Wastin' Away Again~

[ohgoodgrief]

Who: Teachers! TA's! RA's! Other graduate students! Other students who are crashing (or god help them, working there??)
When: March 8, 2019, in the evening.
Where: A karaoke bar in Soleil.
Warnings: Alcohol

Sometimes, after tests are done and mysteries uncovered, the teachers need to relax.

Which is why there is karaoke! The faculty of Daybreak Academy have converged, through random inspiration and not a terrible lot of planning, on one unsuspecting bar in Soleil on a Friday evening. A few drinks (or more!) are to be had; however, there is also a stage, with a microphone and a big screen -- which shows a music video for whatever song is on -- and the lyrics. A friendly little green ball bounces over them.

It is time to sing your heart out.

It is time... for karaoke.

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[spelleton]

Becau-

[ wait ]

What are you doing in here, young lady? [ YOU'RE LIKE TEN ]

[hattersgonnahat]

...Mr. Atchison brought me along.

[And it was starting to get stuffy in the luggage.]

[spelleton]

...How. [ He has the feeling he's not going to like the answer but he might as well ask. ]

[hattersgonnahat]

How? ...Well I think I was just supposed to stay in the bag until he got back. But he might've forgot.

[spelleton]

He put you in a bag.

[ It's sad he can't even be surprised any more. He just sighs. ]

Well. I suppose you can stay here for the moment.

Are you hungry?

[hattersgonnahat]

A little. [Between getting here and the plane ride, who knows how long it's been since she last ate.] ...Do you have anything?

[spelleton]

[ He looks around for a menu and rescues one from where it's been awkwardly wedged in the seating, and just...passes it over. ]

Feel free to order something. [ It's not like he needs to eat anyway, so whatever money he'd be spending on food as a normal human is just going to someone else instead? ]

[hattersgonnahat]

[Oh sweeeet.]

[The temptation to just order everything off the dessert section was real. After having to deal with that forest at all it was justified. But...nah, she'll spare Ekkehardt somewhat. Puella just ordered two normal meals instead. Look, she was still really hungry alright.]

[spelleton]

[ She's ten. Children that age tend to eat like they have a black hole where their stomach should be anyway. He doesn't have any objections to her orders, so her meals will be delivered shortly. ]

So, how was your first mission?

[hattersgonnahat]

It uh... it wasn't that bad.

A little creepy.

[Okay very creepy. But she can't sound that much like a wimp.]

[spelleton]

Just a little? How courageous!

[ He's half-joking. If she wants to act brave, then who is he to deny her, really. ]

I heard even some of the adults there were unsettled.

[hattersgonnahat]

Really? But don't they do this kind of thing all the time?

[spelleton]

Just because you do it all the time doesn't mean there aren't things you won't be scared of.

There's no shame in being fearful. It's healthy. [ Puella's food arrives, and he just kind of slides the plates over. Eat up, small child. ]

[hattersgonnahat]

[Yes~! Food's here. Going to start digging in.]

[But oh right, they were in the middle of something else.]

But you don't seem afraid of anything. [...Or rarely show much of anything at all, now that she thinks about it.]

[spelleton]

I just have more life experience in certain areas. [ Though she's right about him not showing much. ] They happen to line up with most of what I see here.

I am a medic, after all. It's important to stay calm in tense situations.

[hattersgonnahat]

But you're always like that. [How does he do it??]