Fifteen Truffula Trees

[whichwayyoulean]

[What do they say? Better late than never? The Once-ler has finally organised the giant pile of crap he stole during that virus mess and, unsurprisingly, is no closer in figuring out what belongs to whom. So, very reluctantly, he's opening his journal to dictate into it]

That uh...virus mess. That was insane, wasn't it? Anyway, I might have ever so slightly and accidentally stolen a lot of things, and given you people don't put name labels on any of your stuff (seriously, there are like two hundred people in this place you should learn to label) I don't know where this stuff belongs.

So, if you're missing some stuff, just come to the top of the Impetus Tower. Chances are it's here. I've even organised it so you can get your things and leave as soon as possible.

[He hasn't noticed the nutcrackers. They're just more stuff added to piles of other stuff. Maybe someone collects them? There are weird people in this castle after all. Regardless, he remains oblivious to both them and their power]

[[OOC: Open for planned or unplanned kisses, feel free to have had him steal something of your chars during the sins plot if you wish, 'cause chances are he did]]

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[whichwayyoulean]

[Ino you are getting a look]

You climbed to the top of a tower to walk around. Hope you enjoyed wandering around in a circle. I'm sure it was very enthralling for you.

[Yeah, he not buying it]

At least I don't mess with people's heads! What were you even trying to achieve?

[ino]

[LMAO ... yeah, she doesn't even bother to try to defend herself. Mostly she's thinking she should probably get out of there, before the nutcracker gets to her too.

Except she just kind of stands there in a daze staring at Once-ler's adorable face instead]

[wilder]

Karma!

[And he takes a moment to pretend he's like listening to nature or something, even if it's total BS]

Yep, the universe feels much more balanced now.

[whichwayyoulean]

Karma? For what? I was under a magical virus. What's your excuse?!

[SIGH] Zelos, stop it. You can't hear the universe.

[And then he's noticed Ino staring at him]

...What now?

[ino]

[she laughs, taking a few steps closer]

Sorry, I was just distracted.

[wilder]

I don't want to move stuff you stole.

[And he's noticing that too]

...I'm gonna go wash my mouth out. [STEPPING AWAY TOWARDS THE BATHROOM]

[whichwayyoulean]

It's your stuff.

[Zelos no don't he's scared]

...It'd be really great actually if you told me what was happen- HEY! What do you mean you have to wash your mouth out?

[ino]

[she giggles and waves to zelos as he goes to the bathroom. though later she'll be crying that zelos wasn't there to hold her back from doing something Very Stupid right now.

like getting really close to onceler and batting her eyelashes up at him]

[wilder]

That you stole. I'm not a mule.

[no girl he is not kissing you again for the sake of this. He just gives a lazy wave at Onceler as he heads out to...gargle some water cause ew Once taste]

[whichwayyoulean]

No, wait, Zelos! Zelos get back here!

[No. No this is bad, This is the worst sort of temptation and not at all helpful for him trying to get over her. He starts to back away, hands raised]

Ino. Ino you don't want to do this. Remember Gale? Remember that guy? The boyfriend guy?

[Except he's backed up into the table. The table with the stupid nutcracker on. OH. DAMMNIT, that's what it was, wasn't it? It was creepy decorations time.

Too bad that realisation came too late as he turns back to look at her. He really doesn't need the nutcrackers to make him want to kiss her, but they sure help take away that reluctance to actually do so. Sup gurl, he'll just leand down now to give you a kiss]

[ino]

[gale? who is this GALE? she's just reaching up to wrap her arms around his neck to pull him closer and give him a nice, long smooch]

[wilder]

[SORRY BUT LOOK AT ALL THE FUCKS HE GIVES. When he's done, he's coming back out into the living area wiping his mouth off]

Please tell me you guys are done.

[whichwayyoulean]

[It really, really doesn't help he's wanted to do this for a LONG time. So he'll wrap his arms around her back (god has she always been this SHORT?) to deepen that kiss.

Zelos seriously just going to stand there? Worst friend]

[ino]

[no zelos, they are not done, you're going to have to pry them apart if you're not willing to wait until the magic wears off. GOSH. (NO SERIOUSLY PLEASE PRY THEM APART ZELOS THIS IS TERRIBLE)

she's just letting out a little sigh when he does that, tilting her head a little to deepen the kiss]

[wilder]

[Oh for crying out loud. He groans and since some part of him knows this is terrible and is going way too far to be a funny thing after, he's walking over, picking up the nutcracker and chucking it out the window]

[Oh why not, he'll try to set it on fire with his mind as it falls out the window for good measure. Because when you can set things on fire with your mind, it always makes for awesome dramatics.]

[He then turns over to them and starts tugging at them to split]

Whoa now, that's enough. Ugly thingy guy's gone.

[whichwayyoulean]

[Wow, he'd been enjoying that, but when the nutcracker burned, his common sense came back. He'll just be backing right the heck away from her now. He looks almost hurt for a moment, before he reminds himself he SHOULDN'T BE CARING about this sort of thing and replaces the expression with something between annoyance and exasperation]

See? See this is exactly why you shouldn't mess with people like this.

[ino]

[she looks almost proud of herself for a moment, before she snaps out of it and remembers that that was a REALLY TERRIBLE THING TO DO.

she backs up, too, and her mouth works for a second, trying to get something out]

I'm sorry. [she didn't think that would end up happening, and now she feels really bad arghghhg :(]

[wilder]

[Yeah Ino, thanks for ruining EVERYTHING. Be a better ninja next time sheesh]

Yeah, yeah- I get the message.

[he may feel a bit bad, but he's not about to show it]

[whichwayyoulean]

[God, you two are some of his dearest friends but sometimes he really does hate you so much. He huffs, folding his arms]

So, are you done humiliating me yet? Can I go on with my day now?

[ino]

[she puts her hands up]

I'm leaving.

[because she really doesn't want to deal with you all after that embarrassing makeout session. she's just backing out the window she came from, BYE GUYS]

[wilder]

[DAMMIT YOU TOOK MY EXIT.]

[And very awkwardly, since man things did not go according to plan]

...Sorry.

[And he's heading for the door]

[whichwayyoulean]

[YEAH YOU GUYS SHOULD BE SORRY.

He'll go back to being miserable and alone now, okay. Just the way he likes it]