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A Call Me Out Meme has been discovered!



Okay, yeah there's nothing special about this, it's just your standard CMO but your only choices are Dangans. I wanted to have some fun with it, execute me why don't you. ANYHOO, just put the character you want in the subject line and let's have some fun! Please don't feel like you're limited to dangans just because they're the only characters I feel like playing right now, as always I love me some cross canon interactions. Brackets, prose, former game universes...it's whatever floats your SHSL Party Boat here. Just put the character you want in the subject line, give me a scenario, and have at it! (just please nothing age-inappropriate for Nagisa because he's literally 10, thank you!)

If you can't think of (or decide on) a scenario on your own, feel free to nab something off bakerstreet. Some suggestions are: the random scenario meme, tfln, the hurt/comfort meme, the body heat meme, the beach meme, the childhood meme, you should have knocked, the soulmates meme, caught in the rain

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GIMMIE NAGGY as if that wasn't obvious

[maskinglayer]

[An AU(??) where the children were adopted onto the party boat to have a grand sea-fairing adventure, eventually all boats must come to a stop for at least a little while. Presumably it needs to refuel and even if the boat doesn't, the people do! Which is why the kidlets, while the Adults take care of that, get to hang out and play around on land.

You know what kind of land is best for playing around on when you are a badass pirate kid? A beach of course.]

Hey Shingetsu-kun, look at the sand worm I made. You don't have to be scared of it or anything because it's just made of sand.

[He's standing over where his blue-haired friend sits, pointing to some big mound of sand a little ways off. With one hand, anyway, the other is raised to protect his eyes and face from the sun. Since he has to do that now that his mask is gone.

Though after a pause and some thought, he adds:]

I guess it could be a sand snake too if you wanted though. I could give it teeth and a forked tongue and scales...oh...but don't get it confused with a REAL sand snake. It's a sand snake, not a sand snake.

finally gets around to nagging u. also: 1/2

[expectional]

[Not wanting to get more sand than was unavoidable on him, Nagisa has refrained from taking a seat on the beach. Instead, he removed his socks and shoes so that he could stand on the shoreline, letting the tide lap at his bare feet and idly flexing his toes into the wet sand. He'd allowed his attention to wander a bit as he stared out at the horizon, and as such, hadn't immediately realized Jataro was talking to him. He picked up on it quickly enough, however, turning his attention to his friend.]

Hm? [What is he rambling about now? Sand worms? Sand snakes? It's not until he catches sight of the sand sculpture that everything finally clicks. He looks suddenly indignant, face slightly flushed as he folds his arms over his chest and spluttering slightly when he speaks.]

O-of course I'd know it's not a real snake. [Give him some credit here, Jataro. He's not Masaru!] And I am not afraid of worms, I just don't like them. Th-There's a difference!!

[Ah, so that's the insinuation that really bothered him. Not the idea that he might not be smart enough to tell the difference between a sand snake and a sand snake.]

2/2

[expectional]

[There's a somewhat embarrassed pause before he continues, in a half mumble:]

If you want to turn it into a snake, though, go right ahead. It'd be interesting to see you make fangs and a forked tongue out of sand.

Re: 2/2

[maskinglayer]

[He sat quietly through the indignation, watching him thoughtfully. And then he turns his attention to the worm with an equally thoughtful look.]

Okay. I'll give it fangs and a forked tongue and then come get you. That way you don't have to look at it while it's still a worm. Since you don't like them.

[expectional]

[Nagisa huffs a little.]

Like I said, I can tell the difference something made out of sand and a real animal. [He moves out of the water, towards the sand worm.] Even if it looks like a worm, it's just sand. And I want to watch you change it into a snake.

[maskinglayer]

[Jataro turns, watching him move towards the work before following himself.]

It's not that fun to watch...nobody really wants to watch me work. Have you been out in the sun too long?

[Because that is kind of a silly thing for you to say!! He's still getting used to the idea that maybe not everyone hates him.]

I heard that staying out in the sun too long can dry up your skin like a raisin. You get all shriveled up and gross looking, and then nobody wants to look at you. But...if you stay in the bath too long, that happens too. I wonder why that is?

