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Sonico Super ([personal profile] sonicosuper) wrote in [community profile] genessia2016-11-27 10:12 pm

Singles Night @ Bright Sky Diner

It had started as a joke, but gradually more people were showing interest in the idea, and so Singles Night became a thing. It would be fun, the managers said, and it would hopefully gain some revenue. The event would have been advertised around the city, so when the night came, the staff there were waiting for a good turn out. They'd certainly gone to some effort.

 

MAIN AREA

The main part of the diner had been changed into an area made of larger tables to encourage mingling. Here there were buffet tables set up, and the lighting was warm and friendly. Light jazz music played very softly in the background to keep the atmosphere buzzing and happy. Maybe people would meet the love of their life here, or maybe they'd just meet a new friend.

BOOTHS

The booth along the walls of the restaurant remained as they were, but the lighting above the tables was muted for a more intimate feel. These areas of the restaurant would be quieter and there was no need for anyone to be nearby unless they were seeking a little more peace. These tables are ideal for people who have found someone they'd like to get to know a little better. It's relaxed, but pretty romantic, with candles on the tables too. These booths include table service, with quiet but friendly wait staff.

OUTSIDE AREA

Now this is the special place to be. The outside area of the diner has been transformed into a romantic and cosy place. Fairy lights decorate the fencing, and there are warm blankets on the benches too. This is a perfect place for those who want to cuddle up. After all, what better way to warm up than to sit side by side and admire the stars with the charming stranger you've just met?

[This is a mingle post! Feel free to add your characters anywhere you wish. Good luck on finding the one, making new friends, or trolling the singles. Have fun!~]
 

its_dad_sanzo: Burial-era (lol)

[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2016-12-03 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Koumyou's laugh was gentle and kind, at least. "Oh, so that's what this party is for! How fun. I don't mind just talking, though."
treesus: (Neutral: Listening)

[personal profile] treesus 2016-12-03 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah. Good." Trahearne punctuated his words with an awkward cough. He'd fallen for the teasing but Koumyou seemed to be nice enough. So far.

"May I ask your name? I am Trahearne." No titles attached to his name. There were several he could share, but no point to do so.
its_dad_sanzo: (sugar is the new tobacco)

[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2016-12-03 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Koumyou Sanzo," the priest took another drag of his pipe and blew smoke rings at the stars. "The whole thing, I'm afraid. It's the rules."
treesus: (Neutral: ???)

[personal profile] treesus 2016-12-03 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
"I have no objection to that, Koumyou Sanzo," Trahearne replied, though he looked confused, curious. "The rules of what? Set by whom?"
its_dad_sanzo: Ibun-era (pretty pipe)

[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2016-12-03 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm a high Buddhist priest," Koumyou smiled around his pipe and sucked down the last of the remaining tobacco. All that was left now was used up ash. He blew out the last of the smoke away from Trahearne's breathing air, and then turned the pipe over with an elegant flick-flick to shake the hot ashes free.

"As high as they get, in fact. There are a maximum of five of my rank alive at any given time. Usually less than that."
treesus: (Neutral: Mm?)

[personal profile] treesus 2016-12-03 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm not sure what 'Buddhist' refers to, but 'priest' I understand. I take it that means you name is not just a name? Most priests I've known have served a particular god and this doesn't affect their name." Trahearne's yellow eyes shone, both because of the glowing and his curiosity.

He fidgeted in place, turning his cup in a circle in his hands. It was hard to ask those from various worlds about said worlds without being rude. When the information was just offered like this, he couldn't resist.
its_dad_sanzo: Ibun-era (the moon)

[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2016-12-03 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Sanzo is my rank, Koumyou is my holy name, given to me when I became a Sanzo. Koumyou means... ah, light, brightness, openhearted... or even lucid brightness. Some people," he added a little conspiratorially, "think that I'm the moon."

Which he kind of was.
treesus: (Neutral: Interested)

[personal profile] treesus 2016-12-03 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
"In some kind of metaphorical sense?" Trahearne looked up at the moon overhead, it was so bright tonight, and back down at Koumyou. There were too many myths and stories about the moon from many different worlds for him to piece together why Koumyou would be compared to it. His robes were bright enough but white robes were hardly unique.

"My name means 'strength of iron', it's not quite so fitting, though it is not a name of any particular high standing like your own." Just a name belonging to someone with high ranking himself.
its_dad_sanzo: (moonlight)

[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2016-12-03 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Ooh, 'strength of iron', that's pretty good," Koumyou tucked his emptied pipe back into his sleeve and took a sip of his cider. "So, do you live up to it?"
treesus: (Neutral: n/a)

[personal profile] treesus 2016-12-03 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
"That's-" Trahearne paused and frowned. He had a lot of things to live up to and, technically, he had, but his name was not one he'd ever considered as part of that list.

"That's hard to say," he finished, trailing off awkwardly.
treesus: (Neutral: ...)

