THE GALA ON ADSUM (Mingle Log)

[serpentis]

Who: Anyone and Everyone!
Broadcast: Nope!
Action: A ballroom on Adsum
When: 2/21, Evening-Night



[And the night has arrived! Dorian put out an open invitation, and anyone who is interested is welcome to dress up and meet up for a night of dancing and fawning over each other. Make sure to wear your best, everyone! It's a very special episode of Drift Fleet!]

((OOC: There was an open invitiation, but even if your character never replied or has had personal contact with Dorian, feel free to assume he's let them come along or be dragged along by someone else! I'll be tagging some threads, but if you want a thread to be closed, please just say so in the header.))

Comments

[ino]

[ This guy sure talks a lot. What did this case have to do with her, or Drift Fleet, or even Paradisa, really? She couldn't remember a Taro Namatame showing up there, either, so it wasn't as though it explained any kind of drama in that group.

She can't quite decide if this guy is just lonely and needs someone to talk to, or if he was purposely trying to get her to question something she knew ...

Either way, her demeanor remains casual, and she gives him a shrug. ]

It doesn't really matter what you lead with, if the person you're telling the story to already knows the conclusion.

[cabbagedetective]

Oh, you already knew about the case? I assumed you didn't since you seemed confused when I first mentioned the murders. Ah heh, sorry for talking your ear off then.

[Tch- if she already knew about it, then why the hell did she look so confused earlier? Seriously, was this bitch messing with him for some reason? Come to think of it, she had approached him out of the blue...]

[ino]

I didn't, but I know Yukiko-chan well enough to know she wouldn't be behind something that awful.

[cabbagedetective]

[Ugh, what is with people just blindly trusting other people? If Yu-kun was here, he'd probably say something about the power of bonds. What a bunch of bullshit.]

You're a good friend Ino-chan. (Well, she does look younger than him.)

I'm sorry if I upset you by talking about Yukiko-chan in regards to the murders.

[Adachi bows formally, trying to look as sincere as possible in his apology.]

[ino]

You're fine, but -- it doesn't really seem like the type of thing you'd talk about at a party, right?

[ Lighten the mood. Change the subject. ]

After all, the point of the whole thing is to celebrate.

[cabbagedetective]

Ah heh, good point.

Celebrate? Well, yeah that makes sense, but uh... what are we celebrating?

[ino]

[ She shrugs again ]

With Dorian, it could be anything, really. I'd toast to fresh food and good shampoo, though.

[cabbagedetective]

[Dorian, that guy was certainly unique. Well, as much as Adachi detested forced social interaction, he had to admit that he was kind of enjoying himself. Maybe. Just a little.]

Well then, [Adachi raises his drink.] to fresh food and uh, good shampoo?

[ino]

[ A laugh ]

To fresh food and good shampoo.

[ She'll touch her glass to his, and take a swig ... and then coughs. That ... is WAY spiked. ]

So that was what Varric was on about -- !

[cabbagedetective]

Ah, yeah. The punch is rather... strong, huh?

[Adachi has to laugh at her reaction to the drink.]

I actually thought it had been Crowley-san at first. But he mentioned a "shifty looking dwarf" or something like that.

[ino]

I mean, it's not bad -- [ she takes another sip, now that she's adjusted to the idea of there being a burn to it ] -- just wasn't expecting it.

Crowley's probably just mad Varric got to it first. He was always spiking the punch at the balls in Paradisa.

[cabbagedetective]

[More laughter from Adachi.]

He does seem like that kind of guy. I guess I can see why he and I might have gotten along in Paradisa.

[Too bad Adachi totally ditched out on him earlier...]

[ino]

He said you guys were friends?

[ She seems surprised. After all, Crowley was always very loathe to say something nice about a person, even if he did care about them. ]

[cabbagedetective]

No, he just said we were acquaintances, which sounds about as close to the word "friends" as that guy is ever going to get.

[Adachi inwardly kinda winces at the word friend. He was like Crowley in that he would never admit to ever being "friends" with anyone. Not that this girl needs to know that.]

[ino]

Oh, no. If you're an "acquaintance" then he probably didn't like you at all. Nothing personal, though, he doesn't like people for a lot of weird reasons. Like, you could be wearing the wrong shoes for your outfit or whatever.

[ Examines her nails casually as she says this. If Crowley's gonna say weird shit about her, she'll do the same for him 8) ]

[cabbagedetective]

[Any possible amount of guilt Adachi could have felt about tossing Crowley's drink in the can after he ditched him suddenly evaporated entirely.]

Oh... [Adachi looks down at his shoes, seemingly a little disappointed.] He seemed friendly enough when we went drinking earlier. I mean, he said some stuff about being a demon, and avoiding people who were trying to sleep with him... [Adachi can play this game too.]

[ino]

[ A sudden look of understanding. ]

Ohhhh. Maybe you were one of his one night stands?

1/2

[cabbagedetective]

[Adachi turns his head and spits his drink that he was sipping. He coughs and sputters as he tries to regain his breath.]

2/2

[cabbagedetective]

[After he catches his breath, Adachi manages to croak out his response.]

I was one of his what?!

[ino]

[ Tries not to laugh at his reaction. Oops. ]

Y'know, like, a booty call or something? He did sleep with a pretty good chunk of the castle people.

[cabbagedetective]

[Adachi's completely off his game now. He's flustered, confused, disgusted, angry, scared... all at the same time. He struggles to find words, and his articulation just flounders.]

I would nev- He's not- But I am- Did he really- I couldn't hav-

[ino]

[ Just a giggle from her. ]

Sometimes the castle makes you do crazy things~

[cabbagedetective]

[Was this girl messing with him? She had to be messing with him. Adachi would never... he can't even finish the thought without a visible chill running down his spine. No. She was messing with him; she has to be.]

Ah heh, good one. [Cue the most sincere awkward chuckle of Adachi's life.] You... really had me going there...

(Please to god let her be joking...)

[ino]

I wasn't joking. He probably doesn't want you coming back for seconds.

1/2

[cabbagedetective]

[Adachi finally spits out the words he's been thinking.]

BUT I'M NOT GAY!

[That came out a little louder than he intended it to...]