Locked in a Room

[dishevelment]

Who: Everyone stuck in Pride HQ
What: This load of crap.
When: Nov. 1-5
Where Pride HQ
Warnings: Pg-13 minimum because Carnies. Tag if it gets over that.


Everyone got the same call-- and now we're all stuck in HQ with no hint of release in sight.

The reason? No one knows.

How are you coping?

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[mildwildchild]

"You say that like you're not weird all the time anyway," Jamie retorts, but he's grinning as he says it, taking the sting out.

"Being drunk is - " honestly kind of overrated, especially the part afterward where the slightest hint of light is like icepicks being rammed into your skull - "awesome. It's like everything that's bothering you fucks off somewhere else for a while and you just have fun. I heard a lot of musicians write their best material when they're drunk."

Well, he heard that a couple of people once wrote a couple of songs that were pretty good when they were under the influence, and Ryouta told him that he drank a little sometimes to loosen up so he could write. Jamie's interpretation is just a small embellishment, really.

[consocius]

"Heyyy," Sora protests the playful jab, but ends with a grin anyway. Only once he's stuck his tongue out at Jamie for calling him weird, though. Because that'll prove him wrong, especially since it's kind of funny to be sticking his tongue out at him with the positions they're both in anyway: he has to sort of lean his head over to make sure Jamie can tell what he's doing.

His grin fades to a more neutral expression as he listens to what his friend has to say, not entirely getting it or believing it... But it had to be at least somewhat true, there had to be something good about it, otherwise why would people bother doing it? Plus, the thing he says about musicians writing good stuff while they're drunk makes him pretty curious. And having fun is always... well, fun.

"Hmmm," he clearly gives it some thought, before folding his arms and laying his head down on them. Which means he's left to stare at the top of Jamie's head. "Okay. What were you drinking, anyway? Did it taste good?"

[mildwildchild]

Jamie has to think about that a little. There's no real point in lying to Sora about his particular choice of alcohol. "Jaegermeister. It...doesn't really taste good. It kinda burns, actually. But it gets the job done pretty quick." The job being to get good and plastered, of course.

"There's tons of different kinds'a booze to try, though. We'll find something you like enough to get drunk on." He grins at Sora.

[consocius]

"Jag-rawr... Uh, I don't think I'm gonna try to pronounce that." And drinking something that burns definitely does not sound pleasant. In fact Sora gives Jamie a look like he might be crazy. Like, why would you ever eat or drink anything that does not taste good?

And then he considers the rest of his words. "Yeah, I know there's stuff out there that does actually taste good. I mean, drinking is pretty popular and I don't think everyone likes getting their throat burned."

[mildwildchild]

Jamie laughs good-naturedly at Sora's attempt at the liquor's name. "If you think it's hard to pronounce, you should try drinking it." He seems immune to that look Sora's giving him. Jamie knows that the stuff tastes like shit, but he doesn't drink it to enjoy the flavor.

"But yeah, there's a lot nicer stuff. Like, have you tried mudslides? They taste kinda like coffee. They make chocolate-flavored liquor too. And lotsa fruity ones." He giggles a little, because "fruity" is a hilarious word in his current state.

[consocius]

"Can you pronounce it while you're drinking it?" This is a serious question. Okay actually maybe it's not completely serious, but the curiosity here is definitely genuine.

And he's kinda amused that Jamie's asking him if he's ever tried a mudslide. Sora has had beer once in a while, and a sip of champagne once, and that was pretty much it that he can remember. That was the sum total of his experience with alcohol thus far.

"Like tasty, creamy sweet coffee? Or like plain, black bitter coffee?" He barely gets a chance to ask this, or consider the awesomeness that would be chocolate-flavored, before Jamie lets out a little giggle that surprises him enough that he snorts in laughter in response. "What? What's funny?"

[mildwildchild]

Sora's laugh elicits another giggle and prompts Jamie to crane his head around to peer at him. "Y'know - fruity." He laughs a little harder, snorting indelicately. "It's - it's just funny. 's one of those - inherently funny words."

He has the stupidest grin on his face right now. He has pretty much the stupidest everything.

[consocius]

There is some amused staring. Amused because Jamie is laughing, he's still unsure why the word "fruity" is so funny but maybe that's because he doesn't have alcohol in his system at the moment.

"You're definitely still drunk."

And yet he's looking forward to laughing at stupid things too if that's what the drinking entails.

"One of 'em? What are the other funny words?"

[mildwildchild]

"Uh - hm." Jamie actually gives this some thought, because this is clearly a Very Serious Topic. "Well, 'spatula' is pretty funny. 'Platypus.' Uh, 'cummerbund.' Oh. Oh man, here's a good one.

"'Pianist.'" He lets the word hang in the air, waiting expectantly for Sora's reaction.

[consocius]

Sora takes a few seconds to consider each of these words, does indeed give a small laugh at "platypus" because that's legit. Totally a funny word. He has no idea what a cummerbund is, though.

And, finally, "pianist" does get a laugh but only because Jamie thinks it's a funny word. "I think the other ones are kinda true, though I've never heard of 'cummerbund.' But why is pianist funny?"