctance to talk about it in public, what with the laws and societal expectations and everything. But it is quite natural, I assure you. And it's really not that different from being attracted to women.

[glaciates]

[oh my god luca

granted this is 1915 anime germany so the talk would probably be kind of appreciated (maybe?? sorta???) but NO YOU'RE TOTALLY WRONG]

I don't like him like that. Why the hell does everyone always get the wrong idea!?

[notaccurate]

[1880s are not so kind to gay people, especially not gay people who are straight-married, so Luca has always tried to be careful about it.]

But you must like someone like that, to have such a big reaction. And Ferid must have found out who that person is, yes?

[glaciates]

No! That's not it at all! Why the hell would I ever... He just helped me out when I needed it, that's all.

[This might be slightly more convincing if he wasn't bright red, but you know. An attempt is being made.]

[notaccurate]

...

helped you out with what, exactly?

[If this is some BS about 'needs' and 'it was just one time,' Luca will call him on it. Because that bright red face, yo.]

[glaciates]

...I was in a really bad place during the war and he gave me the motivation to keep going instead of giving up. I would have died if he hadn't spoken with me that day.

[he is just very, very touchy about this subject okay

because feelings are difficult???]

That's all it was.

[notaccurate]

[Feelings are indeed difficult. That's why it's hard for Luca to come up with a good answer right now.]

Ahhh, I see. It sounds like he was quite important to you, then.

I'm guessing he isn't here right now, since he was back in your world. If he were here, it would be much easier to sort out. Unfortunately, the line between admiration and affection can be hard to discern at times.