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( OPEN ) AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES...?

WHO: Whoever wants to be involved!
WHERE: Serene
WHEN: Before the imminent jailing, leading up to the jailing.
WHAT: An open house for Han Sooyoung Corporation, which is an apartment complex renovated for fellow Restless! While Sooyoung, Dokja, and Joonghyuk have invited a few for the initial wave, they want to see if others may be interested which may be followed with a public network post later in the month after all the event things.

As a note, while this is a light-hearted gathering where Joonghyuk, Sooyoung, and Dokja consider housing logistics, the Hierarchy guards will come in and arrest criminals somewhere midway... Sometimes you drew blood and must face the consequences.

If characters found interest in joining just from the open house alone, feel free to submit a form, but as Sooyoung and Joonghyuk will be jailed for a portion of the event, Dokja will be the contact for house things.

This post is also FFA!

WARNINGS: will be updated if anything comes up!

STOP BEING HOMELESS TODAY!

Wherever you are in the Stygia, you'll find a flyer that notes a refuge for Restless from other worlds. It is better to combat the Netherworld, its curses, and its beasts in numbers, no? Hopefully here you can form bonds with those who share the same space, that is what the flyer tries to sell you. An address is penned after its pitch, a building found in the calm of Serene.

The building towers over, floors overtaken by vines with no end and hanging plants, but it seems to be spruced up a bit compared to other forsaken lands. The yard has been manicured with grass leveled like someone bought a lawnmower for this occasion (they didn't). The doors are open for those who wish to take a tour of the floors, granted they will find Floor 3's Suite 1 locked. The rest are free for perusal and they are in good form, though empty aside from wild greens and beds.

Most of the action is on the yard, anyway... What with the wafting aroma of food, the sound of popping kernels, and the wonky projector that plays some movies from Mirth's notice board.

NETFLIX & FEAR?

The projector isn't the best quality... It really did seem like someone haggled their way to get it, however, and it plays while being attached to someone's phone which somehow has a USB slotted in. Netherworld technology really is interesting? Swathes of blankets are placed on the floor for all to lodge and enjoy the movies with sweet and salty popcorn (maybe tomato flavor, there are a lot of flavors) to munch.

The movie list can be found here (with whatever you can think of):

✦ Paranormal Activity
✦ The Blair Witch Project
✦ It
✦ The Ring
✦ Cargo
✦ Black Swan

✦ Us
✦ Nope
✦ The Cabin in the Woods
✦ Beetlejuice
✦ The Interview with the Vampire
✦ Shark movies (Jaws, Sharknado, etc.)

Outside of popcorn, there is stew and bread available for feast. It's delicious despite its simple presentation. While a bowl warms the heart and the stomach, it won't be washing away whatever jealousy y'all fostering. Weirdos. There are also dumplings, though one out of every twelve is extremely spicy.

No, there is no alcohol unless someone else brings it with them.

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Remember that the Hierarchy will be busting in later in the open house to arrest people, just to reference in threads if necessary! For characters interested in joining the house, feel free to submit a form to this page or wait until the network post later in the month.

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[Sylvain can bump into him, it's feasible. He sometimes is simply just there, standing, purposelessly. Without saying anything at all.

He does not mind water spilling on him; it does little to get through the hard leather of the chest piece. Slides right off. And despite how resting bitch face he is, he strangely doesn't even seem angry about it...?]

Excuse me.

[ it's the man of the hour! 😳 (what if it had been baja blast tho) ]

—Oh, shoot. Sorry!

[ his immediate reaction is to wipe up the mess, but maybe it would be weird for him to just start dabbing at d's chest?? he offers him a clean rag instead... ]

Shoulda looked where I was going.

[ ...also, he looks oddly familiar. it takes sylvain a moment to match his beautiful yoshitaka amano face to his soultinder profile ]

...You must be D?

[He would be a lil be grumpy if he's sticky from a baja blast... Be careful, Sylvain.

He takes the rag, but doesn't do much more than press it to himself once or twice. It really doesn't matter; the outfit has been especially crafted to resist water... one of his nemesis...]

Yes. [If he had green hair, he might be the man Sylvain was searching for on the app, being so expressionless and all. But alas.] Sylvain Jose Gautier.

[As in, he knows Sylvain.

Why does this sound like Yoo Joonghyuk? Don't read into it.]

[ it's okay there's no baja blast in the netherworld. (OR IS THERE?)

also what's so bad about water... other than it ruins your hair and feels extra terrible if it gets into your socks... ]

Just Sylvain's fine.

[ perfect yjh impression, 10/10, even if sylvain's barely spoken to the guy. ]

So, you live here too? Or thinking about it?

[ he does not realize this felix's (future? current?) roommate ]

[NOT THE WET SOCKS.]

Sylvain.

[He's polite.]

I'm staying in the basement.

[With Felix, yes...]

[ oh no ]

...You are?

[ but... there is a felix down there... ]

You're not being bothered by a guy with dark hair who's really into swords, are you?

[ he knows felix is capable of socializing with others, but also... has he mentioned it's felix? ]

[Sylvain is so kind. D looks absolutely unfazed by this.]

Felix? We've met. He didn't bother me.

[One of the few people Felix is cordial to, shocking.]

Oh.

[ for a moment sylvain feels a warm fuzzey, like a proud parent. 😊 ]

Great! He can be, ah, pretty straightforward sometimes, but he means well.

[ ...there are so few people felix isn't snappish with—like annette! maybe d's got a nice singing voice and some catchy tunes under all that goth apparel? ]

...You want anything to eat or drink?

