towerofanimus | Finally, another party

Characters: ProtoLancer

puppy_lancer, Zero Lancer

oathshackledbird and anyone interested in attending a birthday party. Details here.
Setting: Meadow
Format: Anything goes
Summary: Lancer throws his brother a party. Everyone can come except for the Archer (meaning they can come crash the party anyways)! Feel free to tag into any of the threads set up or invent your own scenario.
Warnings: None yet!

[It had taken some preparing, but the party was finally set up in a satisfactory way. There was a table for food and drink dragged in from the cafeteria, a wooden bucket filled with water with fruit floating in it, a strange paper mache Jason head pinata stacked on a scarecrow body, and a board with a pig with a Ganon head scribbled on it along with several spiraling paper "tails" attached to thumbtacks. There are no party decorations, but Lancer figures the flowers and sunshine should be decoration enough.]

[Now it's just a matter of waiting for people to show up.]

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You think so? I tried. But it's not just for him. It's for all the other guests too.

[He wonders what he can do to get Kariya to like it.]

You did a good job.

[Kariya pauses.]

Oh. Other people will enjoy it too, I know. [Not that Kariya himself is having the best time. He glances around nervously.]

[He nods.]

...I'm really glad you came. Well, at least...you let Lancelot bring you along. I think Diarmuid is gonna want to talk to you.

[Maybe when that was over, all the tension would go away?]

Thank you. [He glances toward Lancelot.] Yes, he brought me here. I didn't let him.

[Having a Servant isn't always easy.

Kariya sighs. He shouldn't let bitterness color what he says. He tries to smile again.] But it's fine. I'm glad to see you again.

I don't know if that's a good idea. [Though that's what Lancelot had thought.]

Why wouldn't it be? You guys are still friends, aren't you? Isn't it time you made up with each other?

Are we? [He pauses.]

I don't know. It's complicated. Maybe it would be better if we weren't friends.

[Although it pains him even to say it and he looks unhappy at the thought.]

...Wait, what? Why?

[He gives Kariya a blank look.]

But...you guys were close. Y-you had Lancelot guard him that one time and...

I know. It's not that I want to. [He's never had many friends. He'd hate to lose any of them.] I care about him.

[He snaps without thinking:]

But maybe I'm tired of feeling like this.

...What do you feel like now, Kariya?

[If he didn't know better, he might have joked that Kariya was acting like a scorned lover.]

I--

[Kariya turns away. What would give you that idea, Lancer?]

That isn't important. I'm tired of it, that's all. I want it to stop.

[He pats Kariya on the shoulder.]

Is there anything I can do to help it stop?

[He half-smiles, appreciating Lancer's kindness.]

I wish you could make me forget, but you can't. I wish I could forget any of this happened. Things could be like they were before.

[He gives Kariya a bitter smile.]

You're right. I can't. I can't even make myself forget.

Then there's nothing anyone can do. I have to keep feeling this way.

[Because it hasn't stopped yet.]

I shouldn't have come. I don't want to detract from the party.

...I wanted you to come. I thought you'd be able to talk to some people and...cut loose.

Sorry.

You don't have to apologize. It's Lancelot's fault. He brought me here.

I'm a very foolish man, that's all. And unlucky.

You're not foolish at all.

[No comment on the "unlucky" part.]

Thank you, but that isn't true. I make a lot of mistakes. I made another one with Diarmuid.

So? I make a lot more with him. And he always forgives him. I think he can forgive this one too.

...Unless it's up to you to forgive him.

I know he forgives me, but I don't know how I feel about it.

[He sighs. He's already forgiven Diarmuid, really, but that doesn't help him feel much better.]

I should stay away. It would be easier. But I don't want to.

Would you like me to be there with the two of you when you see each other? Would that make it...better?

I don't know...

[Kariya sighs.]

I should probably talk to him on my own. I should be able to face people without help. But it's--difficult.

[He looks down.]

Maybe I'm afraid.

...

[Lancer's voice drops to a whisper.]

Don't tell this to anyone, but I was afraid too, the first time I talked to him after my latest mistake. But it wasn't that bad. So these things always go better than you expect.

Were you?

[It's hard to think of Lancer being afraid of anything, but Kariya believes him.]

I'm glad things went well, but I don't know if it'll be the same for me. It's different. Things are different.

I'm different.

Yeah, as much as I could be, at least.

I'd say we're not that different. Not when it comes to him.

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