Back to School - Band Candy (LOL Alert!)

[u_can_have_it_4_a_song]

A table has been set up in the forum, hung with banners and piled with boxes. A slim, well-dressed man fusses over it, straightening signs and smoothing the tablecloth. The signs and banners are for a high school pep and marching band. When the table and the wrapped bars of chocolate on it are arranged to the man's satisfaction, he steps behind it and raises his voice to call attention.

"Friends! It's the season in many places for the resumption of studies. Children are going back to school, and those schools are woefully unfunded! Tragic, I know, but it's become customary for the funding of activities like sports, art, even music, to be supplied by the sale of treats--such as these!" A sweep of his hand indicates the confections on display.

"The town of Sunnydale always has a particularly difficult time, in that area, I'm sorry to say, and now more than ever. Their school band is hard beset, what with consistently leading the division in fatalities, but now? The majority of their town has been devoured by a sinkhole!" He removes his hat, holding it over his heart as he shakes his head with an expression of sorrow.

It passes. "But! The spirits of those children remain indefatigable, and all they need are instruments, uniforms, and other such trifles, to carry on. So, in the name of lending a hand to those in need, I come to you, good denizens of the Nexus, with the chance to show your support. Reclaim a little taste of youth, and help youths hard beset, all for the flimsiest of payments. I take all forms of currency, and arrangements can be made for deferred billing or other alternatives."

"So: will you think of the children?"

((LOL Alert! This is indeed the candy from an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Eating it reverts a character's emotional maturity to adolescence, when hormones run high, judgment runs low, and leading priorities include having fun and impressing the interesting sex(es). The effects are temporary, but seem to be consistent with the quantity consumed, and come on fairly quickly. Have fun with it!))

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Katsuya's life is cruel irony and suffering

[sumarusfinest]

"You...want me to give you a nickname?" That was awfully forward, wasn't it? But...then again, well. Katsuya holds out his hand and waits for Verity to take it. He gently turns her hand so her palm is up, and carefully begins tracing out the strokes of a kanji onto her palm. It leaves no marks, it's just how people communicate which kanji they've used to create their names. No different than asking 'how do you spell that?'

"Makoto." Katsuya says once he's finished. "It's a neutral name, but often used for girls. If...if you like it. But I...I really should learn how to use your name properly..."

And cake. At least there's cake?

[brave_heart_verity]

"I've never had one before." Is it forward? Did she go too far again? She's American, she doesn't know these things. But her hand is given easily and she smiles while he draws on her palm, although her lower lip is caught between her teeth to keep her from giggling. (She's very ticklish.)

"Makoto. That's pretty. I like it very much. Thank you."