sensitIV - SATURDAY NOON PST

[idolpro]

[ The bar is unit-colored with light unit paraphernalia, although it's all just for show. Fortunately, comfort isn't part of the unit aesthetic this time—all seats are cushioned, whether the booth seats or the bar stools, comfy and lush. Idols can sit anywhere they like, it seems.

There's alcohol available, but everything else is locked behind the wall-cabinet. . . the recipe book is also available to peruse at one's leisure.

Ah—the door opens, and a fuzzy sort of shade steps in. It looks like idols will be serving the Damned, today. . . ? ]

RECIPE BOOK

Comments

CUSTOMER ORDERS - TURN IN BY REPLYING TO ORDER COMMENT

[idolpro]

ORDER 1

[idolpro]

"Oh, you're not the usual bartender. Well, get me some tea, please—I've got kids to watch over, so I can't get anything the wife will frown about... you catch my drift?"

Re: ORDER 1

[bondsofsuffering]

Long Island Tea-tail
-Tea (Eirene and Freya empathy bond)
-Alcohol (Venti)
-Isolation (Venti memshare)

Extra ingredient:
-Club Soda (Eirene emotion share)

ORDER 2

[idolpro]

"You know, there's this drink my grandma would make for me all the time when I was a kid—it was some kinda juice, but it had this... what's the word, pop? No no, not like sparkling cider. I dunno how to explain it. Anyway, could you make that for me?"

Re: ORDER 2

[bondsofsuffering]

Lemon-Lime Soda
-Juice (Okitsu memshare)
-Fruit (Lemon) (Okitsu memshare)
-Club Soda (Izanagi memshare)

ORDER 3

[idolpro]

"Uhm. . . oh, geez, I've never been in a bar before. . . All these options sound so good! I can't decide, I like them all! Could you pick a sweet drink for me?"

Re: ORDER 3

[bondsofsuffering]

Cream Soda
-Juice (Lucifel Memshare)
-Club Soda (Lucifel memshare)
-Milk (Izanagi memshare)

ORDER 4

[idolpro]

"H-hi! So, it's my birthday, and, uhm, I want to try some alcohol, but. . . U-uhm, I don't really know anything about drinks. . . ! Could you make me something for beginners? But, uhm, if it could be on the sweeter side, that would be great. . ."

Re: ORDER 4

[bondsofsuffering]

Margarita
-Juice
-Juice
-Alcohol

MAKE YOUR OWN RECIPE - TURN IN ORIGINAL RECIPE DRINKS HERE

[idolpro]

Re: MAKE YOUR OWN RECIPE - TURN IN ORIGINAL RECIPE DRINKS HERE

[bondsofsuffering]

-Strawberry Juice, Raspberry Juice, Club Soda
-Alcohol, Club Soda, Fruit (Lime)
-Juice, Juice, Alcohol
-Alcohol, Alcohol, Fruit, Herbs

DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[idolpro]

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[bondsofsuffering]

[Frowning in distaste at what this game seems to be, but...]

Is it just me or was that one not-so-subtly hinting we should include alcohol?

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[outofoffice]

[ SOMEONE has already broken into the alcohol himself

Lifts a glass (that's for himself lol) ]

I say we give the man what he needs!

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[sunflowering]

Well. I feel like someone is going to be happy if that is the case.

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[proceedwithcautus]

Or... maybe that means it shouldn't include alcohol?

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[ends]

[ the memory is one of heading out into the rain, unveiling a bloodied battlefield. several of your comrades are clearly dead, the pools of blood beneath them unmistakable. someone dressed in the attire of a non-sentient person - so called an 'NPC' in all black - kicks over someone you know. someone you're close with.

he must not be able to stand anymore, because he doesn't fight back. he jokes with you when you go to him, and you snap that it's not appropriate.

the perpetrator explains that he is "god of this world," and he will grant you peace. peace, though he's killed so many without thought? non-combatants who wouldn't fight him back?

he intends to start with someone, your leader. he forces her into hypnotic sleep, intending to completely erase her existence via manipulation. it isn't enough to kill you, to kill them. he wants to wipe everything about all of you.

the thought of him wiping everyone you know terrifies you enough to move forward despite the guns trained on you by his brainwashed NPCs. you run to face him. you don't want to see your friends forced out of the world. you don't want to be alone, for things to end like this.

you don't have a choice, you run through gunfire and strike him. and eventually, you've no choice but to forgive him, to take responsibility for him so something like this never comes to pass again. you promise him. you take the burden and keep going. ]

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[bondsofsuffering]

[...

