cocktailparty | tdm + em; we're doing this now

HOW IT WORKS:

► STEP 1 | Post a comment with a character that's not in HH as if they're already in the setting; alternative version, post character who is in HH. Scenarios if you need 'em!
► STEP 2 | Tag around and get a feel for your characters, whether you're just voice testing or planning to actually app them in!
► STEP 3 | Post this all over your plurk and get people to join in on this jolly good fun. Don't forget: it's mandatory.

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There are multiple ways to use this post:
PLAYERS IN GAME: post who you'd like to play next round or who you're unsure of playing, and then let other people ~~auction your soul off at an affordable price~~ gently push you into the direction of actually apping them come the new app cycle (concrete details later on that).
OR YOU COULD: Ask for castmates, be you in a cast or a lone canon warrior. Think of it like a kind of in game ATP ad.
IF YOU DON'T EVEN GO HERE: You might want to? If you do, feel free to post with your account, a picture, whatever you want and let us take you under our wing so you can be a part of our large, rowdy family.

So let the fun begin!

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[Sousuke slows down a little bit when Makoto goes to his bag. Is he really going to get the training plan out now while they're walking? Of course he is, he's Tachi--Makoto. He's Makoto.]

When we get there.

[Sousuke's not going to stop him any further than that if Makoto's really determined, but it seems like his question--"question"--has his attention now. The grin Sousuke's wearing settles into something more subtle. It's not a problem, letting himself relax in front of Makoto. With other people this might feel forced or threatening but that's just impossible with him.]

He's a little predictable that way. What's up with the volleyball?

[A pause, a deflection away from familiarity.]

I know he won't give me a straight answer.

Why is he so roundabout about things like that...?

[makoto, too, has suffered rin's inability to give a straight answer for certain things. he gets the information out there eventually, but if rin's determined to keep something to himself--for whatever reason, be it that he considers others might think it's embarrassing or he just doesn't feel like oversharing (lol rin tho)--it'll be a hard time of trying out the right questions for answers.]

Well, I guess it's more like there are several volleyball players here, and it's nice to join their training sometimes.

[ah, the 'embarrassing' bit]

Also some of the junior players really look up to him. So I guess he has a hard time saying no to them...

[savour this precious info, sousuke]

[Sousuke just shrugs in response to Makoto's question. If he knew why Rin kept things so close to his chest sometimes, or even how he decided what to keep close and what to practically skywrite, then he'd've set to work ages ago getting behind those walls more securely. Instead he's left doing things like this, finding out from others.]

It's different in a gym than on a beach, though. Do you go, too?

[Asking questions is a nice thing to do, right? Makoto continues and that gets another half-smile from Sousuke. That's useful information right there.]

Yeah, he was the same way with the juniors at Samezuka. It's probably ten times worse with more of them around.

Yeah, it's pretty fun.

[he could go on more about volleyball practice and the members of the teams involved, but at the same time he doesn't want to make something look and sound so good, only to result in something sousuke can't quite participate in either.]

[there's more to them than sports anyway]

Hm... They are really impressed with him, since he talks so much about swimming in the Olympics. It's getting to his head a bit! But it's hard not to be drawn in by Rin. [a stifled laugh into a hand, pausing to take a sip from his smoothie..] I can't imagine what it must have been like the first time you guys met Momo.

[A conversation can't really sum up a person anyway. Sousuke knows how he'd describe Makoto if anyone asked and it wouldn't do him justice, and he's sure it's the same the other way around. He'll just have to meet these new landloving proteges of Rin's.]

He's going to be quite the celebrity when he gets onto that world stage. Everybody loves a great smile and a big attitude. [He tilts his head, looking at Makoto curiously.]

Hasn't he ever told you that story? It's a pretty good one.

[sounds like something sousuke has thought about a lot. and while, perhaps, it'd be nice to continue that train of thought, it's not one makoto wants to meddle in too much. as much as he, too, may have wanted a future like the one for rin and haru, it was a hundred times closer to becoming real to sousuke.]

[once upon a time, anyway.]

Hmm, we'll have to share him then, huh?

[light, measured query--perhaps one that sousuke can snort at and ignore if he so desired]

I bet you won't tell me that story, eh?

[Considering Rin on the world stage was Sousuke's second most important hobby for a long time, so he has given it a fair bit of thought. The tone has changed since he had to accept he wouldn't be with him, but he still thinks about it.

He doesn't miss the precise weight of Makoto's question but, after another moment looking over at him, he simply smiles a little and turns his gaze forward.]

We've been sharing him all along, he just decided to let everybody else in on it now.

[Because Rin's eyes have always been on the world, really.]

He was on the prowl and Rin ambushed him once he realized who he was.

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