Burning down the house

[mo_cara]

WHO: The Makaras and anyone else who wants to join in!
TONE: Fun ... wild and crazy fun
RATING: PG to R, depending on shenanigans
WHEN: December 20th
WHERE: Near the edge of the Forbidden Forest
WHAT: Since there're so many new adults around, the Makara boys decide to throw an impromptu bonfire night!

The bonfire set on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and the boundary of the school property, rivals the one set for Guy Fawkes. But there are no frozen flames spells here, and the heat roars off it, sending sparks crackling and dancing toward the sky. Two remarkably similar young men dance around the fire, and even in the December weather, the heat allows them to do so without their shirts on, revealing extensive tattooing. The shorter, more muscular one is decorated with white bones, echoing what's under his skin, and the taller, more slender one has similar bones tats, but done in black ink, along with occult symbols. White bones, Kurloz, has a fiddle, and black bones, Gamzee, has a drum, and the music is as wild as their movements.

There are a few flasks of liquor being passed around the fire, and an ominous figure in black robes with giant horns spiraling up from his silver-shot black mane sits some distance away, gripping an ebon wood staff, but the overall mood is celebratory. Any excuse for a party, after all!



((OOC: Anybody can show up to the bonfire, and pretty much anyone who knows the Makaras or has run into them over the last day has been invited. But ex-professor Rhydderch will be keeping an eye out for underage craziness - those who are still students won't be turned away, but they won't be allowed to get riproaring drunk, either, as this is more aimed at adults than kids.))

Comments

[innocent_insanity]

[Good thing for Tav he's more or less dealing with two beasts pretending at being men.]

You'll get it right.

[His tone of voice is almost nonchalant, completely assured that Tavros will succeed. Resting his chin comfortably on Gamzee's shoulder again, he asks privately:]

Want a fucker to give you two some space then?

[mo_cara]

He was always good at that shit. [with the same easy confidence - Gamzee had never treated Tavros any different because of the braces, nor had he ever shared the smaller man's lack of faith in himself. Just the opposite, he sometimes assumed Tavros could do too much, really, and had a hard time seeing when his friend as overwhelmed or feeling bad about himself.] Best I ever seen. And motherfucker had all these animals at home, I was mad jealous.

[He tips his had to one side to glance at Kurloz, then. He does want alone time with Tavros, but he's also gotten very used to sharing things with his cousin over the last few years. Really, they behave more like brothers than anything else, and very close brothers at that, probably unhealthily so at times..]

Is that what you want?

[littlefairybull]

-=when he was younger he used to dream about being a hero like out of some fairy tale, especially after learning that fairy tales were real and he could make the world come alive with a flick of a wand. crippling self esteem issues tend to get in the way of things like that and along the way he came to realize that he wasn't the hero of the story. he was the guy that stupid shit kept happening to so people would laugh. and laugh they did. to him it felt like gamzee was the only one who actually saw him for who he was.

but then he was gone, and he was left to deal with it alone. can't say he's always made the best decisions, but he tried. by all rights he should be furious with gamzee for acting so familiar now after all this time, but that's just not the kind of guy he is=-

I grew up on a farm. Animals are just a thing that happens in such a scenario.

[innocent_insanity]

[Kurloz's shoulder shook with laughter they could only hear in their minds.]

They usually are yeah. Had a few TINY FUCKING FARMS around my place but the faeries spooked the cattle a lot.

[Returns Gamzee's look and just shrugs.]

He's YOUR MOTHERFUCKING FIRST LOVE EVER - I can back off and let you enjoy the... [Glances at Tavros and smirks.] 'New sights' on your own.

[mo_cara]

Yncwl Rhys lives on a farm, sort of. But it's only the motherfuckin' goats.

[By now, it's probably obvious from the looks the two men in paint are exchanging that something else is going on, too. Especially when Gamzee looks back at Tavros, studying him for a long moment with an almost painfully wanting expression, and then turns to his cousin again, pressing his temple briefly to the other man's.]

Not asking you what you CAN DO, asking you what you want.

[Gamzee does want this first time for himself. But he also wants to share what will doubtless be a wicked tasty experience with Kurloz, so he's torn. Of course, he guesses Tavro could say no, but he has the feeling that won't happen. Not with those blushes.]

