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[wandbreaker]

When; Saturday, January 28th, nighttime
Characters; All are welcome! Open log, just specify if it's an open thread or not or if there are 4th wall rules for your character in the comment or subject line! (4th wallers also welcome~)
Summary; The Blue Light's one chilling hangout; good music, good food, and a spectacularly crabby owner who is even letting in under-18s for the 4th Wall weekend.
Log;

Edmund is actually at work tonight - he hopes a member of his family might show up, but he's also wondering who else might show up. He's made sure that he's well staffed for the extra crowds and well stocked, no less.

He just hopes nothing gets out of control.

And of course, that a member of his family shows up, looking for him.

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[pithos]

[ Pithos means to hurry, though it's in his nature to dawdle. He had held onto the miseries of the world until the very last possible moment and, then after, had done very much the same with Elpis — the song of Hope. Still, he is eager to see her again, even though he has not been long since they last crossed paths. Neither travels far without the other, so he does what he can to find this 'Blue Light' of which Elpis speaks, ducking his head as he enters through the front door, his hands fumbling anxiously with the sleeve of his jacket. ]

[springseternal]

[She's sitting at a high table wearing a white lacy dress and drinking something pink with an umbrella in it. The umbrella wasn't usually added to the drink - she asked specifically. When she sees him she smiles]

Pithos.

[pithos]

[ It's obvious by the way he looks at her drink that he's quite charmed by the umbrella. Well, to be more accurate, he's quite charmed with her, but that's always been the case, hasn't it? He stops with his fidgeting, tries to smooth his hair in the hopes of looking presentable. He smiles. ]

Elpis. Yes, hello. Lovely, as always. Always lovely.

[springseternal]

You'll come and give me a kiss, right?

[She smiles at him because he makes her smile always, always. There is never a moment where she can think of him and not be happy]

[pithos]

Yes. Well. [ He clears his throat, his face flushing as bright as unrepentant as when she asked the very first time. Modest as always, that Pithos. ] Um. Well, yes. There's nothing I'd deny you, you know that, don't you, Elpis? Of course you do. Well. I hope you do. Because there isn't, nothing, ever.

[ A beat. ] I suppose I should kiss you now, shouldn't I?

[ He hurries to her side and then bends low to kiss her lightly upon the cheek and then, again, modestly, at the corner of her mouth. ]

[springseternal]

[She turns her mouth at the second one, capturing his, anticipating his shyness. She tastes like sprite and grenadine.]

Eros could not make me love you as much as I do.

[pithos]

[ He gives something of a squeak, a swallowed down yelp that gets lost in the actual act of kissing her. He is not the most ardent lover she could possibly have, but he is the most tried and true and the most yearningly earnest. ]

You'll bring him down onto both of our heads, with talk like that, Elpis, really. He's never been one to ignore a gauntlet thrown, and well. I must say. I'd rather you love me than him, and would not like to invite his arrows to a game of conjecture. No. Quite.

[springseternal]

No, no. That troublemaker won't be getting around you. He owes me.

[pithos]

Does he? [ A beat. ] Oh. Yes, well. Right. I suppose he does, doesn't he?

[springseternal]

No one can take you away from me.

[pithos]

[ He reaches down to brush a strand of hair away from her face. ]

No. No, no, I suppose not. [ More certainly. ] I've held you for far too long, I suppose, to have to learn how to let you go now.

[springseternal]

[She smiles up at him, the kind of smile that even Hope reserves for only one person]

I would never let you. I know how to hide, you know that.

[pithos]

[ Sometimes he thinks it isn't fair, that he should have such things held in reserve for only him. He'd been given a single task and had arguably failed in it. But for all that failure, he's strove to make up for it by caring, as best he possibly can, for her. ]

Yes, well. I'd never want you to have to feel it's necessary. Hiding from me, I mean. We tried it once, you and I, didn't we? I think, maybe, yes— I prefer this much better.

[springseternal]

[It doesn't matter, not to her, not when he never told anyone how terrified she was, how all the ills were in the jar with her and she was alone in the corner, scared, lonely, and he was always there.]

Much better.

[She moves over to tuck herself against his shoulder]

[pithos]

[ She tucks herself against his shoulder and he makes room for her, lifting his arm so that she can nestle there against his chest if she so chooses. The space there is warm and perfectly matched to her small frame. ]

Did you make friends— ah, what a question. Yes, well. Of course you made friends. You're Elpis, after all. The world loves you.

[springseternal]

[She puts her head against his chest, quiet]

The world loves me sometimes.

[pithos]

[ With a hand — hesitant, questioning at first — he strokes her hair. ]

Well. There's not accounting to lack of taste, then. Because, really, world. How can it not be always? It is quite an easy thing to do, really. For me, it comes more natural than breathing. And more welcome, as well. Did you know that?

[springseternal]

Because sometimes I let them down.

[She's not bothered by that, it's just what it means to be her]

But you can love me always. I don't want anything else from you, I promise.

[pithos]

You've never let me down, dearest, never once. And you and I, we've known one another for quite some time, haven't we. Yes, yes.

[ He pauses, crooking a smile. ] I think, yes, quite. I think that can be arranged.

[springseternal]

[She reaches up and touches his cheek]

See? I would never mistake anyone else for you, sunshine. You know I was joking, right?

[pithos]

[ His eyebrows lift, his expression earnestly uncertain. ] —were you? Not just now, but then. With the young man over the devices.

[springseternal]

Of course I was.

[She leans against his chest]

There's no one else in all the world. No one.

[pithos]

[ He inhales, trying to puff himself up to look proud and preening, though he feels a bit silly for it. ]

Yes. Well. He did look quite like me, didn't he? Though I suppose he didn't stumble over his words. He seemed more eloquent. Refined, maybe. Do you like refined, Elpis? I can try to be, if you'd like.

[springseternal]

I don't want you to try to be anything you can't.

And what makes you think you're not a perfect gentleman already anyway? You wouldn't even sleep in the same bed as me! I had to make you!