They say you don't really wanna fall in love

[lucetimods]

Who: The people of Luceti!
What: Love love love love
When: From the 11th to the 16th
Where: Within the walls of Luceti. There is no escape.
Summary: Suddenly you're in love with things you never noticed were so important to you before. Feelings, welled up inside you, are now bound to come out.
Rating: M for MUSHY

You folks know the deal. Event information is here. When people meet, they may just start falling in love when they see a trait that perks their interest. How you play it and how long it lasts is at player discretion.

Don't forget to add your tag to the log in this format: [fandom] character name

Note: A separate log will go up on the 17th for the hot springs/hotel portion of the event.

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[heavensmostwanted]

[Good question, though it didn't take much thought for an answer.]

My world recently gained demons, though lost 99% of all humans. Or to be blunt, armageddon happened, and demons have set up their own territories. Surrounding myself with demons I can trust, I was curious as to how other worlds handle it, to see if others really see the strange as hostile.

Suppose I am just looking for hope is all. Every human I knew save for one betrayed me, and they were supposed to be my friends.

[pendantry]

[There is no reason something similar couldn't happen in her home. Monsters were powerful, they had innate magic and claws and teeth, many were larger and tougher than humans - or some of the other races. The dragons alone could accomplish it.

It's not too far-fetched an idea, for a conflict of hatred to rise into a war. Raven is glad things took a better turn, for many reasons.]

I lose...most of my friends too. [It's her fault when this happens. According to her. But still.]

[heavensmostwanted]

How did that happen?

[Now Naoki was curious. Well, more so than usual. This was starting to sound very familiar after all. His friends losing his sanity, it was his fault as well, and what had to be done.]

[pendantry]

[The sound she makes is very guarded. People don't know these things. Why does it feel so completely safe to open her stone heart to this almost-stranger?]

They...disappeared.

[heavensmostwanted]

Disappear? You mean from here, right? Or...

[In her world is what he wanted to sat, but he was familiar with the disappearances of those here.]

[pendantry]

[A quick, tight headshake.]

From home. I'm...cursed. It's better not to get close to anyone.

[For a while, Micah and some others were showing her that not everyone was going to leave her if she started to like them. Then, she left them instead - and came to a place where people disappeared fairly often.]

[heavensmostwanted]

[He could sense the sadness from those words. Maybe not exactly what he went through, but close enough he could relate. Losing friends wasn't easy, be it torn or betrayed. And these thoughts were never good. He hadn't gotten over it, and he wasn't going to let anyone else suffer, let alone Raven. It was doubtful the curse was even needed to help him see this.

Carefully, he placed his hand on top of hers, smiling gently at her. He couldn't even recall the last time a smile such as this was on his face.]

You aren't cursed. That much I know and believe.

[pendantry]

[That's a surprise. She stares at his hand for a good while, silenced.]

How do you know that?

[heavensmostwanted]

It kinda happens to a lot of people here. You shouldn't blame yourself for the fault of whoever runs this world and drags us here. Besides, they can't all up and vanish. I mean I'm still here.

[pendantry]

Are...we friends?

[Even the people she likes the most and has known the longest here, she hesitates to call friend.]

[heavensmostwanted]

[Friends? That...was unexpected, even with this experiment affecting his mind. It had been quite a while since he called someone such a thing. He gave another gentle smile, nodding.]

Sure! I don't mind being friends with you, um...[He blinks, realizing something.] We...never introduced ourselves, have we?

[pendantry]

[Oh.

They didn't.]

I'm Raven.

[heavensmostwanted]

I'm Naoki, Naoki Kashima. It's a pleasure to know you now, Raven.

[pendantry]

Mmh. [It's a mutual pleasure. She just can't figure out why. And she can't help but ask:] Why? Why do you want to be friends with me?

[heavensmostwanted]

I sense something in you that's familiar to me. Your story reminds me of my own in a way, and I can't help but wish to be by your side and help you.

[He stood on his path alone, save for the demons with him. Having friends really would help, especially if she thought she was cursed.]

[pendantry]

[What are these words and where is he getting them from and-]

Your story?

[heavensmostwanted]

What you are telling me right now I mean. Maybe life would have been a better word for it.

[pendantry]

No. [And she shakes her head, cursing her own inability to get her point across.] Yours. What makes them the same?

[heavensmostwanted]

Oh that. [He scratches the back of his head. Well, she told him some of her life, it was only fair. He just didn't like talking about it. Harder than one may think, as the frown may indicate.]

Well, maybe not exactly the same. I mean I was a human once, about to get out of high school. Like I said before, I lost my parents the year before, and all I had to me was my teacher and my two friends.I wasn't the most outspoken person either, so forming bonds was hard.

Now, remember the cultist I mentioned earlier? He ruined whatever peaceful life I could have forged. He brought on the Conception, basically the end of the world. All humans save for my friends, Hikawa, Hijiri, a reporter, and my teacher, were all instantly killed. What was formed was a world filled with demons. Cerberus here is just one of the millions of demons that were born into the world.

During that, I became what you see before you: a hybrid of demon and human, a Demi-Fiend. It's only because of this body I can endure everything thrown at me.

[He hears Cerberus growl. Naoki frowns, scratching the back of his head.] Him too, along with other demons.

To make a long story very short, Hikawa wanted to create a new world, and I was so focused on stopping him and reverting the damage, I...I lost my friends. [He stared back at the hand that was still on Raven's, the memories not bringing out good things in him.] Whoever they were, they changed.

[In the worst possible way.]

[pendantry]

[That was a lot of words. More than she's used to - and things she doesn't quite understand, like what a 'high school' is.

Something sticks out though.]

So you're...half of one thing, and half of another...

[heavensmostwanted]

[He nods.]

Pretty much. I've been told my body is completely demon now, but my heart remains human. Considering how my so-called friends turned insane when they were humans, I'm wondering if having that human heart is good or bad.

[But the humans here were reminding him of the good at least.]

[pendantry]

...Humans are okay. They can change, if they want to. Some monsters are too stubborn.

[Some humans are also too stubborn. Raven shuts up immediately when someone comes to take their lunch order...but doesn't pull her hand away.]

[heavensmostwanted]

I'm hoping my experience here in this world can make me see that in full.

[He was about to speak when the waiter finally came up. Huh, he was wondering when they would show. His hand doesn't move either, mind focused back on food.]

I guess I'll have some chicken katsu with some rice. And Cerberus will just have the usual.

[The usual being a large amount of meat, and said waiter seemed to know that much, writing everything down. He turned to Raven, already ready to write down her order.]

[pendantry]

[Okay. He didn't know. There was no reason to take weird offense at Naoki ordering chicken.

But she did. Just a little bit. For reasons she couldn't even explain to him. Half-mumbling, she orders a fish sandwich.]

[heavensmostwanted]

[The waiter takes note of that, and when he leaves, Naoki finally speaks up. He sensed something was off.]

Something wrong?