[littlefairybull]

-=tavros has always had a problem saying no, and depending on the situation that hasn't changed all that much=-

Fairies are actually, not that hard to talk to. If you have the patience.

-=he falls silent after that, gaze drifting between the two skullfaced men. perchance he is just a bit more drunk than he thought, because he could swear they're plotting something. not that he particularly minds, he's just curious=-

[innocent_insanity]

Your wish is my motherfucking command, col ceathrar. You know that.

[Runs a hand over Gamzee's thigh absently, grinning at Tavros.]

I hear ya on that, the aos sí around home were USUALLY ALL SORTS OF FUCKING FRIENDLY.

[mo_cara]

Fucktard. [Gamzee borrows the insult from something he heard Karkat say, but his mental voice is full of warm affection and teasing.] Maybe we should let him pick.

You only be thinking that because they were wanting to steal you when you was a wiggler. [points out to Kurloz with a grin, then looks back at Tavros, reaching out to stroke his fingers again] Motherfuckers probably want to steal you, too, only they ain't allowed. [His fingers tighten on the smaller man's, and his smile gets a little more pointed and sharp around the edges, like it should be full of fangs.]

[littlefairybull]

I used to dream about getting, stollen away by fairies when I was very small.

-=he smiles contentedly, shifting his hand so he could grip gamzee's back=-

All I wanted was to, uh... prove that they were real and not fakey fake and imaginary.

[innocent_insanity]

Always an idea.

[Lightly butts head to Gamzee's, listening raptly to Tavros.]

Hey, it wasn't the ALL THE MOTHERFUCKING sídhe that what tried to steal a brother, only the unseelie fuckers. [Kurloz's hand moves over Gamzee's arm to reach for Tavros' fingers as well, curiously feeling out the smaller man's bones and muscles - he likes hands too much, especially ones that are different to his own.] Still, they're not all complete FUCKING ASSHOLES. I got good memories from them.

[mo_cara]

[laces his fingers with Tavros's, then lifts their joined hands to place a delicate kiss at his friend's wrist, nipping lightly over the pulse point as he watches the smaller man's face]

Well, good for me ain't neither of you stolen away. [leaning his head back on Kurloz's shoulder with a lazy smile - the truth is, both of these men have been instrumental in helping him feel less alone, less unwanted, and the thought of either of them not being there is uncomfortable. He's grateful that Tavros isn't the kind of person that would abandon him after all the shit he put the other man through, running off when he was crazy, and that his cousin had a more visceral understanding of Gamzee's instability, having to deal with his own.]

Because a motherfucker would have to get his Tamlin on and steal you right back.

[littlefairybull]

-=tavros feels like he's in some sort of warm, comfortable haze. not quite drunk, just content and comfortable despite the frightful look of his companions. he watches their fingers play over his, reaching and touching with his own as he listened to their voices roll through his head inside and out.

his breath hitches slightly when gamzee kisses his wrist like that, finding a heavier significance in that gesture, though always doubting he's not sure it's really there=-

We'll just have to make sure that we don't get stolen.

[innocent_insanity]

[Just smiles silently, eyes locked on Tavros' face as he nuzzles the side of Gamzee's head and strokes his fingers over the wrist his cousin just kissed, sensitive tips tracing out the delicate veins under the thin surface.]

[mo_cara]

[Gamzee lets out a soft sigh at the feel of his cousin nuzzling against him, and smiles lazily.]

I don't know. On second thought, you might have the whole motherfuckin' fae court dancing to your magic and might never want to come back. Maybe I should be brewing up some sweet incentive for you to be staying. [He takes Tavros's other hand, kisses the wrist there, too, to even them out.]

[littlefairybull]

-=he lets gamzee keep his hands in his, fingers curling gently around the taller man's face as he goes to kiss his wrist again=-

I, uhm... I think all I'd really need, is a reason to stay.

[innocent_insanity]

[Begins to grin slyly, eyes glinting in the firelight as he nuzzled Gamzee's head again, fingers lightly curling around Tavros' wrist in a loose shackle. His voice seems to murmur into Gamzee's ear as his stitched lips lightly brush it:]

He's RIPE FOR THE PICKING, col ceathrar.

