Open Mingle! an informal event, or: massive sleepover

[hopefragment]

Evening, October 10

Following Hajime (Number 2)'s announcement, the Hajimes have worked together to take over the game room/rec room and dance floor. Hopefully no one had any dances or performances planned, because they've taken most of the spare pillows and blankets and hauled them in to cover the floor. And probably made some extra just for this event.

There are snacks! There's the game room! There's enough space to sleep and maybe get close to someone! It's a mingle for a sleepover. The Hajimes are hoping that people will feel better if they go to sleep knowing someone is close by, and maybe if people sleep in close enough proximity, they'll wake up in the dreamscape together and be able to ward off nightmares together. Who knows!

Go wild. But not too wild, there are Children on this base.

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[hopefragment]

[Hearts! Hearts. There's hearts on a picture of him. That means something right?? Right.

He's going to try not to focus on that.]

What kind of feeling is a Gatchaman? I don't think you ever explained that.

[He'd kind of freaked out about her turning into a power ranger and never learned that.]

[sniptuck]

Ummm... [ she twirls the pencil around her fingers. ]

Do you ever see something and you have to do something about it? Maybe a little kid fell and scraped his knee, and everyone is too busy to stop and help him back up. So you go and do it. Or you step into stop a robbery even though you know it's dangerous to interfere. Or you just smile at someone who looks like they're having a bad day. That's what being a Gatchaman is all about!

[ hajime sets the pencil and notebook down. ]

Being a Gatchaman is about love and peace! My friend Rui-kun says it's about updating the world, and being the change that's needed to make sure we're all in a better place. I think we all have different opinions on what's needed to be done to update it, but we still work together despite those differences because in the end, we all want the same thing. So that we can all become one, while still being ourselves! Got it?

[hopefragment]

I see...

[He hums quietly, listening to her explanation and absorbing it. He... doesn't get how the power ranger suit and that whole business with shoving literal notebooks into people's chests works, but he can respect that kind of mission. It does sound kind of like what his plans for the future are, anyway.]

So I guess we just call it different things. I think where we come from, the change that's needed to make sure we're in a better place... that's usually just called Hope.

[sniptuck]

Hope it is, then! I think you're full of it too though, no matter what you call it.

[ she nudges him back. ]

I have a sixth sense for this.

[ she does not. ]

[hopefragment]

Aah, like ESP?

[Are you an esper Hajime... Hinata is the wrong Dangan protag to react to that line though.

He just. nudges her again. As you do.]

Does that mean you're going to shove a notebook in my chest?

[sniptuck]

I'd need to take it out of you first before I can shove anything in.

[ not that she can do that. hajime only know two people with the power to actually remove the NOTE from someone. she can totally do the shoving it in part on her own though. ]

You don't seem to like my NOTE very much though! So yours can stay where it is.

[hopefragment]

Please don't...

[He has enough issues with his soul, according to Dirk. No need to go messing around with it even more.

There's a pause as he glances to her though, almost puzzled.]

What do you mean, I don't seem to like your NOTE?

[sniptuck]

When I told you what it really was, you told me to put it back.

[ she points at her chest. granted, that was also before he disappeared for a week and came back a little different, so hajime isn't sure what his feelings about all that are now. ]

[hopefragment]

Aah...

[He hums quietly, closing his eyes and tilting his head to rest more comfortably on her shoulder.]

I think... that's because I didn't understand it. I don't totally understand it even now, but... I'm sure you know what you're doing with it. I can't tell you what you should or shouldn't do.

[sniptuck]

[ even if he did tell her, she wouldn't listen to him anyway. ]

You're super mature, Number One! A lot of people would meddle.

[ she doesn't sound disapproving of that though. hajime meddles sometimes, so. ]

[hopefragment]

Haha, you think so?

[Super mature... he kind of likes the sound of that. Though he'd rather be called cool...]

If I think I have to, I'll meddle. How's that sound?

[sniptuck]

Fair!

[ she holds her pinky out at him. ]

[hopefragment]

Fair.

[Pinky swear! Though is he agreeing to let her meddle in his things... probably. That's fine, though.]

We should get some sleep, though. Or try to, anyway.

[sniptuck]

[ she glances at everyone else in the room. hm, right, the whole point of this was to all sleep together, wasn't it? she got sort of distracted by sleepover antics. ]

I hope things work out for everyone.