It's that time again~

[keepsthefire]

Who: Villa Residents and visitors!
What: Second verse, same as the first? Actually it's more like the tenth time now
When: Any time during the week
Where: Da Villa
Style: Whatever you want!


[The house is repaired, the flood damage is gone, Maka and Kid are back and the house seems to be in good spirits this month!

So, with curse shenanigans in full swing, house-mingle away!]

Comments

Any day tbh

[heartandsoul]

[Because when is Maka NOT reading?

If one were to happen upon her they would find her settled in reading a book...backwards?

No, it's just a text that happens to be in Japanese. If anyone is going to throw themselves bodily into reintroducing themselves to a language they technically know, it's Maka. Approach y/n?]

[keepsthefire]

[Hope you're okay with surprise hugs from behind, Maka. Not a tackling hug or anything, just sudden boyfriend arms around you and a chin on your shoulder.]

What'cha reaaadin'?

[heartandsoul]

[Pffft, of course not. In fact, he will get a little snuggle back before she flips over the cover to show him.]

It's one of your texts from True Cross, actually! I figured I should educate myself more on demons.

[keepsthefire]

[Yay snuggle!]

Oh, yeah, I recognize that one now. What section are you on?

[heartandsoul]

How much salt to apply to ward off a demon.

[A beat.]

I'm not sure how salt is supposed to accomplish something like that.

[keepsthefire]

... I should know, but I probably slept through that lesson.

[Rin you sleep through EVERY lesson.]

[heartandsoul]

[And she tweaks his nose playfully.]

I'm always hearing that from you!

[keepsthefire]

Gya!

[ohno not the nose tweak!]

W-well it's true! The lessons are borin'!

[heartandsoul]

Maybe to you! I think all of these sound really interesting...ironically, you could have been a really great student at the DWMA too. They tend to value how strong you are over your academic achievements. Maybe we should have been born in opposite worlds.

[Because you know you want an image of Maka as a kawaii True Cross student.]

Re: Any day tbh

[howamanlives]

Hey Maka.

[Oh hey, it's Masaru. He has... never tried to chat Maka up when she was reading.

Or shown any interest in books before.

What is this?]

Good book?

[heartandsoul]

Mm, yeah! It's one of Rin's textbooks, there's a lot in here he hasn't told me about demons and exorcists.

[howamanlives]

... cool, cool.

[Masaru rubs the back of his head, laughing nervously]

I was wonderin' if I could talk to ya about somethin...

[heartandsoul]

Hmm? what's up?

[howamanlives]

... Okay, so... do you know if Vatheon has any like... education type stuff? Cuz I was only in high school when I decided to leave home, and... well..

...

... I know this is weird coming from me, but I think I should at least have options that don't involve fightin'. And you seemed like the one who'd know better'n me, and I didn't want to ask the whole network...

[heartandsoul]

There's a school here! Although I haven't been to it in a while, taking care of Rin and the household is sort of a 24 hour job.

[That was a joke, hahaha.]

I'm sure that they'd be happy to take you on.

[howamanlives]

... Really? Geez, I need to pay more attention...

... but thanks. That's helpful!

[heartandsoul]

You're welcome! If all else fails, I have my teacher here in Vatheon, I'm sure he'd be willing to teach you things. [Like dissection.]

Back when they talked about this thing.

[sylphauxiliatrix]

[Looks like a delivery of new books has just arrived, in care of a certain troll friend. Something seems a bit off about her today though: she's not glowing at all.]

Hello Ms. Albarn.

[heartandsoul]

[Oh are we doing the formal greetings thing, okay then.]

And good day to you, Ms. Maryam!

[The lack of glowing is noted with a doubletake as Maka goes to greet Kanaya.]

Are you okay?

[sylphauxiliatrix]

What? Oh, yes! I... uhm, figured out that the glowing can be triggered at will. See?

[She 'clicks' on and off again briefly.]

I've been spending some time getting reacquainted with the concept of darkness, now that I've figured out this little trick.

[heartandsoul]

Ah! [That sure is a neat trick, but--]

I hope you don't get called a lamp. People might try to tug on your horns to turn you "off" or something.

[sylphauxiliatrix]

I'm sure I could find a way to dissuade such a nickname from sticking.

[She really doesn't feel like she needs to enumerate how. She can can bear social barbs with the best of them, and should reciprocated comments not do the trick, a revving chainsaw can be one hell of a negotiator.]

I brought those books we discussed. I was wrong earlier. Two of them are specifically about Japanese fashion and culture. One book is on general Asian wear, though it has a section on Japan. The last book is about a different Asiatic country called China.

[Pretty sure she's heard of that one, Kan.]

[heartandsoul]

Oh! I've actually been to China on a mission before.

[Of course she has.]

Come on and sit with me. [She gestures. After you, Lady Maryam~]

[sylphauxiliatrix]

[She comes over to sit down in the offered seat, pulling the books out of her satchel as she does so. Their weight would be negligible if they were in her sylladex, but they aren't so much of a burden that she would risk not being able to pull them out when she got there. Her fetch modus can be quite nice at times, but ever since that day with the Matriorb she began to question it's reliability. ]

I met your teacher outside, by the way. He seemed like an interesting person.

[heartandsoul]

...Interesting...yeah, that's one way to put it.