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Kel ([personal profile] knockingatthedoor) wrote in [community profile] thecrossinglogs2025-06-24 05:49 pm

Lost At A Sleepover

WHO: EVERYONE - Meeting time!
WHAT: Kel, Frieda and Nagito organized a party/sleepover!
WHERE: The largest house they could find in the area
WHEN: Between one crossing and another
WARNINGS Nooooot really much?

There are few things Kel treasures deeply in a place like that. The siblings, sure, his new basketball with the creepy face on it, but also the opportunity to build bonds with others. From what he understands, the memories they build in there will stay, so... why not making great ones? thigns that will remind them they're 'alive' in their own way, that even if theirr identity is lost at every Crossing just a bit more... they're still themselves? He has been in an awful mood since he and Sunny had... a fight? Something? He doesn't even know how to call their poor attempt at a tlak but he knows his best friend is now avoiding him like the plague and it hurts. That being said? He's smiling rto whoerever approaches the building and waving at them. Invitations were sent out, preparations had been done and even at this 'pit stop' there's a community event, so to speak, ready to go.

The whole building may be baely lit, but the precious jars Frieda brought in with glow worms (Some with sitiks and leaves in, too) gave the whole place a cozy and comfortable look. The woman also brought in basins and such, decorated now with water lilies and other few flowers. Ribbons, strings, anything they could find has been gathered as well to make the place 'prettier'. There's no point in being stuck with an ugly room, right? Nagito took clear of all the cleaning, leaving the place spotless, and Kel carried inside all the mattresses he could gather. After a long time processing how to place things? He opted for leaving bed frames alone and just sitting a whole corner of the area with mattresses and blankets for everyone to share.

The few games they can make with sticks and mud are there as well. He may have no apples, but one basin has been filled with water and lily buds to play the 'bite into it and drag out as many as you can' game, whatever it's called. There are sticks and differently colored rocks to prepare some Tic Tac Toe games (sort of. Grey and green rocks VS Xs and Os), there is a space with all the paper (damp, humid) he could find and some pencils and pieces of charcoal too.

The true stars of the sleepover, though? A bonfire set right outside, as safely as possible (with rocks and mud all around the charchoal and chairs put at a safe distance from it) and FOOD. Nagito was an angel and got not only a picnic set for them all, btu also real food. There's wonderful, greasy pizza (one little square has already been stolen, it seems) covered in cheese, A plate full of chimichangas (and here Kel is guilty of taking one), watermelon already cut in large slices, steak that may be warmed up by the fire, chocolate chip cookies, bags of popcorns and both ice and lemonade for whoever wants them.

"Welcome to the party! Nagito and Frieda did such a good job here! You should come inside, we have everything ready. And, hey, why don't you considering moving in here, too? At least until we have to move? You know... company is very important, after all!" He isn't in the mood to look happy but that's irrelevant.
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[personal profile] witnessvelama 2025-07-01 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
Celehar takes a breath, and after a moment his shoulders relax and his ears settle into a more neutral position. "I am," he said, with a nod. No attempt at a reassuring smile, as he makes space for Dankovsky to come to the top of the stairs, but he does once more meet the other man's eyes.

"There were voices that spoke to me from the mists, but nothing more, before the Ferryman found me." He smooths his coat down, slightly self-consciously, and does his best not to loom as the other man finishes coming up the stairs. "Your experiment...?"
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[personal profile] marblenest 2025-07-01 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
The corner of the Bachelor's mouth twitches in displeasure. Damn his experiment anyway. He wishes he could ask more about the voices that Celehar heard instead of talk about the Crossing. Out of genuine curiosity, sure, but also to talk about anything other than that horrid crossing.

Daniil's starting to dread every Crossing more and more.

"A failure, though don't get up in arms about it, I was mostly unharmed." He sighs, sounding incredibly annoyed, even now, "It's surprising what a single scratch on your cheek can do. I hardly even remember getting scratched, truth be told."

Even now, the scratch was so unremarkable there wasn't even a scar left behind as a reminder.
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[personal profile] witnessvelama 2025-07-01 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
The frown on Dankovsky's face tells the story even before he answers, and Celehar's expression unconsciously comes to mimic the other man's, pinching down at the corners. "I am sorry to hear it," he says, gravely.

And it's true. There's no reprobation in his voice, nor of the insistence that had let them to argue in the first place. He's certainly not 'up in arms' in any fashion. If anything, the news seems to have clipped some measure of energy from him, leaving his expression one of weary understanding. "I am sure it was all the more frustrating for that."
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[personal profile] marblenest 2025-07-01 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Seeing Celehar's expression paired with the news of the last Crossing sort of makes Dankovsky want to cry about it all over again. He doesn't, of course, but the temptation is there, festering in that spot between his throat and his chest like a lump.

"I suppose so, yes." He acquests, and thinks to himself that maybe it would have been easier if he would have gotten horribly maimed again, and then scolds himself internally for thinking such a thing, "What's done is done. I suppose the knowledge wasn't meant to be mine."

Even as he says it he doesn't believe it. Believes he should have tried harder. Been more careful. Something. But what's the point in complaining now? He'd rather not. It's unbecoming to constantly wallow, Dankovsky can do that just fine in his own private chambers.
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[personal profile] witnessvelama 2025-07-01 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Celehar hesitates for a moment - debating for only a moment, whether to continue the point from his previous argument, or to contradict that. In the end he settles for something more cautious, not agreement but neither aiming to kick the other man while he is, metaphorically, down.

"Have you found another avenue of inquiry?" he asks, instead. "I, ah. Do not know if the flowers have spoken to anyone else."