Pat pat on the head.]

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[sunflowering]

[ . . . Forgiveness, even in the face of that? Even she isn't sure if she could be so quick to forgive. Even if it's the only way. She falls silent.

Kitsu has... been through a great deal, hasn't he? ]

1/

[sancrimony]

[ hey how come he keeps seeing things that are deeply upsetting or angering today ]

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[outofoffice]

[ Oh. ]





. . .

The Divine can bring such grief into the world.

I'm sorry.

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[bondsofsuffering]

[Okay well they need something with conflict and he butts heads with people all the time, so there's probably plenty to pick from, right? So all he needs to do is crush a little ice and...

...

a memory plays.

Izanagi steps into a large, sparse, but lavishly decorated room with barred windows, greeting the shocked boy inside - "It's been a while, Kanon Hilbert." Kanon doesn't understand how Izanagi - referred to as Hizumi Mizushiro - could have gotten in, much less without Kanon's prior knowledge. But rather than explain any of that, Hizumi pulls out a gun and asks if Kanon would agree to die for him. Instead, Kanon sets aside his cup of tea and charges Hizumi, kicking the gun out of his grasp and grabbing it to point at Hizumi instead. However, Hizumi doesn't seem distressed in the slightest, smiling and laughing as he holds his hands up in surrender. Hizumi takes a seat on the couch and cheerfully says he'll explain all of the answers to Kanon's questions, and Kanon shows his interest in those answers by... walking over and holding the gun right up against Hizumi's head, who merely complains that it hurts.

According to Kanon, only a few people know he is in this facility, and to enter one would need triple the regular permission, a private key and a 7 digit code, and the whole place is under surveillance - so Hizumi shouldn't have been able to get in, much less so easily. Hizumi replies that he has permission, the key, and the code, all because Kiyotaka provided them and said that Hizumi could kill Kanon. Hizumi then begins smugly listing all the other questions that should be raised from that answer even as Kanon panics and tries to regain his grasp on the conversation and tries to get Hizumi to shut up, But Hizumi continues to talk, grabbing the gun's barrel with a smile, explaining that if he kills Kanon, Ayumu will be forced to either join his side completely or kill Hizumi for killing Kanon. Considering Hizumi is trapped in isolation anyway, he'd gladly welcome death at Ayumu's hands, meaning either result is a win for him. Kanon, however, doesn't understand why Hizumi's so intent on blocking the Blade Children from salvation. Hizumi then goes on to say he doesn't care what happens to the Blade Children and, not shown: explains that Hizumi and Ayumu are clones. Their health is set to decline, resulting in their deaths at an early age, meaning that salvation for the Blade Children wasn't possible to begin with. In his distress, Kanon lowers the gun, and Hizumi plucks it from his hands and points it at him again, saying that Kanon was suicidal to begin with and now he truly has no reason to continue living.

Kanon stands again and says he is prepared to die, but not due to despair. He is determined to die to give Ayumu hope, and warns Hizumi that once he has killed, there is no way to turn back or atone for it. While Hizumi argues that his logic is correct and Ayumu is just as trapped by fate as he is, Kanon retorts that Ayumu might choose to soldier on through it, leaving Hizumi trapped alone. Hizumi only becomes more and more agitated, convinced that he'll win, and Kanon pityingly calls him pathetic, noting that he probably just wanted to be saved, too. Kanon then turns to face the surveillance camera to speak: "Take it, Ayumu. Your "hope.""

Hizumi unloads the revolver on him, killing Kanon. Clearly shaken, he mutters that Kanon was just overthinking it, before making his exit.

..............oh heck,]

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[proceedwithcautus]

[ ah,

ah, they're all very alike on this unit, somehow.

quietly, she folds her hand into his. ]

ORDER 3 DISCUSSION

[sunflowering]

ORDER 4 DISCUSSION

[sunflowering]