☆ open - mingle ☆

[menphina]

☆ WHO: The cast of Final Fantasy XIV and YOU.
☆ WHAT: Reunions, New Meetings, and adventure!
☆ WHEN: Arrival Month!
☆ WHERE: All over the place!
☆ WARNINGS: Threads will be marked appropriately if they require warnings!

( Note: Feel free to pop in your own top levels or reply to others' in here! )

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☆ Arrival; People could be wandering around at The Bay of Avalon, right on arrival, or just at the Rent a Ride outpost. Whatever the situation, there are chances of meeting up and catching up as soon as they get there!

★ The Red Spring/City of Camelot/Brocéliande; Catch up with the lifestyle here! It could be a few days since arrival, or such. There's plenty of adventure to be found, especially in the forest- and some opportunities for trouble, or rescuing others if it comes down to it!

☆ Wildcard scenario; Thinking of doing something else? Wildcard it and let's rock!

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[weenwoon]

Hythlodaeus stares. Whatever he was expecting, it wasn't this. He's always thought himself unshockable, but that was... well, back in Amaurot.

"You..." he begins slowly. "That is to say, you..."

He makes a helpless little gesture. The mind boggles at the thought of... well, Hades? Bedding anyone? He used to leave the room at times simply because Azem had walked in. Hythlodaeus even made bets with himself on how many centuries it would take for his friend to make any kind of move without getting in his own way all the time.

[emet_sulk]

Yes, he thought that might be Hythlodaeus' reaction. Allowing his lips to curve into a smirk, he reaches up to trace his friend's lips with his thumb.

"I...what? Did I take others to bed? Yes, I did, and sometimes I even enjoyed it." Raising himself on to the tips of his toes, he leans well into Hythlodaeus' personal space, face mere ilms away. "Shall I demonstrate for you...?"

[weenwoon]

Hythlodaeus freezes at the sudden touch, eyes widening in shock... but what comes next is even worse, and he tries to lean back instinctively, raising his hands before him before remembering that with how close they suddenly are that would mean touching Hades. He feels the heat on his cheeks as he blushes, for the first time in millennia, at something his friend intentionally did.

"I, er, that is--" he stammers, trying to get his composure back. "No, I, I've no desire to watch you--"

[emet_sulk]

He takes the smallest step forward, pale eyes gleaming like gold.

"Who said anything about watching, 'Daeus? I am inviting you to join me."

Unfortunately for his poor friend, Hades learnt to carry an act and carry it well.

[weenwoon]

Join? Hythlodaeus makes a small undignified squeak as he steps back. No, that can't be real, can it? For Hades to... to offer something like that, to him of all people? It feels like some sort of strange dream at best--

Ah.

Of course it's not real. Hythlodaeus finally relaxes and closes his eyes with a sigh, a smile on his face. He raises his hands again, this time in a gesture of playful defeat.

"...Fine, fine, I concede this round to you. A first, hmm? After... however long it is we've known each other, I daresay you've earned it." He grins, although it's still going to take him a while for his blush to recede and his heart slow down. "Does revenge taste sweet, Hades?"

[emet_sulk]

Hades relaxes but the smirk doesn't leave his face. He does, however, step back to give his friend some room to breathe, folding his arms smugly.

"I will savour that look upon your face for however long I have left here," he says, gaze lingering on the blush in Hythlodaeus' cheeks. "Sweet revenge indeed."

[weenwoon]

Hythlodaeus hums playfully and curls his fingers around his chin in a familiar gesture of contemplation, clearly a lot more comfortable now that it's turned into their regular banter.

"Hmmm, I do wonder whether it fully makes up for all the times I've made you blush... But I shall be magnanimous and call us even. I suppose this means I'll simply need to try harder in the future!"

The grin is back, alright, and it's just as annoyingly smug as Hades must remember it. Hythlodaeus leans in a little closer.

"How long it would take me to one-up your twelve thousand years, I wonder... a month?"

Someone is certainly confident in his shitposting abilities.

[emet_sulk]

Rather than back down, Hades' smile simply grows sharper.

"I'm sure you can do better than that, my friend. You were never one to hold yourself back."

Do your worst, that smile said. He would be ready for whatever his friend tried to pull. Twelve thousand years of living had to count for something, surely.

"By the by, have you claimed a room yet? If not, you are welcome to share - provided you don't try to wake me too early."

[weenwoon]

Hythlodaeus raises his eyebrows at that invitation to war, so to speak... but he looks no less smug.

"My, my, Hades, extending challenges to me now? You certainly have changed! I hereby solemnly swear I shall do my best not to disappoint you," he chuckles, putting a hand to his breast in an overexaggeratedly serious gesture. "And I would be most honoured to share a room with the most eminent Emet-Selch himself."

A measure of his playful manner leaves him, though, as he brushes his long hair forward over his shoulder.

"In fact, I was about to ask you whether you would let me use the shower. 'Tis an utter hassle to brush the salt out."

[emet_sulk]

He rolls his eyes but points to the bathroom. "Of course. Take as much time as you like. Leave your robes outside. I will see if there is a place to have them cleaned."

With that, he waves lazily and makes for the door. Might as well take this opportunity to learn what sort of amenities are available for new arrivals. His familiar does not follow, instead content to nap on one of the beds with Hythlodaeus' firebird.