[ sylvain's not even the host but he feels compelled to ask. like he has to make a good impression on felix's roommate—and also scope him out... see if he trusts him with his bestie, etc... ]

[Sylvain... Nothing about D is as nice as Annette. Maybe the only thing going for him is that Felix's brusque nature doesn't get any rise out of him.]

I've noticed.

[(not derogatory)

He shakes his head a little.]

No, thank you.

[ he's polite??? well-mannered... sylvain can slowly start to see how d and felix might mutually co-exist. his stony composure really does remind him of byleth in some ways... ]

Alright, then.

[ just... stands there staring at d for a moment, i guess. trying to see if any belated red flags go up... but he just seems like a chill dude. ]

I'm staying on [ whatever floor/suite hei puts him in ]. Feel free to swing by whenever.

[Is this why he keeps being teased about obtaining a harem...? You really do have to be emotionally unavailable acting.

He nods his head in acknowledgement to the invitation.]

Did you ever find the man you had been searching for?

[ you've cracked the code u_U

sylvain shakes his head, masking his dejectedness with a quick smile. ]

No luck. I'm guessing you haven't seen him around, either.

[ he's actually... pleasantly surprised d remembers. (this is also why d will acquire a harem, because he even tho he is emotionally unavailable acting, he remembers things that are important to others U_u) ]

...Never figured him to be the sort to stay dead for long.

[ that is, sylvain thinks it's possible he might actually be alive somewhere else. it's a wild hope, but not completely unfounded given that byleth has already escaped uncertain demise twice now. ]

[OMO HELP DON'T MAKE SYLVAIN JOIN THIS LIST]

I haven't, but perhaps it's better that way.

[Byleth may live yet another day. In before someone apps Byleth and D and Sylvain turn into shocked pikachu about it.]

You sound like you admire him.

[ he will resist d's charm... but for how long i cannot say... ]

I can only hope so.

...Something like that. It's complicated.

[ he definitely hasn't been fair to byleth in the past. hated him enough to wish him harm, for reasons that had nothing to do with byleth himself. sylvain had been pretty stupid back then. ]

I guess it's more like, I owe him a lot. For everything he's done for me and my friends.

[ oh, his throat is getting kinda itchy talking about it. but it subsides pretty quickly. weird... was that the popcorn? ]

You have anyone like that...?

[Sylvain, no...

A tricky admiration. He sees. Sylvain doesn't seem like a complicated man at first, but this answer says a bit otherwise. Someone isn't just all charm and no brains.]

I'm sure he understands.

[It's a declaration Sylvain is free to object to if wanted. It's only an assumption. He's quiet for a long moment.]

Not exactly.

[ sylvain could stand to be a less convoluted man. his internal state of being is TOO complicated... ]

I hope so. He can be pretty tough to read sometimes.

[ who can really say what's going on in the professor's head...

sylvain cants his head curiously at d's answer. ] Oh? What're they like...?

[ not quite admired, or not quite indebted to, or both...? ]

[Sylvain can stop describing Byleth because it just reads a lot like D. Dislike. D for dislike. Sometimes you are just a very quiet man who is difficult to read...]

I meant I don't have anyone like that.

[He doesn't sound broken up about it, or jealous, though. Simply that is how it has been.]

[ two of them

and if D doesn't seem to be bothered by it, sylvain feels... kind of bad? or... curious?? ]

Really? All this time?

[ he means, like, however old D appears to be. unaware it's been much longer... ]

[(sylvain voice) after all of your teenage years' time?]

Some people have helped me here and there for which I'm grateful. But there isn't anyone in particular.

I just prefer to do things on my own.

[ he really thinks d must either be a troubled youth, and/or a super competent one being able to get through life without a mentor... (and yet he definitely carries himself like an adult? the Cool Guy vibes are totally clashing with his babyface.) ]

Ah. I think you and Felix will get along just fine, then.

[ birds of a feather... even if felix does better when he has others around him, sylvain thinks. he hopes they can be good friends... ]

...Don't hesitate to ask for help if you need it, though.

[Sylvain, not knowing he is simply just... very, very, very old. The Cool Guy vibes do clash with his babyface, though.]

Thank you.

[Forever polite.]

Are you and Felix friends?

[He just kind of gets that energy from how Sylvain discussed it.]

[ sylvain assigning himself dorm mom... (he can join the harem after he realizes d is an immortal) ]

Yeah. Grew up together and everything.

[ now all of (this building) knows they're homies. he singles out dimitri as well. ]

Him, too.

[ where is claude... omits him from a second thread of castmate intros, im sorry spoon... ]

[Childhood friends...... Actually, D finds it a bit sad they are all here together then, Dimitri included. But not Claude because Spoon won't bring him out. This is what she deserves.

This makes him a bit curious, though.]

Were the three of you together when you supposedly died?

[ faerghus extinction event ]

...We should've been, but we weren't.

[ it sounds kind of crazy to explain, even to sylvain who is explaining it. ]

Felix and I died a few months apart, though I have no memory of him going before me. [ or however many months between chapters X and Y of azure moon... ]

It's a bit more complicated with Dimitri. You could say we're from different versions of the same world. He's a few years younger than either Felix or I remember.

[Oh. Hmm. Dimitri... is baby. It sounds very strange, but D accepts this with the same kind of indifference as usual, like it isn't so hard to believe. Maybe for him.]

I see. [Just an acknowledgement of Sylvain's openness.] It isn't an unheard of concept... where I'm from, at least.

Have you three spoken about this to each other?

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