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[sharktrash]

Who: MANTICORE and possibly you
What: catch-all for all your MANTICORE needs
When: april
Where: various (see toplevels)
Warnings: Squalo, will add as necessary

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MANTICORE penthouse

[sharktrash]

[ Everybody needs some down time, right? Maybe it's a videogame night. Maybe someone pranked someone and someone's room is now on fire. Maybe someone's newly regained powers are getting haywire... ]

[ Let's hope Kid's not hanging around. ]

idek, open to band

[sharktrash]

-- A

[ Squalo got his hands on a fire extinguisher. ]

[ Squalo decided it would be hilarious to fill all your shoes with the foam at fuck o clock in the morning. If you wake up to loud cackling coming from your closet, well. ]


-- B

[ After the small forced break at the beginning of the month, he's back to routinely making breakfast for everyone. Today it's omelettes with mushrooms and spinach and you'd better not have some ridiculous excuses like "I don't actually have a stomach" because you're gonna eat it AND LIKE IT. ]


-- C

[ Surprisingly enough, Squalo has been quieter than usual. Oh, he's still foghorn-loud when he actually talks, but he seems a bit less inclined to do it as much as he used to. He even looks... thoughtful at times, and he seems somewhat cold lately, not to mention reacting with open amusement to things like murder reports on the news. Maybe something is up. ]

A

[blindfoldcode]

[Squalo what the fuck are you doing in her room.

Especially knowing she can creep way better than you can. There isn't any fucking notice of Kido until she claps a hand on his shoulder, her concealment shattered enough so that he can see her. Her eyes are bright, glowing red.]

What the fuck are you doing in my closet at four in the goddamn morning?

[sharktrash]

[ Oh, you know, chaos and mayhem. Normally he achieves it through fighting, though, this penchant for pranks is strictly Lesedi's doing. Probably. ]

[ He actually jolts when his shoulder is clasped from seemingly nowhere, probably spraying foam on some things he hadn't planned for, and scowls when Kido comes into view. ]

Voooi!! Didn't I tell you not to do that?!

[ Yeah sorry he's not answering that yet. ]

B

[wounds]

[But he doesn't even have a stomach.

... Then again he does burn it for fuel, so it's probably fine. He's been herded to the table and sits quietly, even if he is looking a bit uncomfortable.]

You know you don't have to, right?

[sharktrash]

[ Tell that to your grandma OH WAIT SHE'S DEAD guess nobody cares huh. ]

[ Squalo flips the omelet almost with a hint of irritation and peers back at him, serious. ]

Do you think people only do things they have to?

Open

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

[Stuff's floating today.]

[No, really. Gravity seems to have taken a holiday. A couch levitates a foot off the ground. A table gently drifts through the center of the room. A bunch of coffee mugs skate serenely by in midair.]

[In the center of all this, Jecht snores blissfully away -- in a position that put him on the couch before all of this happened. Hell of a power nap.]

[sharktrash]

[ Squalo casually opens the door, strolls into the penthouse and -- ]

WHAT THE FUUUUCK?!!!!

[ SHIT'S FLYING and it feels like his own feet are separating from the floor, too -- ]

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

Huh? [With a thump, Jecht drops back down into the couch, which itself drops back down to the ground. As does all the stuff around him, while he sits up, blinking his eyes as he tries to reconcile that sudden jolt.] Hey, what's the shouting?

[snapcrackleburn]

[ Roy take a minute to stare and another to reach out and swipe a hand under a couple of the floating objects. No strings. Riiiiight. He had his chemistry and alchemy expertise back but none of it or the mechanical stuff Pride had stuffed in his head promised to be helpful when physics don't work right.

Still, there's an explanation for this. It could be a joke. Jecht might want to know since he's been dragged into it or... It's a little suspicious that Jecht happens to be smack dab in the center of the gravity error. ]

Jecht.

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

Zmenxahuh? [As the drummer lurches towards wakefulness, the room begins righting itself -- everything drifting back down to the floor. Just as he sits up, the furniture settles perfectly back in place.] What? Leamme alone I had a late night.

OTA

[snapcrackleburn]

[ Roy had been sewing.

For the past day he spent most of his free time carefully sewing something with care. When asked what he said it was a science thing. When teased he shrugged and kept sewing.

Today as soon as morning practice is over he holes himself up in his room even as lunchtime arrives. Those who go looking for him have two logical options: A) politely knock or B) burst through the door without warning.

Those who choose to be polite will be greeted at the door shortly after they knock by Roy who sticks his head out the door without opening it all the way as if he's hiding something in his room. One might notice when he touches the door frame that he's wearing gloves which appear to be the same material he was sewing earlier.

Of course there are those who might barge in Jecht? Squalo... which won't be very difficult even with the door locked after so many previous forced entries have damaged it. Those who fling the door open will be just in time to catch Roy snapping his fingers, those gloves on. In the blink of an eye an entire row of candles set on the table in front of him light, all at the same time. ]

[sharktrash]

[ Missing lunchtime is apparently a terrible sin in Italy, so of course Squalo is going to barge in. ]

Vooooi, Mildred, you're skipping lunch --

[ YEAH SO for the past day he's been addressing Roy with a selection of old lady names apparently as a homage to his newfound love for sewing. ]

[ And he's just in time to see the dude light a bunch of candles with a snap. ]

-- holy shit.

