ukimiya | let's get it started HAH aka afterparty sup

let's get it started HAH aka afterparty sup

[look, it wasn't his idea to throw an afterparty. It just wasn't. But... he is easily bullied by tiny children, and he'd already promised Hiyono and Ayumu. So, Mako is making steamed pork buns for everyone.

This is more than he's ever made in his life at once, and gotta admit, some came out better than others. But they're all at least delicious and 100% homemade.

Also, he's kind of surprised that anyone trusts food not made by them, but at least you have the assurance that Mako has no clue how poison works.

Slipped under their doors are brief notes, since cooking is hard work. Mako's handwriting is very clear and neat:

Steamed pork buns in the Great Hall. I promise, they're not poisoned.

.... he's working on it, okay.]

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... All right.

[Zero's no good at this whole comforting thing, has never done so in her life, and even if she wanted to, she has no idea where to start. The loss he's feeling is something she can hardly imagine. But it's not like she's doing anything else, right?]

I don't care if you grab all the rum, but leave at least some of the other stuff for the rest of us, yeah?

I'm just planning on taking the rum.

[He's leaving the other stuff, don't worry. It's just the rum he's taking for now since he knows others may need alcohol for their needs.]

Good. [And as they haul up all the rum to his room...] You gonna need a drinking partner for this or something?

[She really doesn't know how people would usually cope with something like this. Maybe it's better to be alone? Or maybe people would be a distraction? It's kind of a shock that she's even bothering with this, but out of everyone here, it's easiest to hang around him. She'd prefer it if he didn't do something like kill himself in his depression.]

[...a drinking partner. For some reason he wouldn't mind Zero. She's... different in that she's not trying to go for compassion. She'd just be good company to have right now.]

I think it'd be nice to have one.

[He wants to be alone, but he's afraid to be alone. The people who legitimately care for him will probably bother him until he's recovered, yet... it's all a contradiction...]

Works for me. [It beats spending a lot of time in these weird after parties as far as she's concerned.] Bring whatever else's left, and I'll go grab glasses.

I will.

[So that he does. Maybe he'll even bring some different things like some brandy, some tequila... maybe she likes variety. So he'll bring those, too.

So he'll be waiting in his room. The door's wide open so she doesn't even need to knock or be polite or anything.]

[How considerate of Eizen! Will Zero even notice? A question for the ages........

Nevertheless, she shows up again soon enough with the glasses, walking right and taking a seat next to him. She pours herself a glass of the rum, leaving it open for him to pour his own. If he doesn't fill it to the rim, she'll honestly be surprised.]

Well, drink up.

[Fill it to the brim is exactly what he does. It even overflows a bit before he takes the glass with a gloved hand and downs the glass alcohol. It burns his throat and his stomach, but he doesn't care. He doesn't care about enjoying the slow buzz he'd get.

He's doing this to get drunk and numb every emotion right now so he can't feel anything.]

[Maybe she should've just gotten a glass for herself and left the whole bottle for him... Oh well.]

So how long does it take for a malak to get drunk anyways?

The same amount of time it takes a human. We can stop ourselves from getting drunk, but unfortunately it only causes malevolence-- corruption-- to well up within us.

[Once he's done downing one drink, he's pouring another, though he under fills it a bit this time.

But yeah, funny story about corruption huh? Hahahaha...]

I feel like I should be asking what doesn't cause corruption for you guys at this point.

[She takes a sip from her drink. It's not like the world doesn't have plenty of ways to screw people over already, and the whole malevolence thing sounds ridiculous.]

But it's not like humans all have one set level for how much alcohol they can have before keeling over. [Actually wait a sec.] Is puking gonna be a problem for you? [BECAUSE SHE DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THAT.]

I won't get sick if you're worried about that.

[He takes a deep breath and downs another glass. It burns again, it hurts, but it's better than the emotional pain that's slowly being masked by his buzz that's coming on. Soon he'll be drunk, and that's all that matters.]

At this point I probably just need one more glass.

[And well, he pours rum into his glass and filling it, effectively emptying out the bottle. Yeah, normal people would probably be throwing up after this much alcohol at once, but Eizen can handle it.

Because Eizen is not a person. Then again, he should be allowing his body to 'react' to the sickness he's feeling, but screw it. He can take that much malevolence and not be really affected.]

