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[looselips]

Characters: Shinji and OPEN
Setting: The cafeteria
Format: Action preferred
Summary: Shinji takes advantage of the poison plants meaning a more empty cafeteria.
Warnings: An eight-year-old and alcohol...


[Whether or not he is, Shinji likes to think he's clever. So, naturally, he thinks he's being very crafty by taking advantage of the poisoned food in the cafeteria. It should mean fewer people are there now, right? So, he's much less likely to get caught if he decides to sneak one of the alcoholic drinks.]

[Which, he does. He's curious about them, particularly given the tastes of his Servant. When he sits, he picks the most out of the way seat he can find, conspicuously attempting to be inconspicuous as he grips his glass in both hands and leans over it, tequila close to his mouth.]

[...He can't quite bring himself to drink it, though. It's not like he's worried about doing something "bad" or getting in trouble, but... It smells weird. Still half-huddled over the drink in an attempt to hide it, he sniffs it again, his nose wrinkling.]

Comments

[puppy_lancer]

Heh, decided to try this one out, huh, kid?

[Lancer is hovering over Shinji, grinning mischievously.]

[looselips]

[Shinji promptly squawks and nearly leaps out of his chair.]

Wh— How long have you been standing there?!

[puppy_lancer]

[He shrugs.]

Not very long.

[He sniffs at the tequila.]

Also, you might want something lighter. That stuff smells strong and you're tiny. Unless you wanna get drunk quickly.

[nonacquiescent]

...

[Waver eyes him from a few feet away before finally speaking up.]

Um. What are you doing?

[looselips]

[Shinji jumps, and then in a totally-not-suspicious-at-all way, covers the top of the glass with one hand.]

N— Nothing. In fact, even if I was doing something, it's not like someone like me is obligated to explain himself to a plebe like you.

[nonacquiescent]

...Oh, right, you're an utter prat. You should listen to adults, you know.

[stalemates]

[SUDDENLY, a mess of pink appears...in a cloud of pink smoke. IT'S PINK!!! She hovers in the air as if lying on her side on a couch, chin propped up on her hand.]

You're not going to like that...

[looselips]

[Wow that is...a lot of pink. Somehow, the more dramatic entrance unsettles him less than someone quietly sneaking up on him, so he only slinks back, frowning as he draws his glass in closer to his chest.]

What the hell do you know? I might!

[Actually, he isn't sure if he'll like it himself, but. He's still curious and wants to try it.]

[stalemates]

Hey, I'm trying to help you, that stuff's totally gross.

[She knows from experience...]

You couldn't have picked something worse!

[marriedthebloke]

[Being naturally suspicious, Sola-ui is predisposed to doubt the food even without the rumors. She doubts the drink even more.]

...Are you sure that is safe?

[She asks half out of idle curiosity, half out of real concern.]

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[Shinji's reply comes immediately and bluntly.]

No, but I don't see how it's any of your business.

[...Even if it isn't poisoned.]

[marriedthebloke]

Perhaps I don't want the vision of someone dying from poisoning to ruin my meal.

[Just as rude and blunt.]

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku was still checking the cafeteria just to make sure that everyone knew to avoid it, when he spotted his roommate and the drink in his hand. He reached over and tried to pluck it out of his hands.] I don't think so Shinji.

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[Shinji tries to slide the drink out of Suzaku's reach, of course. His success is limited.]

Screw you! I can do what I want.

[MATURITY]

[swordofzero]

Not with this.

[He tries again to grab the drink, giving his roommate a stern look.]

[vermicompost]

[Kariya's uncle senses are tingling. He sees Shinji hunched over in the corner of the cafeteria, and he doesn't hesitate to make his way over to where he's sitting. He's heard about poison in the cafeteria, and naturally, he's concerned.]

Shinji. Is there something wrong with your drink?

[looselips]

[There is absolutely nothing wrong with Shinji's drink. That's why he promptly jolts upright at the sound of Kariya's voice and slaps his hand over top of the glass.]

No. [There is also absolutely nothing suspicious about the speed or intonation of his answer.]

[swordedpast]

[And then there's a presence behind him, the kind of sudden presence that screams Servant. Of course, it could be any number of things in this tower, but...]

That'll poison you, kid. Then you just might puke up your guts and die.

Only adults can drink that and live.

[It's for his own good, really.]

[looselips]

[At the sudden presence behind him, Shinji jumps—almost literally. Upon whirling around to see who it is, though, it's no one familiar, so he relaxes. Somewhat. Look, an unfamiliar Servant is still better than Caster, okay.]

[He responds to Archer's words with an impressive roll of the eyes.]

Yeah, right. I'm not going to literally die. [He will grant him metaphorical death, though.] Go back to your bridge, concern troll.

[blackwitch]

[ All these witches poofing in.. apparently it's a side effect of minors drinking, clearly that's how it works. Since Evatrice appears in a cloud of golden butterflies, peering at him and how he's holding that bottle - especially with that expression. ]

Wha-t, aren't you going to have some?

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[He responds to her words with the predictable puffing up. He immediately straightens up from his hunched position, his cheeks flaring red.]

O— Of course I'm going to have some! I was just... I was just making sure it wasn't poisoned! It seems fine, though, so...

[He looks back down at the drink in his hands. For a few seconds longer, he studies it with trepidation, but then he lifts it to his mouth and takes a sizable gulp.]

[And then he chokes.]

[sunflowerfairy]

[While Yotsuba had read on the walls that the food was poisoned, she had also read that some of the collars on people might prevent them from getting sick or dying. Still, she didn't want to die, so she had started to eat less, and only when she was really hungry.

Which was one of those times. But, before she could eat anything, she saw a boy sitting in a seat, trying to drink something. Curious, she wandered over to him, smiling.]

Hello! Why are you pos..positoned like that? What's wrong?

[looselips]

[He tenses when he is approached, tensing and straightening slightly. She's just a kid, but he doesn't want to have attention drawn to him. He glances around the cafeteria before he answers her.]

Nothing is wrong, you busybody! Why don't you mind your own business?!

[You're going to blow his cover!!!]

[pinnaculum]

[Sephiroth isn't worried about the poison. He can heal poisoning, and his body's metabolism is such that most toxins are quickly counteracted by his own defenses.

He notes Shinji at once, not to mention his unusual posture, and so he makes his way over to him.]

Hello, Shinji. What are you doing? [He examines the drink thoughtfully.]

[looselips]

[Oh, Sephiroth. Well, seeing as he is both not an adult and someone Shinji believes is reasonably unlikely to tattle to one... He glances around the cafeteria with more failed subtlety, then pushes his drink closer to Sephiroth, scooting closer in his chair as he does so.]

I wanted to try some of this.