Afterparty IV: The Isle of Repeaching Mistakes

[heroicact]

[Another week, and another series of disasters and deceptions leading to the verdict; this time the web is wider and deeper and darker, as they're all slowly ensnared, as the fine points each of them make up in this cloud of connections is pulled ever tighter. Is it a noose, tightening around their neck, or is it a string wrapped around their finger to pull them forward?

Here on Onigashima under cover of night, no one can perhaps tell, and ever fewer people are asking.

For the first time in a little while Jack's throwing himself wholeheartedly into gathering people -- he's not forcing anyone to be there, but he drops words and written directions and cajoles at the tree slide if he must, mostly to make sure the little get-together is actually staffed. The island itself is a chore to get to, but may be the lake around it can provide respite for those who enjoy the boats and can ignore the possible body (bodies?) floating down there.

Festival food and regular drink is a-plentiful, though so much of it is still so foreign to many of them (Jack is pretty sure most of it is good, but); it'll do, because they've also brought like half the bar with them? Or at least enough to supply the guests and their two bartenders. Marcus and Makoto are here to provide drink and drink with you, whichever comes first, and honestly who can blame them?

Otherwise, there are always the festival games and fashion, so perhaps that too is a good distraction. Just don't fall in the lake, y'all.]

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[gemuinemanagement]

[Suga, when Jack came by to invite him: I'll come if someone drives the boat which I still can't do myself,

Anyway, Suga is... here. He's mostly sipping fruit juice and keeping to himself - today hasn't been a good one for anyone, but definitely not any of the members of the sleepover. If he notices anyone looking at him he'll give them a tiny wave.

Later in the evening after someone's ferried him back to the other side, you can find him at the fountain, writing a letter.]

[ideismo]

[Alexei is here a bit later in the evening; he's still refusing to drink anything, and likewise refusing to eat anything that anyone else makes. But for the time being he's present, at the very least, and he doesn't seem to be agitated like he usually is after these things; this time he's just at that game with the fish, not even collecting more to keep. Just catching and releasing them, catching and releasing them.]

If you want one, you're welcome to it.

[He doesn't even look up when he says it; seems he's noticed that someone is nearby, at any rate.]

[heroicact]

[Given his behavior last weekend it might be more expected for Jack to be properly drunk by the time the festival (if it can be called that, because what sort of festival is this) gets actually underway; but he seems to be pacing himself a little more this time, though it's still easy to see the flush on his cheeks.

He's spending more time just swirling his drink and picking up handfuls of the festival foods, inspecting them curiously. He still hasn't spent all that much time on Onigashima proper apart from that one day due to the travel distance, so this is still very novel. He's in a darker theme this week, continuing his more subdued colors but with a more striking masked addition slung askew over his head, so it's easy to see him coming.]

If you'd like to try some of these games... they all seem to be themed around these masks. I wonder why.

[Otherwise you can find him some time later curled up wherever there's seating and wherever the makeshift bar has been set up (probably one of the stalls, or two, however many are needed to get some real seating in). He's down most of a drink and looking like he's down a good deal of energy as well, as he's just got chin resting on hands and is watching a small flurry of paper fish swim serenely in a bag of water.]

[reallyfishy]

[Raven's around for the afterparty! Vaguely. He's not exactly the chattiest. He makes an appearance at the food stalls to load up on takoyaki if anyone wants to catch him there, otherwise he can be found further on the edge of the island at the archery range.

He has his bow and arrows with him, and he's taking shots at the oni targets. His aim is very good, judging by the amount of headshots he's getting. In between shots, he'll stop to munch on his takoyaki, but otherwise he's just...shooting things, with a distant look on his face. This is apparently his new favorite place to take his mind off of things. Better than the bar, right?]

[mirrite]

[Once again, Marcus has volunteered his bartending skills, if only because it allows him to feel like he's doing something useful. It's not much, certainly not compared to what he's used to doing at home, but it's a good source of distraction for the time being, and so he'll keep a (strained) smile on his face as he goes about pouring whatever is requested of him and making light conversation as he does so. Those who know him well, however, will be able to see that there's something dull and tired in his eyes despite his seeming outward good spirits...

Later on, he'll likely be forced into taking a break, and after eating a little bit, he'll disappear down to the shore of the lake, where he can be found just staring out at the water as if lost in thought.]