post palace takeout! [week 5]

[beathollow]

( at some point a bedraggled lot in yukatas manage to make their way to the dorm, shower and patch themselves up. and then mafuyu makes a very earnest request that they all go out for dinner, and, well, apparently many struggle to refuse her.

this is how they find themselves in something akin to a denny's or an ihop at like, midnight.




as one does. )

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[kandata]

Are you certain about paying? It is not a small amount.

[Oh hey, Kirumi noticed]

[cirquedesang]

[Oh, hey, she did! But that's not much of a surprise, given what he saw of her in the palace. She's sharp.]

I am. I've been quite busy since arriving here, and I do not mind treating newfound friends.

[McGillis isn't the only workaholic at the table...

Buuuut that "newfound friends" category includes you, so she'll also get a raised eyebrow and a nod toward some empty chair/booth space/schrodinger's table spot. You're allowed to join them you know, super maid.]

[kandata]

...me?

[Super maid here is really, really bad at being personable in a manner that isn't professional. This isn't the first time someone asks her to sit somewhere, yet she hesitates because she always, always feels she should be ready to serve in case anyone needs anything]

[cirquedesang]

Yes, you.

[She can be personable in a way that's professional! Or she can try to drop the professional manner and be awkward. She just... doesn't need to be serving, right now.]

We could not have gotten through without you, so you shouldn't feel like you need to stay out of the celebration.

[kandata]

I believe that's not entirely true. With our numbers and the level of skill here, any contributions I had were complementary at best, not vital.

[...she says that but she's sitting down! Heck, maybe this bit of arguing is her way of trying to hide that she's joining in after all]

[cirquedesang]

[She can try to hide, but she's still Seen!

But, sure, he can keep up the little argument-banter, at least until she lets herself settle in more.]

Ah, but with how few of us there are, complimentary is still vital, no? How can one truly go all out without the reassurance of support?

[kandata]

I cannot deny you have a point.

[Dang it, Celeste left her without recourse. She's finally settled in]

In that case, I was glad to help. I will accept your invitation.

[cirquedesang]

[He knows. His smile even edges to just this shy of smug to show he knows.]

I am glad to hear it. Your absence would be missed if you didn't.

[kandata]

I had not met a group so insistent about including me anything.

[Kirumi has to admit that much! Not that it bothers her, it just is very unusual! There always were some people who tried not to ask much of her, but here it feels as if the majority are like that!]

[cirquedesang]

And why would we not?

[Even not considering the fact that most people here - at the Dennihop and otherwise - didn't seem the type to have a maid (or at least not a Kirumi-style "do everything at your beck and call" maid), there's still the fact that they did just go through a lot together! It makes sense they'd want to include her!

...And they're certainly a very insistent bunch.]

[kandata]

...I suppose that as for today my plans of aiding everybody make their bonds while I kept my distance was doomed to fail.

[.....]

I am not disappointed about it.

[She's not a stoic soulless robot, after all. She's as human as everyone else, with the emotional needs everyone has. She just tends to shove that down, but here it seems that won't be a choice. Kirumi will have to Socialize as a person]