{005} Network Video + Log

[lovesickkiller]

[Misa is obviously freaking out a little. He eyes are wide, she's breathing fast, and she is newly blonde since she last appeared on the network. But her latest echoed change isn't anything that's visible.]

The lights over Tokyo— something is happening, I'm going home. If anyone is coming and needs a place to stay, my apartment is open to you. It's not very big, but I'll make room for anyone who needs it. Bring a sleeping bag or air mattress if you can. Private message me for the address, and if you have a doppelganger either do it in person or by phone. I don't want any uninvited guests showing up.

[[ooc: feel free to handwave Misa giving your character this information, as long as they are not a doppelganger and we have some previous CR.]]

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Who: Misa and ALL THE PEOPLE
What: Crash at Misa's one-bedroom apartment during insanity in Tokyo. SLUMBER PARTY. There will be separate header threads for different weeks, plop your person anywhere.
When: April 10-28
Where: Tokyo, Misa's place

Comments

[evowhisperer]

'Green.'

He gives her a warm smile back. See, Nathan? This is how you socialize. Cesar shifts most of his weight onto one foot, and the overall effect is a casual, nonthreatening image. Maybe if he doesn't look Nathan in the eye the kid will calm down, like some sort of spooked horse.

'One of my coworkers used to drink green tea all the time. He said it had health benefits, but it was really all the caffeine.

[lovesickkiller]

Nathan always has to make things hard, doesn't he? Misa presses on regardless, as if he isn't making everything difficult and awkward. Cesar manages to at least act the part of sociable, despite the fact that his doppelganger tried to murder them. Maybe that's more suspicious than Nathan's obvious discomfort, but Misa prefers the pretending-everything-is-normal approach. She wishes the others were better at it.

"It's supposed to be really good for you," she agrees, putting the other tea away. "People here will tell you it does everything from preventing heart attacks to curing cancer! I doubt all that's true, but it's probably still healthy, right?"

[solvethepuzzle]

Nathan can't act the part of sociable even under normal circumstances; he just doesn't know how. That this isn't a normal circumstance is not helping his general lack of skill in this area.

And easy for you two to pretend everything is normal, maybe. You weren't the ones who had a gun pressed to your head by someone who shared the same face as one of the people in this room.

Calm down. Just calm down. He winds a finger into his hair, hoping it will soothe his nerves a little. It usually does, and garners fewer strange looks than the toys do. He does not need any judgemental staring if he takes one out of the backpack and starts fiddling with it. That would not help him at all.

"There are benefits, but many of them are over-stated. If it was just for the caffeine, your co-worker would have been better served with black as it typically has a higher content."

Look, he's even managing to talk to Cesar. This is progress. Maybe. Even if it's just talking about caffeine levels in beverages. Completely impersonal topics. He can do this.

[evowhisperer]

Watch closely, Nathan, because these two are pretending normalcy like pros. Cesar's easy smile turns to him for the first time (so close to his pleasant doppelganger's, not nearly different enough), nodding. His gaze drops while he types.

'Most of us drank coffee, and we always made enough for everyone. He always turned it down. Said it tasted like charcoal.'

[lovesickkiller]

Misa glances at the message with feigned interest, thoroughly bored by the topic already. But that doesn't matter; they're talking, that's a step in the right direction. She can pretend to have the slightest bit of interest in a conversation about the various attributes of caffeinated beverages for at least a little while.

"I can't blame him, when I drink coffee I like lots of sugar in it," she says. "That can't be good for you!"