Semi-closed Tomorrowland get together

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[[Invitations here, party here. Backdated to yesterday.]]

Thankfully, the kid got over his slightly painful exchange with Katou rather quickly, especially in the face of a party and seeing everyone. He hadn't heard from Demyx, but the kid was holding out hope he'd show up anyway. Seeing the Starcade games on and going made the kid grin. The "DO NOT MAKE OUT HERE" sign on Cayce's office door only made him crack up. Fine, if he and Sara got caught making out anywhere else, and someone complained, he'd point out he wasn't making out in the office.

There were tables for refreshments on the upper level, along with tables for people to sit at with food and drink. He added some sodas he'd brought along to the refreshment table, then a couple of pizzas to another table, already feeling the giddy mood of celebrating for no reason enter his system.

His "duties" done, Setsuna went to the lower level and, instead of waiting by the door like a good host, the kid, impatiently, started to play one of the games.

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After a moment, Setsuna reached out to the hand and, confused, asked, "You can't talk or something?" It was obvious Demyx was being oddly quiet....

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He nodded and touched his pale throat with the other hand, propped up on an elbow. He quickly mouthed the word "mute", then shrugged softly glanced down a little.

After a moment, he glanced back up and purred softly and slithered closer to Setsuna. That purr was one of the few real sounds he could manage in this shape since he knew better than using Siren songs on people.

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To the purr, Setsuna gave a sweet laugh and asked, "What, are you partially cat too?" It was the first time he'd ever heard a fish purr, and had no idea some where capable of it.

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He lifted his tail, waving the caudal fin from side to side, grinning. If anything, that purr only intensified. He shook his head and tapped his chest lightly. He paused a bit again, this time leaned a little closer even, until he practically had his head in Setsuna's lap, looking up with a friendly grin.

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Setsuna chuckled a bit and reached out to pet Demyx's head. "I never thought a pet fish could be interesting before. They always looked boring to me. Apparently mermen are affectionate, though."

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Demyx's tail curved even more and he cocked his head a bit, placed a hand on Setsuna's knee. He glanced up with a look in his eyes that emphasized that last comment clearly enough. Instead of it being an emotional affection, though, it leaned more toward the instinctive sort and it was apparent enough.

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Well, whichever it was, Setsuna was fairly amused. Eventually he asked, a bit concerned suddenly, "You do know how to turn back, right?"

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He nodded simply, gasped a bit and smiled sheepishly, pointed at the water. His mouth remained open for the most part while he turned and slid back toward the lake's edge to wet his gills.

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"Well, that's good," Setsuna muttered, mainly to himself, as he settled back at the bank and waited for Demyx to resurface.

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The fish-boy flopped back into the water a little less than gracefully, slipped down against the bottom in the shadows and lifted his head just enough that he could peer out at Setsuna. It occurred to him then that it kind of sucked to not be able to really talk and maybe he would shift back now.

He completed the seals - ironic he would remember these perfectly - and shifted, slipped beneath the surface again to hide the agony. As soon as the process was completed, he stood, gasping and soaking wet with all his usually gravity-defying hair plastered to his face.

"Never going to get used to that..." he chuckled, although he sounded a bit more irritated than amused.

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"Eh? What does it feel like?" Setsuna asked curiously, still trying to get accustomed to this bizarre development - he knew a merman!

"And when you were a merman, did fishers every try to catch you?"