[personal profile] treesus 2016-12-03 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't know the intent behind the name given to me. I would not be the one to ask." Trahearne looked away, trying to hide the dull look in his eyes. Touching that subject came too close to brushing against years of confusion and bitterness he forever shoved away.
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[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2016-12-03 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Ohhhh," Koumyou took another sip of his apple cider, "and now you remind me of my son, suddenly."
treesus: (Neutral: Interested)

[personal profile] treesus 2016-12-03 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
"How so?" It was his turn to ask that question. Being compared to someone's child was a first, he was more used to being compared to the plants in their yard.

its_dad_sanzo: (created by mind)

[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2016-12-03 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
"He's never known if he measures up to his name, either, or rather I suppose he feels the weight and the pressure of it quite keenly. I gave him 'Genjyo' as his holy name, or homyo. It means, essentially, 'to actualize'. Or, more crudely, 'get shit done'."
treesus: (Pleased: Soft smile)

[personal profile] treesus 2016-12-03 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Trahearne laughed, surprised by Koumyou's bluntness. The priest had been bordering on mysterious and elegant, and then, that. Still elegant, perhaps more approachable.

"I can understand where he comes from, in that regard. Less so for my name than tasks I was assigned." Funny thing, to admit to a Sanzo priest. "I wish him luck with that struggle."
its_dad_sanzo: (crown)

[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2016-12-03 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Even little Kouryuu had been quite the snarky little shit. He'd gotten that from somewhere!

"Well, as a Sanzo priest, he certainly has his tasks," Koumyou sighed, knowing he'd placed that gigantic burden squarely on some very small shoulders. If only they'd had more time--!
treesus: (Neutral: Yes?)

[personal profile] treesus 2016-12-03 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
"I take it these tasks are more than education and a dedication to a deity?" Why would there only be five of them if there wasn't a lot more to it? Trahearne could think of many reasons why that would be, at least in the context he was used to, yet there was probably much more to it than he could imagine.

He offered a sympathetic look at the sigh, this line of conversation had gone into uncomfortable areas for the both of them.
its_dad_sanzo: (dilf)

[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2016-12-03 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
"A Sanzo is the priest tasked with guarding one of the five sutras. I guarded two. My son... I gave him one just before my death, but as my successor, he also is burdened with the one that was on me when I fell. That one... this one, in fact," Koumyou pinched the corner of the sutra draped around his shoulders, "was stolen away by my killers. These are very serious artifacts; it's said that the five combined created all of existence and nothingness, life and death, light and dark... he was thirteen when I died. I hadn't even had the time to give him the basic Sanzo training yet, and all of that came crashing down onto him with his homyo."

Koumyou bowed his head a little, letting his long bangs shield his face. His eyes burned, a little.
treesus: (Neutral: ...)

[personal profile] treesus 2016-12-03 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm sorry," Trahearne said softly, his voice full of regret. The gravity of the task, that he could relate to and understand, to an extent. But... He had forgotten, for a while, that there were some that came here past their deaths, not just at the brink of it. And that time lines between various people of the same world could differ. That could be difficult to handle, he assumed.

"I didn't want to bring up something so painful. Is there something else we could speak of that would not be distressing?" Or he could just leave. That might do more harm than good.
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[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2016-12-03 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah," Koumyou lifted a hand to brush the dampness from his squinty eyes, and then lifted his head again. His usual smile was in place once more. "Do you like cats? I just adopted one, I named her Mr. Wiggles."
treesus: (Neutral: Interested)

[personal profile] treesus 2016-12-03 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
Trahearne smiled, a nervous, kind smile. He wondered how much of Koumyou's smile was real and how much of it was protection. That wasn't his business.

"I'm very fond of cats, actually," he replied, relieved to be on a simpler subject. "I have two, Cookie and Brian. I had three before I arrived on Genessia, I'm finding the transition to life here is easier with companions. Especially of the small and fuzzy variety."
its_dad_sanzo: (zen priest)

[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2016-12-03 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
Koumyou did what any proud parent would do, whether of children fuzzy or otherwise. He pulled out his phone and opened the gallery to find an image of Mr. Wiggles. It happened to be of Mr. Wiggles dive-bombing a very displeased Genjyo in the shrine.

"There she is! And my son, who doesn't like cats for some reason." Where had he gone wrong, honestly?

...About cats, that was?
treesus: (Neutral: Talk talk talk)

[personal profile] treesus 2016-12-03 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
Trahearne leaned closer to look at the phone and put a hand to his mouth to keep himself from laughing. So that was the son that featured in such a sad story and, of course, the cat. Who was being a cat.

"I can't imagine why," he said with his best attempt at maintaining seriousness. Did anyone look happy when being dive bombed by a ten pound furry demon? It was a good thing cats were warm and cute.

"Mine aren't quite so rude to my roommate, though Brian is terrible about jumping out at anyone. I'll have to hope I don't come across your son when I take Brian for a walk."
its_dad_sanzo: (Default)

[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2016-12-03 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Well if you do, try to get pictures of the ensuing chase," Koumyou sounded faintly amused at his son's plight. Because really, cats? Cats?

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