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Hi, Venat-san.

I didn't intend to take you up on this offer so soon, but you'll perhaps be unsurprised to know the young man that I share living quarters with is slightly troublesome at times.

I'm sure he'll get it out of his system soon, but for the time being, it's difficult to sleep while a demolition is occurring in the room next door.

What say we go camping tonight?

From:

headhooligan

Hi, Venat. It’s Aubrey. I hope your labyrinth trip went okay, if you went at all.

Can I ask you a morbid question?

From:

enteloki

[Since Maruki won't give him enrichment this week-]

I heard you defeated the Green Knight.

What sort of power did you use to end him? I imagine it was more than a sword and shield.

From:

fromshadows

[ ooc : open logs will be posted on the 6th and 7th of July, where players can make their own toplevels and tag into others! 🥳 ]

From:

enteloki

These rooms really are full of surprises.

[A part time job? This is ridiculous. The glowing eyes down the hall ominous in nature, but he stares them down anyway, as he peers around the metal door. He hopes they wander up here. ]

It seems simple enough, at least.

From:

placation

With another wave of new arrivals pouring in, I thought I might ask you...

The other Ancients who have appeared from your reality recently. How are you holding up about that?

[ Hythlodaeus is a preeminently charming and friendly man, and Lahabrea seems fine as well, but Maruki knows enough about her history to know he should ask. Should have done so sooner, but... well, the past month was a mess on several levels. Better late than never. ]

From:

devilishkouhai

[ Prolly pre event... ]

Do you know what a yandere is?

From:

partywipe

Hi, Venat. It's Kabru again. Do you have time to talk?

From:

devilishkouhai

👻🕸️ Cursed Text Warning 🕸️👻

Once upon a midnight dream, while you opened your oracle so weary... This message came to be! 😱 And now, you’ve been CURSED!! It's real curse magic! 😈💀

If you don’t send this to 10 people within the next 6 minutes, you’ll wake up to these horrors:

1. Your phone screen will mysteriously crack... 📱💔
2. A pixie will rearrange your furniture in the middle of the night 🛋️🧚 (and you’ll fall on your face)
3. The shard magic you collected will go to 0... and you'll have to start all over again 💎😱
4. You’ll lose your abilities you regained one by one 🔮😳
5. Vaeros will come into your nightmares and force you to date him... 😘💋
6. But if you do send it... nothing creepy will happen 👀 …maybe… 🕷️

Good luck 😏💀

From:

devilishkouhai

What do you know about this Meteion Bird? What is she? Who is she? Did she really evaluate the whole universe and decide that all humanity was incapable of living?

From:

placation

[ Every time of day is quiet in the machiya, but mornings are uniquely so. Settled far away from anything in Somnius that could constitute civilization, in its own thicket of woods close to Horizons and nothing else, mornings are dead silent save for birds and breeze. It's peaceful, pale autumn sunlight filtering in through the open windows, rustling trees, a coffee maker softly percolating.

Maruki watches it attentively, still in the worn-soft flannel pants and undershirt he slept in, hair sleep-mussed and arms folded over his chest. Not yet awake enough to don the apron and begin making breakfast proper, but the promise of it is there.

He looks over to where Venat sits at the bar counter overlooking the kitchen, where he and Akechi eat nearly all of their meals, and smiles warm and sleepy. ]

I have to ask, was coffee a thing in your reality? I'm afraid I'm rather addicted to it...

From:

placation

[ The morning after Akira's appearance, sent as soon as he can get away from breakfast with his once and future friend turned housemate: ]

Good morning. ♥

Could I meet you somewhere? Anywhere but the machiya. You pick.

From:

placation

[ Sent quite literally as soon as it becomes clear that the world around them has crystallized and become uninhabitable, save for those few spaces that already were carved out for homes. The woods surrounding the machiya are even a maze of crystal now. It's a mess. ]

I was hoping to do this in a more formal and meaningful way, but given what just happened-

My home is yours, if you'll allow it.

Please.

From:

placation

[ Christmas morning, Venat will receive a crystal pendant necklace. When held up to the sun, it reflects a lovely prism of light in all directions. Though he's with her when it's given, obviously, there's a note tucked into the box all the same, in painstakingly neat handwriting: ]

For the brightest light I'll know in any reality.

From:

devilishkouhai

[ A box is left outside alongside Maruki, Akechi's, and Akira's gifts, so the Machiya, inside the box, are the following items!

Obtained
x1 Box of Chocolate
x1 A basket of Girlish Items, such as nail polish, body wash, lotion, etc.
x1 A Small sakura flower that fell from a tree that will never age or die. It is clearly imbued with magic to make it this way. It seems like it can easily be crushed or destroyed by other means, though. Handle with care!
x1 Beautifully crafted wooden carving that was painted on of a glowing Moon, on top is a little mini BB. The mini BB has bunny ears/looks like a bunny and is standing on top of it in a pose that makes her look as if she is looking off the moon. All around the moon are tiny holes, but craftily done, it is hard, if not impossible, to see. There is a button there, and when turned on activates an inner light. This glow radiates outwards, casting its luminosity across the surrounding walls. Venat will then see stars - those stars are the stars and constellations that belong to Earth!

Letter/Card: Merry Christmas! The Moon I got you shows the Constellations of my universe, I hope you enjoy them! - BB ]

From:

purrsonality

[ after listening to maruki's advice and not being sure what to give, this is the solution izutsumi hits upon. ]

happy holidays.

Edited Date: 2025-01-11 09:19 am (UTC)

From:

arsenist

[The future of Somnius may be in a precarious state, but life goes on. In the house tucked away from the rest of the populace, that's true more than ever.

And that means that through several fortuitous but cataclysmic events, someone new is moving in.

Maruki tells them that Venat is coming to live with them. That's his Partner. That is, as some would say, A Big Deal. So Akira makes preparations as best as he's able to.

Maruki isn't his parent. He's not even his legal guardian here, and Akira doesn't know Venat at all. But none of that changes the fact that her moving to the machiya is still important.

So Akira shops, with any other Dreamers able to do business with him. He gathers any cat-safe flowers he can find, using them to brighten up any rooms that he can. And he dedicates an entire afternoon to dusting and clearing out one of the guest rooms, completely unaware that Venat will have other arrangements.

It's perfect.

The appointed day, Akira is out til the evening working, but he hurries back as soon as he can. The moment he lays eyes on her, all pale hair and brilliantly bright blue eyes, Akira offers a smile that's a few degrees warmer than he offers to most adults. Gauging, as he always is... but with a little more openness. This is somebody that Maruki cares for immensely, that he's let into his own home - and Akira has every intention of curbing his own instincts in order to think of her as someone he should try to trust.]

You must be Venat-san. Are you settling in okay so far?

From:

purrsonality

[ izutsumi wanders the machiya, looking to bother maruki and akechi when she comes across venat.

she pauses, eyeing her curiously. ]

You're here now?

From:

readytobe

Venat.

I hope you have been well.

[That's polite, right? He's doing a polite? Though he actually means it. It's been a while, but she's stuck out in his mind as a particularly nice human(?).]

From:

placation

[ At some point during the week, Venat receives an invitation:

I'll be hosting a dinner party on March 22 and would love to see you there!

Feel free to come to the Horizons farmhouse any time after 5 PM.

Please do not bring anything! No food, no drinks, nothing but your presence. I appreciate the thought, but for me, the joy of this is being able to cook for a group of people, and I would like to handle it myself.

Hope to see you there!

Dr. Maruki

One gets the impression that if you go against his wishes to bring something anyway, it might stress him out...

When the mingle log goes up on the 22nd, please feel free to come tag around! ]

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