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[darkyang]

[In the midst of the constant darkness the dressing room has been experiencing lately, the flickering glow of a fire is fairly common. This particular fire is rather large, the glow visible even outside of the room Shiru's camping in. 'Camping' in the sense that he has a small nest of blankets set up on the floor in front of a fireplace, with a basket of snacks nearby. He's currently occupying himself with marshmallow-roasting.]

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[giveyoumy]

[Sora's dragging his own pile of blankets and a pillow over to join him. His nose twitches as he gets closer, and he's watching what Shiru's doing curiously.]

[darkyang]

[He's trying to fit more marshmallows on a roasting fork than the roasting fork can hold when Sora arrives. He pauses in that attempt, though, to see who's there. Sora might notice the small curved horns poking out of Shiru's hair when he turns his head.]

Oh. Hey.

[giveyoumy]

[Sora almost trips when he sees those, and yelps when he stumbles toward the fire. He doesn't even come close to running into it, but he is staring at Shiru like he's suddenly grown a second head.]

What happened to you!?

[darkyang]

[Ohey, don't fall into the fire. He doesn't want to be responsible for burns and/or resulting death.]

Halloween costume. I didn't pick it.

[Sora probably won't like the tail or the small wings, either. Good thing they're hidden for now.]

[giveyoumy]

If it's a costume, can't you take it off?

[Someone has not experienced Halloween in the DR before. Or Halloween at all.]

[darkyang]

I've tried. It doesn't work.

[And part of his attention goes back to the marshmallows.]

You haven't been hit with anything yet?

[giveyoumy]

Is something supposed to hit me?

[He'll hesitate for a good long moment, before finally dropping his blankets to the floor. He's not quite as close to Shiru as he'd normally be, but between him and the darkness he'd still choose the replica.]

[darkyang]

Most people get some sort of costume around Halloween. Or before then...last year, Riku was a girl for all of October.

[He would feel flattered. But Sora should fear what's in the darkness, as the darkness itself is more useful than not. But whatever. Join his blanket nest, Sora.]

[giveyoumy]

[The things lurking in the darkness is exactly why he's afraid of it. He looks appalled at the idea of turning female.]

I don't think I could do that.

[darkyang]

Be a girl or deal with a costume? Want some?

[He shakes the roasting fork at Sora.]

[giveyoumy]

Be a girl. I wouldn't even be able to use the bathroom.

[Sora leans back a bit, looking at the glob of white stuff then back at Shiru.]

What is it?

[darkyang]

You'd figure it out...probably. They're marshmallows. Basically sugar in one of it's best forms.

[giveyoumy]

No, I mean I'm not allowed to even look, touching would be even worse...

[He looks more interested at the word 'sugar'.]

I've never seen sugar like that before.

[darkyang]

[Hopefully Sora never temporarily changes gender. He'd probably have a meltdown. Shiru rolls his eyes at that statement, but doesn't comment on it.]

Sugar and...other junk. They're good, really.

[And now they are getting poked into the fire. Fiery marshmallows get!]

[giveyoumy]

Why are you burning it then?

[darkyang]

...Because that's how you cook them.

[Or at least how he does. Some of the marshmallows have caught fire, so he pulls them out and quickly blows the flames out.]

Uh...they don't have to catch on fire, though.

[giveyoumy]

... it smells good.

[But he's still not going to eat one until he sees Shiru do it first.]

[darkyang]

[That's what Shiru was going to do anyway, pulling one of the more burnt marshmallows off of the fork and popping it into his mouth before holding it out towards Sora.]

[giveyoumy]

[Sora will go ahead and take it, looking at the mass of marshmallow blobs before gingerly tugging one off. Unlike Shiru, he doesn't shove the whole thing in his mouth. Instead he blows on it, then pokes it with his tongue before giving it a nibble.]

[darkyang]

[Shiru snickers at Sora's reaction, licking melted marshmallow bits off of his fingers.]

[giveyoumy]

It is good.

[He'll go ahead and hand the fork back though, because he's going to savor this.]

[darkyang]

Toldya so.

[Maybe he should introduce Sora to s'mores.]

I can't believe you've never tried them before.

[giveyoumy]

I don't think we have them on my world. I've never even heard of them before.

[darkyang]

...What's your world like?