[snapcrackleburn]

[ After his initial jump at his unexpected guest, Roy frowns and sighs. ]

You could just call me from the kitchen next time.

[ No door stands up to that volume. Roy starts quickly putting out candles and slips off his gloves. Not a word of explanation. ]

Pride record rooms

[sharktrash]

[ What's the point in kidnapping yourself a new bassist if you're not going to put them to good use, right? It's time for MANTICORE to record some new shit (possibly a couple instruments at a time, or maybe they decide to do a semi-live one with everyone at once). Try not to sabotage your friends' takes! ]

OUT IN VISTA CITY

[sharktrash]

[ You know what else you can do when the band's full and functioning again? Play gigs, obviously. Whether it's new shit, old classics like Radioactive Sky or excerpts of "solo" projects like Clockwork Heart and so on, the audience will eat it all up. Let's give it our best whether it's a concert arena or a club! ]

CHICKS DIG GIANT ROBOTS

[sharktrash]

[ If Squalo can convince his band to perform this as part of their lighter stuff, he's definitely doing that. Because nothing's more hilarious than listening to a robot sing about robots and know nobody but them gets the joke. ]

[ Also it's fucking catchy, fight him. ]

[variaboss]

[ You can take the boy out of the metal but you can never take the metal out of the boy. That sure as hell is Xanxus in the audience. That sure as hell is him throwing elbows in the mosh pit. That sure as hell is him having a good time. Even with the lighter stuff.

He stops at a song about giant robots.

Giant Robots.

G...Gola Mosca.

He wants one. He really really wants one and he knows Ottabio has one. He knows if they pull off this mission, he can get rid of the fucking traitor AND get a kick ass robot. Win win. He just needs to talk to his "strategy captain". Only that captain is up there on stage.

The memory fades away and he totally had gotten punched and elbowed a few times while he had been standing there staring at the cello player with a really dumb look on his face. ]

[sharktrash]

[ And Squalo is ridiculously happy to see him there, really. Look, it's one thing to bang a dude, another when he genuinely appreciates your art. He just might be putting some extra effort on stage today -- ]

[ Ah. That look. He knows it. He knows it and he has to file it away for later because he can't just run to Xanxus in the middle of a performance, but god sees the urge to do just that is strong. ]

[ They play a couple more songs -- Squalo sings in the first, because the "SHORT HAIR IS NOT FOR ME" is hilariously accurate for him, and as usual, helps with the choruses and high pitched screams in the second -- and then there's a break. ]

[ Which means he's gonna go and find Xanxus, if he doesn't leave faster than that. He doesn't particularly care if it's backstage or in front of it. ]

Vooi, everything alright?

[mildwildchild]

[DID SOMEONE SAY GIANT ROBOTS.

Jamie's in a club trying to drink away the nervous energy that's been building up since the announcement of the world tour when MANTICORE busts out this song about robots. Fucking robots!! That is something Jamie can appreciate for multiple reasons, the most significant of which being that roughly 90% of his weird hallucinations have involved robots of some flavor or another.

When the band leaves the stage for a break Jamie approaches the first musician he can find. SPOILER it's Squalo.]

So where'd you get the idea for a song about giant robots? [...he just asks, point-blank.]

[sharktrash]

[ SURE DID. ]

[ ...it takes Squalo a moment to recall the kid he's had a drinking contest months ago -- oh sure, he's also in Pride's boyband, whatever -- but he still does a double-take at the question. Now that he thinks of it -- ]

Two of our bandmates were really into that stuff. One's no longer around, so it's a bit of a tribute, in a way... but also fun for the rest of us. The best entertainment's when something's getting smashed, yeah? Giant robots are perfect for that.

other

[sharktrash]

[ For things that don't quite fit into the sections above! ]

save the sharks: MANTICORE penthouse probably, open to band and friends

[sharktrash]

[ DID ANYONE WANT TO STAGE AN INTERVENTION? ]

[ Whether it's the drugs, the fact that Squalo's going to see Xanxus more and more and inviting him back here without telling anyone beforehand, or his apparent tendency to do stupid shit as proved by his last date with Lesedi, it's probably in everyone's best interests that he stops... this (gesturing at his entire body tbh). ]

[ If you're concerned, whether you're a bandmate or a close friend, maybe you should talk to him... or gather everyone to talk to him. ]

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

HEY!

[Jecht, master of not being subtle, barges over to catch him the first moment he can.]

[scalpedsociety]

[Nearby Jecht there's Aramat. Maybe she's hanging with him at the suite as usual and the both of them are warning Squalo and others to clear out before they loudly frick-frack. Still it doesn't look like any of that is happening right now. They aren't even conjoined at the hip.]