Endgame: Gathered on This Beach of the Tumid River

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Characters: open
Setting: all around the Tower from the 25th of May to the 1st of June
Format: any
Summary: A general mingle for all characters throughout the Tower.
Warnings: Standard Animus warnings; please note anything specific in the subject headers of your threads

[The Tower is stagnant, the only signs of activity confined to the second block. There isn't much time left; it might be a good idea to rest and do whatever strikes your fancy before the timer hits zero.]

Comments

[oathshackledbird]

Hey, good company makes most everything more tolerable, right? Why not insanity too?

[irreverence]

Well, at least it'll be a fun descent into madness, right?

[oathshackledbird]

Exactly.

[irreverence]

[Yeah, she's definitely punching him again- though it's more a tap than anything.]

You're ridiculous.

[oathshackledbird]

Really? Because from where I am standing, I am starting to think you think I'm a punching bag...

[irreverence]

Well if you're just gonna let me, then maybe you will be.

[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid shakes his head.]

I never said anything about letting you. I just made an observation...

[irreverence]

We should go again sometime, by the way.

[She smiles in that sharp way she has whenever she talks about fighting.]

Last time was fun.

[oathshackledbird]

We should.

[He returns her look with an excited one of his own.]

I wonder what a three-way fight between you, me, and my brother would be like...

[irreverence]

Wow okay.

[She holds up a hand, the other one going to her temple.]

You are not allowed to say the word 'three-way' okay? Okay, cool.

[oathshackledbird]

[Confusion wrinkles Diarmuid's brow.]

What is wrong with me saying 'three-way?'

[irreverence]

Trust me when I say: if I told you, your face might explode.

[oathshackledbird]

[His confusion is changing into curiosity, Asagi. That's not good...]

But, I am just talking about fighting. What about a three-way battle would embarrass me so?

[irreverence]

[Squinting... squinting...

Is he serious right now? He's totally serious right now.]

...go ask Cu. Or Waver. If I tell you, I'm gonna feel bad.

[oathshackledbird]

Okay... I don't understand, but if you insist.

[He stops for a moment, trying to puzzle things out and then adds quickly.]

Would it help if I said we could make it a four-way instead? Waver could join us. He needs practice to keep his martial skills strong, after all.

[irreverence]

Oh my god. You cannot be--

[She actually turns and pushes him in the direction he'd been looking for Cu Chulainn in before.]

Go tell your brother what you just said to me.

[oathshackledbird]

But...what did I say?

[Diarmuid doesn't fight against her. He's too surprised by her reaction. Then, something hits him.]

Oh! Do you want me to ask his permission for the three-way then? Is that what this is really about?

[irreverence]

Whatever god is out there is really testing me right now.

[Even she can't keep a straight face and she's torn between blushing and frowning, pushing him away faster.]

Diarmuid I need you to please go, and when you understand in like five or ten minutes, you will thank me.

[fionnuisce]

[Is that a tea-drinking Waver he's being pushed towards?]

[puppy_lancer]

[And a newly recovered Lancer, just passing by. It's just a normal day for him now that his shoulder is all healed up.]

[oathshackledbird]

Thank you for what?

[Diarmuid stumbles slightly at her push, but thanks to that he notices both Waver and his brother. He waves his brother over to the table where Waver is sitting, waiting until they are both there to ask his question.]

Why is Asagi freaking out because I said the word 'three-way?' And why is 'four-way' even worse?

[irreverence]

[Asagi, meanwhile, is just going to wander a little ways to one side and wait.

This'll be good.]

[fionnuisce]

[And there goes Waver's tea.]

WHAT HAVE YOU TWO BEEN TALKING ABOUT?!