[OPEN] Oops

[sakeplz]

Who: Jiroutachi and YOU
When: 8/2 and through the rest of the month...
Where: Various locations throughout Caissa
What: Jiroutachi is a Queen. That means things are bound to go haywire when it comes to his Charm abilities. Oops?
Rating: PG at most I'd think. No more than PG-13

Accidentally Charming NPC

Jiroutachi could often be found on his own. It wasn't that he was a loner type, far from that. Mostly he just didn't have many steady drinking companions here and he was actually missing his sword companions. As the only one left it was rather lonely despite the friends that he had still. Getting by without them was possible but he was starting to feel the weight of them being gone. In a way he supposed he didn't want anyone to notice that fact which led to him wandering about on his own and finding fun places to drink as he enjoyed the days.

So he'd used a little bit of his Charm magic to get some wine and then had gone off on his own. It really should have been left at that right? Well unfortunately, Jirou found himself with a little fan club following after him, love in their eyes as they trailed along. So far he hadn't been able to shake him so when he caught sight of a fellow Hero, he went over to hide behind them.

"Save meeeee! They love me so much!" This had to be extra comical if the sword who was over six feet tall ended up behind a fellow Hero much smaller.


Accidentally Charming PC

[ooc: Note that for this one you can decide for yourself how long the Charm lasts. But essentially your character will find that Jirou is super great and pretty and so on. He's attracting people to him so you can think of it like that! Just remember that he's not doing it on purpose! (Not that he'll feel bad about it but not the point.) If you're not comfortable having your PC charmed then the other option is for you!]

It was just another day. Another lovely day. At least it certainly seemed so when Jiroutachi had walked by with his lovely black hair that seemed to shine in the light. He was tall and muscular under that yukata but somehow seemed to have delicate features as well that could cause him to be mistaken for a woman. The gentle touch of makeup clearly did not help with that either and neither did the pretty hair ornaments that he wore in his long strands.

One could be sure that the scent of alcohol had never smelled better and it made the temptation to follow him stronger. Which was likely how you ended up here as he paused outside a shop to look inside before he turned to look and give a smile. What beautiful golden eyes he had...

"Hello! Are you following me?"

And he's spoken. What will you do now?

Comments

second option ♥

[interchained]

Honestly, that was a good question. What was he doing, following Jirou all the way here? If he could only answer that. Instead, he continued to clear his throat, like that would help with coming up with a response. However, every time he tried to open his mouth and explain, no words would come out. This charm thing was hitting him hard...

"J-Just checking up on you, that's all!"

Finally, he spoke up...but it didn't change the fact that he couldn't look up at Jirou, overwhelmed by his...well, everything.

"You are beautiful, so..." This wasn't exactly what he intended to say, though. "You are alright, so...I'll be going!"

Gilbert's not moving, however. His legs wouldn't let him move away from Jirou, somehow.

[sakeplz]

Jirou wasn't that surprised that Gilbert was checking up on him. The young man really cared too much and it was adorable. He'd been about to tease him about it when he heard that he was beautiful.

And Gil didn't leave.

The sword was left blinking as he tilted his head. He never just admitted that he was beautiful. Usually he had a ton of other things to say instead. About how he should stop being stupid in most cases.

"I'm beautiful, Gi-chan?"

[interchained]

Why was he blurting out such embarrassing things, he had absolutely no idea. It wasn't like these were lies or anything, but saying it out loud was another story. Gilbert peeked up and noticed Jirou blinking, for which he couldn't blame him at all...it wasn't like one of their everyday conversations at all.

"Shit, I've said it already...but yes, you are," He mumbled, looking away again. "You are beautiful."

In fact, Gilbert couldn't keep looking away from Jirou for too long, so he took another glimpse. Taking eyes off the other man slowly became impossible, though.

"What the hell is this, I can't even take my eyes off you!"

[sakeplz]

He...couldn't? Jirou stared at him then slowly moved closer and closer until he actually backed Gilbert against a wall. Anyone watching would think that he was really seducing him, especially when he cupped his chin with his fingers and leaned in close.

"Gi-chan, when did you start feeling this way?"

He had a feeling that he knew what was happening here...

