tea with the demon and the witch [OPEN]

[cutlery]

CHARACTERS: Sebastian Michaelis (cutlery), Sieglinde Sullivan (grunehexe), and YOU

DATE: Today?! I guess?!

WARNINGS: None

SUMMARY: Sebastian received tea and a teapot for his holiday gift, so what better way to use it than to share it? That, and it's a prime opportunity to socialize Sieglinde. It's lessons time.

[ Whether you received an invitation to come to tea or just happen to be an especially dedicated explorer, you're likely to find the local apothecary's first floor slightly rearranged. After a bit of bargaining with the owners, Sebastian had managed to convince them to allow for a small gathering. While Sieglinde's little apartment above the store was well enough, it was certainly not suitable for what Sebastian had in mind. He had received a gift of tea (earl grey, of course) from ALASTAIR, and not quite having a taste for it himself, well. He had another idea on how to use it.

It was perfect for a lesson for the young lady.

A large table is set up for tea, including a plethora of tasty treats all made by Sebastian himself. He won't be sitting to join, since it's not proper for a butler, but he'll happily stand to the side of the room with the teapot at the ready to give people tea as they need a refill. There's no need to ask, since he's a butler of perfect principles, so just as you seem to be wanting more, he's there to refill your cup.

In his mind, this is an occasion for Sieglinde to meet others and socialize with them, and he can gently give lessons on proper etiquette, but it might not be in yours. Feel free to strike up a conversation with the butler quietly playing host, though he'd much prefer you speak with everyone else! ]

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ooc ; Welcome to a tea party! This log is OTA, so feel free to tag in even if you don't have CR with Sieglinde or Sebastian. He's too polite to turn people away, and Sieglinde is probably just excited to meet more people... Feel free to make toplevels and use this as a mingle post. I'll be responding to every toplevel at least! ♥

Comments

[boneafide]

Monster magic...?

[Usually people just accept "magic" as an answer...]

[grunehexe]

... Ah.

[So he didn't know either, was that how this was...]

You are not knowledgeable about your own makeup?

[boneafide]

I'm not wearing makeup right now, but I am knowledgeable about what colors I look best in.

[ ??????????????????????? ]

[grunehexe]

[??????]

No, your-

[Sh gestures to... all of him.]

Bodily makeup. The physical properties of your being.

[boneafide]

Oh!

No, not really! Usually if I have any questions, I ask my older brother.

[grunehexe]

... and your older brother tends to have the answers?

[Perhaps she is wrong to feel frustrated... after all, he is a skeleton. And likely literally doesn't have a brain...]

[boneafide]

[Literally no organs here, so... no brain meats, nope. ]

Always!

[They just aren't always the right answers. But Papyrus always believes him. ]

[grunehexe]

... I see.

[She did not see- but that was one of the "manners" she'd recently learned, after all.

It definitely was. Useful.]

I shall ask your older brother, then, if I should ever meet him...

[boneafide]

You probably will! He's always around.

[Gee Papyrus, you're making it sound like he's omnipotent or something. ]

He's also a skeleton.

[Like that... might not have been obvious. ]

[grunehexe]

... I had assumed as much.

[About. Him being a skeleton. But a pointed look around, then back to Papyrus with a raised brow seems to cast doubt on his assertation that his brother was "always around".]

[boneafide]

Yep!

[ Always around. Even when you don't think he is. Or don't want him to be. Or don't see him right away. Sans is there. Watching him. You know, in a loving, brother way. Not at all like a stalker. ]

[grunehexe]

[... Well.

She's just going to put some cake in her mouth. Eating always did serve as a nice filler.

- also she. Just really enjoyed cake.

And rude as it was, she was just. Staring in silence at Papyrus, brow furrowed and squinting as she looked over every... exposed inch of bone.]

[boneafide]

[ Well in that case, he's going to go back to eating cake too. Feel free to watch it... go nowhere. Especially since he does have quite a bit of exposed bone showing, if you ignore that he has what seems like thin black material (much like one would have tights made out of) over his bones. Besides that, he's wearing the equivalent of a crop top and daisy-dukes. Yes, even for a skeleton, this is not usual clothing choices. ]

[grunehexe]

[If she thought this was a contest of silence that might explain how she just keeps staring at him while all but basically shoveling cake in her mouth... but eventually she does pipe up, mouth almost not full.]

- do skeletons feel shame at nakedness?

[boneafide]

[ Oh okay, she still has questions. What a curious human child! ]

Nope! But wearing this-

[ He raps on his "armor" piece over his ribs- ]

Increases my defense! Also, my brother helped me put this outfit together, so I like wearing it.

[grunehexe]

[The only thing that could stop Sieglinde was asking questions was... things that upset her conversation partners, or cake.

Which she did keep shoveling into her mouth, but.]

- That is your brother's touch?

[Gestured to the more tights-like material, which surely could not be defensive...]

[boneafide]

[Well depending on how personal she starts to get... otherwise, Papyrus is pretty open about things. ]

Oh, no, that was me. Along with these!

[As he points to his pelvis, a pair of bright blue ... well, basically spandex briefs. Meant to recall images of classic superheroes, but he also just likes to wear short-shorts it seems. ]

[grunehexe]

[They are... rather small. If he had flesh it would be. Quite scandalous.

Thankfully, he's... just bones.]

- You have very. Original taste.

[This was a tea party so... you said that kind of thing, right?]

[boneafide]

[ GOOD THING HE DOESN'T THEN, RIGHT? because he would still be wearing this. ]

Thank you! I haven't even shown the rest of my wardrobe- which, sadly, most of it was left behind in my closet, but really this is just an opportunity to make more cool t-shirts and hats for myself and my new friends! If you would like, I could put together a shirt for you as well! Not that your own dress isn't very pretty, but I think you could use a few more pieces of flair.

How do you feel about glitter?

[grunehexe]

[He lost her at "t-shirts"... and lost her even further at "glitter".]

What is a t-shirt...

[She'll... start there...]

[boneafide]

Oh, it's...

I have one on under my battle body! I can take it off, but I think you aren't supposed to do that at tea parties.

[grunehexe]

Your... armor, you mean?

[That is what he meant by "battle body", right?]

[boneafide]

It's a lot like armor, isn't it?

But it's not.

[It's a halloween costume, basically.]

[grunehexe]

[Fake armor? Perhaps there was some measure in that...

But Sieglinde manages to keep her skepticism to herself with great restraint, taking to her teacup with raised brows.

Tea parties. You heard the darndest things.]