[A HUGE RELIEF TBH. She would've ollied out so fast if he started looking sick...

But she watches as he downs his next glass, sort of curious if this'll be enough for him. Not the alcohol exactly, but she knows that for some people, getting drunk isn't enough to reach the kind of numbness he's looking for.]

You get to where you wanna be at?

[Downing the last glass, he lets out a breath, like that one may be the final one he really can take before he can feel some serious setbacks. Once he's done he just leans lazily against the wall, his eyes glazed over a bit.]

Not really, but I'm sure all that I've drank will keep helping me for the next few hours.

[Alcohol isn't that instant, so he's sure as his body processes it he'll get more and more drunk and maybe reach an acceptable level of numb.]

There are other ways to get around to not being able to think. [That's what he's after, and there's no reason to beat around the bush.] Sleeping, fighting, fucking—they're all probably faster than drinking too.

[Just normal, casual suggestions! And they really are just that, suggestions. She just figures those things are faster at getting to what he wants.]

I don't think fighting would keep my mind off if it, but sleeping may help.

[He's not even commenting on the 'fucking' part even if he's pretty used to Nishitani. Also because he's never had sex to distract himself so... lack of experience in that emotional sense?]

Shit, you really are a prude.

[She's just joking though. He doesn't have any holier-than-thou attitude about not being interested in sex like Four (who was a liar to boot) does, so it doesn't annoy her.]

Sleep'll come soon enough then, once you reach passed-out drunk.

[He gives her a bit of a look at that. At least as best as he can while his mind feels like slosh.]

What? I've been with a fair share of women-- [He's 1000 years old, you'd think he's done it a few times at least....] --just it's not my priority especially since they're the best at breaking men's hearts and leaving us feeling like maybe we shouldn't be alive.

[Case in point... today.]

[She can't help but snicker, both at his face and at what he says. This really isn't a good look for him.]

Wait, for real? And here I thought you were a fucking virgin.

[Look with the way he talked about it, she really thought he was!! She doesn't even know if a malak or spirit or whatever can feel sexual attraction! Actually, from the way he's still talking about it, she's still not sure on that one either.]

Though you're not wrong about your reasons not to sleep with them. [Although she'd consider those reasons fairly light in comparison to what she's seen and done herself.]

You do realize a "fucking virgin" is an oxymoron, right?

[Eizen... he's pointing out the strangest things, yet conversing with her is oddly helping? She's interesting, so that's all that matters and amusing on top of it.]

Still, as I've said I feel no need to have sex or any sexual attraction to anyone. [Asexual, yet not.] However, I'm still capable of having relationships with others and performing such... rituals if I wished to. The main reason humans engage in sexual activity is to procreate, but malakhim aren't created that way so it's more or less we would have sex out of amusement and perhaps attachment as opposed to needing to mate to increase our population.

[He's going to regret this conversation in the morning...]

[ROLLING HER EYES but oh no, then he keeps going on, and she might as well be cackling now.]

"Performing... such rituals..." [She can barely get that out between laughter. He might not be a virgin, but he's still a bit of a prude in her book.] Look, you can just call it fucking. Or sleeping with someone, something like that, because if the only reason you're doing it is for amusement or maybe attachment, that's definitely what fucking is.

[At least he's not going on about the deep, intimate attachment of sex, she would've lost her mind laughing.]

But you've got the human part all wrong. Most of them have sex just to feel good. Any kids are either an afterthought or a mistake. If they're doing it right and getting it right, the only thing anyone's thinking about is how good it feels.

[Sorry sex isn't a big deal to him in that it is a big deal... or something like that. Okay, so he knows his crew likes to go off and get drunk and sleep with women, BUT HE JUST PERSONALLY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND kk.

So he shrugs.]

More power to humans, then. It's the only reason malakhim would really have sex.

[That and attachment,but then there's corruption, etc etc things that probably are attached to malakhim that are philanderers.]

What do you guys do for fun then? Aside from being a pirate or whatever. [Being a malak sounds pretty boring tbh.]

Loot, discover new lands, find artifacts, all sorts of things that actually are quite thrilling.

[He smiles widely at this.]

[The fact that Zero of all people has managed to sort of bring someone out of immense depression, even temporarily, is probably nothing less than a miracle.]

Looting I could get behind. [Her weapon upgrades don't pay for themselves, after all.] What kinda shit have you found before?

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