[mo_cara]

Hell MOTHERFUCKIN' yeah he is. [Gamzee agrees mentally, voice vibrating with predatory eagerness, though there's just a trace of the uncertain kid he was at one time.]

Don't be casting your peepers no further, cariad. [murmurs, laying another kiss, then another, working up the smaller man's forearm]

[littlefairybull]

-=he's dreaming. he has to be. he's actually back in his little hobbit hole of a magical house, curled up and lonely like every other night. things like this don't actually happen in real life, least of all to him.

his eyes are fixed on gamzee, but he can feel the weight of the other man's eyes just as keenly. his breath goes shallow, and he has to clear his throat before he could speak again=-

O-oh, is... is that so?

-=lamest thing ever to say, like always=-

[innocent_insanity]

[Kurloz's voice is full of amusement as he speaks to the two, fingers remaining around Tavros' wrist while his thumb strokes at the fluttering pulse point.]

Should a brother be making himself scarce FOR YOU TWO MOTHERFUCKERS?

[mo_cara]

Up to you. [murmurs to Tavros] I got to tell you, bro. I got every intention in me of doing tonight what I should have done a long motherfuckin' time ago, if you're into it. But me and my cefnder, we share a lot of shit these days. If you're wanting just me, I'm down with it, 'cause I been wanting you a long time. But if you feel like getting a little freaky, then there's two of us what can put you in the middle and make you feel so motherfuckin' good your nugbone'll be melting.

[littlefairybull]

-=a long time ago... god he's lost on if that would have been a good idea. if they'd been together then and gamzee left like he had, it might have killed him. but then again maybe he wouldn't have left. pointless to even think about because he'd never know, but it makes him cling harder none the less=-

I, uhm...

-=god, why are they giving him decisions, he doesn't have the mind for decisions right now. He's not sure which way will make them happiest, but he's sure that if he misses out now he'll never get the chance again, fully expecting them to go their separate ways again after this. He turns his eyes to Kurloz a moment, nervous yes but he feels electric too=-

If you want to stay, I will not... Make you leave...

[innocent_insanity]

Now ain't that the sweetest thing? [he purrs, slipping free from Gamzee's back to crawl around to take up the same position behind Tavros, the movement smooth rather than clumsy and awkward, firelight making his skin gleam with each shifting muscle in his upper body. He wraps his arms around Tavros' middle, grinning at the feel of the younger man's strong back, and winks at Gamzee.]

I'm thinking it's time you two MOTHERFUCKERS STOPPED ALL UP AND DANCING AROUND. Been long enough, eh?

[mo_cara]

Cefnder, I ain't never heard to truer words.

[Gamzee goes forward on his knees, planting one hand on either side of Tavros's hips. He gives Kurloz a sly smile, squeezing the other man's arm briefly in thanks and affection, then gets nose to nose with his friend again.]

You ain't gonna regret this. [promises, though there's a heat in his eyes that says he might have a little problem controlling himself once things get going. Then he moves forward that last half inch, pressing his lips to Tavros's and immediately sliding his tongue into the smaller man's mouth to plunder.]

[littlefairybull]

-=it's hard to pick who to focus on at any given moment. gamzee's eyes, the way kurloz moved, both are equally as ensnaring. he's a bit tense at first when kurloz settles behind him, but the warm buzz and the growing lust fog had him slowly easing back against the taller man's chest.

tavros carries the scent of the wilderness with him, pine and dirt and well worn leather. there's a wildness in him too, different than theirs and deeper buried, and order amidst their chaos but no less dangerous for it.

and then there's gamzee, stalking him like something out of a selfish fantasy. there's still part of him thats in shock at how this evening turned, convinced he'll wake up from it. the rest of him is suddenly too focused to consider anything else. his breath hitches when their lips meet, and not a moment later he opens too it, both hands sliding up to grip in the wild mess of his long lost friend's hair=-

[innocent_insanity]

[Still grinning, Kurloz nuzzles the back of Tavros' shoulder, inhaling his scent with a pleased, barely audible sigh. He watched the two men kiss, more than pleased with the way things had turned out. He's more than content with just watching, so he doesn't hurry them along demanding his own kiss, just runs his fingers along the line of Tavros' abs through his shirt.]