[And neither of these things have anything to do with him rolling up his sleeves and moving to start work on the sand worm. Gotta smoooooth out all the lines he had in it before to make it look worm like, so it's just a long, windy mound of sand. And then he can start adding mass to the head to make it more snake like.]

[expectional]

[Nagisa pointedly ignores the comment about nobody wanting to watch Jataro work and instead squats down on the other side of the sand worm, looking pointedly at Jataro's hands as he starts smoothing the sand. Who cares if nobody else wants to? He does and he's going to, so there.]

One would have to stay out in the sun for a very, very long time for that to happen. Actually, if it's only a matter of hours, the opposite is true. Your skin will swell up if you get a really bad sunburn. But...eventually, yes: too much sunlight can make your skin wrinkle. [He folds his arms on top of his knees so that he can rest his head on them as he continues to watch from his squatting position. He's still clearly trying to avoid getting sand on anything other than his feet.]

Your skin wrinkles in water for a completely different reason, though. People have been studying the effect for years trying to figure out why it happens. All the evidence seems to point to it being an involuntary nervous system reaction. It causes the blood vessels in your hands and feet to constrict, which in turn causes your skin to wrinkle and fold.

[Because you wanted the actual explanation, right Jataro?]

KAZOO again obviously

[tookforgranite]

[They'd been in this strange land of dragons and magic for a couple months and it's been...pretty great? Like really, Natsumi can't complain about anything. Their dragons are growing up nice and strong, magic isn't...as...bad as it could be. She guesses. If she had to comment on magic. And this "new and improved" oniichan also isn't...as bad as she was expecting. Not really, anyway. It's a little weird and sometimes annoying now that he has friends to spend his time with rather than plenty of free time to waste on her, but he's happy so...she's happy. For the most part.

As far as that free time goes though, she's at least always able to make him spend time with her if she really wants. Especially if it involves their dragons. Like right now!]

Oniichan!

[It's called from down the hall, but if Fuyuhiko doesn't hear it in his room somehow there's a little black dragon bursting through the curtain he has up as a door, squeaking and squawking as she does so. Hey!!! Hey! Oniichan, oniiderg! Are you busy? Hope you're not busy because and her scion have come to play!]

[impheired]

[Fuyuhiko definitely heard his sister call for him, but he doesn't even get a chance to yell back at her before his second favorite dragon comes barreling into his room. Luckily for her, neither her brother dragon nor his scion are too terribly busy at the moment. The two are sitting on the floor, playing a gentle game of tug-o-war with a knotted up rope.]

[They both stop tugging, turning their attention to the dark newcomer. Kougetsuren squawks happily, rope still held between his teeth and wiggling his tail in delight. Even Fuyuhiko gives the little dragon a small smile.]

Hey there, what's got you all riled up, huh? [He pats his knee.] C'mere.

[tookforgranite]

[The knee patting is an invitation she immediately takes, bounding over and clamoring right up into his lap. She looks up at him with a very happy expression, then over to her brother with another squawk of her own. Oh, should she not wiggle when she's sitting in someone's lap? Sorry about that, her whole body is moving as she expresses just how happy she is.

Natsumi leisurely makes her way into the room soon after, leaning against the rock wall beside the open doorway and smiling at the scene.]

What'cha up to?

[impheired]

[Woah, woah, woah!! Now that's not fair! Fuyuhiko is Kougetsuren's scion, he should get first dibs on the lap? Which is exactly why the white dragon drops his end of the rope and squirms his way into Fuyuhiko's lap with his sister.]

O-oi, watch it!! Both of you! [He has a lap full of wriggling dragons and how did it come to this? What did he ever do to deserve such a fate. He scritches both of them behind their ears, just as his sister finally makes it into his room.]

I was giving Kougetsuren a little strength training but...I guess we're taking a little break from that now. [He glances down at the white dragon and raises a brow in an accusatory sort of way but the dragon barely even seems bothered. Don't like, scion. You were playing with him, you both know it. This wasn't training of any kind.]

