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THE MYSTERY TEA MEME

THE RULES
1. Character 1 posts a comment including name/series/prefs/setup text (if desired).
2. Others reply, using RNG (1-23) to choose what kind of tea is being consumed.
3. ???
4. Profit. And fun.


GREEN TEA: Makes the drinker wiser. Bear in mind that wise doesn't necessarily mean smart.

EARL GREY TEA: Drinkers of this tea can't tell anything but the truth.

LADY GREY TEA: Drinkers of this tea can't tell anything but lies.

STRAWBERRY TEA: Causes uncontrollable hiccups.

MINT TEA: Causes a complete personality flip. Good is bad, bad is good, etc.

LEMON TEA: Instead of flipping personalities, suddenly gain someone else's personality.

CHAI TEA: Causes an uncontrollable need to dance, wherever you go.

OOLONG TEA: Causes an uncontrollable need to express everything in the form of a song. It might be a song you already know, or you might find you have a hidden talent for lyrics.

VANILLA TEA: Causes childish innocence, kindness, love of everything alive.

CARAMEL TEA: Have a little respect for your four-legged friends. Turns the drinker into an animal of the mun's choosing.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA: Not only will the drinker be more arrogant, snobbish and better than you, but they will also voice it. Loudly. Narcissism is encouraged. So is slapping them back to their senses.

CHAMOMILE TEA: This tea will calm you down to the point of apathy and sloth. Don't bother leaving bed, it's not even worth it.

DAFFODIL TEA: SUCH A CALM TEA AT FIRST SIGHT BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT MAKES YOU TALK IN CAPSLOCK?

THYME TEA: Suddenly your clothes don't seem to fit so well! Adult drinkers of this tea will be de-aged to childhood. Child drinkers will be aged to adulthood.

DARJEELING TEA: Causes the drinker to suffer severe delusions. They might just start to think they're the Queen of England, or a tree, or any number of things. I suggest you take videos for posterity and blackmail.

BLACK TEA: Causes blindness.

DECAF TEA: Sleep, who needs sleep?

Comments

[officing]

There's little I can do with a soaked tea bag at the moment. [ a simple and blunt response as he begins slipping out a few log books of officially sanctioned merchants in tenka's area; where they come from, where they typically travel. the information is basic and limited– although they are typically more competent than the local police, this information is plainly some the yamainu have no need to keep updated themselves. ] I'll have Ashiya analyze it for traces of a curse once he's returned.

[ stranger than assuming tenka would be susceptible to a common criminal's dabbling in onmyoudou is sousei divulging his plans to the yamainu's only ex-member.

... there's no denying that the situation is potentially dangerous, but he refuses still– to work alongside tenka again. his clenched jaw eases after considering tenka's offer, resolute in his reponse. ]

Yes, we'll have you start by answering some questions, Kumou Tenka. After that, you may return home until the effects presumably wear off.

[ with that, tenka becomes a mere citizen with a concern the leader of the yamainu is addressing. the empty distance of a burned bridge measured in an instant.

the answer is simple: absolutely not. he will not work with tenka as an equal. after all, tenka declared that he was above the yamainu's purpose when he left, didn't he? sousei decides he'll deal with this situation without even humoring such a traitor. ] Sit down.

[snapfan]

[It hardly takes working eyes or even a glance for Tenka to know that Sousei is not addressing him. Not properly. He's speaking to him the way he would any resident of the area– and even then he finds it far too detached! How does the Captain of the Yamainu expect to comfort some poor villager with a tone as icy as that?

Tenka smiles faintly.

Ah, but that isn't the purpose of the Yamainu, is it? It never was.] Yes, yes!

Anything you say, Sou–sei. [He says breezily, swinging his arm forward until he catches the edge of the chair. From there he shuffles towards it and plops down unceremoniously, letting out a groan far too loud to be exasperated.] I must admit, I didn't expect losing all sight to be so taxing! Maybe we could have some biscuits sent up here? Tea perhaps?

Ah– or maybe that wouldn't be the best idea... [He mumbles around the words, just a hint of bemusement hidden under them. How he wishes he could see the stiff line of Sousei's shoulders– wishes he could chop a hand between them to get him to relax. His sandals scraps the floorboard restlessly.

How he wishes he could see right about now, regardless of the circumstances.] I, Kumou Tenka, will answer to the best of my ability!