[interchained]

The thought of running away as far as possible didn't even cross his mind, which was a little weird, given it was Gilbert...all he could do was to take these few steps backwards, but with his back leaning against a wall, all possible escape routes were gone.

However...did he really want to run away with Jirou so close, though? Pretty sure that his body wouldn't let him do that, Gilbert didn't even yank his hand away.

"I don't know...like half an hour ago, maybe..."

That was a bit too precise of an answer, but it's only the truth.

"W-What are you planning to do? You're...really close."

[sakeplz]

A half an hour? That was terribly specific. Which also meant that it was probably his charm ability being beyond his control again. Jiroutachi sighed then stepped back and took Gil's hand in his own.

"Let's go get an ice cream together, Gi-chan! You can stay with me until you're ready to yell at me again!"

Oddly enough he liked Gil's more dishonest side better. Mainly because it was so very honest in its own way. The words saying one thing while the face and eyes said something else.

"We can just talk though! It'll be fun!"

Otherwise Gil might be really mad at him and he didn't really want that! He'd already said not to use this on him and he'd been really good about that. Not that this was his fault but still.

[interchained]

Gilbert knitted his eyebrows upon hearing such words, "Yell at you? I would never..."

That could only mean that he gave in completely and stopped resisting the charm spell. Jirou taking his hand didn't make things any better, but at the same time...it did made things better. The person he admired since thirty minutes was holding hands with him, could it get any better? Although he hadn't been interested in such things before, he kept smiling softly at Jirou.

"Ice cream? That might be a good idea...I feel so hot, I don't know why."

[sakeplz]

"Oh I think I know but we won't go into that."

Jirou just gave him one of his pretty smiles. Right before dragging him to his favorite ice cream shop just because it had a sake flavor ice cream. There was no alcohol in it but it still tasted delicious to him! Really that was more than enough.

Humming, Jirou pulled him to the front. "Order anything you want! My treat!"

...Not that he was going to pay but that wasn't the point.

[interchained]

"You think you know?" That surprised Gilbert a bit; if he really knew, why not tell him the reason? But he didn't pry on that and instead, let Jirou drag him along.

(Sake flavor ice cream...what a time to be alive!)

"I'd like a vanilla scoop, maybe two...and please, I'll pay for us! I won't eat unless you allow me to pay."

Like he would make such a beautiful person pay for him, really.

[sakeplz]

"Nope. You're not paying and neither am I! We're getting them for free!"

With the same trick that was responsible for Gilbert wanting to pay in the first place. Silly charm ability...

"That will be two scoops of vanilla for my friend and my sake ice cream for me please!"

The girl behind the counter giggled and blushed and quickly went to go get their order, coming back and insisting it was on her. "See?"

He beamed at him and pulled him to a table so they could eat.

[interchained]

The way that girl had been looking at Jiroutachi, he didn't like it one bit. Before Gilbert could express that, his roommate dragged him along to a free table where they sat down. That wouldn't stop Gilbert from throwing a few menacing glares at her from over his shoulder, though.

"Do you come here often?" He mumbled before tasting his ice cream.

[sakeplz]

"Not often. But sometimes. I like the ice cream here."

Tasting his own ice cream, he hummed happily. Yes it wasn't boozy but it still had that flavor he adored so much. And this was also a great way to pass time while he waited to see how long before this charm magic wore off since he hadn't quite figured out how to willingly release people from it yet. But hopefully it wouldn't last more than an hour!

"You could come with me places more. There's lots to see."

[interchained]

"Just the ice cream...huh?"

Even in a million years he wouldn't realize how jealous he sounded back then. Fortunately for Gilbert, Jiroutachi's offer stopped him from saying too much. The only reason why he didn't say "Yes" right away was because he couldn't spit it out at first.

"I'd like to...wherever you'd like to go."

NPC Option

[moreasleep]

Here he had just returned after working on the farm and this bullshit happened? Of course, his entire life was suffering. Why would he ever think for a moment that his life could be peaceful? He was near the same height as Jiroutachi so the height difference was not comical. However, his yelling like a child was equally ridiculous to look at.

"You again?! The fuck is your problem?"