[tookforgranite]

Strength training, huh? [You mean you were playing with him? But she won't call him out on that, instead moving to stand beside him and look down at his lap full of dragons.] How's he coming along?

[Ebitsuki of course happily made room for her brother in the lap, only getting even more excited when he decided to join in. While the scritches behind her ears does calm her down some in that she's no longer wriggling, Kougetsuren's finding himself the victim of a vicious, affectionate licking attack.]

[impheired]

[Um...if he meant "playing with him" he would have said it, obviously! This was definitely very strenuous strength training.]

Not bad. He's a badass little shit. [He gives Kougetsuren an affectionate pat on the head, then stops petting both of them since Eibitsuki clearly wants to show her own affection to her brother for a bit. Best to just leave them to it, clearly. Especially since Kougetsuren isn't making any attempt to fight off this vicious attack. He trills happily, returning his sister's licks with a few of his own.] Bet he could take out a crab on his own now with no problem.

[In other words: without getting snipped, giving the crab time to flee...]

SOULMATES fuckin makes smth up

[hinatatas]

[Hinata had never really wanted to buy into the whole soulmate thing. Sure, maybe some of her classmates had started discovering theirs already -- or pretended to, deciding that the words inked into their skin match up well enough with the other person's. And maybe she'd had to wear a bandage over hers since elementary school, because teachers tended to frown upon a kid showing off a tattoo that says "watch it, dumbass" on her wrist.

Really, with a phrase like that, she doesn't exactly have high hopes of ever finding a soulmate she could actually get along with. Really, who calls someone a dumbass on their first meeting?!

She can see the Main Course building from her usual spot alone on the bench by the fountain, drinking her carton of milk and gazing wistfully up at the the building. It's easy to imagine how cool it must be in there; all those people with their talents, able to make it in society. Be someone important. She's so focused on her own internal monologue that she doesn't notice the way her feet are sticking out into the path itself, crossed at the ankle. Nor does she notice the short boy in the old man vest coming closer until she pushes herself to her feet to throw away the trash from her lunch, slamming directly into him.]

W-whoa!

[Where did he come from?!]

bueno

[impheired]

[Wow, fuck you, this vest is so fashionable? You don't even know. It's definitely not an old man vest. He is a stylish young man with impeccable fashion sense and tastes.]

[However, he is indeed very short. And very light on top of it. A small boy, all around. So when the much taller girl gets to her feet and runs into him, she doesn't so much bump into him as she does nearly knock him over. He does manage to stay on his feet, but barely. He staggers sideways, taking a moment to regain his balance and not even stopping to think about the word he just heard and the significance it has. The whole soulmate thing has never been on the top of his priority list. Either he'd run into this mystery "W-whoa!" person one day, or he wouldn't. It's not like he really gave a shit either way.]

[Once he's steady on his feet, the boy rounds on the girl, eyes blazing and hair seeming to stand on end. Poor Hajime. Of all the people she could have bumped into, it had to be some midget with anger issues.]

Watch it, dumbass!

[A yakuza. A yakuza will apparently call someone a dumbass on their first meeting. Not that that fact is exactly obvious at the moment, but that accent of his...]

[hinatatas]

[Fashionable for an old-folks home, maybe.

In other circumstances, she might have laughed awkwardly at almost knocking someone over. Normally she's not so clumsy as all that; for an instant, she thinks maybe she should just make a joke about how short the other boy is to relieve the embarrassment of almost knocking him over.

Any of her normal quips or apologies are cut off in a kind of muffled squeak at what he says. No, no, that can't be right... there's no way his tattoo matches, right?]

N-no way... [she says, holding both hands up and taking a step back, trying not to panic. This guy sounds like yakuza, and he's Main Course, and-- shit! She could actually die!!]

What... did you say?

[impheired]

What, you deaf as well as stupid? [He folds his arms over his chest, lip curling into a bit of a sneer.] I told you to watch it, dumbass. As in, watch where you're going? Y'know, because if you'd been doing that, you probably wouldn't have run right fucking into me?

