Week 3: Sleepover with Karaoke!

[latebluemer]

[The weekend is ever-creeping towards them, which means it's time for another gathering -- this time in the newly-accessible second floor, which comes with some of the amenities of the first but better. The soft room is pretty much ideal for this sort of thing, and if there are any windows someone's probably hung a blanket against the void.

Extra kotatsu from long-ago sleepovers have been brought up, there are snacks and drinks scattered amongst the endless blanket nests and pillow forts, and karaoke and the animal cafe are just next door. They can choose to head out for those attractions or bring in the pet animals of the cafe if they'd like. Anything is possible if you believe.]

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[duskhound]

[...Save me, Capybara!

But yes, she uh. Is just holding the Capybara in front of her. If the spinner goes on her, it's the capybara, that's how it works, right?]

[resortghosts]

[The ghost eagerly spins the bottle!!!

...And it lands on Ellie.

Oh.]

[duskhound]

[.........She... sets down the capybara.

...W-Well, this is fine, this is fine, this is fine. Umm...]

T-This is kind of an awkward first spin, isn't it?

[Well, she's not... actively rejecting it, at least...?]

[resortghosts]

[Pausing to type!]

is this okay? because of... you know

[duskhound]

Well, honestly, this is kind of jumping ahead of my comfort zone a little. I was kind of hoping to be comfortable with holding hands by the end of the week, so this is going a bit ahead of schedule...

...I'm pretty sure this would technically be my first kiss, too...

...But it should be fine. Um. Maybe we can try holding hands first, though?

[resortghosts]

ok!

and tell me where you want to be kissed!

[But for now he scurries over and holds out an invisible hand. At least the sleeves make it reasonably clear where his hand ought to be.]

[duskhound]

[Yes, she just... holds that hand, and closes her eye for the time being. Breathe in, breathe out. She takes another deep breath, breathing in through her nose because that's the sense she's most comfortable with... Do ghosts even have scents? Well, that doesn't matter. She's going to pretend she's smelling the scent of Ether.

...Wait, Yoshi asked her a question, didn't he?]

...Where do I want to be kissed... Umm... Where would be good...?

[resortghosts]

[Time to type with one hand! Good thing there's no temperature when you're a ghost.]

well usually it's on the lips...

but if that's too much it's ok!!!

[duskhound]

On the lips, is it...? Umm... Give me a bit to prepare.

[Aaaand it's back to closing her eyes, focusing on her breathing, and maybe sniffing the air a bit. She's the older one here so she has to take the lead... Or is the taller one that's supposed to take the lead? Why is everyone around here taller than her? She contemplated doing something to fix that, at least, but...

...No, she was getting sidetracked. In the first place, this was like... one of those "dare" things. he had to take the lead since he was the one "dared" by spinning the bottle. And none of this panicky thinking was actually helping her calm down any!

It's fine, it's just "a dare". There's probably not any meaning to it... She opens here eyes, and...]

...Okay, I. Think I'm ready. ...Um. I hope you don't mind if I close my eyes again, though.

[resortghosts]

[Oh boy she's actually okay with a kiss on the lips okay, okay, he's got this... okay.

It's a really, really good thing ghosts don't have temperature. Stay calm! There's literally no way she can tell how nervous you are!!]

yeah that's fnie!

fine!

[Unless you hECKIN TYPO.]

[duskhound]

[It's fine, typoing is perfectly natural and happens to us all. Especially in an environment like this and how do people deal with this normally?

Okay, she's got this. She just needs to... close her eyes and leave everything to Yoshi. She trusts him, it'll be fine.]

[resortghosts]

[Welp. Now it's all on him.

It's going to take a while because he is rapidly realizing he does not got this in the slightest. Romance and girlfriends and all that - it's all stuff he's thought about of course, but now that the time has come to actually kiss someone himself he's rapidly realizing he's got no clue what to do.

.......Those dating sims really don't prepare you at all for the real thing.

He hesitates for quite some time. That much is visible in the body language of the hoodie, in the rigid lines of the arms. But eventually, eventually-

There is a very quick and awkward kiss pressed against Ellie's lips.]

[duskhound]

[...The longer the kiss takes, the more nervous Ellie gets as well. It shouldn't take this long, right? That means something must have happened... But if there was something wrong, he'd... send a message? But there hasn't been any pinging sounds, so nothing's wrong, but...

While she's rapidly trying to go through various scenarios for why nothing is happening, the kiss actually happens. And then there's just. A very long pause as she tries to process it.

...And then she does, and it's time to pick up the capybara and use it to shield her face. Yes, everything is fine. Nobody can see her blushing.]

[resortghosts]

[Yoshi is also fine, because no one can see his blushing either.

They can, however, probably see the way he flops backwards onto the ground with presumably his hands over his face.

Garbage bun is out for the count.]

[whirlingmace]

[ Flops over next to him. Hi Yoyo ]

[resortghosts]

[Remains flopped. Bun is unresponsive. Situation is critical.]

[whirlingmace]

[ That's okay. She'll be on stand by right there until the Bun vitals are normal.

Or until she decides to roll over to prod him in the side ]

[resortghosts]

[Twitch.]

[whirlingmace]

[ Hmm... tickle tickle ]

[resortghosts]

[SQUIRM.]

[whirlingmace]

Do you think I found a weak spot?

[ Tickle tickle ]

[resortghosts]

[SQUIRMING INTENSIFIES.

Is that a soft sound of someone laughing?]