Then he saw the horde. Instinctively, he put his arms out and kept Jirou behind him. What did these packs of assholes want? It took him a second to realise what Jiroutachi was had said.

"They what?!"

[sakeplz]

"They love me! I can't stop them from loving me!"

Charm gone haywire. That was his problem right now. Jiroutachi laughed and ducked behind him some more as people whined and insisted that Rory move so that way the could have a better look at the beautiful man behind him.

"Save me!"

[moreasleep]

He reached behind him and drew out his knife. The blade glittered in the light as he deftly traced patterns in the air. Soon, a barrier surrounded the love-struck victims. With them under control, he whipped around and stared accusingly at Jiroutachi. He advanced, trying to get him to back away from the people.

"What the fuck did you do to them?"

[sakeplz]

"It's the problem with being a Queen actually. Sometimes you accidentally charm people even if you're not trying to."

Then look on his face and eyes said that this was completely true. It was only for a second but one could see he really hadn't been trying to do this. Oh sure he did it sometimes on purpose but never to this scale and usually just to get something like a bit of alcohol for free. So this? This was completely not what he'd meant to do or even tried to do.

"I was walking and then it must have happened because suddenly they were wanting to love me!"

[moreasleep]

It was such a drastic change from his usual demeanour that such a look did not go unnoticed. He frowned, and then sighed.

"Alright, back up. Not following you now."

Even caged, the only thought going through their minds was Jiroutachi. What could he do? Healing spells worked on those cursed during the Palamede attack; perhaps it would work here as well. This called for more than the simple healings he conjured as a Pawn. He rolled up his sleeves and the living sprig of agrimony travelled down from the hilt of his knife to wrap around his wrist. It immediately attracted bees, but he kept calm. As long as he did not make any sudden movements, they did not sting him. He muttered quietly and summoned a healing circle beneath the infatuated group.

[sakeplz]

Backing up, he got himself out of the way and watched with open curiosity. He'd never actually seen a King a work before and he had to say that it was really quite impressive. The barrier had been interesting to begin with but this was another thing entirely.

Tilting his head, he watched the circle form and waited to see if it would work. Though he supposed he wouldn't see the full results of that until the barrier dropped so they could approach him.

[moreasleep]

During the spell, he did not shout. In fact, he did not even appear angry, just concerned for their well-being and what may happen to Jiroutachi after the walls came down. The healing spell complete, light from the circle faded and with it went the barrier. He stood back, keeping himself between them and Jiroutachi.

More bees came. No one was afraid of them, right?

"How does everyone feel?"

[sakeplz]

The people slowly seemed to come out of it and eventually just started to drift off with murmurs of being fine and needing to do things. When they were gone, Jiroutachi moved up closer to him but at least didn't touch him this time. Rather than silliness, he looked quite impressed.

"I had no idea Kings could do that! That was a King ability, yes?"

[moreasleep]

Only after every citizen left did Rory finally put his guard down. When Jiroutachi approached him, Rory was back to appearing annoyed. He anticipated the worst, expecting Jirou would hug him again and send the bees in a fury. However, it did not come to that. Strange.

It used to be my ability, he thought bitterly.

"It is. We heal. Wounds, poisons..." he waved his hand to indicate that the list went on. He slowly pushed his sleeves back down, covering the agrimony. Little by little, the bees dispersed.

"Was that all of them?"

[sakeplz]

"Well if there's no one else around then that should be it."

Jiroutachi watched the bees for a bit and tilted his head to the side somewhat.

"Are the bees a King thing too?"

[moreasleep]

"Good."

Now that he no longer needed the large knife, he stored it away back on his belt.

"They're not. They're here for the flowers. Irritating shits."

At least he had experience with bees since his childhood. However, experience did not account for bad luck, which he had plenty of here. The last bee stung him on his hand. He grunted and held his hand.

"Fucking ass!"

The stinger was well in there, just his luck. He struggled to get a grasp on it.

[sakeplz]

"Here. Let me."

Reaching out, he took his had then murmured a little spell that sounded oddly like a drinking song. Falling completely still, he concentrated hard, using his mana to grab the stinger and very carefully work it out of his hand.

When he had it, he smiled and let go to let it fall lightly into his own palm.

"There. That should be easier on you."