[CLOSED] Good or bad, you only have a limited time to spend time together.

[sunstead]

Who: Clamor & others
When: ??? August, time is fake
What: Backdated closed prompts to make up for mission purgatory
Warnings: this is a fluff only zone, at worst there might be some mentions of like death/violence and stuff but FLUFF ONLY ZONE ONLY SOFT FEELS ALLOWED HERE



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[sunstead]

[he has..... rocks!! check out this rock. so cool. npckun should be paying him to show off all these cool rocks.]

Oh, well, you know about Lucifer's young friends that have been helping with the club, right? The, ah, [he really doesn't wanna say "cultists" so let's go with] Satanists? We wanted to make something for them as a thank you gift, so I've been trying to modify some of Lucifer's hexes to work with my magitech... it's been a bit tricky, but I think I have a method figured out.

Do you want to try it for me? It's completely harmless, I promise.

[mermaidcursed]

( oh clamor. if nene wasn't friends with hikaru, she'd probably be just as worried about 'satanists' as she would 'cultists'. but she knows hikaru likes the occult and stuff on some level, so she just nods. )

Try... what exactly? Casting it, or...? 'Cause I dunno if I can do that.

( she says, as hanako's priestess. )

[sunstead]

[but Satan sounds like a fine young man!! He can't be a bad person if he's Lucifer's brother :)]

Sure you can! It's not a difficult spell, and I can walk you through all the steps. Unless you'd rather be a test subject instead. [I mean, she can be both. how much do you like cats, Nene...]

[mermaidcursed]

( you know what we'll find out if nene's allowed to learn magic later. so while she's excited, and visibly so actually... nene draws back ever so slightly, shaking her head. )

We can test it on me, I don't mind. I know you wouldn't do anything bad.

[sunstead]

[Oh... he actually looks a little disappointed when she reels in her excitement, though he tries not to let it show. Enthusiastic students are his favourite kind! But he doesn't want to force her if she doesn't feel ready yet...]

Hmm... alright, how about I show you how it's done, and then if you'd like you can try it on me next, okay? It's always good to try something more than once, just to be sure! [and then he won't have to feel bad about pranking her, even if it's pretty harmless

prepping the spell for a test will take a little time, though, so he can multitask. he draws out the circle on a sheet of paper, making sure that it's visible for Nene to watch.]

Actually, there's something else I wanted to talk to you about too... do you remember what we talked about before, about spirits and the wisteria tree?

[mermaidcursed]

( oh no... oh no she made one of the dads sad. but... ... okay, that sounds... like a reasonable compromise. so nene nods, scooting just a bit closer to watch with wide eyes.

and then the tree comes up- )

Ah- yeah. Did something happen?

[sunstead]

Well... you could say that, yeah. It's about what happened a few weeks ago, when Hanako asked some of us to talk with the gardener. [he asked them to kill the gardener actually but look, that detail isn't important right now]

I didn't see everything that happened myself, but... while we were in the void, Amami and I almost became absorbed into the tree there. The others said we started to dissolve and turn into blue lights in the branches, like the flowers. [and they've already talked about the whole human-souls-might-be-in-the-tree thing somewhere in timey-wimey handwave land, so... yeah.] Luckily, it was stopped before we could be taken in completely. But I think it's safe to say that what you heard about the tree and it's connection to the students here is right.

Sorry... I know it's a morbid topic, but I thought you'd want to know. You should be careful around that tree.

[mermaidcursed]

Ah... ( meng yao had told her to be careful too, and she'd managed to appease him at the least, but with clamor it feels more like a gentle request from her papa. it makes it so much harder to try and justify. ) I will. I've been really careful after Shuichi-kun broke a branch...

( which she feels absolutely awful about, but also, doing that put them both to sleep under the tree for several hours. ... it was a cozy nap at the time, but now? yyyyyikes. )

I'm really glad you're okay though. And it's okay, I don't mind. It's important... I have something to tell you too, actually, but it's not about the tree.