[giveyoumy]

Really different from here. We don't have magic or potions, someone using those would get killed for witchcraft. Our food isn't always there to take from a room either. We have to work to get it to grow and make sure we plant enough to get through the winter, and only the rich can afford lots of meat.

[darkyang]

No potions? What do you do when you injure yourself badly enough?

[He 'grew up' in Castle Oblivion, and still isn't entirely used to the concept of medical aid that doesn't involve potions/elixirs/Cure.]

[giveyoumy]

... We die.

[darkyang]

[That makes him pause in the middle of carefully removing a marshmallow from his fork.]

Seriously?

[giveyoumy]

That's why I tried to tell you it was dangerous to take a bath. Though I guess it's different here. At home, if you let yourself get soaked like that and get sick, there's not much to do but pray and hope you don't get worse.

[darkyang]

I've never heard of anyone getting sick from taking a bath. Or dying. Just don't take cold baths, that's stupid.

[giveyoumy]

Hot water's a luxury, so only the most important people get it. For hot water, you'd have to draw water from the well and heat buckets of it by the fire, then carry it to the room with the wash tub. It's a lot of work, and usually cold after the second person uses it.

[darkyang]

Your world sucks. No magic, no hot water, no marshmallows.

[He grins suddenly.]

Well, I could probably live without the marshmallows.

[giveyoumy]

Even if you didn't get killed for being a witch, I don't think you'd last very long. You're too used to everything being easy. Even your water is easy to get, all you have to do is turn a handle.

[darkyang]

Not always. There isn't running water everywhere; sometimes you still have to get it from a well.

But yeah...most things are easy.

[giveyoumy]

... Can I have another marshmallow?

[He's finished licking the remnants of the last one from his fingers, and though he's still a little wary of Shiru's new features, the talking has helped.]

[darkyang]

Yeah...there's a bunch of them here, too.

[He shakes the open marshmallow bag, then after a brief search, finds his snack basket and moves that nearer to Sora.]

And other stuff. Pretzels, candy...whatever I could fit in here that doesn't need to be cooked.

[giveyoumy]

Candy?

[Guess what else he hasn't had.]

[darkyang]

[That's a feat, living with Shiru and not having eaten candy. Then again, Shiru tends to hide it in his room so Riku can't throw it away.]

Yeah! You know...chocolate, mints, taffy...candy.

[Pretty much anything you could get trick-or-treating, he has at least one of it with him.]

[giveyoumy]

I like chocolate.

[That at least, he's been introduced to. He has no idea what those other things are. Still, he looks intrigued. If Shiru were actually trying to trap Sora into something as a demon, this would be the moment he'd know for sure that he'd won.]

[darkyang]

Me too. Riku does, sometimes, but he'll only eat the bitter kind. Dark chocolate really isn't as good as it sounds.

[He makes a face and pulls out a large chocolate bar, unwrapping it and breaking off a few squares to hand to Sora. He's a terrible demon and isn't actually trying to trap Sora into anything...unless giving him a sugar high counts.]

[giveyoumy]

Shiru... Do you think there's a lot of monsters out there?

[Sora will quietly suck on the chocolate, wondering that there's even a difference. He's going to have it melted all over his hands at this rate, but it'll be worth it.]

[lostinstardust]

[comes close enough to the fire to get some warmth, but tries to stay somewhat hidden, looking a little wary of anything and anybody]

[reasonably wary, he'd say. time traveller's knowledge - people are people, they can be horrible anywhere and anytime. (they can be kind, too, but that's not something to take for granted, rare as it is. not something to actively hope for.)]

[darkyang]

[This guy isn't too concerned if anyone is nearby, as long he doesn't hate them and they don't attack him for no reason. He doesn't know Isa and Isa hasn't done much yet, so he's being mostly ignored. Mostly.]

Who's there?

[lostinstardust]

[comes a little closer, slowly] Not anyone you know. I can go away if you wish.

[darkyang]

Why don't you tell me your name instead? I don't know a lot of people.

[lostinstardust]

[...this place has meny versions of same people, so lying may put him at disadvantage. Strange strategy as it is, he might have to tell the truth in this case]

My name's Isa.

Sorry this tag is late >.<

[darkyang]

Nice name. I'm Shiru. You can hang out here if you want, just don't do anything stupid.

[Meaning like attack him or mess with his fire too much.]

Re: Sorry this tag is late >.<

[lostinstardust]

Mhm. I won't.