Appointment Post

[personafalsify]

Appointment Post for Replica Riku.

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[distressedude]

That long!?

[Overreaction is go!! Though now he's looking even more troubled. That means he couldn't just walk around and hope to sober up, huh?]

I suppose... maybe I could leave a message for them not to expect me home tonight? I'm not sure what else I can do...

[personafalsify]

[ Sob, bro, don't do this to him.

... Okay it's not like they don't have empty rooms so. Just. Need this to not be a repeat of last time Ion happened to come over, and we'll be good. ]

Can you do that? I mean, there are some extra rooms at my place...

[distressedude]

Yes, I'm sure! I just need to be able to write steady enough, right? [...]

Or maybe I'll write to them a little later. [Good plan, Ion. Good plan.] Everything feels a little fuzzy right now...

[personafalsify]

[ That's how he feels. Oh, dear. ]

But what if you forget?

[distressedude]

I won't! I'd never forget something like that. I wouldn't want to let Nephry think something happened to me... like getting kidnapped. That happens to me a lot.

[personafalsify]

You... [ /defeated ] alright. Then let's get to 39.

[ ... ]

Unless you're still eating.

[distressedude]

[...]

[And then he oh-so-stealthily covers his plate with a napkin. At least he ate about half of them!]

I'm done now. Let's go!

[personafalsify]

[ ... :|

Sigh. ]

Sure, whatever. Let's go, then.

[ And we will be standing up and heading towards the door AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE IS GOING TO GO WRONG TODAY, CORRECT? ]

[distressedude]

[Nothing at all! You know, except the part where Ion tries to stand up and almost falls over.]

[And then quickly tries to stand again and actually falls over.]

[...he seems to find this rather funny.]

Eheh... everything started to spin when I got up.

[personafalsify]

[ ASDFJKL ION STOP THAT.

Kohan isn't exactly feeling stable enough to support you, after all. Augh. ]

Are you sure you don't want to just stay here? You might hurt yourself outside...

[distressedude]

[Shaking his head -- oh, he shouldn't do that, it makes everything worse. Slowly this time, he gets to his feet and manages to stand up straight.]

I'll be fine! I just need to walk a little and I shouldn't fall over again.

[...or, you know, just think of this way: at least the snow can break his fall better than a hardwood floor.]

[personafalsify]

... Here. Lean on me.

[ Because at least this way if they fall, they fall together. Or something. Or it's just that Kohan is moderately less likely to tip over. ]

[distressedude]

Ah, okay!

[He complies so easily -- and then goes ahead and leans on Kohan a little as they walk. Not so much that Kohan should have to worry about him being weighed down, but enough that he's able to walk a little straighter.]

[personafalsify]

[ Which means lo and behold, they'll make it a short ways toward the exit of the restaurant!

... And no further! At least for Kohan. Because uh. Why can't he move? ]

... I... can't move my legs.

[distressedude]

...huh?

[And Ion tries to pull away and take a step back and finds that hey, he can't either!]

What's going on? I can't move either.

[personafalsify]

This... isn't funny. [ No seriously, what is this. Kohan looks down at the ground, trying to see if there's something there. ]

Is this part of the whole Christmas thing? I haven't seen this happen before.

[distressedude]

[And while Kohan is looking down, Ion will be looking up... and noticing a rather interesting looking decoration hanging over them. There was nothing else around it, making it stand out just a bit.]

[And strangely enough, it seemed like one of those little elves was sitting on a ledge above it, adjusting a bow that held the branches in place.]

Do you know what that is? [Pointing up.]

[personafalsify]

[ He looks up to Ion, then looks up where Ion is pointing.

...

You can practically hear the dread in his voice as he says the next line. ]

I think that's mistletoe.

[distressedude]

Mistletoe?

[Wait.]

[Wait. Wait, he's read about this! Mistletoe, something that couples do underneath it, and Christmas--]

You... don't think...

[personafalsify]

... I'm just not going to say what I think. [ But he'll say that he won't say what he thinks because slightly drunk. ]

Come on, let's see if we can find some way out.

[ BECAUSE COME ON, THERE'S GOTTA BE ONE... ]

[distressedude]

Uhm... all right. [And just... gonna glance around now. He can't move his legs, and he can't really get any further away from Kohan than he is right now. And given he was just leaning on Kohan for support? He's pretty darn close!]

[In fact, he feels like he's only just now registering how close they were standing to each other. Here they were, standing right by the door, and sooner or later people were going to notice that they weren't moving apart.]

Maybe we could try taking it down? I don't think I can't reach it, but...

[personafalsify]

Worth a shot.

[ Because Kohan has Riku's awesome tall genes.

So he will reach up and try to grab the mistletoe. Unfortunately for the both of them, Seventh Heaven does not have a particularly low ceiling.

It's a couple of seconds and one dangerous sway later when Kohan gives up. ]

... I don't think I could reach it even if I could jump.

[distressedude]

[A-Ah, don't fall now, bro! With their legs stuck to the ground, who knows what would happen if they lost their balance? Would their legs just give out on them? What a terrible thought. It's enough to prompt Ion into reaching over to hold Kohan steady -- just in case, of course.]

[Though who's to say he couldn't use the help balancing himself.]

...oh. Well... perhaps we should try something else?

[...]

[Staring.]

[personafalsify]

Probably. Maybe we could...

[ look back down at Ion and find him staring and promptly lose that train of thought. ]

... uh.

[distressedude]

Maybe we could...

[He doesn't really know where his own thoughts are right now. And if he was sober, perhaps this thought wouldn't have even crossed his mind.]

[But here it was, and with each passing second he could feel his face growing hotter and his mind growing heavy, as though he could just curl up somewhere and fall asleep right now.]

[He still hasn't pulled his hands away, clinging slightly to Kohan's shirt. It's a good thing he's talking somewhat slowly, or the slur in his words might make them hard to decipher.]

...it's... what people are supposed to do under mistletoe... right?