[It's a pretty reasonable response to almost being bowled over, he's pretty sure? He's not sure why she's so confused about this. These reserve course kids...they really are dumb, aren't they? Gotta spell everything out for them...]

[hinatatas]

...

[What if she just... walked away. She could do that. Maybe his tattoo doesn't even match hers! She could just turn around and leave this Main Course jackass behind her. She'd probably be better off!!

...And then spend the rest of her life wondering if she'd royally screwed up meeting her One And Only soulmate. Which would absolutely be par for the course for her incredibly ordinary, average life.]

Sorry, I don't make a habit of looking toward the ground when I'm walking... [she says instead, holding up both hands as if to try to call a truce. While... simultaneously making fun of his height.]

[impheired]

[Fuyuhiko stiffens, eyes going wide and once again blazing with rage. Short though he may be, that jab didn't go over his head. He reaches up, grabbing hold of Hajime's collar so that he can pull her down to eye level.]

You got a death wish or something, bitch? Call me short one more time, and your little finger's gonna be the only part of you that makes it back home.

[gotyourbach]

[New New Aspen. It looks like the kind of place one would see decorating a Christmas card. There might not be snow -- it is summer still, after all -- but the architecture, the aesthetics, and the general cheer and goodwill in town make it feel like the kind of place one could see in a movie about the joys of Christmas Candlenights.

The mind-bogglingly massive fir tree stretching into the stratosphere probably helps with that. It's impossible to miss; it reaches high enough it looks like it might hit the moon sometimes.

Oh, also there are housecats the size of horses. And spiders, too. Don't mind those, they're friendly.

On the ground, Kaede rests her hands on her hips and gazes up at the tree, squinting for a moment before abruptly pointing toward a gap in the branches dozens, if not hundreds of meters up, barely visible from the ground.]

There's where New Aspen was! ...I think. It's kind of hard to tell from down here, huh...

[diffidentive]

[Even before Kaede pointed out the location of New Aspen, Shuichi had craned his neck back to look up at the tree once they were on the ground. Holy shit. This thing is huge. He didn't know it was even possible for trees to BE this big, but this world doesn't really seem to stick to the logic of the one they came from.]

It was...in the tree?

[That...explains the name "Aspen", he guesses?]

[gotyourbach]

Mmhm!

[Satisfied his attention is in the right spot, she clasps her hands behind her back, bouncing lightly on her heels with a light hum.]

Mayor Henrik had Matthew-san make little replicas of the town and put it in the Candlenights tree, then used the Relic to make the tree super big, and then had everyone in town move into it 'cause he thought they'd be safer there. It was pretty hard work for all of us to climb up there!

Oh, but don't worry, we're not going to have to go all the way up there. I don't think much is left of New Aspen now... there was a big fight between Laurel-san, her spiders, and the townspeople.

[Kaede missed most of it, what with being kidnapped by Spider Queen Laurel, but she'll leave that part out for now.]

What's important is they all get along down here now! So...

[She spins on her heel and opens her arms wide. Ta-da~]

Welcome to New New Aspen!

[diffidentive]

.....

[New NEW Aspen? Really? The creativity here is mind-boggling. he finally looks down from the tree, with a somewhat uncertain expression. Like he's not entirely sure what to make of all this information or what to say to it. Not that it isn't all very interesting! It is. Good background information.]

I...s-see.

[gotyourbach]

[Kaede giggles a little. She can understand his hesitation; when she'd first arrived here, everything had seemed completely absurd. Even now, she can still run across things that seem like they're right out of a fantasy opera or fairytale storybook, but they're real life.]

Come on, let's go see if we can find Bread. He's in charge of the town guard, after all, so we should definitely say hi! Oh, here-

[She shrugs off her BIAS pack and roots around for a moment before pulling out a small banana-scented bag filled with... cat treats?]

Hang onto these, okay?

[diffidentive]

[He takes the bag, looking a little confused as he peeks inside it. Cat treats? Could this Bread person actually be--?]

Okay.

[No problem, he can definitely hang onto a bag of cat treats.]

...is there a reason this bag smells like bananas?